Book Club Fun & My Writing Month!

Welcome to September—month of new beginnings in so many ways—school, cooler weather, cozy nights by the fire to read great books! I hope you’ll share your favorite reads with me. Here’s one to add to your fall reading:

The secret a mother was forbidden to share . . . the consequences a daughter could not redeem—but will risk everything in her attempt.

I hope you enjoy Secrets She Kept. Including Corrie ten Boom in this novel made Secrets She Kept one of my favorite books to research and write.

~Winner of the 2016 Christy Award, 2016 Carol Award, and 2016 INSPY Award~

This Saturday was an absolute joy! The day began with a Zoom Book Club meeting to discuss Ladies of the Lake with the Sherwood Christian Church Book Club in Charlottetown of Prince Edward Island! This was especially exciting for me as Ladies of the Lake opens with a chapter set in Prince Edward Island. What a lovely group of readers!

***If your book club or reading group is reading one of my books, I’d love to share a virtual visit with you, too! Contact me through my website http://authorcathygohlke.com/contact/

Many thanks to all who joined me for the First Annual Love Books Festival in Lovettsville, Virginia! It was a great day of meeting new reading friends, connecting with 35+ authors, and engaging with the Greater Washington, Northern Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia community.

Book Writing News:

I’m deep into writing a new book contracted to release in 2026! September is MyNoWriMo—My Novel Writing Month! So far this month I’ve clocked in 20,000 words and am going strong. It’s too early to share details or research for this book, but I’d so appreciate your prayers. Life has a way of throwing curve balls, so I’m doing my best to work ahead of schedule. My goal is to complete one half of the novel’s first draft this month.

In Other Writing News:

I’m celebrating all the authors who were awarded Carol Awards for their books at the ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) Awards Gala in New Orleans, this week. I’m especially excited that my dear friend, Carrie Turansky, won the Historical Romance Award for her excellent novel, The Legacy of Longdale Manor.

What I’m Reading: Carrie Turansky’s latest time slip novel, A Token of Love, just released.