Born and raised in the small, historical town of Vincennes, Indiana, Jamie is the oldest of five children. When she was six, her parents accepted Christ as their Savior, which changed everything. Excited about Jesus, her dad decided to take a giant leap of faith, quit his welding job and start a church.

Some of her favorite memories are the road trips she used to take with her dad, driving to home Bible studies across southern Indiana where Jim would preach. After a night of teaching and ministry, they would drive home and talk of things beyond earth's bounds - creation and the fall, God and Jesus and the rapture, the earthly walk compared to the spiritual walk, and how we are born for more than what we can see or touch. The highlight of those nights was stopping at a truck stop where her dad would spend a little of the offering basket on two slices of pie and a couple of Cokes. Nothing ever felt so special as a middle of the night slice of pie with her dad.

As Jamie grew closer to God and developed her own relationship with Him, she discovered a heart welling with songs and poetry. In high school, she sang in a band with her brother and their friends, writing most of the band's lyrics. Music has become a life-long passion for Jamie, something she believes is one of the most inspiring and powerful gifts God has given us.

After college, Jamie married, had a brief stint as an office manager and then, after having two sons, decided it was more fun to stay at home with her boys. She homeschooled for five years, joining a wonderful group of families in a supportive co-op. Teaching in the co-op opened new avenues of creativity and Jamie began writing skits, poems and articles for her school and church. When her oldest son turned five, she began to write in earnest.

She had been reading romance novels for years when she felt the Lord's desire for her to loosen her grip. She tried reading Christian romance novels, but found that she couldn't relate to the saintly characters, so she decided to write a story of her own - a story she wanted to read, a story she could relate to, a story about God's redeeming love.

Update: Snow Angel came out in September 2007 and has since won a Best Books of 2007 Award from USA Book News AND won Best Book of 2007 in the Romance catagory by ForeWord Magazine!

Also, The Duchess and the Dragon arrived in stores April 1, 2008! The cover is just gorgeous!! Lauraine Snelling wrote this endorsement for the back cover: "Enthralling. he Duchess and the Dragon brought me to tears, to joy, and finally the delight of having just read an absorbing-till-the-last-line novel." WOW! Thanks Lauraine!

WIND DANCER, set in Vincennes, Indiana during the American Revolution and the George Rogers Clark days will be out January 1, 2009! Raised in a British-held frontier town during the American Revolution, Isabelle Renoir is not like other women around her. A free spirit, she dances in the moonlight as a praise offering to God and is more at home fearlessly taking her long rifle and knife into the woods for adventure and inspiration. But Isabelle's latest journey may be more than even her strength can handle when a huge storm throws the raven-haired beauty off course and into the path of rugged American spy Samuel Holt.