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Releasing April 30th! Professional angler Jake Ensley can recognize talent, and when he sees Luke Randall’s potential, he steps up to mentor the high school fishing team captain, giving the kid a shot at a future career in the pros, but the young angler’s older sister isn’t on board. As Luke’s guardian, food vlogger Beth Randall will do whatever it takes to get her brother into college and on a solid career path. Fishing – and the meddling of an egotistical advisor – are not part of her plan. However, butting heads become butting hearts when the two pair up to steer Luke from making a devastating life-altering mistake. A clean, wholesome romance. Ebook now available at Kindle Unlimited. The book will release in print this month at Amazon.com! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e9dea9779df879609e450b/6d6057a1-9df8-4727-9b58-82b190259849/BetsyIler_7758_20260304.jpg Home - Meet Elizabeth. Joyful. Thankful. Prayerful. Elizabeth St. Germain is an award-winning writer and former editor-in-chief at Lake magazine on Lake Martin, Alabama (aka Betsy Iler). She is the wife of an Episcopal priest and mother to three grown children. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e9dea9779df879609e450b/66ce00f7-dabf-44f5-8d78-6ad7f0790e43/BI+front5.jpg Home - I’m Reading. Great Reads I Recommend. Books sweep us away for wondrous adventures, invite us to exploration and lead us to new discoveries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e9dea9779df879609e450b/3e439faf-3dae-455f-828c-76023216e063/BI+front7.jpg Home - Musings + More. Inspirational Blogs. Journal Entries. Short Stories, Etc. Walk with me. We will laugh, stand in awe, shed a few tears, share surprises, hope for the best, encourage each other and part ways smiling. https://www.elizabethstgermainwrites.com/elizabeth daily 0.75 2022-02-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e9dea9779df879609e450b/20c44a9c-e7cf-4064-bda1-8ff99b5a9376/14+copy.png Meet Elizabeth - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e9dea9779df879609e450b/887082ac-f1ab-4afc-9e8e-9f292a58cc1f/AWS_2548.jpg Meet Elizabeth - When I was five, I realized that squiggly pencil lines on a piece of paper could be a story, so I squiggled away and “read” my stories to whoever would listen. — Elizabeth St Germain I discovered the power of happily-ever-after stories while my mother read me fairy tales published in Childcraft encyclopedias. As I realized that squiggly pencil lines on paper could be a story, I squiggled away, trading in the pencil for a vintage manual typewriter when I was twelve. Writing stories grew into an obsession, and I knew I was called to share my characters’ lives with readers one day. In high school, I gained a following writing a mystery series in the school newspaper. Journalism was a natural major at Northern Illinois University because it was the writing ticket to a regular paycheck. After graduation, I moved to Alabama to be a newspaper reporter. There, I learned that real world newspaper reporting was not like writing happily-ever-after stories, and I moved from hammering out police reports to creating fantasy on magazine pages. It wasn’t exactly happily ever after, but I was getting paid to write. At the same time, I met the love of my life, Rob, in a community theater production of “My Fair Lady.” After we married in a picturesque white country church, I wrote freelance magazine articles and managed my husband’s construction company office between the births of our three children in three years. I read Christian romance as an occasional escape. I couldn’t afford therapy, and with three kids in diapers, I needed stories of grace, hope and survival of the heart, even if I didn’t have time to write them myself. Eight years later, my husband closed his business and returned to college at age forty-two. He finished his undergrad degree in religious studies, and we moved to Sewanee, Tennessee, where Rob entered seminary at The University of the South. We were poor, but not in spirit, as we joyfully roamed the trails and picnicked beside waterfalls in the Appalachian foothills of the forested Sewanee Domain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e9dea9779df879609e450b/d6212e8e-5e9b-40d5-b179-0e65989bb116/6+copy.png Meet Elizabeth - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.elizabethstgermainwrites.com/im-writing daily 0.75 2022-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e9dea9779df879609e450b/1643049115275-6EXR41VRK8A87N1J885Q/pexels-lood-goosen-1491282.jpg I'm Writing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e9dea9779df879609e450b/1643049150590-QF302H77DFFE55FSTDY4/pexels-andrea-davis-3653849.jpg I'm Writing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e9dea9779df879609e450b/1643049191156-NLE9ZU6FW57S19H39S96/1216_lakemartin01_oneuseonly.jpg I'm Writing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e9dea9779df879609e450b/57150618-f805-45db-87de-8071ea806f52/13+copy.png I'm Writing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e9dea9779df879609e450b/360b20d4-0435-43a2-b25b-83be3baf7b1f/9+copy.png I'm Writing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.elizabethstgermainwrites.com/lake-magazine daily 0.75 2022-03-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/61e9dea9779df879609e450b/4a47b216-203e-4c49-87b3-f3b1f9d16152/1216_lakemartin01_oneuseonly.jpg Lake Magazine A BEAUTIFUL LAKE COMMUNITY As Editor in Chief of Lake Magazine I have had the opportunity to meet and tell the stories of so many people in our beloved Lake Martin community. It is truly a blessing to be able to put pen to paper and watch the stories of so many people and businesses come to life. Here I share just a few of my favorite stories from LAKE MAGAZINE. Be sure to visit lakemagazine.life to see lots of others.