Tammie Edington Shaw loves all things history. She is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers and has published numerous daily devotions and articles, including short fiction. She was editor of a weekly newspaper, production coordinator of a magazine, and a project coordinator for David C. Cook Publishing. She served on the staff of the Write-to-Publish Conference for fifteen years. She lives in the Chicago area with her husband of thirty-one years.
Tammie conceived the idea for her debut novel, Callie’s Redemption, almost twenty years ago. It was always the book of her heart. While growing up, she lived next door to a home built in 1812 that had served as a stagecoach stop when The National Road went through Indiana. Most of the stories she writes are historical, and she always begins with the setting. A visit to an historical site or hearing about a time in history, no matter how insignificant it seems, leads to a question of “what if?”
Tammie began writing many years ago by journaling. She says when the words she writes, whether they take the form of devotionals, short stories, or novels, make her cry, she hopes the work will touch the reader’s heart.
When she’s not writing, she likes to color. She started with the adult coloring craze a few years ago. She loves to work with contrasting colors.
You can follow her on her Amazon Author Page and on Facebook/TammieEdingtonShaw.
Can a pampered Eastern girl, alone and betrayed, learn to trust and love again in the rugged West?
Callie Linden would just as soon Uncle Cec had shot her with his six-shooter than give her the news he blurted out between sobs: “Your Aunt Betsy had a stroke and has passed on, and I’m leavin’ town.” Callie just stepped off a stagecoach that brought her from Wheeling, Virginia to Sweet Valley, Indiana. Going from a life of luxury to being an orphan and penniless has driven her to seek a home with her aunt and uncle, whom she has never met.
Josh Clarke was on the same stagecoach as Callie, traveling back to his hometown in Sweet Valley. He left for the love of a young woman, with a hope he would be able to fulfill his calling to be a preacher, but it didn’t materialize. Now he feels like a failure.
Will two rejected young people learn to love and trust again, or will their diverse pasts keep them apart? Will Callie learn to trust a personal God, and will Josh be able to put his failures and stuttering behind him and pursue his calling to be a preacher, even if it means leaving Callie behind? AMAZON