About Us

Award-winning author Leslie DeVooght writes women’s fiction with faith, love, laughter, and a lot of Southern charm. In 2017, Leslie was first published in Spark Magazine and fell in love with writing romantic flash fiction. After placing in the top ten, Leslie’s flash fiction story, Avoiding the Bouquet, was published in the 2018 Writer’s Digest Anthology of Short, Short Stories.

She is the author of Stealing Magnolias, How to Sparkle, and A Girl’s Guide to Having it All in the Magnolia Bluff series. Her debut from Love Inspired, Taking a Second Shot, released in December 2025.

When Leslie isn’t writing, she volunteers with several organizations, cheers on her three children, and enjoys date nights with her husband, who loves that she researches kissing. Leslie is represented by Bob Hostetler of the Steve Laube Agency.

Hope Welborn writes about small towns and big suspense, with a sprinkling of romance and a hefty dose of faith. Her manuscripts have won the ACFW Genesis contest and the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference Foundation Award. She is the author of Hidden, a Christmas romantic suspense novella (originally published in the Holiday Menace collection) and Trail of Danger. Her debut novel with Love Inspired Suspense, Taken Without a Trace, will release August 25, 2026.

By day, Hope works full-time job in digital content marketing technology, and by night, she stays up too late putting words on the page. She is a member of the Suspense Squad and is represented by Tamela Hancock Murray of the Steve Laube Agency.

Jennifer Purcell is a Georgia native who loves to write about faith, family, and romance. She is an ACFW First Impressions contest winner and a semi-finalist in the ACFW Genesis contest. She is the author of A Different Kind of War and The Battle Within.

When Jennifer’s not writing, reading, or blogging, she enjoys watching Hallmark mysteries and daydreaming about happy endings.

Jordan Millsaps lives in the rolling hills of East Tennessee with her husband and two daughters. She is an indie author of sweet romantic comedies and loves to draw inspiration from all the weird, hilarious things that happen in real life.

Her Boyfriend in the Bargain series features five lighthearted stories of couples who strike unconventional deals and find love in the process. Her Marriage on My Mind series features three stories of friends who all have marriage on their minds for wildly different reasons.

Her latest series, Love Is the Goal, has kicked off with Midfield Meet-Cute, released May 19, 2026.

When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading, baking, trying new restaurants, and traveling with her family.

Abbey Downey started writing inspirational romance stories during naptime when her kids were babies and found she couldn’t stop. Several of her flash fiction stories have been published, along with two books from Love Inspired’s historical line (written under the name Mollie Campbell).

She is the author of An Uncertain Road, An Unexpected Catch, and An Uncharted Dream from Wild Hearts Books.

Up next is The Marquess’s Masked Archer, book 1 in the Headliners and Heartstrings series and will release September 15, 2026.

After growing up throughout the Midwest, Abbey settled in central Indiana, where her family has lived since the 1840s. She fills her days with fixing up a few acres in the country and hanging out with her husband, two kids, and one rather enthusiastic beagle.

A Texas girl living in a Georgia world, Laura DeBow has loved words and stories since she could first string sentences together. Laura writes inspirational fiction with an emphasis on contemporary romance and romantic suspense. She is a Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference Foundations Award finalist in the Romantic Suspense category.

When not dreaming up characters, figuring out plots, or tinkering with words, Laura can be found spending time with her husband of 22+ years, cheering on their teenagers in multiple sports, reading, cooking, or doing something active.

Laurie Ingram Sibley is a pastor’s wife and mom of three. She and her family live in South Carolina where they’re planting a cross-cultural church. Laurie homeschools and does freelance editing and proofreading. If that doesn’t keep her busy enough, she squeezes in pockets of time to write inspirational romance. She’s a pantser and an ACFW First Impressions award winner. She procrastinates by reading (does that count as research?) and never by cleaning (although that might be a good problem to have).

Her novella, Shattered Darkness, is part of the Charleston Light collection. Visit www.lauriesibley.com to sign up for her newsletter and follow her writing journey.

Alyssa Schwarz is a Colorado native who attended the Colorado School of Mines, got her masters in Geological Engineering, and promptly became a watercolor artist and author (as one does). She now writes heartfelt fiction full of happy endings, a bit of mystery, faith, humor, and second chances. In 2021, she wrote her first flash fiction story for Spark Flash Fiction, and has gone on to indie publish multiple books and short stories with the same romantic charm.

She is the author of the Prescott Family Romance Series as well as four novels in the Wild Rose Ridge collection. Her latest novel, Find Me in the Blooms, part of the Jonathan Island series from Sunrise Publishing, released in April 2026.

When she’s not writing, you can find her reading (research, right?), baking up a new recipe, or creating Pinterest boards for new story ideas.