Endorser Spotlight: Crystal Caudill

I met Crystal in 2016 at the American Christian Fiction Writers conference and we have been friends ever since! It has been such a blessing to have a writing friend in Crystal to walk through the publication journey together and cheer on each other! She and I are with the same literary agency and now, we are with the same publishing house, Kregel!!

And speaking of Kregel, Crystal has a beautifully written series published with them, Hidden Hearts of the Gilded Age, a novella collection, We Three Kings, and she signed a second 3-book deal with them for a currently super secret project that I am DYING to read!!!

I am honored Crystal read an advanced copy of my Regency Romance, To Catch a Coronet, to endorse and am excited to share her endorsement with you today!!

Crystal Caudill is the author of “dangerously good historical romance,” with her work garnering awards from Romance Writers of America and ACFW. Her debut novel Counterfeit Love was a 2023 Carol Award finalist. She is a stay-at-home mom and caregiver, and when she isn’t writing, Crystal can be found playing board games with her family, drinking hot tea, or reading other great books at her home outside Cincinnati, Ohio. Find out more at crystalcaudill.com.

What Crystal says about To Catch a Coronet

“With ingredients of charm, romance, danger, and her signature humor, Grace Hitchcock has baked up a delectable treat with her debut Regency novel. Long-time Regency fans will devour this fresh take on ballroom romance as eagerly as Captain Draycott did Muriel’s creations. Picking this up won’t add to your waistline, but it will leave you pleasantly satisfied and craving the next Hitchcock Regency romance.”

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About one of my favorite Dangerously Good Historical Romances from Crystal Caudill, Counterfeit Hope

Trapped by their pasts, is there hope for a future?

When Secret Service operative Andrew Darlington is brought in to support a US Marshal case involving counterfeiters in rural Indiana, he thinks it’s simply the next rung on his climb to the top of his career. But liars can only climb so high–and Andrew is keeping a dangerous secret he doesn’t ever want to get out. When he clashes with the criminal family that took over the town of Landkreis and killed the Marshal he was sent to assist, his past life is in danger of being exposed.

Widow “Lightning Lu” Thorne has only one goal: escape the clutches of the Thorne family with her son. Her decision to be an informant and testify against the Thornes looked like the perfect answer. Until the Marshal ended up dead. Now the tether keeping her tied to her felonious family is tightening, and a forced marriage to someone else in the Thornes’ clutches threatens to kill any hope of escape.

Andrew and Lu find themselves on the same team–unwillingly. They each believe the other to be the enemy to their future plans. And even if they could learn to work together, the secrets they hold could shatter all hopes and dreams. Despite the encouragement of the local preacher, they’re not even sure God can be trusted–much less other humans. Can either of them escape their past–and the family that is willing to kill their own when they smell betrayal?

On the heels of her smashing debut, this second entry in Crystal Caudill’s historical series maintains the excitement that readers of Michelle Griep, Liz Tolsma, and Elizabeth Camden will love.

Grace’s Thoughts:

With a unique premise and astonishing twists, Crystal Caudill’s Counterfeit Hope is an impressive sequel expertly penned that will leave readers eager for the next book from this fresh voice!

FIVE STARS! Action-packed! Great world building! Haunting! Happily Ever After! Page-turner! Romantic! Tear-jerker! Tragic! Unpredictable! Witty! Wonderful characters! Original!