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Amanda LauerAuthor Bio:An avid reader and history buff since childhood, award-winning author and journalist Amanda Lauer is the author of the Heaven Intended Civil War series. A World Such as Heaven Intended won the 2016 CALA Award and A Freedom Such as Heaven Intended earned the 2022 Catholic Media Book Awards: First Place Catholic Novels: Inspirational. In addition, Lauer has written two time-travel novels, Anything But Groovy and Royal & Ancient, and she contributed short stories to the anthologies Treasures: Visible & Invisible and Ashes: Visible & Invisible, and worked with Archduke Eduard Habsburg to bring his children’s tale, Dubbie: The Double-Headed Eagle, to life. Lauer and her husband John have been married 42 years, have four grown children, a daughter-in-law, three sons-in-law, and eight precious grandchildren. |
Books by Author
 Royal & AncientBronwyn Campbell's end-of-summer plans were simple: wrap up her job at Saint Andrew’s Country Club, meet her friends one last time at the virtual reality arcade, and move across the country—again—with her father. But when lightning strikes while she's working the club's Saint Andrew’s Heritage… |
 Ashes Visible & InvisibleFinishing the Journey: When Liz's faith journey hits a roadblock, will an unexpected detour and chance encounter set her back on track? Follow Me: A teen’s future was all set—before his tragic loss. But his best friend’s secret past just might save it. Take Up Your Cross: Justin's religion is… |
 A Freedom Such as Heaven IntendedDespite her royal heritage, Alice is the third generation of women in her family to be enslaved — and the last, if she has any say in it. The only thing standing between her and freedom is a certain Confederate soldier, First Lieutenant Marshall Kent. Follow Alice and Marshall’s story as mistrust… |
 Anything But GroovyMorgan is looking forward to junior high school and all the adventures it holds in store for her. But after a collision on the volleyball court, she wakes up on the first day of school trapped inside her mom’s teenage body circa 1974. It doesn’t take long for Morgan to discover that living life… |
 Treasures: Visible & InvisibleA teen boy sets out to save a friend from pagan druids, but maybe he’s the one who needs saving. Between an unearthed treasure and a visit from Heaven, a young monk is in for the surprise of his life! A young girl seeks a mysterious treasure that holds the key to granting a nun's dying wish. Honora… |
 A Love Such as Heaven IntendedIn A Love Such as Heaven Intended, budding Civil War socialite Josephine Bigelow is inspired by the words of Louisa May Alcott to make a name for herself as an investigative writer covering the plight of Confederate soldiers held in Federal prisons. Little did she know that one of the inmates she would… |
 A Life Such as Heaven IntendedIn A Life Such as Heaven Intended, the Civil War rages around her, yet Brigid McGinnis has her life planned out. That was, until she stumbles across an unconscious Confederate soldier on her father’s property. A blow to the head stole Dominic Warner’s memory. The beautiful fraulein who nurses him… |
 A World Such as Heaven IntendedThe Civil War tore the United States apart and many friendships and families as well. In A World Such as Heaven Intended, Amara McKirnan and Nathan Simmons share a devotion to their faith, but their loyalties lie on opposite sides of the conflict. Dedicated to the Confederate cause, Amara offers to… |