Jennifer Sienes

Author Bio:

Jennifer Sienes holds a bachelor’s in psychology and a master’s in education, but discovered life-experience is the best teacher. She loves Jesus, romance and writing—and puts it altogether in inspirational contemporary fiction. Her daughter’s TBI and brother’s suicide inspired two of her three novels. Although fiction writing is her real love, she’s had several non-fiction pieces published in anthologies including two in Chicken Soup for the Soul. She has two grown children and one very spoiled Maltese. California born and raised, she recently took a step of faith with her real-life hero and relocated to Tennessee.

Tangles and Tinsel

Why didn't her life get the memo regarding Christmas being about peace on Earth and goodwill to men? For the first Christmas in years, Kimberley Saint John may actually get that peace on Earth she's been dreaming of. Daddy has been sober for going on two years (a record), and if he stays that way, she…

Itty Bitty Faith

Sometimes your past comes back to haunt you... As a single mama, Alyssa Mitchell learned to depend on no one but herself while raising her boy. She never even gave Jared’s daddy a single thought—well, not often anyway. Why would she when he left her behind to go off and save the world? It didn’t…

Shadow Dancing

Wading through grief is like dancing with shadows. Bekah Casey’s been on a tear for near a year, and the anger clings to her like cheap perfume. If only the Lord would wash it away like He did with her sins, she might could find her way out of the mire. Instead, she escapes from the one person to…

These Simple Gifts

This year, Annalee has more ugly to deal with than you can find at a Christmas sweater party. After eighteen years of living in the shadow of danger, shame, and regret, preschool teacher Annalee Prichard just wants to keep life safe and simple. It’s worked so far, but her best friend has other ideas…

Keeping Christmas Volume 2

In castles far and near, long ago and yesterday, find happily-ever-afters wrapped in love and tied with Christmas joy. Escape to Greenaway (by Chautona Havig): She just wanted to escape another holly, jolly family holiday. Because snowbound in a castle B&B with one of Santa's elves (or as good as)…

A Sojourner's Solace

Is an old love letter the key to her past… and her future? When Kate Mallory’s mother is killed in a tragic car accident, she’s left with nothing but dead-end jobs, an on-again, off-again boyfriend, and a craving for something… more. Despondent, she clears out her mom’s apartment and discovers…

Night Songs

What’s a girl to do when her life resembles the lyrics for a country-music hit? Charlotte Van Cleave’s hissy-fit reaction to her husband’s infidelity causes her world to sour like a pot of boiled chitlins. She’s left with no husband, no job, and no home, other than the dilapidated farmhouse…

Wish Upon a Star: An Apple Hill Christmas Novella

Sometimes misplaced trust injures more than ourselves, and doesn’t Elaina Hensley know it. When her oldest daughter is left suffering the consequences, Elaina vows to protect her girls at any cost. Nothing, not even her own happiness, will sway her again. Or will it? She’s got this protective self-denial…

Saving Faith: An Apple Hill Novella

Still clutched in the grip of guilt over her youthful indiscretions, Faith Nicholson can’t seem to move past her parents’ disappointment in her—or her disappointment in herself. Determined to make something in her life a success, she focuses on her floral design. After all, she has quite the past…

Providence

Melissa Bainbridge doesn’t have time to grieve. She has three kids to feed, bills stacked high enough to crush her, and guilt–oh so much guilt. When her husband’s death is ruled a suicide, her financial stability and identity die with the man she now wonders if she ever knew. How could he choose…

All That Glitters: An Apple Hill Christmas Novella

Julia Metcalf tries to be content with her life in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas, despite secretly yearning for more. Raising her son as a single mom might be tough sometimes, but with friends, family, and a job she enjoys, Julia has a rich life. Risking her heart again—not a good idea. Especially…

Illusions

Sins, even those buried with time, have the power to destroy. How could Corey Schaffer have foreseen, eighteen years before, her teenage daughter would be victim of that destruction? Her husband Paul’s pastoral position is already at risk due to their son’s thoughtless rebellion, and Corey longs…

Surrendered

After the reading of her father’s will, Tess O’Shay’s panic attacks return. In death, Sean O’Shay is attempting to accomplish what he couldn’t do in life—force Tess to finish her education, a dream she abandoned after being raped on campus. Unless she complies with her father’s wishes,…