One great way to help any author is to ask your local library to stock his or her book(s)!

I would love it if you would ask your local library to stock The Ring, Life After and Orphan Wish Island. You can direct them to the Amazon pages by clicking on the title above or you can send them the following link that has descriptions of all the books: www.sarahannecarter.com/books!

Or, here’s the breakdown of the exact details they may want:

• The Ring by Sarah Anne Carter
• Genre: Clean, contemporary military romance
• Audience: Adults
• Publisher: BLKDog Publishing
• Publication Date: Aug. 6, 2019
• ISBN-13: 978-1913762407
• Name of Distributor: Amazon
• Also available for Kindle and Audiobook if you library offers those services through Libby or Overdrive

A story of love, loss and hope.

Amanda knows three things about her life – she loves living in Tacoma, she wants to be a teacher and she will never marry a man in the military. Yet, when Lucas comes into the coffee shop where she works wearing a flight suit, he starts to change her mind about her future. She is determined to just be his friend, but the chemistry between them is undeniable and their relationship survives through two deployments and him being on work trips almost half of the time. After they get married, they move across the country to Charleston, S.C., and Amanda finds a job, which helps somewhat with the loneliness of Lucas being gone a lot. She thought she was prepared for life as a military wife, but then she starts finding out the true sacrifices military families make.

• Life After by Sarah Anne Carter
• Genre: Dystopian
• Audience: Middle Grade/Young Adults
• Publisher: BLKDog Publishing
• Publication Date: Aug. 23, 2020
• ISBN-13: 978-1913762162
• Name of Distributor: Amazon
• Also available for Kindle if your library offers those services through Libby or Overdrive

When a power outage in her neighborhood lasts for days, not hours, Amber starts to wonder if the blackout will last forever. Months go by and her sixteenth birthday is completely different from anything she ever imagined it would be. Then, the government comes to take charge. However, what she hears from the authorities doesn’t match what she knows from the outside world. Can she find out the truth in time?

• Orphan Wish Island by Sarah Anne Carter
• Genre: Realistic Fantasy
• Audience: Middle Grade/Young Adults
• Publisher: Histria Kids
• Publication Date: Feb. 9, 2021
• ISBN-13: 978-1592110858
• Name of Distributor: Amazon
• Also available for Kindle if your library offers those services through Libby or Overdrive

Miriam’s parents died in a car crash when she was almost 8 years old. Just as she settles into a new life with her aunt and uncle, they decide to leave to work at an orphanage in Kenya and Miriam has to move in with her Grandma. The night after her 12th birthday, she sees something that can’t be real – glowing writing on the attic door in her room. The message encourages her to open the door and behind it she finds a tropical island where fairies tell her and some other orphans that they have been granted yearly wishes. She can listen to a message from her parents, make a wish and then come back each year to make another one. She will hear a final message from her parents if she comes back every year for six years. Her first wish is to have a lead part in the school musical so she can make friends. The magic only works for the wish if the child is willing to also work for the wish. Each year, Miriam wishes for something to help her, but along the way, she learns lessons about hard work, friendship, trust, and loyalty. Her parents also get to make a wish for her each year, but she won’t know what they wished until she comes to the island for the final time.

I’ve joined forces with the Chrism Press Stock the Shelves campaign! Their mission is to help Catholic authors get their books stocked at libraries. For more information, visit their Web site: chrismpress.com/stock-the-shelves.