**fingers skittle across the keyboard. Stop. Eyelids blink over the top** Oh, was this bio day? Oops! I forgot. I was lost in my latest manuscript. Umm... bio. Yeah. Hi! I’m Chautona Havig. (for those who care, that’s Shuh-TONE-uh HAVE-ig). Yeah. Just work with me here. I should have used a pseudonym, but when you grow up with a name like Chautona, it kind of sticks. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. ~ Hebrews 10: 23–25 Those aren’t just words on a page for me–they’re why I write. I write to encourage my brothers and sisters in Christ. The stories I create are to make people laugh, cry, question, consider. They’re for you. When the world screams for hope, I try to point you to the true Source of hope–Jesus. Sometimes life in the church no longer seems a refuge from the pain of a self-serving world around us, but through my stories, I try to point you to the only Refuge that can truly help–the Father’s Everlasting Arms. And sometimes we just need an escape from the monotony, the emptiness we see around us. We need joy, laughter–what I like to call “just the write escape.” Christian fiction without apology or pretense–lived, not preached. What does that even mean? It means I care–about you. About your walk with Jesus. I care about the words you put before your eyes, the mental pictures those words conjure. It’s difficult to express just how much I love my brothers and sisters in Christ. It’s difficult to share just how much I love you. But I do. And I write for you. I sit in my little house in California’s Mojave Desert and I write to show you why one sister believes one thing, why a brother believes another. I write to show you how some Christians handle trials or triumphs–for you. So when you’re faced with something–good or bad, it doesn’t matter–maybe it’ll spark a memory. Maybe that memory will smolder until you pull out your Bible and see what the Lord said about it–about His great love for you. For YOU! And maybe, just maybe, you’ll share that love with another hurting, confused, or blessed-with-more-than-she-knows-what-to-do-with soul. I just happen to think that’s the most blessed giving anyone could hope to receive.
Series
Books
HearthLand
No News
2015
For Keeps
2010
HearthLand
It Pours
2015
Wrong about Mr. Wright
2023
Past Forward-A Serial Novel
Episode 17
2012
Advent
2012
Allerednic
A Regency Cinderella Tale--In Reverse
2012
The Ghosts of New Cheltenham
2018
Hart of Noel
2021
The Vintage Wren
Week 6
2016
Noble Pursuits
2008
Byrd's-Eye View
2020
Princess Paisley
2010
HearthLand
Truer Words
2015
The Rockland Chronicles
Collection One
2013
Twice Sold Tales
2022
Shadows & Secrets
2009
Cloaked in Secrets
2010
Flipping Hearts
2021
Speak Now
2013
Operation Posthaste
2018
The Stars of New Cheltenham
2021
Here We Come
2012
Sand & Mistletoe
2018
Prairie
2013
Making Spirits Bright
2017
HearthLand
Before a Hill
2014
Christmas on Breakers Point
2019
Ready or Not
2010
Past Forward-A Serial Novel
Episode 7
2012
Mismatched
2013
Discovering Hope
2012
The Diary of a De-cluttering Junkie
Episode 3
2013
31 Kisses
2012
New Year's Revolutions
2016
Past Forward-A Serial Novel
Episode 15
2012
Past Forward-A Serial Novel
Episode 12
2012
HearthLand
A Friend Indeed
2015
Past Forward-A Serial Novel
Episode 8
2012
Silenced Knight
A Hartfield Mysteries "Noella"
2017
Thirty Days Hath…
2012
The Vintage Wren
Week 2
2016
The Second Noel
2017
Deepest Roots of the Heart
2015
Snow-Crossed Letters
2020
Christmas Stalkings
2016
HearthLand Volume 6
2015
Hashtag Rogue
2019
Past Forward
The Beginning, Episode 1
2012
HearthLand Volume 5
2015
HearthLand
One Step Past
2014
HearthLand
It Takes One
2014
A Bird Died
2013
Something Borrowed, Someone Blue
2019
Dual Power of Convenience
Merriweather Island
2020
The Hearts of New Cheltenham
2022
Past Forward
Episode 26
2013
Premeditated Serendipity
2017
HearthLand Volume 4
2015
Past Forward-A Serial Novel
Episode 21
2012
Dead Letter
2019
Bookers on the Rocks
Elnora Island
2021
HearthLand
Good News
2015
The Trouble with Nancy
2019
Ante Up!
2016
The Vintage Wren
Week 1
2016
Past Forward-A Serial Novel
Episode 23
2013
HearthLand
A Friend in Need
2014
None So Blind
2013
Corner Booth
2015
Such a Tease
2017
Carol and the Belles
2015
Blessing Bentley
2019
HearthLand
Faith, Hope, & Love
2015
Moore's Code
2014
Past Forward-A Serial Novel
Episode 16
2012
Past Forward-A Serial Novel
Episode 22
2013
12 Dates of Christmas
2020
Tempting Tait
2020
HearthLand
The Greatest of These
2015
Fine Print
2018
Past Forward-A Serial Novel
Episode 14
2012
The Vintage Wren
Week 5
2016
The Title Wave
2023
Argosy Junction
2009
Will Not See
2017
HearthLand
Christmas in My Heart
2014
HearthLand
Mice Play
2015
Keep It All Year
2014
Penelope's Pursuit
2021
The Diary of a De-cluttering Junkie
Episode 6
2013
Yesterday's Mail
2018
The Bells of New Cheltenham
2020
HearthLand
At Christmastime
2014
Tarnished Silver
2013
Manuscript for Murder
2012
The Matchmakers of Holly Circle
2014
Ghosted at the Altar
2020
HearthLand
To Know One
2014
HearthLand
Nothing Gained
2014
Crime of Fashion
2013
Beneath the Cloak
2011
The Last Gasp
2021
Book, Chapter, & Vows
Breakers Head
2022
Past Forward-A Serial Novel
Episode 9
2012
HearthLand
Two Steps Forward
2014
Two O'clock Slump
2014
Justified Means
2013
Cold Escape
Five Christian Romantic Suspense Novels
2024
The Diary of a De-cluttering Junkie
Episode 1
2013
HearthLand
Fair Play
2015
Past Forward-A Serial Novel
Episode 6
2012
Past Forward-A Serial Novel
Episode 20
2012
Merri's Christmas Mission
2017
HearthLand
Forearmed
2015
Highlands
2015
Not a Word
2013
HearthLand
Always a Valley
2014
Jack
2016
HearthLand
Two Roads Diverged
2014
Christmas Embers
2016
Effective Immediately
2014
HearthLand
All the Difference
2014
A Forgotten Truth
2015
HearthLand
Nothing Ventured
2014
Past Forward-A Serial Novel
Episode 10
2012
Everard
2012
Ties That Blind
2018
Random Acts of Shyness
2019
Finding a Memory
2022
Sweet on You
2016
HearthLand
Forewarned
2015
HearthLand
Cat's Away
2015
Past Forward-A Serial Novel
Episode 13
2012
Past Forward-A Serial Novel
Episode 19
2012
Past Forward-A Serial Novel
Episode 18
2012
The Vintage Wren
Week 3
2016
Under the Hibiscus
2022
The Diary of a De-cluttering Junkie
Episode 2
2013
Volition
2019
Past Forward-A Serial Novel
Episode 11
2012
Dial W for Wrangler
2022
HearthLand
When It Rains
2015
