On Tour 04/03/24-05/02/24 “Virtuous Women” by Ann Goltz

Release Date: March 5, 2024

About The Book:

There’s only one way to be virtuous. Or is there?

In the two years since her mother’s death, seventeen-year-old Hope Wagner has single-handedly raised and homeschooled her ten younger siblings while keeping her father’s house. When her father marries the strange newcomer to their church, Hope is allowed to begin a courtship that will make her a helpmeet in her own right. Much to her surprise, her betrothed has a vision for their life that includes radical ideas like education, careers, and choosing how many children they want to have rather than leaving it up to God. For the first time Hope can imagine a different future than the one her father’s planned for her, and she wants that future more than she’s ever wanted anything else. But when her father’s new wife rejects his authority over her, she launches the family into a crisis that threatens Hope’s future and will change their lives forever.

About The Author:

Ann Goltz writes fiction that deals with complicated family dynamics, questions of identity, and the intersection of faith and life. She completed her first novel in high school, and she considers that story a tremendous learning experience.

Her love for books led her to a job at a bookstore in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Unfortunately, that job gave her more experience with bookkeeping than writing or publishing, and she got sidetracked into a finance career.

For five years she worked for the US Air Force, managing the financial aspects of various defense programs and general operations. During this time she also earned a BS in Management, only to discover that she didn’t want a career in business. She quit her job in order to pursue a Master’s in Divinity full time. She graduated from Wartburg Theological Seminary and became an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

After serving congregations in South Dakota, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Iowa, she left active ministry in order to care for her family and focus on writing. She still practices her faith as a member of an ELCA congregation and as a Benedictine Oblate. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband, two teenagers, and three cats. Virtuous Women is her first published novel.

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