Into the Fortress

Tyler and Michelle would do anything to redeem themselves, except maybe get along. Michelle has been staff at St. Ninian's from the beginning, watching in envy as everyone around her falls in love. Tyler is new, and a single mistake over the holidays won't let him go. Suddenly every woman on the island glares at him. When a prank gone wrong gets Tyler in trouble, and a tendency for gossip does the same for Michelle, their boss Dusk puts the pair in charge of a huge project, not sure what else to do with them. Suddenly responsible for designing and building a small prayer chapel, Tyler jumps at the chance to prove himself, and Michelle faces her utter inability to design and build. What nobody counted on was the strange spark between the pair, waffling from respect to hatred and back, or the addition of two guests here for healing who latch onto the project like a lifeline. In true St. Ninian's fashion, a simple project becomes difficult and dangerous as God uses it to heal and grow four lost souls and create one of the most amazing buildings on the island. Into the Fortress is book eleven in the St. Ninian's Sanctuary series, small-town contemporary Christian romance with a mysterious island twist. Jill Penrod wrote her first novel in high school. It was a space opera (she watched Star Wars A LOT), and it was not great literature. But she persevered, graduating college with top honors in writing. Since then, she's published more than thirty novels. She writes in several genres including Christian teen romance, sweet romance, Christian fantasy stories, and non-fiction. None of them are space operas.

Jill lives in Kentucky with her husband and youngest son. She has three adult children out there doing adult things like work and marriage. When she isn't writing, she gardens and spoils her long-haired Chihuahua Sparrow, along with a few other cats and dogs. Recently she fulfilled her dream of moving to the country, although it has yet to be seen if this city mouse can become a country mouse or not.