Mixed Signals

Love Is on the Air Belle Ors"Brien, the woman behind the warmest voice in Virginia radio, has one problem: Her oldies show on WPER-FM is a solid-gold hit, but her love life, at thirty-two years and counting, is an off-the-charts disaster. The pickings are slim in small-town Abingdon. Will it be smooth-talking Patrick Reese, the man who launched her radio career a decade earlier? Moody but handsome David Cahill, the chief engineer with a mysterious past and a new life in Christ? Or Matthew the Methodist, her pastor across the street? Surrounded by an on-air cast of colorful characters, Bellers"s journey toward joy is filled with humor, heartache, and endless surprises. Norah Silver-Smyth, her friend and encourager, will join Belle in discovering that itrs"s never too late to listen to your heart. "One of the most delightful surprises Irs"ve had all year- a first novel that moved me to both laughter and tears!" Susan Wiggs,USA Todaybestselling author Love Is on the Air Belle Ors"Brien, the woman behind the warmest voice in Virginia radio, has a problem: Her oldies show is a solid-gold hit, but her love life is an off-the-charts disaster. Her prospects for a husband are small-town slim. Will it be smooth-talking Patrick Reese, who launched her radio career? Moody but handsome David Cahill, WPERrs"s enigmatic broadcast engineer? Matthew the Methodist, her oh-so-available pastor? Or the mysterious radio listener who signs his letters, "All Ears in Abingdon"? As Belle embarks on a journey toward joy, Norah Silver-Smyth, proprietor of The Silver Spoon, cooks up her own delicious recipe for happily-ever-after in this winsome tale filled with humor, tenderness, endless surpriseshellip;andtwohappy endings! "Liz Curtis Higgshellip;has succeeded magnificently with her first fictional effort." K-LOVE News & Reviews "Christian fiction isnrs"t known for humorous books, so this title is a special joy." Library Journal "Great laughs, good solid story, surprises and twists, and great characters." Francine Rivers, bestselling author ofRedeeming Love "Absolutely wonderful. An outstanding and heart-warming debut!" Angela Elwell Hunt, author ofThe Note "Mixed Signalswas my sweet reward at the end of my demanding dayshellip;a most satisfying treat!" Jane Johnson Struck, Senior Editor,Todayrs"s Christian Woman Story Behind the Book Before she became a platform speaker, Liz Curtis Higgs spent ten years as a successful radio personality, moving town to town, up and down the dial. InMixed Signals,Liz draws on that memorable decade to create WPER, an oldies station in Abingdon , Virginia . The Barter Theater was included with thanks to her experience with amateur drama productions, and the ten hot-air balloon ascents she weathered while a broadcaster were also put to use. Her heroine, Belle, marries a radio station engineerhellip;just as Liz did nearly twenty years ago. But there the parallels end in this winsome tale withtwohappy endings.

An award-winning speaker since 1986, Liz Curtis Higgs has stepped onto 1,500 platforms in all fifty states and six foreign countries encouraging women to grow in Christ and celebrate their faith. As the author of twenty-two books, including her first contemporary novel, Mixed Signals, her bestselling historical novels, Thorn in My Heart and Fair Is the Rose , her nonfiction bestseller Bad Girls of the Bible, and a series of Gold Medallion Award–winning children’s books, Liz touches the hearts of her readers with real-life humor and grace-filled encouragement. She and her husband, Bill, live with their two teenagers and too many cats in Louisville , Kentucky .