Virginia Carmichael

Virginia Carmichael writes inspirational historical romance guided by faith, family responsibility, and vividly realized American settings. All The Blue of Heaven begins her Colors of Faith sequence with portrait painter Allie Hathaway, who returns to Chicago after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake destroys her studio. Waiting there is Thomas Bradford, once her family’s carriage boy and now a successful veterinarian, whose earlier love for Allie was divided by class expectations. The novel combines a second-chance relationship with questions about vocation, parenthood, loss, and renewed belief. Carmichael’s background includes study in linguistics and religious studies, while her bibliography spans historical and contemporary inspirational fiction. Colors of Faith continues with Purple Like the West and Golden Is the Sand. As the first installment, All The Blue of Heaven introduces the sequence through personal recovery rather than spectacle, using Allie’s art, her care for her niece, and Thomas’s changed circumstances to explore whether a damaged past can support a different future.