The Barefoot Bard
Casa Flanigan Book Seven
He was the most blessed—or the most cursed—of men
Jericho showed up at Casa Flanigan barefoot on a bicycle, a guitar on his back and all his belongings in a basket. Calling himself a modern-day bard, the young drifter agrees to stick around the farm for the summer so caretaker Shanna can take some time off at the end of her pregnancy. He always has a smile and kind word for everyone, insists on leading worship around a fire to end every day, and charms like nobody who’s ever walked onto the farm before.
But dark circumstances sent him on his homeless ride across the country, and while he’s at Casa Flanigan it catches up with him. It seems the most charming guest might be the most broken, and it will take everyone on site to hold onto Jericho and keep him safe and alive while he faces the plans God has for his future.
The Barefoot Bard is book seven of the Casa Flanigan series, Christian romance on a farm where God heals broken souls.
Jill's Notes
- Jericho is one of my favorite characters. I want to be more like him when I grow up.
- Jericho’s eccentric faith and worship led me to gift a copy of this book to everyone who attended my church’s women’s retreat in 2026. The theme of the retreat? Outside the box: Simple Encounters with God. Yep, that’s Jericho in a nutshell.
- One of my favorite Bible stories is Elijah under the broom tree after fleeing Jezebel and Ahab (1 Kings 19), so Annie chooses that story to do a mighty work in the book.
- Because I fell in love, Jericho shows up in every Casa Flanigan book after this.
- If you read the book, every statement above will make perfect sense. Read the book.
- The book is in Kindle Unlimited.
