Turn to Me by Becky Wade (with giveaway) All That It Takes by Nicole Deese (with giveaway) The Buy-In by Emma St. Clair Sunrise by Susan May Warren with giveaway

Bookish Question of the Week

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Most of us don’t have scads of money to splash out on book and need to be wise when it comes to spending our dollars on books. I’d love to know what factors help you decide which books to spend your hard earned cash on!

Do tell……

Character Spotlight: Kim Vogel Sawyer’s Briley & Alexa

When Grace SingsMeet a reporter and B & B owner in

Kim Vogel Sawyer’s

Mennonite romance

When Grace Sings

Waterbrook Multnomah

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The Story

Alexa Zimmerman wonders if the Old Order Mennonite Community in Arborville, Kansas will ever fully accept her. Her family roots aren’t what anyone thought when she first arrived, but she is hopeful that her culinary and hospitality skills will win the skeptics over. The bed-and-breakfast she is operating needs to succeed leading Alexa to allow Briley Forrester, the hotshot reporter from Chicago, to stay as a long-term boarder not fully knowing his real motives for being amongst the

Coming in 2015/2016 from Thomas Nelson and Zondervan Fiction

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Get comfortable! I’ve recently posted cover art from Thomas Nelson but a few more have popped up so I’ve included them in this combined post with Zondervan releases. It’s been a while since I have done a Zondy cover art post, so this one’s a long one!

I much prefer the newer wedding novella collection covers – A Season to Wed, Toss the Bouquet, and Kiss the Bride – attractive and whimsical, which suits the genre.

How can I not love Whispers in the Reading Room with a library as the backdrop?! Billy’s, Laura’s, and Celeste’s all have …

Jen Turano: Discover more…with a giveaway

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Jen Turano

and her historical rom com

In Good Company

Bethany House

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A book character that sticks in my mind is… 

Harry Potter – because even though a lot of bad things happen to him on an almost page by page basis, he remains good to the very end.

The last book that made me cry was…

“The Prayer Box” by Lisa Wingate

The last book that made me laugh out loud was…

“The Martian” by Andy Weir

I’m completely immersed in their storytelling, whenever I read a book by…

Susan Elizabeth Phillips

The first person

Character Spotlight: Anita Higman’s Summer

Summers-List-front-coverMeet a sacrificial woman in

Anita Higman’s

contemporary romance

Summer’s List

River North

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The Story

A dying wish alters the course of a young woman’s life.

Life hadn’t been easy for Summer Snow. In acts of selflessness-caring for her ailing parents and running her grandmother’s bookstore-she had forfeited her youth and dreams for the needs of others. And the only tries she had at love… didn’t turn out. She had the bookstore, she had her beloved granny, but she was missing something-or someone.  

Opportunity strikes when Granny sends Summer on an unexpected adventure with one Martin Langtree, a kind

A Bride at Last by Melissa Jagears

A Bride at LastSynopsis:~

Abandoned by his mail-order bride, Silas Jonesey has fought an uphill battle to recover from a pattern of poor choices. Now his prayers for reconciliation have finally come true and his estranged wife has contacted him with her whereabouts.

Kate Dawson was supposed to be a mail-order bride, but upon realizing she’d been deceived about her intended groom, she’s now settled into life as a schoolteacher. When the mother of a student passes away, Kate assumes she’ll take on care of nine-year-old Anthony–until two men suddenly show up in town, claiming to be the boy’s father.

Silas can see