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Lauraine Snelling: Discover more…and a giveaway

Discover more about

Lauraine Snelling

and her historical romance

Harvest of Hope

Bethany House

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A book character that sticks in my mind is… Why?

Maisie Dobbs because she came from a poor background, overcoming such odds and solves crimes by using her mind and her training in relaxing and focus. She is so real and I so want to meet her and sit down for a long chat time. Oh the questions I would ask her. The way I am reacting to her, I am on book ten in the series now, shows me how my readers react …

Chasing Sunsets by Karen Kingsbury

Synopsis:~

Growing up in a comfortable home, Mary Catherine wanted for nothing. Though she loves her wealthy parents, their lifestyle never appealed to her. Instead, Mary Catherine pursues meaning through charity work, giving away a part of herself but never giving away her heart.

Mary Catherine lives in Los Angeles with her roommate, Sami, and volunteers at a local youth center with coach Tyler Ames and LA Dodger Marcus Dillinger. Despite Mary Catherine’s intention to stay single, she finds herself drawing close to Marcus, and their budding romance offers an exciting life she never dreamed of. That is, until she …

Character Spotlight: Allison Pittman’s Nola & Russ…with a giveaway

Meet a couple in crisis in

Allison Pittman’s

1930s Drama

On Shifting Sand

Tyndale House

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The Story

Long before anyone would christen it “The Dust Bowl,” Nola Merrill senses the destruction. She’s been drying up bit by bit since the day her mother died, leaving her to be raised by a father who withholds his affection the way God keeps a grip on the Oklahoma rain. A hasty marriage to Russ, a young preacher, didn’t bring the escape she desired. Now, twelve years later with two children to raise, new seeds of dissatisfaction take root.

When Jim, a mysterious …

Bookish Question of the Week

Have you noticed, on occasion, that there is more to a book cover than meets the eye? A story behind the story?

Candace Calvert’s cover model for her medical romance novel, Rescue Team, is former military, having recently served several tours in Afghanistan, and a true hero. Becky Wade’s Undeniably Yours and Meant to Be Mine, feature real life couples on the covers. And how about Ronie Kendig’s Quiet Professionals series? Each of the men on the Raptor 6, Hawk, and Falcon covers are military veterans who have served their country with dedication and courage. Ronie has recently …

Jody Hedlund’s Noble Knights Blog Tour ~ Grand Prize Giveaway

Jody Hedlund’s

Frequently Asked Questions

and

Grand Prize Giveaway

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It is my delight to be the final stop on Jody Hedlund’s Noble Knights Blog tour, celebrating the release of her first YA (Young Adult) novel, An Uncertain Choice.

With two teenage daughters and a third on the cusp, I’m always looking for stories that will entertain, challenge, and encourage my girls ~ An Uncertain Choice fits that bill perfectly! That said, I highly recommend it to “girls” of all ages! Be sure to read the novella prequel, The Vow, so you know the whole story behind …

Bookish Question of the Week

To be a novella, or not to be. That is the question!

My friend, the lovely Amber Lynn Perry, posed the question on Facebook recently asking if readers liked novellas or not, so I’m brazenly stealing her question today 🙂 I’ve not always been a big fan of the shortened story but I’ve been quite taken with the recent push from a number of publishers ~ Bethany House and Howard Books come to mind ~ to introduce readers to a new author by way of a novella, often free, before their full length debut novel releases.

In addition, I’ve …