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Synopsis:~

On assignment in Darfur, Sudan, journalist Julia Keegan hopes to open the eyes of average Americans to the atrocities taking place there-and to distance herself from the shadow cast by her father. Even as she steels herself to face the horrors of genocide, Julia isn’t prepared to face her own past. In the United States, Fred Keegan, a convicted murderer dying of cancer, asks young lawyer Joel Maartens to deliver a letter to his estranged daughter, Julia. When Joel and Julia meet in Sudan, they find their lives suddenly redefined by the injustice and violence around them, and both …

Character Spotlight ~ Linda S. Clare’s Muri Pond

Today the spotlight shines on………………………….Muri Pond

Linda S. Clare is a multi published non-fiction author who has turned her hand to fiction with her debut novel, The Fence My Father Built. With an intriguing and personal premise, why not check out this book when you are out and about!

Over to you, Linda:~

Brief physical description

Muri Pond is a quarter Native American. She’s slender, with long dark hair and a slightly tan complexion, but green eyes. The cover art is a good, approximation of Muri, but in my head it’s always been Sandra Bullock.

Strengths

Educated, loves to read, …

Coming soon from John Aubrey Anderson and Fidelis Books

I am so thrilled that John Aubrey Anderson has a book releasing next year from Fidelis Books, an imprint of B&H Publishing and I think it looks fantastic.

Be sure to check it out and his three gripping previous novels at Amazon, and add it to you wish list!

The Cool Woman by John Aubrey Anderson

At some point, most boys think they want to grow up to be pilots. With this kid, it was different . . . he knew.

The orphaned son of a Tuskegee Airman, Bill Mann was a staid, single, and sober lieutenant …

Christy Awards Reading Challenge

Did you know there are annual awards for books considered the best in Christian Fiction? Yep, the Christy Awards, named in honour of Catherine Marshall’s novel of the same name and her dedication to the growth of Christian Fiction.

Two of my favourite blogging friends, Amy and Deborah, together with Shauna have created The Christy Awards Reading Challenge, a reading challenge that spotlights Christian Fiction and the nominees and winners of the prestigious Christy Award, over the past ten years. You can pick your challenge and read as many or as few books as you like, and you’ve …

Gone to Green by Judy Christie

City print journalist, Lois Green, enjoys her fast paced life as city editor for The Dayton Post, relishing the hustle and bustle of the newspaper and its employees.

When her mentor bequeaths her ownership of a small town newspaper in Green, North Louisiana with the requirement she stays for a year, Lois swallows her pride and determines to leave as soon as possible.

Upon arriving in Green, her pre imagined ideas of a quaint town with a cohesive community are soon challenged as she confronts underhanded tactics and gossip mongering. And yet, as friendships form, Lois begins to reconsider her …

Marlo Schalesky ~ What’s Cooking?

Marlo Schalesky

Can you tell I like dessert? 😉

Pumpkin Crisp

Ingredients:

1 large (or 3 small) cans of pumpkin
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
3 eggs
1 butter pecan or yellow cake mix
1 cup chopped pecans
3/4 cup melted butter

Directions:

Mix pumpkin with salt and spices (or use a large can of ready-made pumpkin pie filling and forget adding your own spice).
Taste and adjust seasonings to your preference.
Add beaten eggs and mix thoroughly.
Spread in greased 9X14″ baking pan.
Sprinkle dry cake mix evenly over the top of the pumpkin, and

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