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Lori Benton: An Interview with Christy Book of the Year Award Winner

Before she was famous (hehe!) and the winner of three Christy Awards (Book of the Year/First Novel/Historical), Lori Benton graciously responded to my Book Club’s questions following our selection of Burning Sky for our May Book Club this year. It’s my pleasure to post the interview (minus a few spoiler Q&As) so you can catch a glimpse of the creation of this magnificent story, and the delightful woman that is Lori Benton.

Once you have enjoyed this in-depth interview, be sure to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway for your chance to win yourself one of five copies of Burning Sky I’m …

The 2014 Christys Celebration Grand Prize Giveaway

Finally the wait is over and the winners of the 2014 Christy Awards have been announced! You won’t want to miss our Christys Celebration Giveaway Grand Prize Package, featuring all the winning books.

Entering the 2014 Christys Celebration Grand Prize Giveaway is easy!

All you will have to do is enter using the Rafflecopter form below. Within the form, follow the easy links to like the Christy Awards Facebook page and the authors’ Facebook pages and you are in the drawing.

Wasn’t the Live Blog with Tyson Wynn and guest commentator, Robin Caroll fabulous? If you missed out on the …

Bookish Question of the Week

In the world of Christian Fiction, it’s the awards season! The Christy Awards are about to be announced – in a couple of hours, actually – the Carol Award nominees have just been announced, and our bloggers’ own INSPY Awards will be announcing their winning books shortly. On top of the three mentioned there are numerous other book awards taking place. Writers love the honour of being nominated and, of course, a win is no doubt a great boost to their confidence.

But my question today is for the readers out there, do you pay much attention to Award winning …

In the Field of Grace by Tessa Afshar with a giveaway

Synopsis:~

Destitute, grief-stricken, and unwanted by the people of God, Ruth arrives in Israel with nothing to recommend her but Naomi’s, love. Her loftiest hope is to provide enough food to save Naomi and herself from starvation.

But God has other plans for her life.

While everyone considers Ruth an outcast, she is shocked to find one of the wealthiest and most honored men of Judah showing her favor. Long since a widower and determined to stay that way, Boaz is irresistibly drawn to the foreign woman with the dark, haunted eyes. He tells himself he is only being kind …

Coming in early 2015 from Bethany House

So, that last look before bed at Amazon gets me every time! Here’s the new 2015 novels coming from Bethany House. As always there’s plenty to catch the eye by way of cover art and story lines.

Covers? I adore Angela Hunt’s – it is warm, vivid, and I love the vertical title! Eye popping colour is everywhere with the historical books – Siri’s, Tracie’s, Elizabeth’s, and Jen’s.

Kathryn’s is perfect for conveying the story – the photograph and the partial reveal of the main character.

Victoria and Melissa’s reflect contemporary romance beautifully and the simplicity of Dina’s appeals to …