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

QuoftheweekSo,  I’m 10 days and counting wrestling a nasty virus and cough into submission…haven’t quite got there yet so the old brain is a little dodgy at the moment!

That means short and sweet today, so…

What book have you read this year that you could not put down, and why?

Character Spotlight ~ Victoria Bylin’s Kate & Nick with a giveaway

Until I Found YouMeet an advertising executive and a daredevil in

Victoria Bylin’s

contemporary romance

Until I Found You

Bethany House

The Story

Finding each other was only the beginning . . .

When Kate Darby swerves off a mountain road to avoid hitting a California condor, she ends up trapped in her car, teetering on the edge of a cliff. Terrified, she breathes a prayer that changes her life.

It’s Nick Sheridan who comes to Kate’s rescue. Nick is handsome and confident, and he seems to develop a habit of rescuing her, but Kate is in town only until her grandmother recuperates

Character Spotlight ~ Hillary Manton Lodge’s Juliette & Neil

A Table by the Window CoverGet to know a cook and a scientist in

Hillary Manton Lodge’s

contemporary romance

A Table by the Window

Waterbrook Multnomah

The Story

The youngest heir to a French-Italian restaurant dynasty, food writer Juliette D’Alisa has spent her life negotiating her skill with words and her restaurant aspirations. When her brother Nico offers her a chance to open a restaurant together, she feels torn-does she really have what it takes? Should she risk leaving her journalism career?

After the death of her grandmother, Juliette discovers an antique photograph of a man who looks strikingly like her brother. As the truth

INSPY Awards 2014 Shortlists Announced

inspyrs2Another fabulous few months of reading like a crazy woman with my amazing fellow INSPYs Advisory Board members, has resulted in the following books  being shortlisted for the INSPY Awards 2014. What a privilege and challenge it is to read so many wonderful and pare them down to a selection of 5 in each category. Now, the decision rests with our fabulous judges who will read and discuss the shortlists over the next couple of months. You can meet our brilliant judges here.

For more information, go to inspys.com

DEBUT FICTION

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Burning Sky by Lori Benton

Born of Persuasion

The winners are…

Remnants ~ Abbi H

Iscariot ~ Patti H

Paige Turned ~ Susie P

Congratulations! Look for your books to arrive soon, and enjoy!…

Raptor 6 by Ronie Kendig with a giveaway

Raptor6Synopsis:~

Captain Dean Watters keeps his mission and his team in the forefront of his laser-like focus. So when Dean’s mission and team are threatened, his Special Forces training kicks into high gear. Failing to stop hackers from stealing national security secrets from the military’s secure computers and networks isn’t an option.

Zahrah Zarrick is a missionary teacher to Afghan children in Mazar-e Sharif. And a target. When Zahrah is captured because of her expertise in quantum cryptology, compromising the US military, Dean is forced to crack the lockbox around his heart—a move that might come at the highest cost.