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Coming in 2014 from Zondervan

It’s always fun to put these posts together, especially where a long awaited cover is revealed!

Rachel Hauck’s cover for her second Royal Weddings novel has been highly anticipated in the blogging world. I love the dress and tiara, the motion and bare feet ~ I adore the continuing themes from the first book, Once Upon A Prince. I have one ‘but’ – the red background of the heart just interferes a bit for me and upsets the balance of the rest of the cover. Rissi & Lydia ~ you have a great eye for covers, what say you both?…

Character Spotlight ~ Dana Mentink’s Shaw & Nina with giveaway

Meet a dog handler and a missionary in

Dana Mentink’s

romantic suspense

Jungle Fire

River North

The Story

The deadliest animal in the jungle is the two legged kind.

Nina Truman is a missionary nurse, serving in a tiny Guatemalan town not far from the Mexican border. It’s a fulfilling life, tending to the village poor, a way to serve in the country from which she was adopted. The day she leaves on furlough, is the day her life falls apart. Her bus is ambushed and she must flee from forces who inexplicably wish her dead. Trapped between a …

Bookish Question of the Week

I skipped my bookish question last week as you were so kind with your comments about my upcoming trip that I didn’t want to exhaust you!! That said, it is my trip that has generated my question this week. I will have the wonderful privilege of meeting lots of authors, publicists, and publisher folk while I’m at ACFW and the opportunity to sit down with many authors to chat and interview them for my blog. I don’t want to waste this opportunity and I would love to give you the chance to participate, too! So, in answer to my question …

Pop Quiz ~ Jen Turano

Wife, mum, former fashion designer

author of historical romantic comedies

Gentleman of Her Dreams and A Change of Fortune

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What did you do on/for your 13th birthday?

If memory serves me correctly, I had the flu on my 13th birthday, which meant I spent it in bed, reading a good book, yet completely miserable. I did hold a sleep-over with my fabulous girlfriends the following week, and I’m sure we did all those things adolescent girls do, such as board games, truth or dare, and ate far too much junk food

What 3 adjectives would your …

Character Spotlight ~ R. J. Larson’s Akabe of Siphra

Meet a reluctant king in

R. J. Larson’s

Biblically themed fantasy

King

Bethany House

The Story

Against his wishes and desires, Akabe of Siphra has been chosen by his people to be King. But what does a warrior know of ruling during peacetime? Guided by the Infinite, Akabe seeks to rebuild the Temple in the city of Munra to give the sacred books of Parne a home. But dangerous factions are forming in the background. To gain the land he needs, Akabe must forsake the yearnings of his heart and instead align himself through marriage to the Thaenfall family.

Meanwhile, …

Harvest of Gold by Tessa Afshar with giveaway

Synopsis:~

The scribe Sarah married Darius, and at times she feels as if she has married the Persian aristocracy, too. There is another point she did not count on in her marriage-Sarah has grown to love her husband. Sarah has wealth, property, honor, and power, but her husband’s love still seems unattainable.

Although his mother was an Israelite, Darius remains skeptical that his Jewish wife is the right choice for him, particularly when she conspires with her cousin Nehemiah to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Ordered to assist in the effort, the couple begins a journey to the homeland of …