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Coming in late 2013 from Revell Books

Love introducing new covers and here are Revell’s late 2013 releases for your enjoyment and comment!

Plenty of variety in genre with historical, suspense, YA, Amish, and more. I’ll post Ann’s once it is available.

Catching my eye in this lot is Olivia’s, Lisa’s and Irene’s. I think the dress on Olivia’s is gorgeous and I love the ongoing themes of this series – they have all been beautiful. While Lisa’s is pretty plain I always enjoy seeing the male lead get a guernsey on a cover (shout out to Rissi and Amber about “couple covers”!!) and Irene’s is a …

Shattered by Dani Pettrey

Piper McKenna loves her family and her life in Yancey, Alaska and is thrilled that her snow boarding, risk taking brother, Reef ,has returned home. Her peace is shattered when Reef turns up at her home, distraught and covered in blood, proclaiming his innocence when the shocking murder of a young woman is discovered. Devoted to Reef, and certain he will be vindicated, Piper pesters family friend and Yancey deputy sheriff Landon Grainger, for clues to Reef’s innocence.

Landon loves the McKennas like family, but his feelings for Piper are beyond brotherly. Desperate to hide his changing emotions, Landon thrusts …

Congo Dawn by Jeanette Windle

Synopsis:~

While former Marine lieutenant Robin Duncan is no stranger to corruption or conspiracy, she has always been able to tell the good guys from the bad, and the Congo jungle at first seems no different. But as her security team tries to track down an insurgent killer, Robin has to face a man who broke her trust years ago, and she discovers the gray areas extend farther in this jungle wilderness than she anticipated.

A ruthless global conspiracy begins to surface, run by powerful men who can’t afford to leave any witnesses. Her life at stake, Robin doesn’t know …

Character Spotlight ~ Mary Ellis’ Nora King & Lewis Miller

Meet a unique Amish girl in

Mary Ellis’

Amish novel

Love Comes to Paradise

Harvest House

The Story

Nora King believes she is a woman in love. When Elam Detweiler leaves the ultraconservative Amish district of Harmony, Maine, and moves to Paradise, Missouri, Nora follows soon after. But does she love the man or the independence and freethinking he represents? Although she finds good work in her new town, Nora can’t seem to capture Elam’s Englisch-leaning heart, no matter how hard she tries.

And then, unexpectedly, Lewis Miller comes from Harmony to offer Nora what every woman needs–a lifetime of …

BLGs’ Book Club Interview with Kellie Coates Gilbert ~ Part 2

My BLGs Book Club selection for October was Kellie Coates Gilbert’s debut novel, Mother of Pearl, a deeply moving novel of a mother’s love for her daughter.

I’m thrilled to share Part 2 of our interview with you here. Be sure you read Part 1 here first.

**Please beware ~ spoilers ahead!**

Mother of Pearl

Barrie Graeber has two great kids, a loving husband, and a respected job as the high school counselor in her close-knit community. Without warning, everything unravels when her teenage daughter, Pearl, is betrayed by friends and lashes out.

Nothing prepares this mother for the …

Character Spotlight ~ Kelly Irvin’s Helen and Gabriel

Meet two lonely people in

Kelly Irvin’s

Amish novel

Love’s Journey Home

Harvest House

The Story

Gabriel Gless and Helen Crouch’s first meeting nearly ends in tragedy because of Helen’s wayward son. Despite all they have in common-the loss of their beloved spouses, the experience of raising their children alone, their rock-solid faith-it seems their chances of finding new love together are gone before they’ve even had an opportunity to get to know each other.

Meanwhile, Helen’s good friend, Annie Plank, is still reeling from the death of her husband when Gabriel’s son Isaac walks into her bakery and into …