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Coming in 2013 from Wil Mara & Jamie Carie

Here are two more books I’m looking forward to this year!

Jamie Carie is self publishing her first contemporary romance and Wil Mara’s Tyndale cover is now available ~ I love it! You can see the rest of Tyndale’s mid 2013 releases here.

Enjoy!

Rush to the Altar by Jamie Carie

Madeline Goode is devastated when her husband dies in a car accident. After moving back in with her parents with her two year old son, Max, she attempts to put the pieces of her life back together. But she didn’t plan on meeting Jared Hart, the star NBA …

The Tutor’s Daughter by Julie Klassen

When her father’s teaching academy finds itself without students, Emma Smallwood, despairs of his mental health until an opportunity to tutor the younger brothers of former Smallwood Academy students, Henry and Philip Weston. Travelling to Ebbington Manor on the Cornwall coast, Emma and her father once again encounter the adult Weston brothers ~ both of whom had a significant impact on Emma as a young girl but for very different reasons.

Settling in at the Manor proves difficult as mysterious noises and an unwelcome visitor plague Emma during the night as items disappear from her room and her fears mount. …

Top Ten (loose definition!) Reads in 2012

Every year I agonise over my Top 10 list! There are always a number of books that I’d love to have on my list that I can’t fit in ~ books like Candace Calvert’s Trauma Plan, Cathy Gohlke’s Promise Me This, Elizabeth Camden’s Against the Tide, Lisa Bergren’s Glamorous Illusions, Jody Hedlund’s Unending Devotion, Jim Rubart’s The Chair, Susan May Warren’s Baroness & Sarah Sundin’s With Every Letter ~ all stories I adored and HIGHLY recommend!

My list this year is in no particular order and includes books that have engaged me for one reason …

The INSPY Awards 2013 ~ nominations now open

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

2013 INSPYs Nominations Open

December 27, 2012—Nominations for 2013 INSPY Awards — http://inspys.com — opened today.

After a hiatus from our 2012 awards season, The Inspy Awards has returned for a third year. The INSPYs were created to select and showcase books with the highest literary standards that grapple with the Christian faith and were designed to help readers in their search for the preeminent faith-inspired literature of today. This program is organized and judged by book bloggers who have considerable experience and knowledge of books published for both the CBA and general market.

We welcome …

Coming in 2013 from Susan May Warren

I’ve long been a fan of Susie May Warren and have every one of her books on my shelves! In April, 2013 she begins a new series in a familiar location ~ the Christiansen Family series set in Deep Haven ~ a place readers have fallen in love with in her previous stories.

I’m loving the sound of this one and the little boy is a darling ~ how about you?

Take a Chance on Me by Susan May Warren

Darek Christiansen is almost a dream bachelor—oldest son in the large Christiansen clan, heir to their historic Evergreen Lake Resort, …

Though Mountains Fall by Dale Cramer

Synopsis:~

When an army of bandits descends on them, the Amish are saved by the last-minute arrival of government troops. But they soon learn that soldiers can be as cruel as the bandits themselves. Then a bishop travels to Mexico, and Caleb’s daughters are finally able to marry, though the ban still looms for Miriam even as her beloved Domingo decides he must go off to fight in the coming war. As Caleb’s frail hope of peace and freedom in Mexico slips away, he is left to ponder the question: In times of trouble, on whom should we rely?

My …