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Character Spotlight ~ Alice Wisler’s Gideon Miller and Kiki Yanagi

The “Getaway Savior” and an autistic teen feature in

Alice Wisler’s

Still Life in Shadows

River North

The Story

It’s been fifteen years since Gideon Miller ran away from his Amish community in Carlisle, Pennsylvania as a boy of fifteen. Gideon arrives in the Smoky Mountains town of Twin Branches and settles in at the local auto mechanic’s garage. He meets a host of interesting characters -the most recent acquaintances are Kiki, an autistic teen, and her sister Mari. Known as the “Getaway Savior” he helps other Amish boys and girls relocate to life in modern America.

One day the …

BLGs’ Book Club interview with Cathy Gohlke~Part 1

My book club’s July selection was Cathy Gohlke’s excellent novel about the Titanic, Promise Me This, a heartrending and ultimately uplifting story. Cathy graciously answered our many questions which I’m delighted to share with you in two parts.

**Please be aware there are spoilers below so read at own risk!**

Promise Me This

Michael Dunnagan was never supposed to sail on the Titanic, nor would he have survived if not for the courage of Owen Allen. Determined to carry out his promise to care for Owen’s relatives in America and his younger sister, Annie, in England, Michael works hard …

Author Alert ~ Patrick W. Carr

It’s my pleasure to introduce you to debut author Patrick Carr and his novel

A Cast of Stones

the first in his epic Medieval fantasy saga, The Staff & The Sword, with The Hero’s Lot and A Breath of Wind to follow.

Here’s Patrick on Patrick:

Patrick Carr was born on an Air Force base in West Germany at the height of the cold war. He has been told this was not his fault. As an Air Force brat, he experienced a change in locale every three years until his father retired to Tennessee. Patrick saw more of the world …

Character Spotlight ~ Mary Connealy’s Seth & Callie Kincaid

Seth is crazy and Callie is mad!

Meet them here and in Mary Connealy’s

Over the Edge

Bethany House

The Story

Seth Kincaid survived a fire in a cave, but he’s never been the same. He was always a reckless youth, but now he’s gone over the edge. He ran off to the Civil War and came back crazier than ever. After the war, nearly dead from his injuries, it appears Seth got married. Oh, he’s got a lot of excuses, but his wife isn’t happy to find out Seth doesn’t remember her.

Callie has searched, prayed, and worried. Now …

Lethal Legacy by Irene Hannon

Synopsis:~

The police say her father’s death was suicide. But Kelly Warren says it was murder–and she has new evidence that she believes proves it.

Detective Cole Taylor doesn’t put much credence in her claim, and nothing in his case review suggests foul play. But when Kelly ends up in the emergency room with a suspicious life-threatening medical condition, the incident strikes him as more than just coincidence. Digging deeper, he discovers she’s linked to a long-ago crime. Is history repeating itself? And who wants Kelly silenced?

My take:~

Irene Hannon completes her Guardians of Justice series with Cole Taylor’s …

Coming soon from Worthy Publishing

New publishing kid on the block, Worthy Publishing has some intriguing books releasing in October this year and then in April, 2013.

As far as covers go, Joan’s certainly grabs my attention due to the vivid colour and striking eyes.

I’m interested in reading all of them, especially Mark’s and Nancy’s, and I’m wondering how Joan is going to differentiate her Mary Magdalene story to the many past novels about the famous woman – how about you?