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CFBA Blog Tour of A Cousin’s Promise by Wanda Brunstetter & Tracy’s Take

This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
A Cousin’s Promise
Barbour Books (March 1, 2009)
by
Wanda Brunstetter

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Wanda enjoys writing about the Amish because they live a peaceful, simple life─something she says we all need in this day and age.

Using the knowledge her Amish friends have shared with her, Wanda has also produced several children’s titles in the Rachel Yoder─Always Trouble Somewhere series, an Amish cookbook, and a devotional collection entitled The Simpler Life, which was released in July 2008 and celebrates the virtues of the Amish lifestyle. Wanda and her husband are …

Christy Award Nominations, 2009 and my thoughts…

The Christy Award nominees have been announced at the Christian Book Expo! Have a read through and let me know your thoughts!

The nominees for the 2009 Christy Awards:

Contemporary Romance category:

Beyond the Night by Marlo Schalesky (WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group) Finding Stefanie by Susan May Warren (Tyndale House Publishers)
Zora and Nicky: A Novel in Black and White by Claudia Mair Burney (David C. Cook)

Rel: Wow – I have read all of these and you couldn’t get a more diverse set of books so ably written by such amazing women. Do yourself a favour and check …

Word Gets Around by Lisa Wingate

Lauren Eldridge thought she’d wiped the dust of Daily, Texas, off her boots forever. Screenwriter Nate Heath thought he was out of second chances.

Life’s never that predictable, though.

Cajoled by her father, Lauren is back in town helping train a skittish race horse set to star in a Hollywood film. But the handsome screenwriter gives her more trouble than the horse. And Nate is realizing there’s a spark of magic in the project—and in the eyes of the girl who is so good with horses.

Daily, Texas, has a way of offering hope, healing, and a little romance just …

Elisha’s Bones by Don Hoesel

Dr Jack Hawthorne suffers a loss so great on an archaeological dig, he sequesters himself away teaching at Evanston University trying to forget his former career. Approached by billionaire Gordon Reese, to investigate a little known legend which could have the power to change history, Jack succumbs to curiosity and the lure of his repressed adventurous spirit.

Traversing the globe in search of clues, Jack discovers deadly forces will stop at nothing to keep him from discovering secrets hidden for millennia. With no choice but to seek the expertise of the woman he once loved and rejected, Jack risks all …

Character Spotlight ~ Miralee Ferrell’s Alexia Travers & Justin Phillips

Today the spotlight shines on……………………………..Alexia Travers & Justin Phillips

Miralee Ferrell’s addition to Summerside Press’ new Love Finds You series has garned multiple five star reviews on CBD and Amazon. Don’t miss your chance to sneak a look behind the scenes of this historical romance.

Over to you, Miralee:~

Brief physical description

Alexia Travers is tiny boned and slender, with long, wavy brown hair sprinkled with highlights. She doesn’t like wearing dresses, but she’s very modest when she does. She prefers wearing pants and casual shirts…it needs to be comfortable riding attire.

Justin has short, dark blond hair, dark brown …

GRPR Survey

Glass Road Public Relations want to know your thoughts on purchasing Christian novels and they would love it if you helped them out – I’ve done it!

Here’s GRPR’s President, Rebeca Seitz’s request:~

Do you read Christian novels? Do you buy Christian novels?

GRPR is conducting a research study and wants to know more about you! If you would like to participate, go to http://tiny.cc/G4IsN to take an anonymous survey about buying Christian fiction.

At the end, you can enter to win a library of TEN Christian novels! …