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Jill Lynn: Fast Favourites (with giveaway)

It’s my pleasure to have Jill Lynn return to the blog and share her favourite things! We are matchy-match on quite a few things, including the colour green, While You Were Sleeping, and Summer. How about you? Once again, Jill is generously giving away a copy of her latest romance, so be sure to enter below.

Over to you, Jill…

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Animal

Dog

Artist

Norman Rockwell

Board Game

Ah…none? Haha. I don’t love board games. The only ones I like require very little thinking—just luck. So I guess I’ll say Left, Center, Right. I keep this in my purse …

7 Ways Fiction Can Break through When Nonfiction Fails by Matt Mikalatos (with giveaway)

Matt Mikalatos, author of the recently released The Crescent Stone, shares about the power of fiction in this feature for Relz Reviewz. Enjoy the insights from Matt and share your thoughts – whether as a reader or a writer – how fiction has reached you! Be sure to read all the way to the end to learn about Matt’s intriguing fantasy novel and enter the giveaway, courtesy of Tyndale House Publishers.

Over to you, Matt!

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Think of your reader as a walled city. Inside the walls are their thoughts, feelings, hopes, and insights. They have built up a lot …

Jane by the Book by Pepper Basham

Synopsis:~

Four years ago, Jane Warwick escaped the shame and heartbreak of being jilted at the altar by becoming a housekeeper at the secluded Inn at Simeon Ridge. Predictable and quiet, the inn helps Jane find a place to heal and celebrates her strengths, where she is promoted to head housekeeper. But an unexpected visit to Bath, England, upsets Jane’s plans and sends her out of her comfort zone, directly into the harrowing path of historical detective author, Titus Stewart.

The only plans Titus sticks to are family holidays and the ones that send him careening into his story worlds, …

Character Spotlight: Jaime Jo Wright’s Jacobus Corbin

My blog has been happily ambushed by Rachel McMillan and her penchant for intelligent and credible heroes. Jaime Jo Wright graciously agreed to whip up a character spotlight at Rachel’s request, featuring the intriguing Jacobus Corbin from her latest release, The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond. I hope you enjoy meeting Jacobus and will come back next week for Jaime’s other feature and giveaway!

By the way, dear readers, if like Rachel you have a burning desire to shine the spotlight on any characters in a book you have read, contact me and I’ll do my best to make it happen!…

A Peek Inside Hurricane Season by Lauren K. Denton

From the author of the USA TODAY bestseller The Hideaway comes a new story about families and mending the past.

Looking for your next read? Thanks to Thomas Nelson you can take a peek at Lauren K. Denton’s latest novel, Hurricane Season, hear her writer’s voice, and add another book to your TBR or Wishlist! Born and raised in Mobile, Alabama, Lauren now lives with her husband and two daughters in Homewood, just outside Birmingham. In addition to her fiction, she writes a monthly newspaper column about life, faith, and how funny (and hard) it is to be a …

Tessa Afshar & The Thief of Corinth (with giveaway)

The lovely Tessa Afshar returns to the blog to talk about her latest Biblical tale, Thief of Corinth, her affection for her sofa, and why her character Theo won’t let her go! I hope you enjoy getting to know Tessa and her novel a little better. There’s a giveaway to enter as well, thanks to Tyndale House.

Over to you, Tessa!

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Why do you tell stories?

What? You mean it’s possible to do something else for a living? I tell stories because I feel I was born to do just that, though on hard days I am liable to …