tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49443470999827224632024-03-19T01:18:21.464-04:00Life on Chickadee LaneWendy Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00440022162981631116noreply@blogger.comBlogger546125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944347099982722463.post-76963128698480859602024-03-18T07:00:00.066-04:002024-03-18T10:54:57.278-04:00Reverence in the Wilderness Celebrate Lit Tour {book review and giveaway}<p center=""> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4b0YLn0NHW5GsnvdeZwWC_Cm33f1PRZPnKrHnUj0OWIcCvAuBsVM60aSh2DCrCCd7hBCkzN55aULAPOAJTmJ9f7a1PaB0Q-QhDaj6yfh132_13CYFkZj0G-gpHYqd8swWIZEHx6QEK-XPKJ5w31tFwplBE2HQ_Km_qvOKKNEhJiGhssXimVIabKNxuL4/s851/reverence-in-the-wilderness.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4b0YLn0NHW5GsnvdeZwWC_Cm33f1PRZPnKrHnUj0OWIcCvAuBsVM60aSh2DCrCCd7hBCkzN55aULAPOAJTmJ9f7a1PaB0Q-QhDaj6yfh132_13CYFkZj0G-gpHYqd8swWIZEHx6QEK-XPKJ5w31tFwplBE2HQ_Km_qvOKKNEhJiGhssXimVIabKNxuL4/w640-h236/reverence-in-the-wilderness.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h1><span underline="">About the Book</span></h1><p><strong> </strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsdsuGodVRP1Bza1f_Mmjaba04Fkk85fXy-jrGmMGGNAuOT4TNhmEoN0OOMdS5KfTzKvxJ0pwA7qQXoF9BubBHP7jkHMlx7NuAr8eJzC8ErbnXI_eF6prjAakO6MkxNxKAgBqumHxuFS8lfmuWraRQb7SsL6u6c1ixXBCTinmcvIbufyLr7tadOTdRrM/s300/ReverenceInTheWilderness-200x300.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOsdsuGodVRP1Bza1f_Mmjaba04Fkk85fXy-jrGmMGGNAuOT4TNhmEoN0OOMdS5KfTzKvxJ0pwA7qQXoF9BubBHP7jkHMlx7NuAr8eJzC8ErbnXI_eF6prjAakO6MkxNxKAgBqumHxuFS8lfmuWraRQb7SsL6u6c1ixXBCTinmcvIbufyLr7tadOTdRrM/s1600/ReverenceInTheWilderness-200x300.jpg" width="200" /></a></strong></div><strong><br /></strong><strong>Book: </strong>Reverence in the Wilderness<p></p><p><strong>Author: </strong>Andrea Byrd</p><p><b>Genre:</b> Christian Historical Romance</p><p><strong>Release Date: </strong>March 5, 2024</p><p><em><strong>She’s desperate to save the homestead she’s poured her life into…but is a marriage of convenience with him the answer?</strong></em></p><p>Alone in the Kentucky wilderness, Keturah Elliot finds herself bereft of family and facing the looming threat of losing all she has left. After toiling alongside her demeaning father for two years, she cannot bear losing the homestead they built with their own hands. Keturah has no choice but to trust the Lord’s urging—she must marry to protect all she holds dear. But when a candidate presents himself in the form of a wealthy dandy from back East, can she find enough redeeming qualities to accept him?</p><p>Haunted by his mother’s death and a lifetime of failure and isolation, Daniel Scott sees little hope of a better situation when he’s sent to a remote Kentucky station. But when he meets a captivating Scottish woman in need of a husband such as he, he’s determined to break the cycle and prove himself once and for all.</p><p>Brought together by circumstances beyond their control, can these two opposites overcome their challenges to build the future they both crave? </p><pre>Click <a href="https://amzn.to/47POeOK" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to get your copy! </pre><h1><span underline="">About the Author</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB465XycJP-JsD-BB4YEuMmKEugdSsMCPzON0dQN68eGaH3cnEnwYcXGvtZ_0dtQs-ru0kY9IIwxUVc3rmpmYU0EFuKDRa3aafUBlWrAAYvpHIT4yUmUHhMgSSmkALa5lMttN2ttgBh8dBUw8W50yBtK4sF2fNhqZ3qxvVV02HD5fV5yoMA7DHeD0yyNs/s300/Andrea-Byrd-Author-Photo-200x300.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB465XycJP-JsD-BB4YEuMmKEugdSsMCPzON0dQN68eGaH3cnEnwYcXGvtZ_0dtQs-ru0kY9IIwxUVc3rmpmYU0EFuKDRa3aafUBlWrAAYvpHIT4yUmUHhMgSSmkALa5lMttN2ttgBh8dBUw8W50yBtK4sF2fNhqZ3qxvVV02HD5fV5yoMA7DHeD0yyNs/s1600/Andrea-Byrd-Author-Photo-200x300.jpg" width="200" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />Andrea Byrd</strong> is a Christian wife and mom located in rural Kentucky, who loves to spend time with her family in the great outdoors, one with nature. Often described as having been born outside her time, she has a deep affinity for an old-fashioned, natural lifestyle.<p></p><p>With a degree in Equine Health & Rehabilitation gathering dust and a full-time job tethering her to a desk eight hours a day, Andrea decided it was time to show both herself and her children that it is truly possible to make your dreams come true. Now with over 1,000 contemporary Christian romance novellas sold, Andrea is pursuing her passion of writing faith-filled romance woven with a thread of true history.</p><h1 style="text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Thoughts</span></h1><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This is a sweet story, full of faith and growth. The feelings that both Keturah and Daniel face of not feeling "good enough" to their fathers resonates with me. Daniel's naivete of life on the frontier is almost humorous, and Keturah's exasperation with him in that regard is palpable. It's heartwarming to see their relationship grow.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">There is mention of a miscarriage, but the author handles the topic compassionately.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">If you enjoy a sweet historical romance, set on the frontier of Kentucky, go grab your copy now.</span></p><p><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I received a complimentary copy through Celebrate Lit and these opinions are my own.</span> </i></p><h1><span underline="">More from Andrea</span></h1><p>In many ways, <i>Reverence in the Wilderness</i> is deeply personal for me.</p><p>To read about Daniel Scott is to receive a glimpse at my own husband. Dark hair and a golden-brown gaze…and my complete opposite in nearly every way. He is also talkative, entertaining, and gentlemanly. He definitely shares Daniel’s fun-loving and caring nature. Just as God blessed Keturah with Daniel, God blessed me with a man who perfectly complements me while keeping life interesting.</p><p>And, not to provider spoilers, but the miscarriage was drawn from one of my own experiences. During my most recent pregnancy, I experienced a threatened miscarriage. I just knew without a shadow of a doubt that I had lost my baby, and in that moment, I glimpsed the hopelessness one would face during a miscarriage. Thanks to the prayers of others and the good Lord above, I was blessed with a healthy pregnancy from then on out and now have a beautiful, healthy baby boy. However, there are so many women who must face that grief and loss in full force. And for always, my heart will break for them. 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box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.lifeonchickadeelane.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Life on Chickadee Lane"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Life on Chickadee Lane</span></a>, March 18</p><h1 center=""><span underline="">Giveaway</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRrx4VIW-alkMMl2lXDd3KfJk6_sYua3HqvAuC_8EAfIZeaPSrAfiB4O9kDGXsD_XY6ZpS26wZvZmQxR3ARgbC_gp5ZAQKpunxqTEGU3YRVXjd_pMehYD3FTj47HufCaVbyMzfL22WF0MvnZe1owR-9N9wa6PEloeaxqoGyB7jZRO7i_Hk9mtTn8Y1tU/s285/Amazon%20Card.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="285" data-original-width="285" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsRrx4VIW-alkMMl2lXDd3KfJk6_sYua3HqvAuC_8EAfIZeaPSrAfiB4O9kDGXsD_XY6ZpS26wZvZmQxR3ARgbC_gp5ZAQKpunxqTEGU3YRVXjd_pMehYD3FTj47HufCaVbyMzfL22WF0MvnZe1owR-9N9wa6PEloeaxqoGyB7jZRO7i_Hk9mtTn8Y1tU/s1600/Amazon%20Card.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><p center="">To celebrate her tour, Andrea is giving away the grand prize of a $50 Amazon gift card!!</p><p center="">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p center=""><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/2a550/reverence-in-the-wilderness-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="background-color: white; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #686868; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/2a550/reverence-in-the-wilderness-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdNmnIJCk3VnNYDUVlb89iXTfgayWXUdDDDAG0GXfg3t5nn5JpZw08hGSLTc7iswr6eMhNQI2yjMC1pGFCtR4_4Fv6uyygtOVbUn2XMFvgQjq_8NvyVnPz3eCzNVxztGJ3HFGNck4UE0jPf22JMLQTnSoqWuvRKZKrNgrWzG_cCvrGbLXoRGqNDBoZSM/s800/Life%20on%20Chickadee%20Lane%20Signature.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNdNmnIJCk3VnNYDUVlb89iXTfgayWXUdDDDAG0GXfg3t5nn5JpZw08hGSLTc7iswr6eMhNQI2yjMC1pGFCtR4_4Fv6uyygtOVbUn2XMFvgQjq_8NvyVnPz3eCzNVxztGJ3HFGNck4UE0jPf22JMLQTnSoqWuvRKZKrNgrWzG_cCvrGbLXoRGqNDBoZSM/s320/Life%20on%20Chickadee%20Lane%20Signature.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Wendy Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00440022162981631116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944347099982722463.post-56030423378107293152024-03-17T07:00:00.073-04:002024-03-17T09:19:56.983-04:00Luck of the Irish Celebrate Lit Tour {book review and giveaway}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAH1mP1Wvxu-GB9XjwHSw1_xnGqXAiKy41NDjFuBjB9iIvvSb10tdRt-cxe-VyoTZN1Of1rClAm4q-MNkzjlv8QolBB49i_PA6cnTiNf8neMKt5QQPvZDk7s2Yt6Fj9maogTwLe4wyWgi1pUZ6-zJAhZafl09FMt0MFT8tvx_mukd6XS4Jnq4LgdRPc8/s851/Luck-of-the-irish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAH1mP1Wvxu-GB9XjwHSw1_xnGqXAiKy41NDjFuBjB9iIvvSb10tdRt-cxe-VyoTZN1Of1rClAm4q-MNkzjlv8QolBB49i_PA6cnTiNf8neMKt5QQPvZDk7s2Yt6Fj9maogTwLe4wyWgi1pUZ6-zJAhZafl09FMt0MFT8tvx_mukd6XS4Jnq4LgdRPc8/w640-h236/Luck-of-the-irish.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p center=""><br /></p><h1><span underline="">About the Book</span></h1><p><strong> </strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcr2hOs7tYCpOMHnQxSQtgbojypLrl0FcCFMnInFy_N63-gm2_YYSvOQEEm97EVb5a5pN6RY9KCmhyRNuY8uBl0mIu1VR7DsQRTXLLIzOzPdsQCz5JIqV-HGuu2mGwEQJtrtj6vyfcSaVH4p3wGlNol0aw_UdlsbdQ8GoxghS73Lo5oAFVGKIDmJ0Uiqo/s300/LUCK-OF-THE-IRISH_cover-200x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcr2hOs7tYCpOMHnQxSQtgbojypLrl0FcCFMnInFy_N63-gm2_YYSvOQEEm97EVb5a5pN6RY9KCmhyRNuY8uBl0mIu1VR7DsQRTXLLIzOzPdsQCz5JIqV-HGuu2mGwEQJtrtj6vyfcSaVH4p3wGlNol0aw_UdlsbdQ8GoxghS73Lo5oAFVGKIDmJ0Uiqo/s1600/LUCK-OF-THE-IRISH_cover-200x300.jpg" width="200" /></a></strong></div><strong><br /></strong><strong>Book: </strong>Luck of the Irish Cozy Mystery Anthology<p></p><p><strong>Authors:</strong>Kate Darroch, Jessica Thompson, Kathleen Kalb, C A Phipps, Amy Grundy, J R Lancaster, Jaclyn Weist, Jessica Brimer, K Rose, and W Jenkins</p><p><b>Genre: </b>Cozy Mystery</p><p><strong>Release Date: </strong>March 17, 2024</p><p>A fabulous collection of Cozy Mysteries from your Favorite Cozy Authors - published on St Pat’s Day, so they ALL feature The Luck of the Irish. ALL PROCEEDS go to help children living in ghastly conditions in internment camps. </p><p>Click <a href="https://amzn.to/3SjIkzA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to get your copy!</p><h1><span underline="">About the Authors</span></h1><div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3tXn-fOVaXKKrmgrPb_uRueJvnsmMONjVJcr6l3ufZr9zPq04DSSIPH9XUaNticrxkbND8gu8K4eM3VT5KW8StYDSkpfQkzsAtzCGhuc-uqeO3ujfz3d5BrsYIBC-n8KJxA7b22i7EoKLHOOsd5OpweVK33l0fr6UmL6e4pFdR_ayk6xpJgmwURJt5Q8/s300/kate-drawing-300x277.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="300" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3tXn-fOVaXKKrmgrPb_uRueJvnsmMONjVJcr6l3ufZr9zPq04DSSIPH9XUaNticrxkbND8gu8K4eM3VT5KW8StYDSkpfQkzsAtzCGhuc-uqeO3ujfz3d5BrsYIBC-n8KJxA7b22i7EoKLHOOsd5OpweVK33l0fr6UmL6e4pFdR_ayk6xpJgmwURJt5Q8/s1600/kate-drawing-300x277.png" width="300" /></a></div><br />Living on the picturesque Devon coastline,<strong> Kate</strong> combines her passion for cozy sleuths and her experiences living in many countries to create compelling Travel Cozies.<p></p></div><div>Màiri Maguire, a Scots Irish schoolteacher from 1970s Glasgow, the heroine of Kate’s debut novel, <i><b>Death in Paris</b></i>, has earned Kate many international book awards, including <b>Incipere’s Best Christian Fiction 2022</b>, consolidating her reputation as a notable author.</div><div>Kate hopes her readers will enjoy Màiri’s adventures as much as she enjoys Father Brown, Sherlock Holmes, and that old movie, the Perils of Pauline.<br />Next, Kate created <i>Huntingdon Hart Investigates. </i>Hunt is a dryly witty, prescient, tongue-in-cheek combo of James Bond and Sherlock Holmes, who’s in endless pursuit of a much older woman.<br />Kate’s most recent opus is the Christian Second Chance for Lasting Love series, Sweets By the Sea, a depth saga of Recovery and Redemption which her readers insist is even more adorable than her Cozy Mysteries. The first book in the series is <i><b>Thanksgiving in Welcombe Bay</b>, </i>which has been rapturously received by Readers Favorite’s critics.</div><div> </div><div><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GtFp6_zxlTGYSP-ZtghaxK_Wzac0QfenTcCY3kM9hbIxzFm1hmr28CD2cFB5_5Pl7GHm_TSozEbvg3uiy8LhzcJiDZFOHf03VtNI551jZiInqONYKA4i0LJmcfqrgSlFd2r5JavUkKUknBzAR-6-4trMQEMRqi_2k6H7q_bP9KXy-kv5ToakGRnZy_c/s300/jessica-thompson-300x278.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="278" data-original-width="300" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GtFp6_zxlTGYSP-ZtghaxK_Wzac0QfenTcCY3kM9hbIxzFm1hmr28CD2cFB5_5Pl7GHm_TSozEbvg3uiy8LhzcJiDZFOHf03VtNI551jZiInqONYKA4i0LJmcfqrgSlFd2r5JavUkKUknBzAR-6-4trMQEMRqi_2k6H7q_bP9KXy-kv5ToakGRnZy_c/s1600/jessica-thompson-300x278.jpg" width="300" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />Jessica Thompson</strong> is the award-winning author of the Amazon best-selling mystery novels “A Caterer’s Guide to Holidays and Homicide” and “A Caterer’s Guide to Love and Murder”. Her latest novel, “Shoot Shovel and Shut Up,” is a classic mystery that won second place in the Firebird Awards. Jessica’s “Beyond the Woods: A Supernatural Anthology” is a family-friendly collection of her own campfire stories. Jessica is also Assistant Finance Chair for the Storymakers Guild.<p></p></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Thoughts </span></h1><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Happy St. Patrick's Day! I'll admit, I have a wee bit of Irish in me. Between that and the fact that my dad's birthday was March 16, we usually celebrate the day.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I enjoyed reading this collection of cozy mysteries. It's fun to pick up the book and read a quick story during a short break during the day. It's especially meaningful to know that the proceeds of the sales of this collection of stories goes to a great cause.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">If you enjoy cozy mysteries, and want to help children in dire need, grab your copy today. </span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>I received a complimentary copy through Celebrate Lit and these opinions are my own.</i> </span></div><h1><span underline="">More from Kate</span></h1><p>Recipe for Irish Stew and an introduction to the book and why my fellow authors and I created it.</p><p center="">The Luck of the Irish: a Cozy Mystery Anthology from 10 Cozy Authors</p><p center="">Editors: Kate Darroch and Jessica Thompson</p><p center="">You will love this Cozy Mystery anthology crammed with Cozy Mysteries from 10 Cozy authors</p><p center="">Renowned, like Kathleen Marple Karb, and New, like J R Lancaster</p><p>Let’s start our St Pat’s Day Celebrations the right way, with delicious things to eat and drink! Food for the body.</p><p>Irish Stew</p><p><strong>A Royal Chef cooked this yummy Irish Stew Recipe at Sandringham House</strong></p><p>Learn his delicious, although not strictly traditional, Irish stew recipe – and surprise your loved ones with a dish fit for a King!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRyqTLVDqZc-ntmAoX897PrJnNB3-fZRFsdFblPSQ6IgJA_7oqRMIOgwUobZmiLQKVCdBP1nW59pDf2O_9aqZRVr1Yaq4vxKqaIJ_Cjw4xtXmiD11sk8MxxqIeOqF3uFP3t7n_HOfLRoyocmo2Xr3LHKeu4BC2xiC-fA4C3slrBvXLkkinO_o0bHnoyoA/s300/Luck-of-the-Irish-Kick-Off-Post-300x148.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="300" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRyqTLVDqZc-ntmAoX897PrJnNB3-fZRFsdFblPSQ6IgJA_7oqRMIOgwUobZmiLQKVCdBP1nW59pDf2O_9aqZRVr1Yaq4vxKqaIJ_Cjw4xtXmiD11sk8MxxqIeOqF3uFP3t7n_HOfLRoyocmo2Xr3LHKeu4BC2xiC-fA4C3slrBvXLkkinO_o0bHnoyoA/s1600/Luck-of-the-Irish-Kick-Off-Post-300x148.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p center="">Darren McGrady https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9HWZe9cSrM</p><p>Continuing our St Pat’s Day Celebrations, the right way, with Fascinating Mysteries full of Luck! Food for the mind.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMjxo277nFswkoMfIGyya9UQt8pW-r982ao8EspOjwahhAqQhZu-2AqORkA1ipTC7f7R-86WsJj-geYd6fqYiPGZvrOjMllgv93u8Nk7H8zv-BmRWeb011cHRsHznNMURWPKGb8_oBhsv7OoYQn7Tkt8OtYcy5OvwKBQOhBoF2nGE-Wiq7pjYI_IIKDw/s300/LUCK-OF-THE-IRISH_cover-200x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMjxo277nFswkoMfIGyya9UQt8pW-r982ao8EspOjwahhAqQhZu-2AqORkA1ipTC7f7R-86WsJj-geYd6fqYiPGZvrOjMllgv93u8Nk7H8zv-BmRWeb011cHRsHznNMURWPKGb8_oBhsv7OoYQn7Tkt8OtYcy5OvwKBQOhBoF2nGE-Wiq7pjYI_IIKDw/s1600/LUCK-OF-THE-IRISH_cover-200x300.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p center="">The title says it all! Ten Cozy Mysteries from beloved Cozy Authors to give you food for the mind throughout the celebrations!</p><p>And winding up our St Pat’s Day Celebrations the right way, with a thought for those less fortunate… Food for the soul.</p><p>Why did 10 Authors get together to give you this super collection of Cozy Mysteries? Because we were aghast at the plight of children in border internment camps. We funded all costs of publication. 100% of all book sales proceeds goes to RAICES</p><p>Help these kids in dire need. 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<div><b><i>Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.</i></b> Ezekiel 3:17.</div><div><br /></div><div>God has a position of duty for each one of you. He requires you to be not only faithful sentinels, but thorough workmen. Never become uninterested, never careless and inactive; never sleep at your post, and never fail to perform your exact duty in accordance with your position of trust.</div><div><br /></div><div>There is need of alacrity, promptness, even earnest energy, deep interest, and unwavering fidelity. You should learn to spring to the work at the call of duty. How long will be our allotted time to work, we know not. This is a secret with God, and for wise purposes, withheld from us. But what time we have to labor, let us employ it as those who must give an account. Oh, think earnestly, and in view of eternity, how much there is to be done in our world to arouse the mind of the careless, inattentive, and ignorant to become acquainted with the laws of God, and make them feel the necessity for their own good and God's glory, of obedience to these laws. For transgression brings, not only great suffering, but loss of life in this world, and immortal life in the next world. You should consider this matter thoroughly, and feel how much the bliss or woe of men and women is dependent upon you.</div><div><br /></div><div>Faithfulness on your part may save many souls, while negligence and carelessness may result in the loss to your fellow creatures of both the present and the future life. You can prevent much misery and much transgression of God's law by your fidelity, by being wide awake at your post of duty.... We must arise as one, and in the power and strength of God, open our senses to the demands of the present time....</div><div><br /></div><div>Cry to God in faith, that He may pour out His light and His grace through the channels which He has appointed for good to those who are suffering for want of knowledge. While you pray and watch with earnest diligence to suppress wrong and stand guard against dissipation and fashionable errors, lay hold by living faith of the strength which may be yours to bless all your labors. You may gather light, knowledge, and power; and your influence may be diffusive.... Every responsibility you bear will fortify and strengthen you to make renewed efforts and push forward the work successfully. ~This Day With God, by E.G. White</div>
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Wendy Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00440022162981631116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944347099982722463.post-43182645664147533602024-03-12T07:00:00.035-04:002024-03-14T22:26:04.697-04:00Forever Free Celebrate Lit Tour {book review and giveaway}<p center=""> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRoLu-g5Zd8oHaGzke_QtkX8AuJdnJ_lHHlVJtixNEYvYAy4BzoJSnayczf2pNMNir3GT7u8xZK1d-rk4qfME0433cqYODcnK6l0I1XvzLmZCXFLarUsbF-YQTCBPEJ5OBnPesprvRxzLTzEJ7XeD8QicYKaxr-3Rr9DxzWLQnTg-YnLdLR_r4pM78N8/s851/Forever-free.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHRoLu-g5Zd8oHaGzke_QtkX8AuJdnJ_lHHlVJtixNEYvYAy4BzoJSnayczf2pNMNir3GT7u8xZK1d-rk4qfME0433cqYODcnK6l0I1XvzLmZCXFLarUsbF-YQTCBPEJ5OBnPesprvRxzLTzEJ7XeD8QicYKaxr-3Rr9DxzWLQnTg-YnLdLR_r4pM78N8/w640-h236/Forever-free.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h1><span underline="">About the Book</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiARjAmIbxioXp2hwNA33wXYyVQiuI4VinSYJXfQHdl6hnTy7PcCjNCmhoNV6MmZPArWhrYNCTuwzsjRR8KPrB8jnyxTnnE5xQyYtM6JdDdOHou1dbepSJUsmFspV7426b0q_tWCObVhvV1Q6ovyp89qq9t0T7AfK3DRrHXA7RM_xdyvHZRoVoVSdmnmE/s300/FC-Forever-Free-FINAL-medium-193x300.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="193" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiARjAmIbxioXp2hwNA33wXYyVQiuI4VinSYJXfQHdl6hnTy7PcCjNCmhoNV6MmZPArWhrYNCTuwzsjRR8KPrB8jnyxTnnE5xQyYtM6JdDdOHou1dbepSJUsmFspV7426b0q_tWCObVhvV1Q6ovyp89qq9t0T7AfK3DRrHXA7RM_xdyvHZRoVoVSdmnmE/s1600/FC-Forever-Free-FINAL-medium-193x300.jpg" width="193" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />Book: </strong>Forever Free<p></p><p><strong>Author: </strong>Hope Toler Dougherty</p><p><b>Genre: </b>Contemporary Romance</p><p><strong>Release Date: </strong>January 24, 2024</p><p>Phoebe Sinclair combines her love of flowers and teaching to nurture a cut flower business on her grandfather’s land. She’s got her hands full growing the farm, growing her customer base, and dealing with her growing attraction to the aloof man who’s volunteered to help make her farming dream come true.</p><p>Can she focus on her main job, or will a pair of yearning eyes and a hurting heart divert her worthy goals?</p><p>Heath Daniels has resigned himself to a life of singleness as he watches his siblings couple up and set wedding dates. Tracking their happiness, however, is more difficult than he expected. A real struggle, in fact.</p><p>Feeling the old troubles from his college years creeping back to tempt him, he’s propelled to volunteer for manual labor, leaving him exhausted, but out of danger, at the end of every day. His additional hours of agri-business, however, lead to different struggles with an intriguing farmer.</p><p>Does he have the strength to resist old temptations as well as a beautiful new one too?</p><p>Click <a href="https://amzn.to/3U6QqhA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to get your copy! </p><h1><span underline="">About the Author</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglo6jfHaKxghbQZbuOWAppQq1hF6cO8cJU1nUexvjVOSBCjxGY6oJ6dklrvPSJw63TtrnC01VceXw7eFbr8FSEMvQovI4dtQnA-x-lhoz1PrFF2M1cb0XoJuqZKHqb9PSNjsV0xaptIP8jUUjKEPq32ddAAGRIUVqLSlUiDUq6WNnHeDYqQJ4p-27YpSE/s300/Hopepic-300x277.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="277" data-original-width="300" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglo6jfHaKxghbQZbuOWAppQq1hF6cO8cJU1nUexvjVOSBCjxGY6oJ6dklrvPSJw63TtrnC01VceXw7eFbr8FSEMvQovI4dtQnA-x-lhoz1PrFF2M1cb0XoJuqZKHqb9PSNjsV0xaptIP8jUUjKEPq32ddAAGRIUVqLSlUiDUq6WNnHeDYqQJ4p-27YpSE/s1600/Hopepic-300x277.jpg" width="300" /></a></strong></div><strong>Hope Toler Dougherty</strong> holds a Master’s degree in English and taught at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC, and York Technical College in Rock Hill, SC. Her early novels are <em>Irish Encounter</em>, <em>Mars…With Venus Rising, and Rescued Hearts. </em>Her Forever series includes <em>Forever Music</em>, <em>Forever Home</em>, and the novella, “A Hatteras Surprise,” which is featured in <em>Candy Cane Wishes and Saltwater Dreams</em>.<p></p><p>A chronic volunteer, she’s a member of ACFW, NC Writers’ Network, and Triangle East Writers. She and her husband live in North Carolina and look forward to visits with their two daughters and twin sons.</p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> My Review</span></h1><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I enjoyed getting acquainted with Phoebe and Heath. They seemed relatable, as is their story. They have a sweet relationship. Even though this is the fourth in a series, it does seem to work as a stand alone.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">If you enjoy sweet, clean, Christian romance, I recommend you add this to your to-read list.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>I received a complimentary copy through Celebrate Lit and these opinions are my own.</i></span></p><h1><span underline="">More from Hope</span></h1><p>A few years ago, I decided to write a series since readers enjoy reading stories with familiar characters. Four siblings came to mind, perhaps because I have four children, and the Daniels family from Charlotte, North Carolina, burst onto my computer screen.</p><p>I’ve loved spending time with Ben, Heath, Sam, and Josie for the past several years and sharing how three of them found their happily ever after. One, however, always appeared on the fringe of the story, participating, yes, but always a bit set apart from the family.</p><p>Heath Daniels is the second oldest sibling, the middle brother between Ben and Sam. Readers will discover him first in <em>Forever Music</em> and then in a larger role in <em>Forever Home</em>, but he never disclosed too much about himself in those stories.</p><p>Before I began the series, I didn’t know to plan key plot points and goals for each story as well as the whole series. As a panster, I wrote each story as it came to me or as I needed to like, for instance, the novella, “A Hatteras Surprise.”</p><p>When it came time to write Heath’s story, I hardly knew him. I wasn’t sure about his backstory, his occupation, tastes…nothing. He grudgingly released those missing pieces bit by tiny bit.</p><p>At the beginning of <em>Forever Free</em>, Heath feels like the black sheep in the family. In the high achieving Daniels clan, he’s the one who dropped out of college, the one who struggled with substance abuse, the one who feels less than. With all his siblings coupling up, he’s staring at a single future because of old misguided beliefs.</p><p>Guilt from an early tragedy along with bad choices play important parts in Heath’s personality. Phoebe Sinclair has her hands full nurturing her cut flower farm, plus she has to deal with a cute, but distant employee, the mysterious Heath.</p><p>I enjoyed getting to know Heath and watching his growth from the sullen, misunderstood character to the confident businessperson who wants Phoebe to achieve her dream. I hope you’ll enjoy his story, too.</p><p>Here’s a recipe Phoebe bakes for her grandfather in <em>Forever Free</em>. I’m not sure why it’s called Swedish Nut Cake, but I’m sure it’s delicious.</p><p><b>Swedish Nut Cake</b></p><p>Ingredients for cake: Ingredients for icing:<br />2 C flour 1 8 oz pkg creamed cheese<br />1 ¾ C sugar 1/2 stick butter<br />2 eggs 1 t vanilla<br />2 t baking soda 1 ½ C powdered sugar, sifted<br />1 t vanilla<br />½ chopped nuts<br />1 20 oz. can crushed pineapple with juice</p><p>Directions:<br />Mix all ingredients for cake and bake in a greased 9×13 pan at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes. For icing, mix all ingredients and frost the cooled cake. 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Click the link below to enter.</p><p center=""><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/2a551/forever-free-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="background-color: white; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #686868; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/2a551/forever-free-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgirMG1nG9FN8_MEM0-fI2JduB4DFkajue1OcW3WzavInK0M6FHFfApCJtV1S5H3UrvwFKtlqQZFqIBNvDW-umae5ZSVV2F9dDhnl3l2ddz884H1RKgMQQbampch-wHQDqzWgBNx5s3p8M4tqywa-LJ8dhMTmwaObexn0PLadloaYnZLyDfiJyHZShP5LA/s800/Life%20on%20Chickadee%20Lane%20sig.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="207" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgirMG1nG9FN8_MEM0-fI2JduB4DFkajue1OcW3WzavInK0M6FHFfApCJtV1S5H3UrvwFKtlqQZFqIBNvDW-umae5ZSVV2F9dDhnl3l2ddz884H1RKgMQQbampch-wHQDqzWgBNx5s3p8M4tqywa-LJ8dhMTmwaObexn0PLadloaYnZLyDfiJyHZShP5LA/s320/Life%20on%20Chickadee%20Lane%20sig.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Wendy Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00440022162981631116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944347099982722463.post-85134347910863516452024-03-10T07:00:00.058-04:002024-03-10T09:41:57.293-04:00Protecting the Mountain Man's Treasure Celebrate Lit Tour {book review and giveaway}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlLNUIb9ZvszLp6J6WhmTNA8Dv6jLHG4b70LnOFQMl-K-1MsxO9t1_OCN8UFtAmNcdYT14dm1qYCKMH8GF_nRvX0u5oiSylpZojrdvqXWpHV8e8s1D8kf3T-RyLWXUyjR8kmQnN2KtsUGkv6XjueYM35GckiGNOnpvMiRC7nU9IUf3o2k3JkIJcBKivY/s851/protecting-the-mountain-mans-treasure.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlLNUIb9ZvszLp6J6WhmTNA8Dv6jLHG4b70LnOFQMl-K-1MsxO9t1_OCN8UFtAmNcdYT14dm1qYCKMH8GF_nRvX0u5oiSylpZojrdvqXWpHV8e8s1D8kf3T-RyLWXUyjR8kmQnN2KtsUGkv6XjueYM35GckiGNOnpvMiRC7nU9IUf3o2k3JkIJcBKivY/w640-h236/protecting-the-mountain-mans-treasure.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p center=""><br /></p><h1><span underline="">About the Book</span></h1><p><strong> </strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_SUczRAKMg_3kKirJAx2S0fcT4KwVOPFh9wxJ7mJX5E8q1sW7L6Kxmxw-acO334u6vD4uL9kvoPAtAEOoHGh4RdDbNWJqMkgUT-Ol560JcTw5uX1kSJ55ZrQ5fnzVt8KFk2QGjpZPDXWDAadaIT0sluQhh6h_XJWoJgSJMDoNr4lXkT0Wutef4l6iokg/s300/Protecting-the-Mtn-Mans-Treasure-200x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_SUczRAKMg_3kKirJAx2S0fcT4KwVOPFh9wxJ7mJX5E8q1sW7L6Kxmxw-acO334u6vD4uL9kvoPAtAEOoHGh4RdDbNWJqMkgUT-Ol560JcTw5uX1kSJ55ZrQ5fnzVt8KFk2QGjpZPDXWDAadaIT0sluQhh6h_XJWoJgSJMDoNr4lXkT0Wutef4l6iokg/s1600/Protecting-the-Mtn-Mans-Treasure-200x300.jpg" width="200" /></a></strong></div><strong><br /></strong><strong>Book: </strong>Protecting the Mountain Man’s Treasure<p></p><p><strong>Author: </strong>Misty M. Beller</p><p><b>Genre:</b> Christian Historical Romance</p><p><strong>Release Date: </strong>February 6, 2024</p><p><em>In the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, loyalty…and a hidden fortune. </em></p><p>Jude Coulter is far more comfortable in his family’s sapphire mine tucked in the Montana mountains than the bustling streets of New York City where he’s been sent to deliver a shipment of gems. His relief at boarding the train for the first leg of his journey home is short-lived when an accident renders him unconscious.</p><p>Angela Larkin worked hard to earn this assignment for the Treasury—an undercover mission to determine the source of the sapphires brought each year for auction in the city. When an accident causes her target to lose his recent memory, Angela jumps at the opportunity to create the ideal ruse. Jude seems surprised to learn the two of them had married and were returning from a glorious wedding trip, but he doesn’t question too strongly.</p><p>Yet when an unexpected threat arises, they find themselves dependent on the other to navigate the treacherous journey home. As the danger mounts, so too does an attraction neither of them anticipated. But can this love withstand the revelation of their tangled beginnings?</p><p>From a <em>USA Today</em> bestselling author comes a mountain family saga filled with a pretend marriage, amnesia, undercover agents, and a love worth treasuring far more than riches.</p><pre>Click <a href="https://amzn.to/47AUoC1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><h1><span underline="">About the Author</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmuYAO1zZd2o8xAwZlWubWdm2nY3V-YYW-pTEtxhAXm1P8jRmB82qxodUdz8ghCMJV7_KkSc-xDZmyoHQLzEyAPeOcfJ2s5Kg9xuXtMLydef4QwoF5k3qHR9spsfvrANafQYgSwxTTX9e9oRnpfP4d-eo4dSBQxMRmKCK5fIT7MxEu60gA0RxHp1Ca1_s/s300/Misty-M-Beller_headshot-200x300.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmuYAO1zZd2o8xAwZlWubWdm2nY3V-YYW-pTEtxhAXm1P8jRmB82qxodUdz8ghCMJV7_KkSc-xDZmyoHQLzEyAPeOcfJ2s5Kg9xuXtMLydef4QwoF5k3qHR9spsfvrANafQYgSwxTTX9e9oRnpfP4d-eo4dSBQxMRmKCK5fIT7MxEu60gA0RxHp1Ca1_s/s1600/Misty-M-Beller_headshot-200x300.png" width="200" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />Misty M. Beller</strong> is a <em>USA Today</em> bestselling author of romantic mountain stories, set on the 1800s frontier and woven with the truth of God’s love.<p></p><p>Raised on a farm and surrounded by family, Misty developed her love for horses, history, and adventure. These days, her husband and children provide fresh adventure every day, keeping her both grounded and crazy.</p><p>Misty’s passion is to create inspiring Christian fiction infused with the grandeur of the mountains, writing historical romance that displays God’s abundant love through the twists and turns in the lives of her characters.</p><p>Sharing her stories with readers is a dream come true for Misty. She writes from her country home in South Carolina and escapes to the mountains any chance she gets.</p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Review</span></h1><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I love this series, set in Montana, since I lived there for 20+ years. I've seen many parts of the Missouri River, including Fort Benton, and the Great Falls of the Missouri. It was easy for me to picture the scenery Jude and Angela may have seen on their steamboat trip. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This is such a captivating story, filled with both faith and deceit, and learning about trust. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">If you enjoy adventure, mystery and a touch of romance, be sure to add this to your to-read list.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>I received a complimentary copy through Celebrate Lit and these opinions are my own.</i></span></p><h1><span underline="">More from Misty</span></h1><p>In my latest release, the hero and heroine travel up the Missouri River in a steamboat, and I loved the research for that portion of the story!</p><p>Traveling on a steamboat in 1869 was an experience like no other, and took about two months to travel from St. Louis, Missouri to Fort Benton in the Montana Territory. Passengers would step aboard these floating palaces to find ornate decorations, plush accommodations, and the promise of new scenery at every bend in the river. Despite the occasional discomforts of travel—such as noisy engines and the ever-present risk of boiler explosions—passengers reveled in the novelty and the relative speed of steamboat travel.</p><p>The Missouri was notorious for its shifting channels, snags, and sandbars, which could easily ensnare even the most experienced pilot’s vessel. Navigating this river required an intimate knowledge of its capricious nature, and the river pilots were worth their weight in gold.</p><p>River towns along the Missouri thrived thanks to the steamboats. These towns became hotbeds of economic activity, where goods were loaded and unloaded, and stories from faraway places were exchanged. The arrival of a steamboat was an event, often met with fanfare and excitement by the local populace.</p><p>I pray you love the peek at steamboat life in <em><u>Protecting the Mountain Man’s Treasure</u></em>! </p><p>Blessings!</p><p>Misty</p><h1 center=""><span underline="">Blog Stops</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://alenamentink.com/blog/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Alena Mentink"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Alena Mentink</span></a>, March 1</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; 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<div><b><i>For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.</i></b> Romans 1:16.</div><div><br /></div><div>There is no defect in God's plan for the salvation of men. If the gospel is not to every soul the power of God unto salvation, it is not because the gospel is at fault, but because men are not practical believers, practical receivers of the grace and righteousness of Christ.... The professed believers do not take Christ as their personal Saviour, but follow Jesus a great way off. One reason for this lack of personal religion is that they have not been educated in these vital principles.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: #fff2cc;">Another cause for the apathy and indifference in our churches is that the younger members have not been patiently, perseveringly taught how to work as faithful soldiers in Christ's army....</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Many have accepted the truth without digging down deep to understand its foundation principles, and when it is opposed, they forget the arguments and evidences that sustain it. It should be impressed upon all that true and abiding knowledge can be gained only by earnest labor and persevering energy. Were the minds of the people brought under discipline by thorough searching of the Scriptures, there would be hundreds converted to the truth where there is one today....</div><div><br /></div><div>Many are as ignorant as the very heathen in regard to the way in which a sinner can come to God and be justified before Him. They have no excuse for their ignorance; for the inspired oracles declare, “The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple” (Psalm 119:130). “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 9:10)....</div><div><br /></div><div>A religious experience that is not founded in Christ and Him alone is worthless.... Men of intellectual powers need a clear, scriptural presentation of the plan of salvation. Let the truth in its simplicity and power be presented to them. If this does not hold the attention and arouse the interest, they never can be interested in heavenly and divine things. In every congregation there are souls who are unsatisfied. Every Sabbath they want to hear something definite explaining how they can be saved, how they are to become Christians. The important thing for them to know is, How can a sinner be justified before God? ~This Day With God, by E.G. White</div>
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Wendy Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00440022162981631116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944347099982722463.post-38796261661649026882024-03-07T07:00:00.047-05:002024-03-07T10:52:59.829-05:00The Quilt Room Secret Celebrate Lit Tour {book review and giveaway}<p center=""> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMUVS31js5VFPVSKgRZNAs9_59IsFdG-QrrpPIlIKLndWpEKivihyOo3kutK74YjOd8GhP7lvDm4ghTCcfiKHwO1NlGcYHWNAK0SHEK-ZGSH0LjdAlJSnqg2CNHs-dfS6pJV3AqYDYo_THb-YmSmA_XPzSVvGl0k_KtL8_rTdc9Syxj-SAkZTY9o30pA/s851/the-quilt-room.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcMUVS31js5VFPVSKgRZNAs9_59IsFdG-QrrpPIlIKLndWpEKivihyOo3kutK74YjOd8GhP7lvDm4ghTCcfiKHwO1NlGcYHWNAK0SHEK-ZGSH0LjdAlJSnqg2CNHs-dfS6pJV3AqYDYo_THb-YmSmA_XPzSVvGl0k_KtL8_rTdc9Syxj-SAkZTY9o30pA/w640-h236/the-quilt-room.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h1><span underline="">About the Book</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarJohiQHwmpQIfU8RK9CYpfBaAsxrT5XH3UF8PUqlen205LvNYrAnwa45M8s22knlsAhjGrAYaULlnU36tLcrXuILTWeG_oNMakIIZj0yzU_Y_5DpVqttsY7FE6aO_MCPpdn5WAlOJtnABH72uMihRRf1BmOgwoYpIXLfHL1pGpIoUuuKaSefMYITOFU/s300/9781636097756-197x300.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="197" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgarJohiQHwmpQIfU8RK9CYpfBaAsxrT5XH3UF8PUqlen205LvNYrAnwa45M8s22knlsAhjGrAYaULlnU36tLcrXuILTWeG_oNMakIIZj0yzU_Y_5DpVqttsY7FE6aO_MCPpdn5WAlOJtnABH72uMihRRf1BmOgwoYpIXLfHL1pGpIoUuuKaSefMYITOFU/s1600/9781636097756-197x300.jpg" width="197" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />Book: </strong>The Quilt Room Secret<p></p><p><strong>Author: </strong>Lisa Jones Baker</p><p><b>Genre:</b> Amish/Christian Fiction</p><p><strong>Release Date: </strong>February, 2024</p><p><strong>Trini Holds Secret Dreams for Her Future</strong></p><p><em>Full of faith, hope, and romance, this new series takes you into the Heart of Amish country.</em></p><p>As they took turns pushing each other on the swing that hung from a large tree, the mature—for a five-year-old—Jacob Lantz asked Trini Sutter to marry him. The nine-year-old thoughtfully responded that she’d consider his proposal when they were older.</p><p>Nearly two decades later, the Amish farmer returns to the beautiful countryside of Arthur, Illinois, to take the independent owner of The Quilt Room up on her promise. Quiet, handsome Jacob is truly in love with the spirited list maker, and Trini finds herself falling in love with Jacob, but the youngest of eleven has big plans of her own.</p><p>Jacob’s long-held aspirations are put to the test when he learns that Trini has been holding a secret. He prays for a turnaround of events; however, when Trini moves away from her tight-knit community, he begins to realize that his dream of them being Mr. and Mrs. most likely won’t happen.</p><p>Will Trini forfeit her own well-laid plan for the man of her dreams?</p><pre>Click <a href="https://amzn.to/3vTttEE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to get your copy! </pre><h1><span underline="">About the Author</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-jnxLQwaiFXykUTU65I7a9yHQ6OLsfELyZ7bDjWu2_FODIIGUVr5ZrSARTtSZGPHpZBvYasQFHWYwFq0O2iyrTre_4KFMYYzbZb-8T0EX1LT7nn8Jad8_tMoa_zjoguzmxeLIRQJZP325R3qScnyn-CuNPb884S1CXkdjKycDOUpXOSPa3OBrH9tFjo/s300/Lisa-Jones-Baker_BW-300x300.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs-jnxLQwaiFXykUTU65I7a9yHQ6OLsfELyZ7bDjWu2_FODIIGUVr5ZrSARTtSZGPHpZBvYasQFHWYwFq0O2iyrTre_4KFMYYzbZb-8T0EX1LT7nn8Jad8_tMoa_zjoguzmxeLIRQJZP325R3qScnyn-CuNPb884S1CXkdjKycDOUpXOSPa3OBrH9tFjo/s1600/Lisa-Jones-Baker_BW-300x300.jpg" width="300" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />Lisa Jones Baker</strong> writes Amish Inspirational fiction. She grew up near Arthur, Illinois, and became acquainted with the Plain Faith at an early age when they custom-made and installed her family’s kitchen cabinets. On weekends, she and her parents frequented the quaint Amish town, often the setting of her stories, where they purchased meat, cheese, and home-made baking spices. Now, decades later, she still loves visiting; the town and the people yet intrigue her, and she so appreciate the talent of quilt-making almost as much as she loves horse and buggy rides. But there is much more to this perplexing group than meets the eye; they are extremely disciplined, hard-working, and honest…and they don’t all think alike. For these reasons, writing about them is her passion.<p></p><p>Lisa was fortunate to have been raised in a loving, Christian home by two wonderful parents: a reading specialist mother who plays the piano, and a retired Junior High Principal father who’s also an avid fox hunter. She has a B.A. in French Education and is a former school teacher who loves gardening, cooking, reading, positive thinkers, and every dog she meets. Although a homebody, travel has played a large part of her life. Over three decades of working with the airline industry has landed her on five out of seven continents.</p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Review</span></h1><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I love a sweet Amish story now and then, so I was pleased for the opportunity to enjoy <u><i>The Quilt Room Secre</i><i>t</i></u>. I enjoyed the banter between Trini and her friends, Abby and Serenity. I enjoyed the wisdom that Jacob's aunt had shared with her nephews and with Trini. The relationship between Trini and Jacob is also sweet. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">If you enjoy a sweet Amish story, you'll want to add this to your list of books to read.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>I received a complimentary copy through Celebrate Lit and these opinions are my own.</i></span></p><h1><span underline="">More from Lisa</span></h1><p>Secrets fascinate me. They always have. From experience, I know that they’re difficult to keep confidential. And when the wrong person gets hold of what you don’t want out. . .There’s no telling what will happen!</p><p>List maker Trini Sutter has decided her future, even though what’s ahead comes with great risk. The owner of The Quilt Room in Arthur, Illinois, relishes being in control of her life. But what she doesn’t expect is for someone to get wind of her deep, dark secret and to leak it to her tight-knit Amish community! Now that the quilter’s confidential plan has become public, will she be able to pull it off? Or will <em>Gott</em> override her “list” with the destiny He has planned for her? Find out in <em><u>The Quilt Room Secret</u></em>.</p><p>Enjoy this short excerpt:</p><p>“Trini, look at me.”</p><p>She hesitated. Did she dare? She didn’t know what it was about Jacob that stole her voice. Her breath. Her entire being.</p><p>With one gentle motion, he placed his finger underneath her chin. He was so close, the light cinnamon on his breath lingered in the small distance between them. His clothes smelled like outdoors. She could see tiny lines around his eyes. They made him take on an even more manly appearance. His voice was barely more than a whisper. “You feel it too, don’t you?”</p><p>The last thing she wanted was any romantic complications that would interfere with her plans to leave. <em>I must not lead Jacob on. I must not lead myself on. 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<div><i><b>Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city.</b></i> Isaiah 52:1.</div><div><br /></div><div>During the night I ... passed through an experience similar to that which I had at Salamanca, New York, two years ago. When I awoke from my first short sleep, light seemed to be all around me, the room seemed to be full of heavenly angels. The Spirit of God was upon me, and my heart was full to overflowing. O what love was burning in my heart! I was exclaiming aloud, “Lord Jesus, I love Thee; Thou knowest that I love Thee. My heavenly Father, I praise Thee with my whole heart. ‘For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life’ (John 3:16). ‘The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day’ (Proverbs 4:18). Jesus, my Redeemer, the Representative of the Father, I put my trust in Thee.”</div><div><br /></div><div>My peace was like a river, I seemed to be shut in with God, in sweet communion with Him through my waking and sleeping hours. What high and holy privileges seemed to be mine in the love of Jesus, His life and His guardianship....</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh, why does not the church of Christ arise, and put on her beautiful garments! Why does she not shine? The great reason of such feeble Christianity is that those who claim to believe the truth have so little knowledge of Christ, and so low an estimate of what He will be to them, and what they may be to Him. We have the most solemn, weighty truths ever committed to mortals.</div><div><br /></div><div>Were our words, our thoughts, our actions, more pure and elevated, more in accordance with the holy faith we profess, we should view our responsibilities in a far different light. How solemn, how sacred, they would appear! We would have a deeper sense of our obligations, and should make it our constant aim to perfect holiness in the fear of God. Earthly, temporal things would be subordinate to the heavenly and eternal....</div><div><br /></div><div>I am so grateful for the privilege of being connected with God in any way. I feel highly honored. All I ask is that the Lord in His great mercy and lovingkindness will give me strength to use in His service. ~This Day With God, by E.G. White</div>
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Wendy Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00440022162981631116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944347099982722463.post-12086030713821649102024-02-29T07:00:00.048-05:002024-02-29T08:51:35.138-05:00The Marine's Deadly Reunion Celebrate Lit Tour {book review and giveaway}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPbfUtmrr_jwH1LmyHorX3hTCJW5VT4yGaVjptO_l-b-xaLrOc9J3cLZUp968hn5YRJ4li_XOdqBWGunU4_wSRbS6cNS-L43IsKaF18shQInZAeltbMl8cy3N_diDvyC5HIUMpuMkushzKsd9pytEPSdYF4_Vw1Y3GchHbgi3TJalv6mALhG09PLlK4k/s851/The-Marines.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiPbfUtmrr_jwH1LmyHorX3hTCJW5VT4yGaVjptO_l-b-xaLrOc9J3cLZUp968hn5YRJ4li_XOdqBWGunU4_wSRbS6cNS-L43IsKaF18shQInZAeltbMl8cy3N_diDvyC5HIUMpuMkushzKsd9pytEPSdYF4_Vw1Y3GchHbgi3TJalv6mALhG09PLlK4k/w640-h236/The-Marines.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p center=""><br /></p><h1><span underline="">About the Book</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh59gCwFtSO6qg_PyCWBcqaNT4SmWyJNG_tidW-bf1j_PrFpd7cZkHD9gP-hekJLzIYxKdcmDIk2RhfmEsM35Fi-ihzb2Ekqa66CIiH6SjcrCVC8nXXZJZOzk2FmgRpq4L9e538cFUY7KkazX-2Dj0XEaBPSLsy-CpqdpzyDJw5xIhP56XQdz_jaBhVQPE/s300/9781335468499_SMP--190x300.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="190" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh59gCwFtSO6qg_PyCWBcqaNT4SmWyJNG_tidW-bf1j_PrFpd7cZkHD9gP-hekJLzIYxKdcmDIk2RhfmEsM35Fi-ihzb2Ekqa66CIiH6SjcrCVC8nXXZJZOzk2FmgRpq4L9e538cFUY7KkazX-2Dj0XEaBPSLsy-CpqdpzyDJw5xIhP56XQdz_jaBhVQPE/s1600/9781335468499_SMP--190x300.jpg" width="190" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />Book: </strong>The Marine’s Deadly Reunion<p></p><p><strong>Author: </strong>Loretta Eidson</p><p><b>Genre: </b>Inspirational Romantic Suspense</p><p><strong>Release Date: </strong>December 26, 2023</p><p>When Sergeant Daria Gordon saves US Marine Jake Fisher and his baby niece from an attacker, she instantly puts a target on her own back. Someone murdered Jake’s sister, and now they want Jake and Daria dead. To survive, Jake and Daria must discover this ruthless killer’s identity. But can they uncover the truth and keep the baby safe . . . before the killer finds them?</p><p> </p><pre>Click <a href="https://amzn.to/48veKxQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to get your copy! </pre><h1><span underline="">About the Author</span></h1><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMgxLjal_hb8-UdTVAdujMK67kgMswFpJy4g07ZGTBVSisH9Bp0g10BN3_jmnVg1lRozUKvCXTJlSG2pxZP-2Ow8i_LBQC1pbKa-3nrPWs-B9CF5VhlS9rvTUWeeefxQVvMGeVfu3veteS4HS3XADe3FVYbHXV7PbkWybf_xpA3Af13Rd64qclmzr5JF0/s300/Loretta-Author-300x300.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMgxLjal_hb8-UdTVAdujMK67kgMswFpJy4g07ZGTBVSisH9Bp0g10BN3_jmnVg1lRozUKvCXTJlSG2pxZP-2Ow8i_LBQC1pbKa-3nrPWs-B9CF5VhlS9rvTUWeeefxQVvMGeVfu3veteS4HS3XADe3FVYbHXV7PbkWybf_xpA3Af13Rd64qclmzr5JF0/s1600/Loretta-Author-300x300.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />Award-winning author <strong>Loretta Eidson</strong> loves writing inspirational romantic suspense. Her first novel, <em>Pursued in the Wilderness, </em>published by Harlequin’s Love Inspired Suspense<em>, </em>won the <em>2023 Romance Novel of the Year</em> award in AWSA’s (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association) Golden Scroll Awards and was a <em>finalist</em> in the 2023 Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference Director’s Choice Award in General Fiction.<p></p><p>She believes in the power of prayer and enjoys challenging her characters to trust God in all things. Loretta is an AWSA Certified Coach for aspiring writers, and she lives in North Mississippi, close to her family.</p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Review</span></h1><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This is a riveting, action-packed story! Once I started, I definitely didn't want to stop! The interaction between Jake and his niece is precious, and easy to picture in my mind. I know (from personal experience) just how hard single parenting is, so I could relate. I also enjoyed seeing how Jake's and Daria's faith grew throughout the many ordeals they faced.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">If you enjoy action-packed, law enforcement stories, with a little bit of romance thrown in, this is definitely a must-read!</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>I received a complimentary copy through Celebrate Lit and these opinions are my own. </i></span></p><h1><span underline="">More from Loretta</span></h1><p>One of the fun parts I enjoyed writing in <u><i>The Marine’s Deadly Reunion</i></u> is the interaction between US Marine, Jake Fisher, and his eighteen-month-old niece, Emma. He knows nothing about caring for a baby. He thinks if he isn’t hungry, Emma isn’t either. During one scene, he glances at her in the rearview mirror. She had tossed everything out of her diaper bag and found her juice cup. 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<br />Wendy Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00440022162981631116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944347099982722463.post-26249512847246403522024-02-27T07:00:00.086-05:002024-02-27T10:29:21.367-05:00What I Promise You Celebrate Lit Tour {book review and giveaway}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Tbb16byBbMCZakmV5_9BGrq_eDYELe-h497mmM2tofvHyHSrzM3CoP69Ni1-PAr9q7EJtHzwG89GpWBs5dYZgvqvFlUNgolz8Xo37ARAIl-UmpDLUdr6EPxpkQWj95Ze1eNGdqS5bDHSNcHcBVY9qgyrh3kyTFLtMkIOl0dACVCiRD7UlxwXUW4IBio/s851/what-i-promise-you.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Tbb16byBbMCZakmV5_9BGrq_eDYELe-h497mmM2tofvHyHSrzM3CoP69Ni1-PAr9q7EJtHzwG89GpWBs5dYZgvqvFlUNgolz8Xo37ARAIl-UmpDLUdr6EPxpkQWj95Ze1eNGdqS5bDHSNcHcBVY9qgyrh3kyTFLtMkIOl0dACVCiRD7UlxwXUW4IBio/w640-h236/what-i-promise-you.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p center=""><br /></p><h1><span underline="">About the Book</span></h1><p><strong> </strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpW4oxUAL5pHYC0uvpNUOYdYCJzFn18vvA2viN2LM1yr5j2jkBiCCVnh2FyrtzYnB48sFJDwejffqW-PuM0RX36rFLdD6DiPNMlhdeAJi1GxfaLHvCNsz1K9G-rbxmpptxkVf0UZzhRd25sVWCE9etYVGxMr1AAnS_qT-2voup7DPq1Ylijo4JGkEkU6E/s300/9781636097770-197x300.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="197" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpW4oxUAL5pHYC0uvpNUOYdYCJzFn18vvA2viN2LM1yr5j2jkBiCCVnh2FyrtzYnB48sFJDwejffqW-PuM0RX36rFLdD6DiPNMlhdeAJi1GxfaLHvCNsz1K9G-rbxmpptxkVf0UZzhRd25sVWCE9etYVGxMr1AAnS_qT-2voup7DPq1Ylijo4JGkEkU6E/s1600/9781636097770-197x300.jpg" width="197" /></a></strong></div><strong><br /></strong><strong>Book: </strong>What I Promise You<p></p><p><strong>Author: </strong>Liz Tolsma</p><p><b>Genre:</b> Christian Fiction / Romance / Historical Fiction</p><p><strong>Release Date: </strong>February 1, 2024</p><p><strong>A Family’s History Is Lost to the Ravages of WWII in Southwest France</strong></p><p>1942<br />Noémie Treves, a young, pregnant Jewish woman, had her entire world shattered when she is arrested and taken to the Camp de Rivesaltes transit camp in Southwest France. No sooner does she arrive, though, than she assists in helping two young girls scheduled for transport escape to a nearby maternity hospital. The matron there befriends her and changes her name to help hide her. But nothing goes according to plan, and Hannah finds herself doing the unimaginable to save one precious life.</p><p>2022<br />Caitlyn Laurant is haunted by recent events in her life and hopes becoming a nurse on the mission field will help her forget. While in training, she and her friends travel to France where her grandfather was born. What should have been an easy search for his birthplace turns into anything but and reveals secrets that no one alive has ever heard.</p><pre>Click <a href="https://amzn.to/47zI9WB" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to get your copy! </pre><h1><span underline="">About the Author</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMbH4kF5rO7jKNCTRVko68alnyLzdk7vI43Xrg5nigrmYaADk-POyK4N8BLniwZwsOjeXhVNRstDC0r2vwMAA8oNPI2igc77LuhotYyYY9ME2HJqUNhib-UcCy-RT4fQNr75IIGZxlIsZCImIkGVVRIyfZEr88zC_TcuxdeOa692WtaxrNb1Vb4uktQs/s300/LizTolsma-1-200x300.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMbH4kF5rO7jKNCTRVko68alnyLzdk7vI43Xrg5nigrmYaADk-POyK4N8BLniwZwsOjeXhVNRstDC0r2vwMAA8oNPI2igc77LuhotYyYY9ME2HJqUNhib-UcCy-RT4fQNr75IIGZxlIsZCImIkGVVRIyfZEr88zC_TcuxdeOa692WtaxrNb1Vb4uktQs/s1600/LizTolsma-1-200x300.jpg" width="200" /></a></strong></div><strong>Liz Tolsma</strong> is the author of several WWII novels, romantic suspense novels, prairie romance novellas, and an Amish romance. She is a popular speaker and an editor and resides next to a Wisconsin farm field with her husband and their youngest daughter. Her son is a US Marine, and her oldest daughter is a college student. Liz enjoys reading, walking, working in her large perennial garden, kayaking, and camping.<p></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Review </span></h1><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><i>What I Promise You</i></u> captured my attention from the beginning, as do all of Liz Tolsma's books. It's a bittersweet story, packed with action, and faith. It provides a different angle on events during World War II. You will also find how challenging it can be to trace one's Jewish ancestry from the war.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">If you enjoy stories set during WWII, in France, and of some of the heroes/heroines risked their own lives to help save Jews during the war, you will certainly want to add this book to your list of books to read. </span></p><p><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I received a complimentary copy through Celebrate Lit and these opinions are my own.</span> </i></p><h1><span underline="">More from Liz</span></h1><p><strong>The Story behind the Cover of <em>What I Promise You</em></strong></p><p>In the late summer, I got the preliminary cover for <em>What I Promise You. </em>While Barbour Publishing always does a great job with their covers, and the one they sent was very nice, I wasn’t crazy about it because it didn’t tell the story at all. The mansion that plays such a big part in the novel was nowhere to be seen. Barbour is fantastic when it comes to working with me to get great covers, so I asked if we could include the real mansion that the story is based on. Turns out that they were having trouble getting copyright permission to use any image they could find of the maternity home.</p><p>That was disappointing. But I got brave and let them know that I took a picture of it when I was in France last year, and they could use it, but I’m not a very good photographer and I only used my iPhone. I attached the photo to the email and didn’t hear anything for a while.</p><p>Then in October, I wanted to include a preorder link to the book on social media or something and went to Amazon to grab it. And there was the cover. I went back and forth between the cover and my picture, and sure enough, it was the picture of the maternity home I had sent them! So I not only wrote <em>What I Promise You, </em>but some of my photography is on the front. I never thought that would happen. 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<div><i><b>Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded</b></i>. James 4:8.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Lord bears long with men, and when they manifest a determination to follow their own judgments, the Lord allows them to do so. I have been made to see the weakness and ignorance of fallen man, even in his best estate. As man goes deeper and deeper in his studies, improving in learning the will and ways of the Lord, he sees more of his own ignorance, thus revealing that he has made decided progress from the beginning.</div><div><br /></div><div>The nearer the Christian lives to God, the more he advances in divine illumination of mind. He has more distinct sense of his own littleness, discerns his defects of character, and sees his duty in the light in which God presents it. The more closely he draws to Jesus, the more he has a near and clear sense of his own defects which had before escaped his notice, and he sees the necessity of humbling himself under the mighty hand of God. If lifted up it will not be because he lifts and exalts himself, but because the Lord exalts him. Having his eye fixed upon the purity and perfection of Christ Jesus, and acknowledging and obeying God in all his ways, he is not blinded to his own failures and imperfections. When his deportment in the eyes of men is unblamable and irreprovable, God reads the intents and purposes of the heart.</div><div><br /></div><div>Christian humility is a wonderful grace—the very antidote to the apostasy of Satan, which has unholy ambition and every delusion that he can frame. The grace of humility through Christ Jesus will make an imperfect man discern his imperfections and make him meet for the inheritance of the saints, where God is all and in all....</div><div><br /></div><div>Has not the Lord reproved your course? ... You have entrusted capabilities that may be improved greatly and be made efficacious under the discipline of God. Then His righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rereward. “Without me,” says Christ, “ye can do nothing” (John 15:5). If you set at naught His counsel, then you are in danger. ~This Day With God, by E.G. White</div>
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Wendy Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00440022162981631116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944347099982722463.post-25423746052521199462024-02-22T07:00:00.048-05:002024-02-22T09:10:46.156-05:00Secrets and Wishes Celebrate Lit Tour {book review and giveaway}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-psfMzGR-lGuBhN-bE8xZTAbzhPLeyh3G715L4ZEUHL5D5d4ItrVgehUMXj6P2MMzbQED3W5div5gr3zYvSE5cShNlJPV2c8_NTn06CQkeGHhvlMQbHCWXpwhkuNQ4R-ujrJN82db_SbPmUltNxWToymOmomkiagY-Os9F_rA0xZnaHEyKx_8zESINA/s851/secrets-and-wishes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-psfMzGR-lGuBhN-bE8xZTAbzhPLeyh3G715L4ZEUHL5D5d4ItrVgehUMXj6P2MMzbQED3W5div5gr3zYvSE5cShNlJPV2c8_NTn06CQkeGHhvlMQbHCWXpwhkuNQ4R-ujrJN82db_SbPmUltNxWToymOmomkiagY-Os9F_rA0xZnaHEyKx_8zESINA/w640-h236/secrets-and-wishes.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p center=""><br /></p><h1><span underline="">About the Book</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipvOGb5QiStNAkpc4udCKaCdACBwUiEbnNpZ7wEjxgD6vZKzY2u3Ch11Y6qo6GwxQRpfdBUe0j4fXZhhH9eO7dZ1ssosFv0TnJtIg_jYJNj4SAeTkH28snN8IoBFH8u8xFvq7wKfsyS4R0On4aneerSXk221VrpubtJpKn3Uak7_xPFtUv6U6S-CWAAGo/s300/SecretsAndWishes-200x300.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipvOGb5QiStNAkpc4udCKaCdACBwUiEbnNpZ7wEjxgD6vZKzY2u3Ch11Y6qo6GwxQRpfdBUe0j4fXZhhH9eO7dZ1ssosFv0TnJtIg_jYJNj4SAeTkH28snN8IoBFH8u8xFvq7wKfsyS4R0On4aneerSXk221VrpubtJpKn3Uak7_xPFtUv6U6S-CWAAGo/s1600/SecretsAndWishes-200x300.jpg" width="200" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />Book: </strong>Secrets and Wishes<p></p><p><strong>Author: </strong>Kathleen Rouser</p><p><b>Genre:</b> Christian Historical Romance</p><p><strong>Release Date: </strong>January 30, 2024</p><p><strong>She only wants a fresh start, but her past might be the only hope to save his life—and the lives of countless innocents.</strong></p><p>Determined widow Maggie Galloway dreams of a peaceful life and a successful business. And winning the Silver Leaf Flour Company baking contest could be the key to that success. She even has a chance at a prestigious position through a dashing former beau. But when her son gets into a fight with the local pharmacist’s son, Maggie’s peaceful life is derailed.</p><p>Reserved pharmacist and recent widower Thomas Harper is also looking for a fresh start for himself and his four children. But when Thomas falls gravely ill, his only choice is to enlist the help of the local baker with a knowledge of concocting remedies. He’s even more reluctant to admit that Maggie may also be the remedy for his grieving heart. And when a traveling medicine man’s medicines beget tragedy, Thomas and Maggie must overcome their differences to save the children of Stone Creek—and face the growing attraction between them—before it’s too late.</p><pre>Click <a href="https://amzn.to/48QNKsj" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to get you copy! </pre><h1><span underline="">About the Author</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1c8FonqFYhMzTeZI1Rg5NRrwqur2P6tWwfk6eSYMAFStt3LXZP2dD3wZ9u8hd1_TtyeDI-BdtB8zcRXrgS5riEoWO3-oJ-zxAWT_OaFgMZMxFuJ2qm1QYoDdfBW-VU05JS5XKgGPpjeJOziBBJlS_3pTCuTlrd9xeaNaq2SNO_2g3KCxjdJ6fExNtig/s300/KR-2002-200x300.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge1c8FonqFYhMzTeZI1Rg5NRrwqur2P6tWwfk6eSYMAFStt3LXZP2dD3wZ9u8hd1_TtyeDI-BdtB8zcRXrgS5riEoWO3-oJ-zxAWT_OaFgMZMxFuJ2qm1QYoDdfBW-VU05JS5XKgGPpjeJOziBBJlS_3pTCuTlrd9xeaNaq2SNO_2g3KCxjdJ6fExNtig/s1600/KR-2002-200x300.jpg" width="200" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />Kathleen Rouser</strong> is a multi-published, award-winning author of historical and contemporary Christian romance<em>. </em>She is a longtime member of American Christian Fiction Writers and a member of Faith, Hope and Love Christian Writers. She resides in southeast Michigan, a location which she often uses in her novels, with her hero and husband of forty-some years and two sweet cats who found a home in their empty nest.<p></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Review</span></h1><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This is an enjoyable read. I understand it's the second book in a series, and I haven't read the first, but it seems to work as a stand alone quite nicely. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Having been a single parent myself for several years, I understand the struggles that Maggie and Thomas experience, raising children on their own. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">If you enjoy Christian historical romance set at the beginning of the 20th century, add this one to your to-read list!</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>I received a complimentary copy through Celebrate Lit and these opinions are my own. </i></span> </p><h1><span underline="">More from Kathleen</span></h1><p>Maggie Galloway’s Prizewinning Recipe</p><p>Maggie Galloway was a secondary character in my first Stone Creek Brides novel, <em>Rumors and Promises. </em>As the older sister and housekeeper of hero, Ian McCormick, she liked to have her say. I enjoyed getting to know Maggie as I created her character. She was so much fun to write I knew she needed her own story.</p><p>She has a knowledge of remedies from working with her pharmacist husband in the past, but Maggie is also a prizewinning baker because of her creative and cherished recipe for pecan snickerdoodles. I hope you’ll enjoy her recipe.</p><p><em>Increasing the vanilla in her favorite snickerdoodle recipe while adding toasted chopped pecans to the dough and the cinnamon sugar made for the delightful crunch and a nutty taste, which had won her second place in the recipe contest.</em> (From Maggie’s musings in <em>Secrets and Wishes.</em>)</p><p>Maggie Galloway’s Pecan Snickerdoodles</p><p>½ cup butter, softened</p><p>1 cup sugar</p><p>¼ teaspoon baking soda</p><p>1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar</p><p>1 egg</p><p>1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract</p><p>1 ¼ cup flour</p><p>½ cup chopped toasted pecans </p><p>Cinnamon sugar mixture:</p><p>2 tablespoons sugar</p><p>1 tablespoon finely chopped toasted pecans</p><p>1 teaspoon ground cinnamon</p><p>Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and lightly grease cookie sheet.</p><p>Beat butter until creamy. Add 1 cup sugar, baking soda, and cream of tartar, mixing well.</p><p>Beat egg and vanilla into the mixture. Slowly add flour and chopped pecans to the mixture.</p><p>Set dough in the refrigerator (or the icebox in Maggie’s day) for at least a half an hour to make it easier to handle.</p><p>While you’re waiting, mix the cinnamon sugar ingredients together with the 1 tablespoon finely chopped pecans.</p><p>When the dough is ready, roll into small balls and roll in cinnamon sugar/nut mixture.</p><p>Place a couple of inches apart on the cookie sheet and bake for 9-11 minutes, only until slightly golden brown along the edges. 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<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfQ0nCje4rT-RoES0cz4qFm0PB4QvS3x22xVOrXLAeLLuM6-KqA4j-wONZ1805gchZrJC4ASBGLyNIgfKr27GOhu2rZ3y9TdSWR4AYfs6KAd_dxPGjedw94UtXW3AFy3Dkwueblp0Ssid-4sN-uzvq095k9m_zomnvhGqjater6581NQAyP2GZRYk6mg/s800/Life%20on%20Chickadee%20Lane%20Signature.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTfQ0nCje4rT-RoES0cz4qFm0PB4QvS3x22xVOrXLAeLLuM6-KqA4j-wONZ1805gchZrJC4ASBGLyNIgfKr27GOhu2rZ3y9TdSWR4AYfs6KAd_dxPGjedw94UtXW3AFy3Dkwueblp0Ssid-4sN-uzvq095k9m_zomnvhGqjater6581NQAyP2GZRYk6mg/s320/Life%20on%20Chickadee%20Lane%20Signature.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Wendy Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00440022162981631116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944347099982722463.post-80960083088073326792024-02-20T07:00:00.069-05:002024-02-20T11:53:31.552-05:00A Cherished Betrothal CelebrateLit Tour {book review and giveaway}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOfqhR8dNvlkS0ZKSpdBYWwuxMQDI7Ms5ZOlRRhQ0er-1maY2NOYHwWx4MQGwgDrtgUfMDzj0SmHCkXnqDQlZfpoW-C4cpa13bcJP_ATVBymMZQHkYM70Gz7z6oRYNe_Wh5l_yUwI38iIkZt1lJW4NxYW5ku2c07gbo7suXSbbqpgDUHnjkxzZLT_OrE/s851/cherished-betrothal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOfqhR8dNvlkS0ZKSpdBYWwuxMQDI7Ms5ZOlRRhQ0er-1maY2NOYHwWx4MQGwgDrtgUfMDzj0SmHCkXnqDQlZfpoW-C4cpa13bcJP_ATVBymMZQHkYM70Gz7z6oRYNe_Wh5l_yUwI38iIkZt1lJW4NxYW5ku2c07gbo7suXSbbqpgDUHnjkxzZLT_OrE/w640-h236/cherished-betrothal.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p center=""><br /></p><h1><span underline="">About the Book</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMehILdb4sBvMFqsDLtaSzeQMIAKtYjUwpPd42pD3jwyBWb09XlmNYK-oRAGU4P9jd4HFPDm3-iH3PTvBkAwnZncUZght7-xD9lOGs7oNhrzO06y-5bFdVZozAiEtLdeKtk_MQjyiTcsgfS6N9ph1Vt7Mbg0Ao-uczWI42LC-JYVPZaA-H11KMthOaf3Q/s300/A-Cherished-Betrothal-Generic-200x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMehILdb4sBvMFqsDLtaSzeQMIAKtYjUwpPd42pD3jwyBWb09XlmNYK-oRAGU4P9jd4HFPDm3-iH3PTvBkAwnZncUZght7-xD9lOGs7oNhrzO06y-5bFdVZozAiEtLdeKtk_MQjyiTcsgfS6N9ph1Vt7Mbg0Ao-uczWI42LC-JYVPZaA-H11KMthOaf3Q/s1600/A-Cherished-Betrothal-Generic-200x300.jpg" width="200" /></a></strong></div><strong><br /></strong><strong>Book: </strong>A Cherished Betrothal<p></p><p><strong>Author: </strong>Denise Weimer</p><p><b>Genre: </b>Christian Historical Romance</p><p><strong>Release Date: </strong>January 23, 2024</p><p><strong><em>He rescued her once, but a chance at love will require the ultimate sacrifice. </em></strong></p><p>Alexander Morris bears the childhood scars of the Long Canes massacre that killed his brother and father. Forced by his dark past into the lonely life of Georgia Ranger, Alexander joins the bordering South Carolina Rangers in their revolt against the Crown. When he’s posted to the fort erected to defend the community once decimated by the massacre, duty demands he court the loyalty of his sworn enemies, the fierce Cherokee warriors.</p><p>Elspeth Lawrence never forgot the boy who sacrificed himself for her at Long Canes—any more than she forgot the younger sister taken captive. She’s learned not only to forgive, but also to help minister to the Cherokees at her father’s mission. When Alex Morris arrives at nearby Fort Charlotte, Elspeth finds her memories—and her emotions—stirred. He doesn’t even remember her…or the long-ago attack. But the bitterness that simmers just beneath his stoic exterior—as well as her courtship by a local landowner—challenge their undeniable bond.</p><p>When Alex uncovers a long-held secret and a plot to sabotage patriot talks with the Cherokees, he must choose between his desire for revenge and his love for the girl he rescued long ago.</p><pre>Click <a href="https://amzn.to/47mCXFe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><h1><span underline="">About the Author</span></h1><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtFFtwDPvTYHT7ncFuwWC39dGz22Oj3FQoqUW84otBaSYuRZy1jLk9Thyphenhyphenqrm03jBIF5J_oWsEveXnmthtnET3iaYWlkZKXon1mup9UeoyXIc6HXOsSbfaw_MBui1XkT48kVwwk377OcgpBY3z2jfT85aPxnAYfgSUbBPOcv-jFCNmFVr_Xj85AxEnHL4/s300/Denise_Weimer_updated_headshot-200x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWtFFtwDPvTYHT7ncFuwWC39dGz22Oj3FQoqUW84otBaSYuRZy1jLk9Thyphenhyphenqrm03jBIF5J_oWsEveXnmthtnET3iaYWlkZKXon1mup9UeoyXIc6HXOsSbfaw_MBui1XkT48kVwwk377OcgpBY3z2jfT85aPxnAYfgSUbBPOcv-jFCNmFVr_Xj85AxEnHL4/s1600/Denise_Weimer_updated_headshot-200x300.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>North Georgia native <strong>Denise Weimer</strong> has authored over a dozen traditionally published novels and a number of novellas—historical and contemporary romance, romantic suspense, and time slip. As a freelance editor and Acquisitions & Editorial Liaison for Wild Heart Books, she’s helped other authors reach their publishing dreams. A wife and mother of two daughters, Denise always pauses for coffee, chocolate, and old houses.<p></p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Review</span></h1><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I was excited for the chance to read and review <u><i>A Cherished Betrothal</i></u>, which is the third in the Scouts of the Georgia Frontier series. It is equally as intriguing as the first two. This is an era of US history I don't remember ever learning about, and this series makes me want to learn more.</span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> I enjoyed the spiritual growth that both Alex and Elspeth had, and understand Alex's struggle to forgive. </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">If you enjoy history, especially history of early Georgia, and a hint of romance, you will definitely want to add this story to your to-read list! </span></p><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>I received a complimentary copy through Celebrate Lit and these opinions are my own. </i></span></p><h1><span underline="">More from Denise</span></h1><p>That Event That Changed You Forever: The Backstory Catalyst of <em>A Cherished Betrothal</em></p><p>Most of us can pinpoint it—a moment in time that forever altered us and the course of our lives. Maybe it was a place. Or a person. For good or bad, we can never go back to who we used to be. The good or bad depends on how we react to that moment, place, or person, doesn’t it? Whether we allow God to make us more like Him because of it.</p><p>Both the hero and heroine of my third novel in the Scouts of the Georgia Frontier, <em>A Cherished Betrothal</em>, live with such a moment. Experts in book plotting say our characters should have a dark moment in their backstory. For Alex Morris and Elspeth Lawrence, the Long Canes Massacre of 1760 is that dark moment. Together, they survived the attack of around a hundred Cherokee braves on a group of settlers fleeing across the South Carolina border into Georgia. Alex lost his father and brother, Elspeth her mother while her younger sister was taken captive. With the resilience of the Scots-Irish who formed a barrier between the colonies and the Native Americans, the Long Canes settlers returned to the border of South Carolina later that same year.</p><p><em>A Cherished Betrothal</em> actually begins in 1775, with the South Carolina backcountry on the brink of revolution. Since the childhood attack, Alex has lost his sense of home. He draws his identity from his service as a Georgia and South Carolina Ranger (yes, this tale veers over the border into South Carolina and the fascinating history around the town of Ninety Six) and waits for the opportunity for revenge. He keeps his anger carefully banked, just as Elspeth hides her fear—especially when she has to face warriors who visit the mission for Cherokee children she runs with her minister father. She’s forgiven her enemies, but she can no more prevent her knees knocking upon sight of the braves than she can forget the boy who saved her life fifteen years ago.</p><p>It seems God has answered her prayers when Alex shows up at nearby Fort Charlotte. Only…he doesn’t remember her…or the dark moment that shaped both of their histories. Between Elspeth’s not-so-gentle pressure, a Cherokee boy Alex can’t shake as a shadow, and his commanders’ determination to court the Cherokees as allies for the Patriot cause, Alex is forced to look his past in the eye.</p><p>Pivoting between Fort Charlotte, the mission school, and the town of Ninety Six where Elspeth’s wealthy Loyalist admirer helps stir conflict, including the first battle of the Revolution in South Carolina, <em>A Counterfeit Betrothal</em> is a tale of unshakeable love and soul-deep healing. I loved this story so much when I was writing it, I wanted to move into Colonial Ninety Six. 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<div><b><i>Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men.</i></b> Ephesians 6:6, 7.</div><div><br /></div><div>Let us in our lifework strive constantly to answer the prayer of Christ, that we may be united with one another and with Him. Let us always before undertaking anything, ask ourselves the question, “Will this please my Saviour? Is it in harmony with the will of God?” The consciousness that we are bringing the Christ-life into the daily experience will give a sacred dignity to the everyday duties. All that we do will be done with faithfulness, that the Master may be honored. Thus shall we show to the world what Christianity can accomplish for sinful human beings, giving them constantly increasing efficiency for service in this life, preparing them for the higher life in the world to come.</div><div><br /></div><div>I praise the Lord. This morning I slept until four o'clock. There was not the usual awakening through the night. This is a great blessing to me, for which I am thankful. I have been carrying a heavy burden so long as I consider the spiritual condition of the people of God, moving so far below their privilege. I lie awake pleading with my heavenly Saviour to come to our help and raise up messengers that shall bear a message decidedly to the point. “Thy word is truth” (John 17:17). I long for physical strength and power that out of the abundance of the heart moved by the Holy Spirit the mouth may speak.</div><div><br /></div><div>Oft in the vision of the night I am speaking to large companies and in strong appeals I am repeatedly urging upon the companies before me, “If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth. For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory” (Colossians 3:1-4).</div><div><br /></div><div>What a rich promise is this presented to us! Let us then show that we appreciate these promises and work to the point to be fully in earnest and to be thankful for such assurance. It is for our good and the good of all with whom we shall associate in all our public labors that we shall reveal that we are seeking those things that are above. ~This Day With God, by E.G. White</div>
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Wendy Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00440022162981631116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944347099982722463.post-70196089199426592522024-02-15T07:00:00.039-05:002024-02-15T15:02:38.402-05:00Lacey's Star: A Lady Pilot-in-Command Novel {book review and giveaway}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJKvrrO8WFovR0FES4kwL5RpADxxU7NKmpb00VC5_ydw5jLu9aJ5kGvOFF0x3CVAhzau0couwC_AJzKXRWoDRbXkNFiqo2SkGjrkDNeLyGA0Sjxi89ed4TvEP_GeZo_HWOLlgs3FHDKAu7m7XHWwAv52ZPXJ7-nE3r-sLPythvfScewMboA18WUb2Wrg/s851/Laceys-star.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJKvrrO8WFovR0FES4kwL5RpADxxU7NKmpb00VC5_ydw5jLu9aJ5kGvOFF0x3CVAhzau0couwC_AJzKXRWoDRbXkNFiqo2SkGjrkDNeLyGA0Sjxi89ed4TvEP_GeZo_HWOLlgs3FHDKAu7m7XHWwAv52ZPXJ7-nE3r-sLPythvfScewMboA18WUb2Wrg/w640-h236/Laceys-star.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p center=""><br /></p><h1><span underline="">About the Book</span></h1><p><strong> </strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTooUEWWsQIIVpl8Trs3gdI7pxMda6IM6B7lmZ5adL4S8BaQLLHG9CUfy7Kf0ScRU6x8pkENu_ULyA5c-YuZPgbgINLfT9gzPiZTm9LsgUEmAXhzNzCzaqw5GOjKJxc6F5j3lKZCyPyDnKUM14WbSKb6zQkK2jauiTVXNqz8reJaTJeu1VF3qQEsPPaU/s300/ebook-cover-Laceys-Star-couple-188x300.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="188" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxTooUEWWsQIIVpl8Trs3gdI7pxMda6IM6B7lmZ5adL4S8BaQLLHG9CUfy7Kf0ScRU6x8pkENu_ULyA5c-YuZPgbgINLfT9gzPiZTm9LsgUEmAXhzNzCzaqw5GOjKJxc6F5j3lKZCyPyDnKUM14WbSKb6zQkK2jauiTVXNqz8reJaTJeu1VF3qQEsPPaU/s1600/ebook-cover-Laceys-Star-couple-188x300.jpg" width="188" /></a></strong></div><strong><br /></strong><strong>Book: </strong>Lacey’s Star: A Lady Pilot-in-Command Novel<p></p><p><strong>Author: </strong>Kay DiBianca</p><p><b>Genre: </b>Christian Mystery and Romance</p><p><strong>Release Date: </strong>October 23, 2023</p><p>Private pilot Cassie Deakin lands in the middle of an unwanted adventure when she discovers her beloved Uncle Charlie has been attacked and seriously injured by thieves.</p><p>But Cassie has a problem. She doesn’t know who she can trust. Still, she’s determined to solve the mystery behind the assault on her uncle, so she reluctantly agrees to team up with Deputy Frank White, a man she definitely does not trust, to find the culprits.</p><p>But as Cassie and Frank peel back the layers of one mystery, they uncover a deeper and more sinister crime: the murder of an eight-year-old girl decades earlier. Armed with only a single, cryptic clue to the death of young Lacey Alderson, Cassie makes a crucial discovery that lands her in the crosshairs of a murderer. </p><pre>Click <a href="https://amzn.to/47CSlO9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><h1><span underline="">About the Author</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGHMy4fXiiVd5SjGU_Q0F9m6EzHwREJhcMhH_zJkOXapycxcEyPNZBWe-JTaWMs6w534uvnJaKgPYdgLAF12K1m7ebpSbGux4Uy5TgDzE2SK3rPqPtNXley4yBD53C8fiUi3KZGHYG7PSL91y7LbRFjiHUIitfZ0QBeFXNBtffwdUPHvFJPVw1NG6VdM/s300/Kay-DiBianca-Picture-300dpi-228x300.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="228" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFGHMy4fXiiVd5SjGU_Q0F9m6EzHwREJhcMhH_zJkOXapycxcEyPNZBWe-JTaWMs6w534uvnJaKgPYdgLAF12K1m7ebpSbGux4Uy5TgDzE2SK3rPqPtNXley4yBD53C8fiUi3KZGHYG7PSL91y7LbRFjiHUIitfZ0QBeFXNBtffwdUPHvFJPVw1NG6VdM/s1600/Kay-DiBianca-Picture-300dpi-228x300.jpg" width="228" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />Kay DiBianca</strong> is a former software developer and IT manager who retired to a life of mystery. She loves to create webs of intrigue for her characters to untangle as they search for the truth while dealing with the ongoing challenges of faith and family.<p></p><p>In addition to her latest book, <em>Lacey’s Star</em>, Kay has three published novels in <em>The Watch Mystery Series: The Watch on the Fencepost, Dead Man’s Watch, </em>and<em> Time After Tyme</em>. Her published short stories include <em>Lady Pilot-in-Command, The Clutter Busters, </em>and<em> The Money Tree. </em></p><p>Kay is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, Sisters in Crime, and the Collierville Christian Writers Group. She is an instrument-rated pilot and a regular contributor to the Kill Zone Blog. An avid runner, she can often be found at a nearby track, on the treadmill, or at a large park near her home</p><p>Kay and her husband, Frank, live, run, and write in Memphis, Tennessee.</p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Review</span></h1><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><i>Lacey's Star</i></u> will keep you on the edge of your seat, and totally engaged throughout. I enjoyed the well-written story and well-developed characters. I've wanted to learn to fly for several decades now, so Cassie spoke to my heart. If you enjoy mystery with a touch of romance, you will want to read <i><u>Lacey's Star</u></i>.</span></p><p><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I received a complimentary copy through Celebrate Lit and these opinions are my own.</span></i></p><h1><span underline="">Enjoy an Excerpt!</span></h1><p>I do not like handsome men. Not that I have much experience with them, but in my opinion, they’re self-absorbed and untrustworthy. Like the one sitting in the passenger seat of my Cessna 172 while I did the run-up prior to takeoff. Frank White.</p><p>Frank and I have shared only two experiences in the short time we’ve known each other. In the first one, I saved his life. In the second, he invited me to dinner and stood me up.</p><p>Now I’m not generally a person to hold a grudge, but being stood up is on my short list of unforgivable sins. So, when the company I worked for informed me I <em>had </em>to fly Frank to a meeting at my uncle’s farm a couple of hundred miles away, I turned my face into stone and took the assignment.</p><p>If Frank noticed my icy silence as I did the pre-flight check, he didn’t let on. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw the little smirk on his face while he scrolled on his phone, his dark hair hanging down on his forehead. He needed a haircut.</p><p>The Newton Airport tower called down. “Cessna Three One Four Bravo Charlie, you’re cleared for takeoff on runway three-six.” After a brief pause, he added, “Have a nice flight, Cassie.”</p><p>Frank adjusted his headset when he heard the call from the tower and winked at me. I gave him a look I reserve only for the lowest forms of human life and focused my attention back on the flight panel.</p><p>“Roger that,” I said and repeated the instructions back to the air traffic controller. Then I added power and maneuvered Scout onto the end of the runway. Scout is the name I use for the little blue and white Cessna that was my father’s pride and joy. He taught me how to fly when I was a young girl, and he left the plane to me when he died.</p><p>My frustration evaporated as my aircraft responded to full power and accelerated down the runway. When we reached sixty knots, I gently pulled back the yoke, the nose lifted, and in one breathless moment, we were free from the earth.</p><p>This was a feeling I could never get enough of—the thrill of release as I watched the ground drop away. We climbed over the end of the runway, and meadows of goldenrod waved goodbye as we soared into blue heaven.</p><h1 center=""><span underline="">Blog Stop</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bookwomanjoan.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Book Reviews From an Avid reader"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Book Reviews From an Avid reader</span></a>, February 6</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://pausefortales.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; 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box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://tblbkreviews.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-root="1" data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Lily's Corner"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Lily’s Corner</span></a>, February 19</p><h1 center=""><span underline="">Giveaway<br /></span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVvimsG5oInBfKc49HPaS_T1V7BLDABqJmHzVa-vMx1VNY4w8O_9i2nu6V7l_qoWvrQcUd0fyZk-VXp9IRBivdKGmLh7bLytyydG9OZ8rwnIRlIwx-oaDikWiets-SiJW-SZSpGKRe2XK1fjUXnqD9bLBrPeI8GYp3u7IxW5QoFvYoXjPltgOsgxVVfaQ/s940/a4b0e341-e5a9-47ef-b266-89b93f18c755.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVvimsG5oInBfKc49HPaS_T1V7BLDABqJmHzVa-vMx1VNY4w8O_9i2nu6V7l_qoWvrQcUd0fyZk-VXp9IRBivdKGmLh7bLytyydG9OZ8rwnIRlIwx-oaDikWiets-SiJW-SZSpGKRe2XK1fjUXnqD9bLBrPeI8GYp3u7IxW5QoFvYoXjPltgOsgxVVfaQ/s320/a4b0e341-e5a9-47ef-b266-89b93f18c755.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p center="">To celebrate her tour, Kay is giving away the grand prize of a $50 Amazon gift card and an eBook copy of the book!!</p><p center="">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p center=""><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/2a0c6/lacey-s-star-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="background-color: white; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #686868; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/2a0c6/lacey-s-star-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCJLfrOqpckRRlGF6CBpEOa4D-Z0Etl-kfewd-TwbMKPLIjF5QAk-y83A6n0kydY6Ld_Em0b0kL5lj_5ygW2z1Wl4ijO0-dG8b4R9Cp2dYNnbbppCp_JsCDT03m7Xy4iRt2Aix_idwTvYAwh5xcEOcuAEN44gvkrKfu9_HPdpZyhNZQ0gxt5QHZsihlQ/s800/Life%20on%20Chickadee%20Lane%20Signature.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlCJLfrOqpckRRlGF6CBpEOa4D-Z0Etl-kfewd-TwbMKPLIjF5QAk-y83A6n0kydY6Ld_Em0b0kL5lj_5ygW2z1Wl4ijO0-dG8b4R9Cp2dYNnbbppCp_JsCDT03m7Xy4iRt2Aix_idwTvYAwh5xcEOcuAEN44gvkrKfu9_HPdpZyhNZQ0gxt5QHZsihlQ/s320/Life%20on%20Chickadee%20Lane%20Signature.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Wendy Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00440022162981631116noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944347099982722463.post-78266521135156399752024-02-13T07:00:00.051-05:002024-02-15T14:55:09.949-05:00Rescuing You Celebrate Lit Tour {book review and giveaway}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Jr9jjj3gkGICVKJTM2qlMHa4uZwQOdTBZOm-nlMVVJYCiWnqgvWnJb3iDqx3INP6O_bLwLiTFNrxmBwoPRT6lUrWRTuLMckfB5XA955cNxxctquB8a995S3ta700Wvflr2jSjgCBG8nCPQaaKirSZG0LK9zFI2JpTtDNKKaaq-xp2p4NGyOoFw5hv-g/s851/Rescuing-you.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Jr9jjj3gkGICVKJTM2qlMHa4uZwQOdTBZOm-nlMVVJYCiWnqgvWnJb3iDqx3INP6O_bLwLiTFNrxmBwoPRT6lUrWRTuLMckfB5XA955cNxxctquB8a995S3ta700Wvflr2jSjgCBG8nCPQaaKirSZG0LK9zFI2JpTtDNKKaaq-xp2p4NGyOoFw5hv-g/w640-h236/Rescuing-you.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p center=""><br /></p><h1><span underline="">About the Book</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpBdURtokpLadjGWzzEYd9NjdqWp8K4ki8bkJVN59aSHFUA6bNRMNDkuGEo5_0Ax9cSr5OFQNX4S7p5OhgRnzW3sOT5mH4OY1c1y2SYjvm1OWDfethAyi7iKhTc7CWz2xmpf3rabtxXximdL9LOFeqjLZdrsLCqAjTOzrZ0Ib-VXAt7PX_uGCEmxWDlb8/s300/2.RescuingYou_FrontFinal-197x300.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="197" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpBdURtokpLadjGWzzEYd9NjdqWp8K4ki8bkJVN59aSHFUA6bNRMNDkuGEo5_0Ax9cSr5OFQNX4S7p5OhgRnzW3sOT5mH4OY1c1y2SYjvm1OWDfethAyi7iKhTc7CWz2xmpf3rabtxXximdL9LOFeqjLZdrsLCqAjTOzrZ0Ib-VXAt7PX_uGCEmxWDlb8/s1600/2.RescuingYou_FrontFinal-197x300.jpg" width="197" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />Book: </strong>Rescuing You<p></p><p><strong>Author: </strong>Robin Patchen</p><p><b>Genre: </b>Christian Romantic Suspense</p><p><strong>Release Date: </strong>January 9, 2024</p><p><strong>A heart-pounding tale of danger and devotion, the riveting second installment of the Wright Heroes of Maine series by a USA Today bestselling author.</strong></p><p>CIA agent Michael Wright’s world crumbles when his girlfriend, Leila, is snatched off the street and later seen in the grasp of a terrorist he’s been tracking, Michael blames himself. Keeping his identity secret from her clearly didn’t protect her. Now he must defy the Agency and fly to Iraq to rescue her.</p><p>Leila Amato escaped Iraq a decade earlier, only returning in her worst nightmares. But those nightmares have come true when she finds herself captive and all alone, or so she thinks until she sees her identical twin sister.</p><p>Michael tracks Leila to a desert compound, but his rescue mission goes awry when he discovers her sister needs to escape as well. His detailed strategy can only ensure one woman’s safety. Now they’re on the run, trying to get out of the country before their enemies track them down.</p><p>But Leila’s kidnapping is only one small part of a larger plot—one that endangers thousands of lives—and now he can’t trust anyone. Not even the woman who’s stolen his heart. A woman who’s been keeping secrets of her own…</p><p><strong>A high-stakes international chase full of romantic suspense, spies, and a ticking time bomb that will keep you reading all night long.</strong></p><pre>Click <a href="https://amzn.to/3SfAgRP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><h1><span underline="">About the Author</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-AU725AvxpZFVd0_0-osfYPUjG759pXZQ8U7dwQNCQE98KhdPXKTOeS_jSG59HLjPsXgU8-RfXVzKlJFYw-1jxMA8iP4O8RF9FlpSSgllbLBTnVL3xYK-b5tgJ6vvgrNlx2iLqKaC4cEucaRNMfNM6bMEOKUyJRHDrXnZAIC9oW3bsuS0XmOvddvknU/s300/Robin-Patchen-backcover-photo-300x199.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="300" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG-AU725AvxpZFVd0_0-osfYPUjG759pXZQ8U7dwQNCQE98KhdPXKTOeS_jSG59HLjPsXgU8-RfXVzKlJFYw-1jxMA8iP4O8RF9FlpSSgllbLBTnVL3xYK-b5tgJ6vvgrNlx2iLqKaC4cEucaRNMfNM6bMEOKUyJRHDrXnZAIC9oW3bsuS0XmOvddvknU/s1600/Robin-Patchen-backcover-photo-300x199.jpeg" width="300" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />Robin Patchen</strong> is a <em>USA Today</em> bestselling and award-winning author of Christian romantic suspense. She grew up in a small town in New Hampshire, the setting of her Nutfield Saga books, and then headed to Boston to earn a journalism degree. After college, working in marketing and public relations, she discovered how much she loathed the nine-to-five ball and chain. After relocating to the Southwest, she started writing her first novel while she homeschooled her three children. The novel was dreadful, but her passion for storytelling didn’t wane. Thankfully, as her children grew, so did her writing ability. Now that her kids are adults, she has more time to play with the lives of fictional heroes and heroines, wreaking havoc and working magic to give her characters happy endings. When she’s not writing, she’s editing or reading, proving that most of her life revolves around the twenty-six letters of the alphabet.<div><br /></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Review</span></h1><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><u><i>Rescuing You</i></u> is a real page turner. I just wanted to sit and read, undisturbed, until I was finished with the book! It's action-packed, well written, with well developed characters who are faith filled. </span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">If you enjoy action, faith-filled characters, and a touch of romance, this is one book you will definitely want to read.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><i>I received a complimentary copy through Celebrate Lit and these opinions are my own.</i></span><br /><p></p><h1><span underline="">More from Robin</span></h1><p>I spent a week this year serving refugee women on the Greek island of Lesvos. Along with helping to distribute food and clothing, I gave hand massages. It seems like such a little thing, but it was powerful.</p><p>Many didn’t speak English, and I found it difficult to connect even with those who did. What do I have in common with women escaping war or oppression?</p><p>But I could perch on a tiny stool at their feet and rub lotion on their hands. I didn’t know their stories, but God did. So while they chatted with friends in languages I couldn’t understand, I prayed silently. As I did, God stirred in me a deep love for each one.</p><p>Imagine the courage it must take to leave everything you know—your home, your community, in some cases, even your family—to seek freedom. Imagine how desperate or afraid or, frankly, hopeful a person must be to attempt it.</p><p>The heroine in <em><u>Rescuing You</u> </em>did just that. An Iraqi who came to Christ as a teenager, Leila feared her family would discover her secret and felt she had no choice but to run away. Resettled in Germany, away from her mother, father, and twin sister, she built a life for herself and fell in love.</p><p>And then someone snatched her back to Iraq.</p><p><em><u>Rescuing You</u> </em>is about a man determined to save the woman he loves. It’s about a woman willing to risk everything for the freedom to…</p><p>…Love the man she chooses</p><p>…Live a life of purpose, and mostly…</p><p>…Worship the One True God</p><p>It’s easy to take our freedom for granted—and to forget that true and lasting freedom isn’t political or social but spiritual. Christians are free in Christ no matter what their society looks like.</p><p>But what an incredible blessing to live in a free country.</p><p><em><u>Rescuing You</u> </em>barely scratches the surface of the refugee crisis. It’s mostly about a man and a woman and whole bunch of terrifying villains. Even so, I pray it’ll stir in you a deep love for refugees seeking freedom worldwide. Pray for them and for the nations they’ve escaped. 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Click the link below to enter.</p><p center=""><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/2a0c0/rescuing-you-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="background-color: white; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #686868; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; outline: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/2a0c0/rescuing-you-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p>
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<div><b><i>For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled</i></b>. Matthew 5:18.</div><div><br /></div><div>When Christ entered upon His campaign, Satan met Him and contested every inch of ground, exerting his utmost powers to conquer Him. Much was involved in this controversy. Intense interests were at stake. The questions to be answered were: “Is God's law imperfect, in need of being amended or abrogated? or is it immutable? Is God's government stable? or is it in need of changes?” Not only before those living in the city of God, but before the inhabitants of all the heavenly universe, were these questions to be answered....</div><div><br /></div><div>From the manger to the cross Satan followed the Son of God. Temptations beat upon Him like a tempest. But the more fierce the conflict, the more familiar He became with the temptations wherewith man is beset, and the better prepared He was to succor the tempted.</div><div><br /></div><div>The severity of the trial through which Christ passed was proportionate to the value of the object to be gained or lost by His success or failure. Not merely the interests of one world were involved. This world was the battlefield, but all the worlds that God has created were affected by the result of the conflict.... Satan sought to make it appear that he was working for the liberty of the universe. Even while Christ was on the cross, the enemy was determined to make his arguments so varied, so deceptive, so insidious, that all would be convinced that God's law was tyrannical. He himself laid every scheme, planned every evil, inflamed every mind to bring affliction on Christ. He himself instigated the false accusations against One who had done only good. He himself inspired the cruel deeds that added to the suffering of the Son of God—the pure, the holy, the innocent.</div><div><br /></div><div>By this course of action Satan has forged a chain by which he himself will be bound. The heavenly universe will bear witness to the justice of God in punishing him. Heaven itself saw what heaven would be, if he were in it....</div><div><br /></div><div>Not merely in the minds of a few finite creatures in this world, but in the minds of all the inhabitants of the heavenly universe, has the immutability of God's law been established.... With one voice they extolled God as righteous, merciful, self-denying, just. ~This Day With God, by E.G. White</div>
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Wendy Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00440022162981631116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944347099982722463.post-15851822726745639502024-02-06T08:00:00.063-05:002024-02-06T08:36:41.795-05:00A Summer on Bellevue Avenue Celebrate Lit Tour {book review and giveaway}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIF-hr1AYYPV4fXK8tngdyS9zOvXNvQbJaNv1Sk_QANbCBEFPv2HlyYyYP-o7141TI9Cf3ODJ9nK-VHEVDjhHm0v8BLYIlp39tc7k7cintPaWXA3evVpvgzMO4JCEc8YvH0hoea_4Waudmc9CXiFd7KGaFNJiwRlxG9HA52pmNh_MF_E-9tL2KCHNSmz0/s851/summer-bellevue-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIF-hr1AYYPV4fXK8tngdyS9zOvXNvQbJaNv1Sk_QANbCBEFPv2HlyYyYP-o7141TI9Cf3ODJ9nK-VHEVDjhHm0v8BLYIlp39tc7k7cintPaWXA3evVpvgzMO4JCEc8YvH0hoea_4Waudmc9CXiFd7KGaFNJiwRlxG9HA52pmNh_MF_E-9tL2KCHNSmz0/w640-h236/summer-bellevue-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p center=""><br /></p><h1><span underline="">About the Book</span></h1><p><strong> </strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPxRM-jYghhjdyYjZeyK9n5xdDdEY3g3BLYNvVozIeIFR0DlKwgHqPMCy26W4wXvCmSbH9ArOkd_XdTt59C0-t8ZdLGCYocEtfvhCOlGxDncv4r0_HIFHb3EbXgX4cOa4GulRPhoyI7TVa-WGUnJhHt3_SRoPhrGbar3He_PO7z2hnOwofumj0PUNtJ6Y/s300/ASummerOnBellevueAvenue-200x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPxRM-jYghhjdyYjZeyK9n5xdDdEY3g3BLYNvVozIeIFR0DlKwgHqPMCy26W4wXvCmSbH9ArOkd_XdTt59C0-t8ZdLGCYocEtfvhCOlGxDncv4r0_HIFHb3EbXgX4cOa4GulRPhoyI7TVa-WGUnJhHt3_SRoPhrGbar3He_PO7z2hnOwofumj0PUNtJ6Y/s1600/ASummerOnBellevueAvenue-200x300.jpg" width="200" /></a></strong></div><strong><br /></strong><strong>Book: </strong>A Summer on Bellevue Avenue<p></p><p><strong>Author: </strong>Lorri Dudley</p><p><b>Genre: </b>Christian historical romance</p><p><strong>Release Date: </strong>January 9, 2024</p><p><strong><em>In the world of the elite, reputation is everything…</em></strong></p><p>Wealthy heiress Amanda Mae Klein is set to marry the man she loves, Wesley Jansen—the only person she trusts to help ease her anxiety among the social climbers of high society. Until the daughter of a union boss falls down a flight of stairs at Wesley’s office in the middle of the night…and the woman claims Wesley pushed her.</p><p>Seeking solace from the growing scandal, Amanda flees to the mansion-dotted seaside of Newport. Wesley follows to disprove the rumors and win back the trust of Amelia and her father. But soon, Amanda finds not only her social status but her life at risk. As dire events pit the two against each other, will their love find a way to survive?</p><pre>Click <a href="https://amzn.to/40ZCbMK">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><h1><span underline="">About the Author</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvvxY15_q66puE3YXA7g_d_LzUYujQUho21RJshFC2OtLxcNUYkdtlJ7ZX8FjUMhuiZcSy1wSKViFQxoT-7hptadZsf-jKc-pFldxi-Qld4mFH0CkYShh-EU2Dxq6hZ9qo4jftis_3zo8vdfT-A_vv9nchJbRna2yhB2-dQ__6mEk4z1J7bUVsmknYms/s300/LorriDudleyProfilePic-300x294.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="294" data-original-width="300" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLvvxY15_q66puE3YXA7g_d_LzUYujQUho21RJshFC2OtLxcNUYkdtlJ7ZX8FjUMhuiZcSy1wSKViFQxoT-7hptadZsf-jKc-pFldxi-Qld4mFH0CkYShh-EU2Dxq6hZ9qo4jftis_3zo8vdfT-A_vv9nchJbRna2yhB2-dQ__6mEk4z1J7bUVsmknYms/s1600/LorriDudleyProfilePic-300x294.jpg" width="300" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />Lorri Dudley</strong> has been a finalist in numerous writing contests and has a master’s degree in Psychology. She lives in Ashland, Massachusetts with her husband and three teenage sons, where writing romance allows her an escape from her testosterone filled household. <p></p><h1><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-weight: normal;" underline="">My Review</span></h1><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-weight: normal;" underline="">All of my grandparents were born during The Gilded Age, so I find this time period interesting. </span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-weight: normal;" underline=""><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-weight: normal;" underline="">This story grabbed my attention from the beginning, and held it throughout. It's well written and descriptive.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-weight: normal;" underline=""><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-weight: normal;" underline="">If you're a history buff, especially of Gilded Age New England, with a little mystery and romance thrown in, you will want to add this to your "want to read" list.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-weight: normal;" underline=""><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;" underline=""><i>I received a complimentary copy through Celebrate Lit and these opinions are my own.</i></span></div><h1>More from Lorri</h1><p><b>Moguls, Millionaires, and Midas</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLyoUHKf9jLVjQxglOVW-MvP1_5q5GDdX54pzbNvBMOFdPjDL65OwOdcVFbsLmayx4YQOX2GoZUqT5_T5z2TMRpEde8Jjj_N14mliC2v7apBaRTHqb0Pi9ZpLAEFtWldfcaiaUyiSHTwLtKyiPpHxDYPupIqRdhQVxS5gyu7JDV7JdNHUHiJeceBMnzI/s300/Marble-House-Newport-300x200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLyoUHKf9jLVjQxglOVW-MvP1_5q5GDdX54pzbNvBMOFdPjDL65OwOdcVFbsLmayx4YQOX2GoZUqT5_T5z2TMRpEde8Jjj_N14mliC2v7apBaRTHqb0Pi9ZpLAEFtWldfcaiaUyiSHTwLtKyiPpHxDYPupIqRdhQVxS5gyu7JDV7JdNHUHiJeceBMnzI/s1600/Marble-House-Newport-300x200.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p>Imagine parties where the dining guests could dig through a sand centerpiece for rubies, diamonds, sapphires, and other precious stones to take home as party favors. Or celebrating elaborate pet birthdays, where dogs are seated around a formal dining table and served liver, rice, and cake. Fancy dining on horseback as guests eat while riding. At the mention of the Gilded Age in Newport, Rhode Island, Robin Leach’s voice naturally pipes in my head, “These are the Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.”</p><p>Imposing wrought iron gates, expansive manicured lawns and gardens, and opulent French chateaus or Italian palazzos—the summer “cottages” of Newport’s famous self-made moguls of America’s Gilded Age stir the imagination and leave us wondering if we glimpsed a bit of what heaven may look like. 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Legend has it that Caroline Astor frowned upon the Vanderbilts and did much to prohibit the new money Vanderbilts from having true social standing. Alva Vanderbilt concocted a plan to pry her way into old-money elitism by planning a fabulous costume party with all the who’s who of New York’s knickerbockers. Alva personally delivered Mrs. Astor’s invitation, and when Mrs. Astor refused to receive her, Alva Vanderbilt rescinded Caroline Astor’s daughter, Carrie’s, invitation. Hearing she was uninvited to the event, Carrie bent her mother’s ear and got her to acquiesce. Caroline Astor formally visited Alva Vanderbilt and attended the costume party, solidifying the Vanderbilt’s arrival into high society.<p></p><p>Living a little over an hour from Newport, I’ve toured many of the mansions and hiked the cliff walk along the luxurious shoreline. 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<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uOzSKNn-ps_JhBxTMXOKSZWB81SngzWbr2eYOUdUR_HRs5L2wO2cAcvwhG_4HUL6tESe52FXZyjw2QiV7vBsSkBsppSCWwgC3bCv8RmfiSgIX8vTY94hdYBVrR1A73PV3BfIORboL6X8ovkCxFgNcULuF_5r0FaN998vS609o8qKdcU_kSu751_4-Cc/s800/Life%20on%20Chickadee%20Lane%20Signature.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uOzSKNn-ps_JhBxTMXOKSZWB81SngzWbr2eYOUdUR_HRs5L2wO2cAcvwhG_4HUL6tESe52FXZyjw2QiV7vBsSkBsppSCWwgC3bCv8RmfiSgIX8vTY94hdYBVrR1A73PV3BfIORboL6X8ovkCxFgNcULuF_5r0FaN998vS609o8qKdcU_kSu751_4-Cc/s320/Life%20on%20Chickadee%20Lane%20Signature.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Wendy Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00440022162981631116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944347099982722463.post-48595436308028136522024-02-06T06:00:00.063-05:002024-02-06T08:03:26.346-05:00When the Waters Came Celebrate Lit Tour {book review and giveaway}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1u7WbciHj2sH-afb2JRNweeoduybFy6Mwva7db6DNE19-WNh6iCXmPp0YGNwjePxGcWqGCkZYfz2xEr-uFVQR1ZuJnpklw7_X_0778oSonByiHzo1dliw90DUahxMfHbr85IVDvwoo9iNACUEyj2zFXPU5-TPxgmy-QPajsjRuuxhl4lJiVboXEG_q4/s851/when-the-waters-came.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1u7WbciHj2sH-afb2JRNweeoduybFy6Mwva7db6DNE19-WNh6iCXmPp0YGNwjePxGcWqGCkZYfz2xEr-uFVQR1ZuJnpklw7_X_0778oSonByiHzo1dliw90DUahxMfHbr85IVDvwoo9iNACUEyj2zFXPU5-TPxgmy-QPajsjRuuxhl4lJiVboXEG_q4/w640-h236/when-the-waters-came.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p center=""><br /></p><h1><span underline="">About the Book</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflL2AlFn1yiDq07UMg8pJ2EkpxbzddcqbYTBEqeljYnub8QVDpt52DJZewcsBOAYmPkiHvoq77yTJ3WsJDBuMC-wSPDCeSjMv0D12f3lWg6Zt_7lsMGvzwQcbtzDW9nsP1v2NCXKfVLJcWlwe9Zrtw1VoUY0wUf69bMRblvdMOVr9_Vv523b3R9b5KDo/s300/9781636097589-197x300.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="197" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgflL2AlFn1yiDq07UMg8pJ2EkpxbzddcqbYTBEqeljYnub8QVDpt52DJZewcsBOAYmPkiHvoq77yTJ3WsJDBuMC-wSPDCeSjMv0D12f3lWg6Zt_7lsMGvzwQcbtzDW9nsP1v2NCXKfVLJcWlwe9Zrtw1VoUY0wUf69bMRblvdMOVr9_Vv523b3R9b5KDo/s1600/9781636097589-197x300.jpg" width="197" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />Book: </strong>When the Waters Came<p></p><p><strong>Author: </strong>Candice Sue Patterson</p><p><b>Genre: </b>Christian/Historical/Romance</p><p><strong>Release Date: </strong>January, 2024</p><p><strong>An act of greed or an act of God?</strong></p><p><em>Introducing a new series of 6 exciting novels featuring historic American disasters that transformed landscapes and multiple lives. Whether by nature or by man, these disasters changed history and were a day to be remembered.</em></p><p>Pastor Montgomery Childs has tended his flock in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, for two years. While his pews are full every Sunday, he most desires to see a reckoning between God and the kings of industry who recreate on Lake Conemaugh. The pleasure grounds, flowing alcohol, and business dealings of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club taunts Monty as he works to heal the wounds inflicted from his own privileged childhood among Pittsburgh society. Like Noah, Monty prays against the evil surrounding him, but he never expects God to send a flood.</p><p>It takes five days for the Red Cross to respond to the Johnstown flood disaster, but when it does, Annamae Worthington is ready to help. Apprenticing under Clara Barton has prepared her for the job, but nothing can prepare her for the death and destruction that awaits. As if the survivors haven’t suffered enough, typhoid fever ravages the town, resurfacing suppressed emotions regarding her father’s death.</p><p>Narrowly surviving the flood and the horrifying things he’s witnessed, Monty’s faith is floundering. Then a Red Cross nurse puts him to work helping with the typhoid fever victims arriving at the hospital tents every hour. Monty and Annamae work together distributing disinfectants and supplies, housing orphans, and serving those left behind. Slowly, his faith resurfaces. A kinship forms between them neither can ignore. But when an investigation into the collapsed dam points to the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, secrets emerge that may tear them apart. </p><pre>Click <a href="https://amzn.to/47yh4DV">here</a> to get your copy! </pre><h1><span underline="">About the Author</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyVGvodJ1CryIEku_i7v7OStZkAz7g-QcATF4C3ZIEa7mYzmDc_I9YOpX7wA8NQ5UTdMtXsWcy75dN3qzAytwILbz23bOf_0cnjY61q09M-UEUoPzwDv_5K3wHl9u4u9pMdZVF9IYeqT5poY7rGGvUSS5H6E3N0_i-YQDs0eoDhJWOFKPbCVGE8s5iKtU/s300/CandicePatterson-253x300.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="253" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyVGvodJ1CryIEku_i7v7OStZkAz7g-QcATF4C3ZIEa7mYzmDc_I9YOpX7wA8NQ5UTdMtXsWcy75dN3qzAytwILbz23bOf_0cnjY61q09M-UEUoPzwDv_5K3wHl9u4u9pMdZVF9IYeqT5poY7rGGvUSS5H6E3N0_i-YQDs0eoDhJWOFKPbCVGE8s5iKtU/s1600/CandicePatterson-253x300.jpg" width="253" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />Candice Sue Patterson</strong> studied at The Institute of Children’s Literature and is an elementary librarian. She lives in Indiana with her husband and three sons in a restored farmhouse overtaken by books. When she’s not tending to her chickens, snuggling with her Great Pyrenees, or helping children discover books they love, she’s working on a new story. Candice writes Modern Vintage Romance–where the past and present collide with faith. For more on Candice and her books, visit <a href="http://www.candicesuepatterson.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.candicesuepatterson.com</a>.<p></p><h1><span underline="">More from Candice</span></h1><p>On May 30, 1889, the industrious residents of Johnstown, Pennsylvania fell into slumber to the sound of rain pattering their rooftops, unaware that, for many, it would be their last night on earth. This was the thought I carried with me through the entire journey of writing <em>When the Waters Came</em>. Every survivor’s account of that day, every loss, every miracle, every emotion will stick with me for years to come.</p><p>My first knowledge of the Johnstown Flood came several years ago when I watched <em>The Men Who Built America</em> in its first airing on the History Channel. The idea that so great a loss of life could’ve easily been prevented by some of the richest men in the world strummed an invisible chord inside me. I remember looking at my husband and saying, “I’m going to write a book about it someday.”</p><p>A few more years went by and each time I sat down to plot a new story idea, Johnstown whispered across my heart, but the timing wasn’t right. Then, in 2021, I was shopping at our local community book fair and stumbled upon a first edition of <em>History of the Johnstown Flood, Illustrated</em> by Willis Fletcher Johnson, published in 1889, months after the disaster. Not meaning to sound hokey, I felt as if God handed me the book Himself and confirmed He wanted me to write this story. The next year, at the same book fair, I found a first edition of <em>The Life of Clara Barton</em> by Percy H. Epler, published in 1919. It contained transcripts of her journals and correspondence, some specifically mentioning the Red Cross and her role in aiding the survivors of the Johnstown flood. Once again, I felt that God had provided all the material I would need to tell my tale. Then, in 2022, when my publisher reached out looking for proposals for a new series centered on disasters, I knew the time had come to remind folks of that tragic day.</p><p>I’ll be honest, I shed a lot of tears during my research. The accounts are heartbreaking. But the faith and determination in some of those accounts are inspiring as well. Many of the characters in <em>When the Waters Came</em> are real survivors of the flood, and Clara Barton, herself, walks on and off the pages throughout the story.</p><p>In May 2023, a month before I turned the manuscript in to my publisher, my husband and I traveled nine hours to Johnstown to experience what we could for ourselves and to make sure my historical facts were correct. I stood where the South Fork Dam once did. I imagined the roar of the water as the dam crumbled. I toured the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club clubhouse, where America’s elite once recreated. I stood at Colonel Unger’s homestead where he’d stood that fateful day, powerless to reinforce the dam and save the folks in Johnstown below. I walked the rows of 777 graves in Grandview Cemetery honoring the unidentified bodies that were rescued. I thought of all the lost loved ones never found.</p><p>Where the retelling of the Johnstown Flood is hard and tragic, I also packed the story with plenty of faith, hope, and love to give readers a well-balanced experience. For on-site videos, behind-the-writing-scenes info, and more details about the Johnstown Flood, <a href="https://www.subscribepage.com/candicesuepatterson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">subscribe to my newsletter</a> and follow me on <a href="https://m.facebook.com/Candice-Sue-Patterson-Author-420360958035447/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/candicesuepatterson" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.</p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Review</span></h1><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">In some ways, this is a heart rending story. Given all the flooding we're seeing in the news these days, it is much easier to picture the devastation portrayed in <u><i>When the Waters Came</i></u>. And as in current life situations, there is hope and faith woven in.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I like how well researched this story is, and Candice's testimony how God laid it on her heart, and provided the resources, to portray this historical event.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">If you enjoy history, natural disasters, or historical disasters, you will definitely want to add this story to your list.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I received a complimentary copy through Celebrate Lit and these opinions are my own.</span></i></div><h1 center=""><span underline="">Blog Stops</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bookwomanjoan.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; 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box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">To Everything There Is A Season</a> </span>, February 9</p><h1 center=""><span underline="">Giveaway</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUp1CPVoQgfCqlKseBYRAm1uD667R8Oyo7FhH00cA34rL68pPxrB9ML_ajNVMxYhIPVAPAuhk5pE0S68Fq34ZbsENBdmtYRPEGemDGeKf9P4fAW2Bsi3Oy30TWc0mwKoRwmsxbdWiorkngcvNpHqQ4xqb4LXOW-iL0wxeRojZxIaI9diow1E9kRW5JJWI/s940/d3e70626-ac58-4c3a-8bee-08a33a324a88.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUp1CPVoQgfCqlKseBYRAm1uD667R8Oyo7FhH00cA34rL68pPxrB9ML_ajNVMxYhIPVAPAuhk5pE0S68Fq34ZbsENBdmtYRPEGemDGeKf9P4fAW2Bsi3Oy30TWc0mwKoRwmsxbdWiorkngcvNpHqQ4xqb4LXOW-iL0wxeRojZxIaI9diow1E9kRW5JJWI/s320/d3e70626-ac58-4c3a-8bee-08a33a324a88.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p center="">To celebrate her tour, Candice is giving away the grand prize package of a $25 Amazon e-gift card and a copy of the book!!</p><p center="">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! 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<div><b><i>Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.</i></b> Hebrews 4:13.</div><div><br /></div><div>The triumph of the truth is possible only when the workers carry with them an abiding consciousness of the presence of God. They should ever realize that there is a faithful witness to every word, every transaction, in the home life or among the people. In every plan devised, in every effort made, Christ is to direct. In every council the members should speak and act as if the curtain were withdrawn, and they saw themselves transacting business in the presence of the heavenly universe. For this is the fact in the case; all heaven is looking upon the workers. In planning for aggressive warfare, let not self be made prominent; it must be hidden, wholly hidden, in Christ....</div><div><br /></div><div>Everything that can be shaken will be shaken, and those things that cannot be shaken will remain.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Lord requires our undivided affections. If men are not wholehearted, they will fail in the day of test and proving and trial. When the enemy shall put his forces in array against him, and the battle seems to go hard, at the very time when all the strength of intellect and capability, and all the tact of wise generalship, is needed to repulse the enemy, those who are half-hearted will turn their weapons against their own soldiers; they weaken the hands that should be strong for warfare. God is testing all who have a knowledge of the truth to see if they can be depended on to fight the battles of the Lord when hard pressed by principalities and powers and the rulers of the darkness of this world and wicked spirits in high places. Perilous times are before us, and our only safety is in having the converting power of God every day—yielding ourselves fully to Him to do His will, and walk in the light of His countenance (see 1 Peter 2:9).</div><div><br /></div><div>Now when we are just on the borders of the promised land, let none repeat the sin of the unfaithful spies. They acknowledged that the land they went up to see was a good land, but they declared that the inhabitants were strong, the giants were there, and that they themselves were in comparison as grasshoppers in the sight of the people and in their own sight. All the difficulties were magnified into insurmountable obstacles.... Thus they leavened the whole congregation with their unbelief. ~This Day With God, by E.G. White</div>
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Wendy Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00440022162981631116noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944347099982722463.post-21455662751510601712024-02-01T07:00:00.063-05:002024-02-01T07:00:00.143-05:00Muldoon's Minnesota Darling Celebrate Lit Tour {book review and giveaway}<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8RYF806mOyYxseS70ztlNOzKOdG0gbmmNg_CzUDV57XQdd_CNH7ra4KStbEqLriJfpounnXnnQvWyfEFCLcHhDIWrKhDa1oHbyX04wHklXQLV1YzZbxHyRYZhCxOUTObE1hb1yUmRJxps-S00-2-2BmELcQoeGq3OdsCexx9VWjykwTHu36mWWeWR8q0/s851/muldoons-darling-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8RYF806mOyYxseS70ztlNOzKOdG0gbmmNg_CzUDV57XQdd_CNH7ra4KStbEqLriJfpounnXnnQvWyfEFCLcHhDIWrKhDa1oHbyX04wHklXQLV1YzZbxHyRYZhCxOUTObE1hb1yUmRJxps-S00-2-2BmELcQoeGq3OdsCexx9VWjykwTHu36mWWeWR8q0/w640-h236/muldoons-darling-2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p center=""><br /></p><h1><span underline="">About the Book</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFx7epzcVuMVB6bCxmXeuf1MqaXq13kRulCZnFGoYOycELLPt2LD8t0Tr_0Kw6El_q7FRpeh0952_mQBqPX4hpYuG-gs0LVxn1T7O4PENbOjL_dlCz4OWhU7Z9eCr4lbuDBk0z0Jy3PY988LEkD1aYhGA0PGzNV6Rqa9fGHtsQvMgXTWwm-S8jq4XUOZc/s320/darling-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFx7epzcVuMVB6bCxmXeuf1MqaXq13kRulCZnFGoYOycELLPt2LD8t0Tr_0Kw6El_q7FRpeh0952_mQBqPX4hpYuG-gs0LVxn1T7O4PENbOjL_dlCz4OWhU7Z9eCr4lbuDBk0z0Jy3PY988LEkD1aYhGA0PGzNV6Rqa9fGHtsQvMgXTWwm-S8jq4XUOZc/s1600/darling-1.png" width="200" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />Book: </strong>Muldoon’s Minnesota Darling, a Novella<p></p><p><strong>Author: </strong>E.V. Sparrow</p><p><b>Genre: </b>Historical fiction</p><p><strong>Release Date: </strong>May 10, 2023</p><p><strong><em>A heartsore widower with hidden fears and little faith…<br />The naïve daughter of a farmer guarding a repulsive secret…<br />A township unaware of the hidden menace amongst them…</em></strong></p><p>Heartbroken from losing his family and his farm, Mick Muldoon is hopeful as he emigrates to America with his siblings. All he finds is despair and no work. Were America’s rumored promises of plenty all lies? Would God ever hear and answer his prayers?</p><p>Seventeen-year-old Shauna McGann is determined to marry Mick Muldoon despite her mother’s objections. His past and his limp might repulse others, but not her. What burdens Shauna is her terrible secret – a secret she promised her friends she would keep. Now Shauna needs help and protection. Could she trust Mick, or will she lose everything by telling him?</p><p><strong><em>Will Mick finally be free of loss and find success in America? Will Shauna overcome her fears and finally feel safe?</em></strong></p><p>In this Muldoon’s Misfortunes prelude novella, author E.V. Sparrow creates a provoking tale of flickering faith and enduring hope through an emigrant’s efforts to adapt, and a young woman’s unprejudiced love.</p><pre>Click <a href="https://amzn.to/4a1VadG">here</a> to get your copy! </pre><h1><span underline="">About the Author</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9TLjj7hyphenhyphenc8HIhQ_BcL9iNm1qrqEBgriz4ubgW9IESsrqZH1tMWb_gkGm8R67wyO2idSKGBFxy7SClYX2cnUPOvZPctoO0DaZU2Vb-tbcxk2AwYvjU26BrR0hj2ntXgWrE2u1U2HU3RDQDx5eY0TII7zG1NUOXzKFjThZH5YvoTfOlTOW9lG86JVg-tw/s240/EVSparrow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="240" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9TLjj7hyphenhyphenc8HIhQ_BcL9iNm1qrqEBgriz4ubgW9IESsrqZH1tMWb_gkGm8R67wyO2idSKGBFxy7SClYX2cnUPOvZPctoO0DaZU2Vb-tbcxk2AwYvjU26BrR0hj2ntXgWrE2u1U2HU3RDQDx5eY0TII7zG1NUOXzKFjThZH5YvoTfOlTOW9lG86JVg-tw/s1600/EVSparrow.jpg" width="240" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />E.V. Sparrow</strong> is a short story writer turned novelist. Her readers encounter God’s unexpected presence through her character’s escapades. Her own adventures she wrote about involved traveling in over twenty countries. Sparrow lived on an Israeli kibbutz, worked for the U.S. Army in Bavaria, and hopped a freight train for a weekend.<p></p><p>A highlight for Sparrow is when Guideposts and Bethany House Publishers accepted four of her anthologized stories before she signed a 3-book historical fiction series contract with Celebrate Lit Publishing.</p><p>Her father’s family’s immigration from Ireland, their letters and documents, and some family stories inspired her current historical fiction novels.</p><p>In E.V.’s personal and church life, she ministered through prayer, worship, mission teams, and in Divorce Care and Singles. California native relocated to North Carolina, E.V. Sparrow and her husband enjoy family time with their grandchildren and exploring their new state.</p><h1><span underline="">More from E.V.</span></h1><p>I’m writing books inspired by my father’s family because they believed in God but wrestled with their faith. Faith doesn’t come easy for every believer. We grapple with intimacy with God, but does God battle with us?</p><p>My oldest brother shared some stories of our great-grandfather, who emigrated here after losing his wives and children in Ireland. Yes, at least two families. I wondered, how could a suffering heart and soul survive those losses? Our great-grandfather’s inner turmoil didn’t change once he resettled in America. I read letters he wrote to his son—our grandfather and sifted through family photos. Certain aspects from the timeline of great-grandfather’s life fashioned my main character, Mick Muldoon. Mick encountered God’s unexpected presence several times without recognizing it.</p><p>Thinking through a Scripture verse, 1 Corinthians 13:13, (NIV) “And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love,” reveals what remains when all else we are accustomed to is gone. I assume hope is as powerful as faith and love. It’s a triangle of strength for us until it goes wobbly. What happens when one or two of the three stabilizers are weaker than the others? Wounded, confused, and resilient characters named Mick, Orla, and Liam Muldoon.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnIXAy3NiJLULuuLUdkyJ_u3WxZer2kYFy6aFIzBGL4h6szUDN8MYmwsP9Iff59Cfxt2vxrAN-OVgegDHbaY-LanQl2ZsmGzcjmItfIsO12Rq1LaOFjeYfNTXg9HTa-rwJsO5qC3KkuAtjAP3olClRqFsXZTHZbbIFfnx8XUk8XZ_y5EThBZbkYNfXE0/s300/Faith-Hope-Love-300x169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="169" data-original-width="300" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnIXAy3NiJLULuuLUdkyJ_u3WxZer2kYFy6aFIzBGL4h6szUDN8MYmwsP9Iff59Cfxt2vxrAN-OVgegDHbaY-LanQl2ZsmGzcjmItfIsO12Rq1LaOFjeYfNTXg9HTa-rwJsO5qC3KkuAtjAP3olClRqFsXZTHZbbIFfnx8XUk8XZ_y5EThBZbkYNfXE0/s1600/Faith-Hope-Love-300x169.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Review</span></h1><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I enjoyed this story. I can't imagine the heartache Mick went through, of losing wives and children, moving from Ireland to America, and what he faced as an Irish immigrant. I can resonate with his shaky faith.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">If you're interested in some of the history of the Irish immigrants, and a bit of Minnesota history, entwined with a bit of sweet romance, I recommend adding <u><i>Muldoon's Minnesota Darling</i></u> to your list.</span></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></div><div><i><span style="color: #2b00fe;">I received a complimentary copy through Celebrate Lit and these opinions are my own.</span></i><h1 center=""><span underline="">Blog Stops</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://debbieloseanything.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":4224,"10":2,"15":"Arial"}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Debbie's Dusty Deliberations"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations</span></a>, January 23</p><p style="background-color: white; 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box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://kid-lit.library-lady.blog/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":4224,"10":2,"15":"arial"}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Library Lady's Kid Lit"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Library Lady’s Kid Lit</span></a>, February 5 (Author Interview)</p><h1 center=""><span underline="">Giveaway</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioneUTfXxTVs8TypNIwNxuQn-abmdhRAWPO0m7ycvMHOIv7BnGNJsDeOU2RgQ7-8Qf3wkENxpj-a6h97_ioblPdErM24olxtOQVXDiGw5ertvY23PRwg2KzE7Zw2Nq_DqPO-ilioTDXHDRHe2IJZx2jZZHSDPYjClKGL8HEhT6mp8wa4T5xYwiwLz7fLc/s940/68676f53-2988-4978-a725-1e60d86c07c5.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioneUTfXxTVs8TypNIwNxuQn-abmdhRAWPO0m7ycvMHOIv7BnGNJsDeOU2RgQ7-8Qf3wkENxpj-a6h97_ioblPdErM24olxtOQVXDiGw5ertvY23PRwg2KzE7Zw2Nq_DqPO-ilioTDXHDRHe2IJZx2jZZHSDPYjClKGL8HEhT6mp8wa4T5xYwiwLz7fLc/s320/68676f53-2988-4978-a725-1e60d86c07c5.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p center="">To celebrate her tour, E.V. is giving away the grand prize package of an eBook copy of Muldoon’s Minnesota Darling and an Amazon $50 gift card!!</p><p center="">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! 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<div><i><b>For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all nations.</b></i> Isaiah 61:11.</div><div><br /></div><div>The living oracles of God, “It is written,” are the leaves of the tree of life, which human beings are to eat in order to gain spiritual life. As we eat the words of the Lord Jesus Christ, they become unto us eternal life. “The words that I speak unto you,” He said, “they are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63). The restoring, vital current from Christ heals the wounds that sin has made.</div><div><br /></div><div>“What a friend we have in Jesus,</div><div>All our sins and griefs to bear;</div><div>What a privilege to carry</div><div>Everything to God in prayer.”</div><div><br /></div><div>Whatever course others pursue, we are individually to work out our own salvation with fear and trembling. Why?—Because it is God that worketh in us, to will and to do of His good pleasure. Yes, for His own name's glory, He works upon the minds and hearts of human beings, who are of great value in His sight, if they will allow Him to work.</div><div><br /></div><div>When man fell, God commenced to work to defeat the plans of Satan. God works in man. “Ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building” (1 Corinthians 3:9). In the beginning the Lord enjoined upon man the cultivation of the earth. This work was made much harder because of the transgression of the law of God. By transgressing, man worked against his own present and eternal good. The earth was cursed because through disobedience man gave Satan opportunity to sow in the human heart the seeds of evil. The ground that in the beginning produced only good began to produce tares, and their growth called for continual warfare.</div><div><br /></div><div>The cultivation of the soil is a school in which man may learn spiritual lessons. As he cultivates the soil, man is to see reflected as in a mirror the work of God upon the human soul. Divine culture brings perfection. If in connection with God the work is carried forward, the human agent, through Christ, will day by day gain victory and honor in the battle. Through the grace given, he will overcome, and will be placed on vantage ground. ~This Day With God, by E.G. White</div>
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<div><b><i>For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them</i></b>. Matthew 18:20.</div><div><br /></div><div>Work, and watch, and pray for souls as they that must give an account. This year, try the Lord's prescribed remedy for evil. Let every man do that which the Lord requires him to do, looking unto Jesus, who is the owner of every soul....</div><div><br /></div><div>Let small companies assemble together in the evening or early morning to study the Bible for themselves. Let them have a season of prayer that they may be strengthened and enlightened and sanctified by the Holy Spirit....</div><div><br /></div><div>If you will do this, a great blessing will come to you from the One who gave His whole life to service, the One who redeemed you by His own life. You must have the power of the Holy Spirit, else you cannot be an overcomer. What testimonies you should bear of the loving acquaintance you have made with your fellow workers in these precious seasons when seeking the blessing of God. Let each tell his experience in simple words....</div><div><br /></div><div>The work of every believer is aggressive. It is a daily warfare. Christ is saying ... “Ye are my witnesses” (Isaiah 43:10). Think it; speak it; act it. Heaven is just next door. Open the door heavenward and close the door earthward.... Will you hear His voice and open the door of the heart to Jesus? Will you love Him who gave His life for you?</div><div><br /></div><div>Let little companies meet together to study the Scriptures. You will lose nothing by this, but will gain much. Angels of God will be in your gathering, and as you feed upon the Bread of Life, you will receive spiritual sinew and muscle. You will be feeding, as it were, upon the leaves of the tree of life. By this means only can you maintain your integrity. Fidelity to Jesus Christ will ensure a most precious reward. Let each soul strive for eternal life, acknowledging Christ in word and spirit. He has pledged His word that He will acknowledge you and me, gladly, heartily, joyously, before His heavenly Father. Is not this worth striving for? See what you can do personally to be true to principle, to maintain uncorruptness in every phase of your life; and you will behold His glory. ~This Day With God, by E.G. White</div>
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Wendy Kayehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00440022162981631116noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4944347099982722463.post-37550693709533197422024-01-16T07:00:00.049-05:002024-01-16T07:00:00.464-05:00Gypsy for God Celebrate Lit Tour {book review and giveaway)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bvcVk7-MRSa7ldiBMRKlEhk_5fC56wywHlhp_yckcs9ZdcdjINj_p3elcPRTwSac7vPulrrHti8BrV1fjzd-D1C2C_8GbO9bk233jcFH3QOpnvJ4F5uZC5QhyJ6Eed6glmufM5J49RUoW6Mp1V50ULO4t1YMFmvn9gT77DptmR9xk6a-UVjh5xrZduw/s851/gypsy-for-god.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bvcVk7-MRSa7ldiBMRKlEhk_5fC56wywHlhp_yckcs9ZdcdjINj_p3elcPRTwSac7vPulrrHti8BrV1fjzd-D1C2C_8GbO9bk233jcFH3QOpnvJ4F5uZC5QhyJ6Eed6glmufM5J49RUoW6Mp1V50ULO4t1YMFmvn9gT77DptmR9xk6a-UVjh5xrZduw/w640-h236/gypsy-for-god.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p center=""><br /></p><h1><span underline="">About the Book</span></h1><p><strong></strong></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wvmv2ipWU7mpBJfSidn1Y5NOCCYqOC5pZ2X04Q5FZDT8WLQdNiUwc-5UNg2oepPauh4kqe7whwj9SbPkT8yCKXIKcxz2fOEoZK9UTVlF8dwbjmrV4hpJd49vFhi4i0S_B4UbirywYiEVUS3a7FFZTT0SGbUcHj0gjORCeqaWEjXU49iJR4EqqBuZ7X4/s300/Social-Media-Image-Gypsy-For-God-199x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="199" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7wvmv2ipWU7mpBJfSidn1Y5NOCCYqOC5pZ2X04Q5FZDT8WLQdNiUwc-5UNg2oepPauh4kqe7whwj9SbPkT8yCKXIKcxz2fOEoZK9UTVlF8dwbjmrV4hpJd49vFhi4i0S_B4UbirywYiEVUS3a7FFZTT0SGbUcHj0gjORCeqaWEjXU49iJR4EqqBuZ7X4/s1600/Social-Media-Image-Gypsy-For-God-199x300.jpg" width="199" /></a></strong></div><strong><br />Book: </strong>Gypsy for God<p></p><p><strong>Author: </strong>Yvonne M Morgan</p><p><b>Genre: </b>Contemporary Christian Fiction</p><p><strong>Release Date: </strong>June 11, 2023</p><p>An Unexpected Purpose for Life</p><p>Kathleen is a middle-aged woman who loses her job, which leaves her doubting herself and fearing the future. This event sends her on a journey to find purpose and meaning in her life. She flourishes in a new career as a travel agent, but fear and doubt keep her from experiencing all life has to offer. Finally, an unexpected encounter changes everything as God begins to reveal His plans to Kathleen. Each new country she visits brings her closer to finding her real purpose. This story offers hope for readers seeking meaning in their lives regardless of their situation or age.</p><pre>Click <a href="https://amzn.to/3u7SR8G">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><h1><span underline="">About the Author</span></h1><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfEmIDNCI5uzhNlsYygvMt4xB0Tj56tORfjd5DKTtbCxLXcEr-1Wq-Or-5bpn9CFZGoWaNI2dzbW2mx-oYb64SUnGiYA9AyU8z6lx2904noLdxI0M-9CTOLrOxheS4symfd5bq94NrW18xqeEZgXNQfcqL7E3Sjl03ZAP3VemJCUpnPCuzAxQm-MBn6pY/s300/YM-6-300x240.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="300" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfEmIDNCI5uzhNlsYygvMt4xB0Tj56tORfjd5DKTtbCxLXcEr-1Wq-Or-5bpn9CFZGoWaNI2dzbW2mx-oYb64SUnGiYA9AyU8z6lx2904noLdxI0M-9CTOLrOxheS4symfd5bq94NrW18xqeEZgXNQfcqL7E3Sjl03ZAP3VemJCUpnPCuzAxQm-MBn6pY/s1600/YM-6-300x240.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>As an award-winning author and blogger, I enjoy writing stories that deepen our relationship with God. My passions include prayer, travel, and mission work.<p></p><p>I was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. My names include wife, mom, grandmother, and child of God. I learned to trust the Lord in all circumstances, even after the death of my son many years ago. Throughout the years, God’s calling led me down many paths, like starting a charity for orphans in other countries and becoming a writer.</p><h1><span underline="">More from Yvonne</span></h1><p>How I Started Writing</p><p>My writing career started differently than most. I never expected to write professionally. After many years of short-term mission work, I felt God nudging me to write stories from the mission field. I laughed because I thought I was too old and I was not a writer. The nudge would not go away. So, I asked God to speak through my husband if this was really Him and not my imagination. I told none of this to my husband. About a month later, Bill and I sat watching TV, and he looked over at me and asked how my book was coming along? I cried, and he asked what was happening and I told Bill the story, and he responded, “I guess you’re writing a book.”</p><p>I wrote my first book called <u><i>Turning Mountains into Molehills</i></u>. The book is a memoir of my experiences during those mission trips. I soon learned that there is a lot more than just putting the words on the pages. The hardest part came with the editing process, something I had not expected. As I reread my words over and over, I wanted to give up because it sounded dreadful. But I kept plugging away at the manuscript until it felt ready to submit to a publisher.</p><p>My book, <u><i>Gypsy for God</i></u>, came about for several reasons. I love to travel and I wanted to try writing a fiction novel, so I thought it would be fun to combine those two items. And since I did not start my writing career until I was in my fifties, I also wanted to show others it is never too late to try something new and we are never too old to be used by God to accomplish His purposes.</p><p>This book offers hope to those readers seeking a godly purpose for their lives. A Gypsy for God shows how anyone can transform their lives and their world regardless of their situation or age. We are never too old or too for God to do incredible things for us and through us. And, in these days of increasing turmoil, I think hope is one of our most important messages we can share with the world. Writing took me on an incredible journey and I hope it does not end soon.</p><h1 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">My Review</span></h1><p><span style="color: #2b00fe;">This story resonates with me, since I am in a similar stage in my life. I homeschooled my children for a quarter of a century; my youngest graduated in June, 2022. 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