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Easy Peasy Give-away of 55+ Inspy Novels!
As we get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving, I want you all to know that I am thankful for you! So I’ve teamed up with more than 55 fantastic inspirational historical romance authors to give away a huge collection of novels, PLUS a Kindle Fire to one lucky winner! You can win my novel Spy of Richmond, plus books from authors like Connilyn Cossette, Elizabeth Camden, Kristi Ann Hunter, Michelle Griep, Roseanna White, Melanie Dickerson, Suzanne Woods Fisher, and more!
This is the easiest...
Interview with Amelia Rhodes + Giveaway!
Happy Release Week to Amelia Rhodes for her new book Pray A to Z: A Practical Guide to Pray for Your Community! My copy of this book is already well-loved. Whether you’re a seasoned prayer warrior or just beginning to talk to God, Pray A to Z is guaranteed to bring new meaning to your prayer life. Profound in its simplicity, this book is an invaluable tool to keep us in conversation with God, and to keep the needs of others at the forefront of our minds. Because we pray to a God who answers, I can’t wait to see how this book changes the world around us.
Amelia is...
Behind the Scenes with Author Laurie Alice Eakes
I'm so pleased to have author Laurie Alice Eakes on the blog today! The first book I read of hers was Lady in the Mist, and I absolutely adored it. So much so, in fact, that after hearing that Laurie Alice offered book coaching services, I hired her to coach me through writing my first novel, Wedded to War! She is a very talented storyteller, and I can't wait to dive in to her new book, My Enemy, My Heart.
Laurie Alice has written a behind-the-scenes guest post for us today, but first, I want to share with you more about her new book. Here's the blurb:...
Refresh $1.99 now through Nov. 13!
If you missed the free ebook yesterday, you can still get Refresh: Spiritual Nourishment for Parents of Children with Special Needs for only $1.99 (ebook only) from now until the end of November 13! Find it at Amazon and BarnesandNoble.
Read "Longing for Transformation," an excerpt...
Refresh: FREE ebook TODAY ONLY!
FLASH SALE! Today only, download your FREE ebook copy of Refresh: Spiritual Nourishment for Parents of Children with Special Needs. Find it FREE at Amazon and BarnesandNoble. .
You can read more about the book...
Interview with Heather Day Gilbert + Giveaway!
Friends, I am so excited for two reasons. First, I turned in the manuscript for Free to Lean: Making Peace with Your Lopsided Life last night! Woohoo! (It releases from Discovery House in August 2017.) Second: today is RELEASE DAY for Heather Day Gilbert's amazing Viking tale, Forest Child! Find it on Amazon, BarnesandNoble, iBooks, Kobo, and...
Guest Post & Giveaway Basket from Jordyn Redwood!
It's my pleasure to welcome back to the blog suspense author Jordyn Redwood! Her latest release is Fractured Memory. Also an emergency room nurse, she's sharing with us today about the important topic of resilience. Stay tuned for your chance to win this amazing fall basket of prizes at the end of the post!
(Blog susbribers, if the formatting is still wonky, please click the title of the blog post to read it on the Web instead of in the email. So sorry!)
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What Is Resiliency?
by Jordyn Redwood...
Like Butter Scraped Over Too Much Bread
“I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.” ~Bilbo Baggins, The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Have you ever felt like Bilbo Baggins, thin and stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread? I know I have. Too many responsibilities, time commitments, priorities. Too many items on my to-do list at the end of the day, too many requests unfulfilled, emails unanswered, words unwritten.
But what if the answer isn't more butter, but less bread?
In other words, what if the solution isn't staying awake...
Goodreads Give-away for Refresh!
In case you haven't heard: Refresh, the new devotional book for parents of kids with special needs, has officially launched! To help celebrate, Kregel is offering 15 copies in a Goodreads give-away. Enter here by Sept. 30: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/184667-refresh-spiritual-nourishment-for-parents-of-children-with-special-need
At this point, I could tell you more about this book, but I'd much rather let a reader...
4 New Historical Novels Not to Miss
*A note to blog subscribers: since we are still experiencing formatting issues in the emailed blog posts, please click the title of this post to read this on my Web site so you can see paragraph breaks and links. So sorry! Thanks for your patience!
Over the past few months, I've had the pleasure of reading and endorsing four historical novels covering a broad range of history and subject matter. Each one is so different from the next, and yet they are all wonderful works that I'd highly recommend! Here's my take on each of them. (I'm putting them in chronological order...