Military Spouse Appreciation Day

[[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"1231", "attributes":{"class":"media-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-3060", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"550", "height":"759", "alt":"milwifegiveaway"}}]] Military spouses, this is your day, and I'm so excited about this give-away I'm just going to get right to it! To celebrate Military Spouse Appreciation Day, my publishers and I are giving away 19 books! Here's what's up for grabs: The 5 Love Languages Military Edition (5 COPIES) [[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"738", "attributes":{"class":"media-image size-full wp-image-749 alignleft", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"125", "height":"184", "alt":"5llme125"}}]]224 pages, Softcover The 5 Love Languages® has a successful track record of helping military couples heal broken relationships and strengthen healthy relationships. Now this #1 New York Times bestseller has been adapted specifically for military couples.Special features of the Military Edition include: •Stories of military couples from every branch of service who have found ways to use the 5 love languages in their unique lifestyles •A Decoding Deployments section at the end of each love language chapter, offering tips on how to express love when you are apart. •A new chapter, Love Language Scramblers, explains how to speak the love languages through some of the most challenging times of a military marriage. •An updated Q&A section to include questions specific to military marriage. For more info, click here. [[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"1232", "attributes":{"class":"media-image alignnone wp-image-2768 size-full", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"134", "height":"45", "alt":"add-to-goodreads-button"}}]] Stories of Faith and Courage from the Home Front (5 COPIES) [[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"677", "attributes":{"class":"media-image alignleft", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"124", "height":"179", "title":"BB-homefront-cover_125", "alt":""}}]]598 pages, softcover * Golden Scroll Award, Advanced Writers & Speakers Association! This devotional book contains 365 true stories of struggles, courage, and actions of women, children, and men involved in the home front of American wars, in chronological order, from the French Indian War through the current conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. These stories illustrate effective prayers, heroism, volunteer efforts, and daily courage. Special weekend devotions consist of original words from a journal, newspaper, letter, or newspaper, and glimpses into life during that era, such as fashion, pastimes, work, and celebrations. Each story includes a coordinated Scripture and a prayer for today’s military, families, or individuals encountering struggles. For more info, click here. [[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"1233", "attributes":{"class":"media-image alignnone wp-image-2768 size-full", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"134", "height":"45", "alt":"add-to-goodreads-button"}}]] Military Wives’ New Testament with Psalms and Proverbs (5 COPIES) [[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"715", "attributes":{"class":"media-image alignleft", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"125", "height":"194", "title":"mwives nt cover_125", "alt":""}}]]480 pages, hardcover If what you want—what you desperately crave—is a faith that shields you, a hope that sustains you, and a peace that defies the stress of your lifestyle, there is simply no substitute for the Word of God. Features: * 60 devotions written by military wives, for military wives that provide hope, encouragement, and spiritual growth *30 Home Front Heroes stories of inspiring military wives from all generations *Basic Training Bible study guides *Favorite hymns for military wives *Foreword from Jocelyn Green * Scripture from the New International Version* Topical Index and other study helps For more info, click here. [[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"1234", "attributes":{"class":"media-image alignnone wp-image-2768 size-full", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"134", "height":"45", "alt":"add-to-goodreads-button"}}]] Heroines Behind the Lines Civil War novels  (ENTIRE SET for 1 Winner) Are you a historical fiction fan? Do you love stories of previous generations of women on the home front? Each of these novels was inspired by real women who played important roles during the American Civil War. I'm just itching to send a signed set of this series to one lucky winner. Or if you have one or two of the books and want to complete your set, I'll finish it off for you. (For more info on the series, visit www.heroinesbehindthelines.com.) Here's a little about each novel in the set: Wedded to War (Book 1) [[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"678", "attributes":{"class":"media-image alignleft", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"125", "height":"195", "title":"WeddedtoWarcover-125", "alt":""}}]]398 pages, softcover *Double finalist for The Christy Award (First Novel and Historical Fiction) *2013 Gold Medal Winner, Military Writers Society of America (Historical Fiction) *2013 Inspirational Readers Choice Award (Women’s Fiction), Third Place Charlotte Waverly leaves a life of privilege, wealth–and confining expectations–to be one of the first female nurses for the Union Army. She quickly discovers that she’s fighting more than just the Rebellion by working in the hospitals. Corruption, harassment, and opposition from Northern doctors threaten to push her out of her new role. At the same time, her sweetheart disapproves of her shocking strength and independence, forcing her to make an impossible decision: Will she choose love and marriage, or duty to a cause that seems to be losing? [[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"1235", "attributes":{"class":"media-image alignnone wp-image-2768 size-full", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"134", "height":"45", "alt":"add-to-goodreads-button"}}]] Widow of Gettysburg (Book 2) [[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"771", "attributes":{"class":"media-image alignleft", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"125", "height":"193", "alt":"Widow cover 3 125"}}]]396 pages, softcover * 4.5 Stars from RT Book Reviews! *2014 Silver Medal Winner, Military Writers Society of America (Historical Fiction) When a horrific battle rips through Gettysburg, the farm of Union widow Liberty Holloway is disfigured into a Confederate field hospital, bringing her face to face with unspeakable suffering–and a Rebel scout who awakens her long dormant heart. While Liberty’s future crumbles as her home is destroyed, the past comes rushing back to Bella, a former slave and Liberty’s hired help, when she finds herself surrounded by Southern soldiers, one of whom knows the secret that would place Liberty in danger if revealed. In the wake of shattered homes and bodies, Liberty and Bella struggle to pick up the pieces the battle has left behind. Will Liberty be defined by the tragedy in her life, or will she find a way to triumph over it? [[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"1236", "attributes":{"class":"media-image alignnone wp-image-2768 size-full", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"134", "height":"45", "alt":"add-to-goodreads-button"}}]] Yankee in Atlanta (Book 3) [[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"1237", "attributes":{"class":"media-image alignleft size-full wp-image-1775", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"125", "height":"194", "alt":"Yankee 125"}}]]412 pages, softcover* 4.5 Stars from RT Book Reviews!  She hid from her past to find a future—and landed on enemy soil. When soldier Caitlin McKae wakes up in Atlanta, the Georgian doctor who treats her believes Caitlin’s only secret is that she had been fighting for the South disguised as a man. In order to avoid arrest or worse, Caitlin hides her true identity and makes a new life for herself in Atlanta as a governess for the daughter of Noah Becker—on the brink of his enlistment with the Rebel army. Though starvation rules, and Sherman rages, she will not run again. In a land shattered by strife and suffering, a Union veteran and a Rebel soldier test the limits of loyalty and discover the courage to survive. [[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"1238", "attributes":{"class":"media-image alignnone wp-image-2768 size-full", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"134", "height":"45", "alt":"add-to-goodreads-button"}}]] Spy of Richmond (Book 4) [[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"1239", "attributes":{"class":"media-image alignleft size-full wp-image-2014", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"125", "height":"193", "alt":"125Spycover"}}]]432 pages, softcover*  Is living a lie ever the right thing to do? The Confederate capital in the height of the Civil War: no place for a Union loyalist. But just the place for a spy. Her father a slaveholder, her suitor a Confederate officer, and herself an abolitionist, Sophie Kent must walk a tightrope of deception in her efforts to end slavery. As suspicion in Richmond rises, Sophie’s espionage becomes more and more dangerous. If her courage will carry her through, what will be lost along the way—her true love, her father, her life? [[{"type":"media", "view_mode":"media_large", "fid":"1240", "attributes":{"class":"media-image alignnone wp-image-2768 size-full", "typeof":"foaf:Image", "style":"", "width":"134", "height":"45", "alt":"add-to-goodreads-button"}}]] HOW to  ENTER: Use the Rafflecopter form below to enter the drawing. You'll notice there are three ways to earn points in the drawing, but you only need to do one of them to be entered. Doing the second and third entries are optional! *Open to U.S. residents only, OR if you're OCONUS and have a military address, that's fine too! a Rafflecopter giveaway Please note: If you have never left a comment on this Web site before, I'll need to approve your comment before it appears. I'll do my best to keep up! :) Winners will be notified via email and have three days to respond to me before I need to select new winners. Good luck!