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July 28, 2018
Finding Christmas Joy | Excerpt 5 of 7
EXCERPT 5/7
“Pardon the wait.” The woman’s white hair was fixed in a short perm, and she wore a red sweater and black pants with a pearl necklace and matching earrings. “I am Patricia Hayes. You must be Melonie?”
“Yes.” Melonie pasted a smile on and shook Patricia’s offered hand.
“We are delighted to have you here! And for the entire week! I hope you’re ready to have a lot of fun.”
Melonie nodded. Yes. Fun away from all that was familiar was exactly what she needed.
“Do you have your suitcase? Ri...
July 27, 2018
More Than Meets the Eye | Book Review
This is my second book to read by Witemeyer and I enjoyed it just as immensely.
The orphan train in the beginning immediately gripped me. I loved this patchwork family—their diversities, their struggles, their secrets, and their needs. Then add Logan into the mix with his own problems, and I found a fantastic array of characters.
I thought the spiritual content was a decent balance. It strengthened more as the story progressed, and held a powerful punch at the climax. I appreciated that the cha...
Finding Christmas Joy | Excerpt 4 of 7
EXCERPT 4/7
She opened her door and her slick black boots crunched on the snow-encased rocks. Did one just arrive with their bags and claim their room? Or enter and sign in first? She hadn’t really read up on it—just chosen the closest Christmas lodge she could afford that wouldn’t leave her stranded too far from her job in case of a freak snowstorm. The boss had already grown impatient with the days she had been late because of sleepless nights. He wouldn’t take the excuse of a snowstorm dela...
July 26, 2018
Finding Christmas Joy | Excerpt 3 of 7
EXCERPT 3/7
“You have arrived,” her GPS broke the silence. She punched it off and drove into the small parking lot to the left of the lodge. Only three other cars were lined up. Two of them were coated with snow, as if they hadn’t moved since the last snowstorm.
She turned off her car and stopped. This had been a whim of an idea, something she had never done before. She had thought she could survive Christmas just fine alone at home, but as the day neared, every shopping trip, every present—eve...
July 25, 2018
Finding Christmas Joy | Excerpt 2 of 7
EXCERPT 2/7She was just a few minutes from the lodge. The place was well away from everything familiar—away from work, the drama of family…and miles away from Josh and all of the heartache he had caused.
Her knuckles grew white like the snow outside as her fingers tightened on the steering wheel. She pressed her lips together. Her stomach knotted at the thought of Josh. He had torn out her heart, trampled it, and left it bleeding without a thought when he broke off their three-year engagement....
July 24, 2018
Finding Christmas Joy | Excerpt 1 of 7
The release for "Finding Christmas Joy" is just next week! For the next few days, I'll give you an excerpt (seven in total) that will complete the first scene.
EXCERPT 1/7Melonie Brown braked at the four-way stop and waited as a black pickup whizzed in front of her. She took a left turn and released a long sigh as her GPS announced, “In 3.4 miles, take a left on Candy Cane Lane.”
A sardonic half-grin slipped over her face as she rolled her eyes. She had already passed through an idealistic tow...
EXCERPT 1/7Melonie Brown braked at the four-way stop and waited as a black pickup whizzed in front of her. She took a left turn and released a long sigh as her GPS announced, “In 3.4 miles, take a left on Candy Cane Lane.”
A sardonic half-grin slipped over her face as she rolled her eyes. She had already passed through an idealistic tow...
July 23, 2018
Christmas in July - Novella Discounts!
Today, all three of my novellas are discounted for Kindle! It usually costs $2.99 for just one. Today, you can get all three for $2.97--two cents less than all three!!
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If you'd like the paperbacks of these, email me at amandaterobooks@gmail.com. Regularly priced, these are $27.97 for all three...
Scripture Graphics #101
Fear and confidence don’t seem to lend a hand—unless it is this type of fear. Fear of anything else will never result in a strong confidence or refuge, BUT the fear of the Lord.
Which side best describes us? Do our hearts seek knowledge or do we instead stuff our appetite with foolishness? We cannot seek both.
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire....He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. Prover...
July 16, 2018
Scripture Graphics #100
Have we given much thought lately to seeking good? If not, then what are we seeking?
This one short verse packs some powerful reasoning. We now belong to God—thus, it is only right that we should do what pleases and glorifies God. Does this verse shape our life—or do we see no value in what God has done for us, and do not care about how we dishonor/honor Him with our lifestyle?
It was never the act of circumcision that meant something, but the act of obedience. There are many convictions (based...
July 13, 2018
Sons of Blackbird Mountain | Book Review
My Review
Aven was a very endearing character, whose past had been filled with heartache and pain, yet who enters the book with a hope for a bright future. This bright future is found in her cousins’ farm on Blackbird Mountain. As a shock, though, their occupation comes from the very thing that Aven detests: hard liquor, made with pride from the orchards on the Norgaard farm.
Joanne weaves a heartfelt story through the lives of Aven and Thor. I must admit, my absolute top-favorite character was...
