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February 28, 2019

Ladies of Intrigue Blog Tour with Celebrate Lit

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Title: Ladies of Intrigue

Author: Michelle Griep

Genre: Christian Historical

Release date: February 2019

Publisher: Barbour

3 Page-Turners Under One Cover from Reader Favorite Michelle Griep!

Can truth and love prevail when no one is as they appear?

The Gentleman Smuggler’s Lady

Cornish Coast, 1815

When a prim and proper governess returns to England from abroad, she expects to comfort her dying father—not fall in love with a smuggler. Will Helen Fletcher keep Isaac Seaton’s u...

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Published on February 28, 2019 03:30

February 26, 2019

Author Interview- Kaitlin Covel

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Please give a warm welcome to Kaitlin Covel. This is the first interview that I have conducted myself, so please bear with me.

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Kaitlin Covel released her debut novel on February 14, 2019, Valentine’s Day. To see my review, please click here: https://storiesbygina.wordpress.com/2019/01/14/atoning-for-ashes-a-book-review/

Let’s start at the beginning. When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer?

K: I was homeschooled and part of our homeschool curriculum was Charlotte Masons’ story...

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Published on February 26, 2019 22:30

Top Ten Tuesday- Book Settings I would love to Visit.

Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday hosted by The Artsy Reader. Each Tuesday, I will be bringing you a list of book-related “Top Tens.”

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This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is Book Settings that I Would Love to Visit.

Now, I have traveled quite a bit in my life so far, so this was not an easy task. Many of the books I love, I have actually already visited their setting, so, I have decided to go with fictional settings or maybe locations that are greatly altered for the good or for the bad.)

I’d love to hear...

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Published on February 26, 2019 10:06

February 22, 2019

First Line Friday- No Greater Love

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There isn’t another smell like this in the entire world. The musty scent of vintage paper enveloped her like the familiarity of a security blanket, drawing her into her happy place.

About the Book:

Shadows Over Whitman Book One- No Greater Love

Releasing April 30, 2019

One Book Changed Her Life…And Her Eternity

Paige McDonald, an antique book collector and the adopted granddaughter of a firefighter, vows never to fall in love with a first responder. But an inscription in an old Bible disru...

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Published on February 22, 2019 09:19

His Encouragement #7- Learning to be a Nobody

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I’ve joined my blogging friends for a new facet of my blog, called His Encouragement, inspiring scriptures shared each Thursday. My hope and my prayer is that these scriptures each week will bless your heart and encourage your soul.

Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found...

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Published on February 22, 2019 09:09

February 18, 2019

Top Ten Tuesday- Books that I Loved that have Less than 1,000 Ratings on Goodreads.

Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday hosted by The Artsy Reader. Each Tuesday, I will be bringing you a list of book-related “Top Tens.”

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This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is Books that I Loved that have Less Than 2,000 Ratings on Goodreads. I had so many to choose from that I dropped the number of ratings down to 1,000.

I also call this post, I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU HAVEN’T READ THIS BOOK!

If you’d like to know more about a particular book, click on the link under the photograph. (These are not affiliated lin...

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Published on February 18, 2019 22:30

February 15, 2019

First-Line Fridays- Under the Midnight Sun

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Friday, May 30, 1919

Estes Park, Colorado

White velvet and blue satin.

That’s what the snow on the mountains and the brilliant blue of the cloudless sky made thirteen-year-old Taylor Hale think of as she lay on her back on the ridge above the campsite.

I’m so excited to read this book! I enjoyed books one and two of “The Heart of Alaska” series and already this one is drawing me back to the wonderful Curry Hotel and the charac...

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Published on February 15, 2019 09:11

February 14, 2019

His Encouragement #6- Happy Valentine’s Day

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I’ve joined my blogging friends for a new facet of my blog, called His Encouragement, inspiring scriptures shared each Thursday. My hope and my prayer is that these scriptures each week will bless your heart and encourage your soul.

Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 KJV

In honor of Valentine’s Day, I knew I wanted to share a scripture about love. This verse is one of my favorites. It’s also the them verse and inspiration for the titl...

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Published on February 14, 2019 10:36

February 13, 2019

The Seamstress- Blog Tour and Giveaway with Celebrate Lit

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About the Book:

[image error]Title: The Seamstress

Author: Allison Pittman

Genre: Historical Fiction

Release date: February 5, 2019

Publisher: Tyndale

A beautifully crafted story breathes life into the cameo character from the classic novel A Tale of Two Cities.

France, 1788

It is the best of times . . .

On a tranquil farm nestled in the French countryside, two orphaned cousins—Renée and Laurette—have been raised under the caring guardianship of young Émile Gagnon, the last of a once-prosperous family....

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Published on February 13, 2019 03:30

February 12, 2019

Top Ten Tuesday- Favorite Couples in Books

Welcome to Top Ten Tuesday hosted by The Artsy Reader. Each Tuesday, I will be bringing you a list of book-related “Top Tens.”

In honor of Valentine’s Day on Thursday, this week’s Top Ten Tuesday is Favorite couples in books. Some of these came to mind immediately. Others I had to think about a little longer. This is by no means a comprehensive list of all of my favorite couples in books. There are so many wonderful characters, but I could only choose 10. Enjoy!

Let’s get started.

I’m star...

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Published on February 12, 2019 06:41