Gina Holder's Blog, page 31
January 22, 2024
No Matter What Blog Tour with Celebrate Lit (Interview with Jennifer Carr)
About the Book
Book: No Matter What
Author: Jennifer Carr
Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense
Release Date: October 14, 2022
Jess Hayley, with her exceptional skill of deciphering people’s thoughts and emotions through body language and microexpressions, encounters Bryan Carsen, a member of the U.S. Army Cyber Force, setting her on an unforeseen path that challenges her beliefs and abilities.
As Bryan becomes embroiled in a covert investigation, Jess comes to grips with t...
January 20, 2024
Loving Beth Blog Tour with Celebrate Lit (Interview with Bonnie Rose Ward)
About the Book
Book: Loving Beth
Author: Bonnie Rose Ward
Genre: Christian Historical Romance Fiction
Release Date: June 8, 2023
A courageous woman, a bitter man, and God’s plan.
Times were hard after Beth McCullough’s father died in the Civil War, but she and her mother are getting by on their little farm outside Rosewood, West Virginia. The kindly banker holding the loan lets them pay what they can. Then Beth’s mother dies suddenly, and the banker’s arrogant son gives ...
January 17, 2024
Offsides Blog Tour with Celebrate Lit (Interview with Lori Scott)
About the Book
Book: Offsides
Author: Lori Z. Scott
Genre: Contemporary YA fiction
Release Date: October 19, 2023
Danielle Stephens expected her senior year to be challenging, with her final season of soccer, a strained friendship, and a new crush. But she didn’t expect to uncover a human trafficking ring in her town. When an older man seems to be grooming her young neighbor, Dani is determined to keep the girl safe. Little does she know, but there is more at stake than one...
Faces in the Window Blog Tour with Celebrate Lit (Interview with Andrew & Melinda Busch)
About the Book
Book: Faces in the Window
Authors: Andrew Busch and Melinda Busch
Genre: Christian Historical Fiction
Release Date: October, 2022
Franz Maedler, an officer in the Wehrmacht, loses a leg in Stalingrad and is evacuated just before it becomes impossible to do so. He returns to a desk job with the Army General Staff in Berlin but is deeply conflicted. His father is committed to the Nazi cause, as seems to be his brother Friedrich. Yet his girlfriend Katrin is a d...
January 16, 2024
Top Ten Tuesday- Bookish Goals for 2024
Write two new novels–book 2 in The Game Masters trilogy, and book 2 in the Addie Masters Mysteries series.Release one new novel or sign a contract with a traditional publisher.Re-release book 1 of the Addie Masters Mysteries, Handmade MayhemVisit bookstores in my new hometown in Wyoming.Join a writer’s groupAttend at least one in-person writing conference. Increase my blog to 8,000 views for 2024.Read 24 books.Take part in at least one book signing or a book ...
January 15, 2024
New Segment- Mystery Monday with Addie Masters
I’m starting a new segment here on my blog called Mystery Monday with Addie Masters.
Each Monday, I will share a mystery question, a riddle, or a brain teaser. Use the comment section to make a guess. The following week, I will post the correct answer and the next puzzle.
Puzzle #1The Gloucester Twins
“Have I told you about my niece Lacey?” asked Mrs. Needmore.
Malachi shook his head, but Addie recalled the niece was a nanny for a couple somewhere in Gloucester.
“That’s h...
January 13, 2024
Tangled Lives Blog Tour with Celebrate Lit (Interview with Carol McClain)
About the Book
Book: Tangled Lives
Author: Carol McClain
Genre: Women’s fiction
Release Date: July, 2023
Two sisters and one man. Both women love him, but only one is meant for him.
Crystal Snow struggles with the paralysis caused by her biological parents’ drug use. She convinced herself no one will ever love her. Roxie, devastated by chronic childhood rejections, knows anyone who loves her must be intrinsically flawed. Both want only what is right for their sister who ...
January 9, 2024
Top Ten Tuesday- Most Anticipated Books Releasing in the First Half of 2024
One Wrong Move by Dani Pettrey
8 Down by Kimberley Woodhouse
Cole and Laila are Just Friends by Bethany Turner
Rescuing You by Robin Patchen
Kate By the Book by Susan Page Davis
The Elusive Truth of Lily Temple by Joanna Davidson Politano
While the City Sleeps by Elizabeth Camden
Double Take by Lynette Eason
Fatal Witness by Patricia Bradley
The Last to Know by Mary Alford
January 8, 2024
Word and Scripture for 2024
Every year since 2018 or so, I began asking God to give me a word and a Scripture for the coming year. Some examples are: Submit, Joy, Broaden… Each year, I’ve had worries or expectations about what that word might mean for me, but each time, God has worked it out in my life differently than I thought.
2024 is not different. About November, I began asking God for my word of 2024. I was sitting in church, and the preacher was reading from 2 Thessalonians. As my eyes traveled across the pa...
January 7, 2024
Monthly New Releases List – January 2024
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website
Contemporary Romance:
The Love Penalty by Carolyn Miller — With her fondness for tattoos and spider jewelry Sylvie Miles is used to being pre-judged and misunderstood. She has friends and connections but she still feels alone, and works several jobs while daydreaming about finding a guy who sees further than skin deep and won’t shy away from her battered heart. So when a hot pro ho...
