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Excerpt - PEARL GIRLS by Margaret McSweeney

Camy here: I am especially pleased to present this excerpt because I'm in this book! Margaret asked me to be one of the contributors and I was thrilled and honored to add my piece in this compilation. My article is a short personal piece about my growing up in Hawaii and the things God did in my life when I moved to California.

Today's Wild Card author is:

Margaret McSweeney

and the book:

Pearl Girls

Moody Publishers (July 1, 2009)

***Special thanks to Amy Lathrop of the Litfuse Publicity Group f...

Book giveaway - The Sound of Sleigh Bells by Cindy Woodsmall

Captain's Log, Stardate 11.23.2009

The winner of
Cornhusker Dreams
by
Cara Putman
is
Sheila
Congratulations!

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Excerpt - Love Finds You In Lonesome Prairie, Tricia Goyer & Ocieanna Fleiss

Today's Wild Card authors are:



Tricia Goyer

and

Ocieanna Fleiss

and the book:

Love Finds You In Lonesome Prairie, Montana

Summerside Press (December 1, 2009)

***Special thanks to Amy Lathrop of LitFUSE Publicity Group for sending me a review copy.***

Julia Cavanaugh has never left New York City. But in 1890, the young woman must head west to ensure that the orphans under her care are settled into good families. After her final stop in Montana, she plans to head straight back east. But upon arriving...

Excerpt - The Swiss Courier by Tricia Goyer and Mike Yorkey

Today's Wild Card authors are:



Tricia Goyer

and

Mike Yorkey

and the book:

The Swiss Courier

Revell (October 1, 2009)

***Special thanks to Amy Lathrop of the LitFUSE Publicity Group for sending me a review copy.***

It is August 1944 and the Gestapo is mercilessly rounding up suspected enemies of the Third Reich. When Joseph Engel, a German physicist working on the atomic bomb, finds that he is actually a Jew, adopted by Christian parents, he must flee for his life to neutral Switzerland. Gabi Muell...

Vosges Haut Chocolat Collezione Italiana

Captain's Log, Stardate 11.18.2009

Yes, I have more chocolate! (In case you missed the last box, click here.) This one is their Collezione Italiana.


Yes, I ~ahem~ ate one before remembering to take the picture.



Rooster: Taleggio cheese + organic walnuts + Tahitian vanilla bean + bittersweet dark chocolate

Very unique flavors in this one that I really liked. I expected to taste the cheese more, but maybe my palate just isn't that sensitive. It's sweeter than I expected it to be, also, considering ...

Excerpt - Touched by a Vampire: Discovering Hidden Messages in the Twilight Saga by Beth Felker Jones

Captain's Log, Stardate 11.17.2009

Touched by a Vampire: Discovering Hidden Messages in the Twilight Saga
by
Beth Felker Jones

EXAMINING TWILIGHT THROUGH A BIBLICAL LENS

People around the world are asking the same question, enraptured with Edward and Bella's forbidden romance in the Twilight Saga, a four-book serial phenomenon written by Stephenie Meyer. The bestsellers tell the story of a regular girl's relationship with a vampire who has chosen to follow his "good" side. But the Saga isn't just ...

Excerpt - Thirsty by Tracey Bateman

Captain's Log, Supplemental

Thirsty
by
Tracey Bateman

There's no place like home, they say.

"Hello, I'm Nina Parker…and I'm an alcoholic."

For Nina, it's not the weighty admission but the first steps toward recovery that prove most difficult. She must face her ex-husband, Hunt, with little hope of making amends, and try to rebuild a relationship with her angry teenage daughter, Meagan. Hardest of all, she is forced to return to Abbey Hills, Missouri, the hometown she abruptly abandoned nearly two d...

Book giveaway - CAPTIVE DREAMS by Cara Putman

Captain's Log, Stardate 11.16.2009

The winner of
Together for the Holidays
by
Margaret Daley
is
Kim
Congratulations!

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Inexpensive Christmas gifts

Captain's Log, Stardate 11.14.2009

I'm at Girls, God, and the Good Life talking about inexpensive Christmas gifts. Check out my ideas and leave any of your own!

Excerpt - The Prisoner of Versaille by Golden Parsons

This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
A Prisoner of Versaille
Thomas Nelson (September 1, 2009)
by
Golden Keyes Parsons


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

In her deep plowing of the heart, moving from tears one moment to laughter the next, Golden will touch your heart with her dynamic Bible teaching, combined with her vivid personal examples, moving from tears one moment, to laughter the next, all the while communicating the message that God is faithful--keep trusting Him. She has a passion ...