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Looking for Christian Authors!

How would you like some Free Advertising? An Interview? A Giveaway featuring YOUR book? (no strings attached!)



Come join the fun as I start hosting book reviews, giveaways, and prizes! If you're interested in being a featured author, please send me an email or leave a comment and I'll get the ball rolling! Hurry ~ spaces are filling up fast.



I look forward to hearing from YOU!

Why?

I wrote my book, The Price of Trust, primarily for my children. Our teenage daughter had read pretty much everything of worth in our public library, and I knew that she was going to start wanting to read *gasp* romance novels. As my heart began to flutter with trepidation and horror, I decided to take matters into my own hands. I wrote a book. A Christian romance book.



Is there such a thing as a Christian romance novel? Can Christians have romance? I've been scoffed at, laughed at, ridiculed, and basically mistreated because quite a few people don't understand what Christian romance is. Let's make this easy to understand.



A Christian romance novel is a fictitious account of love between a man and woman with Godly principles. Without all the objectionable material. A Christian romance novel should be a book that you wouldn't be embarrassed about and have to hide if your preacher came unexpectedly to your front door.



Did I write this because I think I'm better than others? Of course not! Don't be silly! Do I have regrets? Did I make mistakes? Of course I did ~ and still do. But see, that's my point. I don't want my children making the same mistakes I did. I want to shield them from heartaches ~ because that's what parents do. I wrote this book as a love note to my children.



So, this is what happened. After I had completed my novel, I was excited and I told my dear hubby. He proudly smiled, and without missing a beat, asked me to try to have it published. And, now you know the rest of the story. Hopefully, this will help those of you who don't really understand what a Christian romance novel is.



Have a marvelous week! And, if you'd like to order more than one book, please message me, and I'll give you a discount!

Hurry! Time's Running Out for you to Win!

One lucky person that leaves a review of my book on Amazon.com and sends me an email will receive this 5x7 signed by the artist print from Jennifer Redstreake



Now, if you've left a review earlier and weren't the lucky winner for September, (Jamie Word) you're still eligible to win this round! So please, tell your friends, get reading, and leave that little review so I can add your name to the mix.



Email me at:

kjv1611as@gmail.com and let me know you left a review ~ it's that simple!

contest ends November 1st

Local Book Signing Event - Oct 23rd Murfreesboro, TN 1-4 pm

Good morning everyone ~ hope your day is going well!



Linebaugh Public Library will bring together several Middle Tennessee authors on October 23 at 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. to discuss and sign their books. Book lovers will have the chance to meet the following writers of local history, memoir, motivational nonfiction, and fiction



-- Ruthie-Marie Beckwith, Seven Days at Oak Valley

-- Devora Butler, African Americans in Rutherford County

-- Steve Elder, How Much More Longer?: How to Get Real Now about Living the Life You Want

-- Linda Laird and Oreo, Oreo's Journal

-- Robert Pondillo, America's First Network TV Censor: The Work of NBC's Stockton Helffrich

-- Deb Simpson, Pink Place

-- Stan St. Clair and Ron Cunningham, Conspiracy in the Town that Time Forgot

-- Rhonda St. Clair, The Darkness of the Sun

-- Amanda Stephan, The Price of Trust

-- Greg Tucker, Remembering Rutherford



The authors will have books available for sale. This event will be held in the Reading Room on the 2nd floor. The event is free and open to the public; light refreshments will be served.



Hope you can join us!



**remember our contest going on ~ leave a review on Amazon.com and be entered to win a signed copy of a Jen Redstreake print



**and if you haven't already purchased a book, leave a comment below to entered to win a FREE copy!

FREE book offer - ends October 22nd

Yes. I'm crazy, but that's why this is so fun. For this week only, in honor of my dad's birthday (who just so happens to be one of my biggest fans), I'm going to give away not one, but TWO free books!



Requirements?



- Leave a comment here below telling me who your favorite Christian romance author is.



- Second entry ? Tweet about this giveaway and tell me about it.



- Third entry - Follow me on Twitter.



- Fourth entry - Like my page on Facebook.



- Fifth entry - sign up for my newsletter



I'll pick the two lucky winners on October 22nd. And remember ~ for you to win, you have to leave me a way to contact you!

Review of A Beggars Purse

A Beggars Purse by Toni Nelson



My rating: 5 of 5 stars





I'm not much of a memoir reader, but this book made me feel as if I knew Toni. Her feelings and struggles with important, life-changing issues ~ moving to a new town, her normal reaction to hobo's, etc. drew me in. Poignant and heart-felt, this book is a gentle reminder of what God can do with a willing heart and a willing attitude.







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New Lower Price!

I was searching the web today, and found that Christianbook.com had a lower price on my book than Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble.com so I'm going to match their price! For a limited time only, get your signed, first edition copy of my Christian romance novel for only $17.99 (plus shipping). That's 348 pages of mystery, thrills, suspense, and of course, romance for more than 25% off retail!



And remember, EVERY book purchase come with a FREE audio book download!



Tell your friends, leave a review on Amazon.com, and be entered to win this signed print from Jennifer Redstreake. *Contest ends November 1st*

New Contest for Reviewers

The last contest for reviewers went so well, I think I'll have another one! (Everyone loves contests, right?) Except, instead of winning a $10 Cracker Barrel gift certificate, one lucky person that leaves a review of my book on Amazon.com and sends me an email will receive this 5x7 signed by the artist print from Jennifer Redstreake (<--- a fabulously talented young woman ~ it was a pleasure meeting her!)



Now, if you've left a review earlier and weren't the lucky winner for September, (Jamie Word) you're still eligible to win this round! So please, tell your friends, get reading, and leave that little review so I can add your name to the mix.



Email me at:

kjv1611as@gmail.com and let me know you left a review ~ it's that simple!

contest ends November 1st

We Have a Winner!

I'd like to congratulate Jamie Word for being the winner of the $10 Cracker Barrel gift certificate! Way to go Jamie! I'll get that out to you as soon as possible ~ congratulations, and thank you for leaving a review on Amazon.com! Our next contest will be announced soon, so keep your eyes peeled. ;)



Our next stop on our book tour will be this weekend, October 8th-9th at the Goats, Music & More Festival in Lewisburg, TN. You'll find more information about the event here. We've gone to this in the past as visitors, so this will be our first visit as an actual vendor. Our first year, we were walking around looking at all the goats, and our two young children were trying to scare them to make them 'faint'. It was a lot of fun ~ we look forward to being a part of it this time around.



Take a look at the video:







This past weekend, we were at the Autumn Street Fair in McMinnville, TN. If you were unable to make it, you really missed out. A big variety of vendors - from the usual, like jewelry and Avon, to the unusual like solar yard lights and engraved stones. It was a bunch of fun ---> thanks to all that made it fun!