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#BookChat Grace, Miracles, and Chocolate by Marriot Cole #inspirational

Marriott Cole knows that sometimes it is difficult to trust God, especially during the most challenging moments. In her memoir, Grace, Miracles, and Chocolate, Cole chronicles a life with more than its share of difficulties while demonstrating how she overcame tragedy through the miracle of prayer, laughter, and the grace of God's love.

Marriott, why did you write this book?

Many people have told me, "You oughta write a book!" So I did. I would love to see people encouraged and rejuve...

#GuestPost Meet Author Elias Anderson #literary #crime #fiction

Greetings! I’ve been extremely fortunate and have been asked to a guest blog post for these early days of February, so if you’ll indulge me, I’d like to tell you a bit myself, my work, and a few of my books that I’m going to be giving away.
I first started writing when I was in second or third grade. Originally I would copy, word for word, books like Encyclopedia Brown and The Great Brain into a notebook. Even at that young age though, I yearned for something more, something darker. The long...

#NewRelease Revelation of Abaddon by Annamaria Bazzi #paranormal

Book Release Announcement
Book Title : Revelation of AbaddonAuthor : annamaria bazziGenre : Paranormal RomanceExpected Release Date : February 8, 2013Photographer : Owen DeValkCover Designer : Amanda Bazzi
Book Blurb :
Freelance programmer, Mia notices two men moving into the house across the street. She’s immediately attracted to Andrew. Handsome and charming, he sweeps her off her feet—yet there’s something else about him, too. Whenever she’s close to him, her mind and body...<![endif]--><!--[if gte vml 1]></o></o></o></o></o></o></o>

#GuestPost Jade Kerrion - The Power of the Ordinary #YA #scifi

Author: Jade KerrionGuest Post Title: The Power of Ordinary
Young Adult novels abound with extraordinary protagonists. I’m sure that in your travels through books, you’ve met the child of destiny who’s fated to end a war and unite two worlds. You’ve probably also met the quiet kid who doesn’t quite fit in, who discovers his amazing super powers and uses them to save the world. Of course, there’s the protagonist who stumbles upon a mysterious world that coexists alongside her reality, populated...

#BookReview HAWK'S GIFT by Mary M. Forbes #romance #lovestory

Hawk's Gift by Mary M. Forbes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I can't get over the love story. So intense and all consuming. Roberta and Damien come from opposing worlds. She's a wealthy daughter of a prominent Canadian politician and newspaper owner. He's a half-breed orphan, Metis, mixed-blood castoff from society.

Roberta lived a privileged life until the day she is trapped in a brothel being auctioned off. She went there to interview the madam, but was captured and offered for sale. Something about...

She'll Take His Heart - Hidden Under Her Heart (A Story of Abortion & Courage) Chapter 6 - Scene 2

Lucas caught ahold of Maryanne’s sweatshirt and flattened her in the shallow pool underneath him as the surf thundered over them. Chilled water and foam crashed overhead. He held on until the water rolled back. They hadn’t much time before the next wave would hit. He scooped her into his arms and jumped over the ridge of rocks away from the receding tide.He laid her down on a sand dune. Her hair was plastered over her face, and she moaned, holding onto the right side of her head.“You okay?” L...

#GuestPost A. D. Trosper on writing a Fantasy Series

Today, I'm happy to welcome A.D. Trosper, bestselling author of the fantasy: Embers at Galdrilene Book 1 of the Dragon's Call Series. She'll tell us how she approaches writing a series.

When Rachelle first asked for a guest post, I panicked. I’ve never written a guest post and I didn’t have a clue what to write about. Thankfully she made a few suggestions. Still nervous though, I asked a couple of friends of mine and when they immediately suggested one of the subjects Rachelle had, I knew that...

#BookChat BREAK FROM YOU by Rebecca Green Gasper #YA

Love shouldn't hurt this much...

Brooke Myers wants to believe she has it all: the perfect guy, the perfect relationship, the perfect life. She wants to believe it so much that she's willing to overlook the fear, the isolation, and the pain her boyfriend has caused her. She knows it isn't right but tells herself that love isn't always easy. However, when a fire destroys the restaurant during homecoming dinner, she forms an instant bond with the boy who saves her, one her boyfriend wouldn’t lik...

#BookReview TRAILS IN THE SAND by Patricia Zick #LiteraryFiction

Trails in the Sand by P.C. Zick
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Moving family saga combined with environmental disaster.

Trails in the Sand is Southern drama on the scale of Anne Rivers Siddons, where family secrets lie as deep as a mangrove swamp, skeletons molder in the woodwork, and the honeyed smiles of Southern belles mask seething resentment.

Everyone in the Carlisle/Stokely family hides secrets behind a veneer of Southern respectability. Hatred runs deep and across generational lines. Caroline, th...

#AuthorInterview Gemma Wilford #childrens #fiction & #chicklit

Hi Gemma, Thanks for visiting Rachelle's Window. Tell us a bit about your latest book.
Hi Rachelle and thank you so much for having me here! My latest book, The Ruby of Egypt is actually a second edition of a children’s book I wrote a couple of years ago. I am still fairly new to the Indie Author world and over the past 18 months, I have learnt so much that has enabled me to develop my work and progress this project. The second edition came about when I wanted a new eye catching cover – it spu...