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July 19, 2019
Author Interview: Jessica Kate
Author Jessica Kate Preparing for the release of her debut novel, Love and Other Mistakes, on July 30, author Jessica Kate somehow squeezed in time for one more interview—provided we kept it to three questions. You’ll find her author bio and the details of her book below, but first, let’s hear from Jessica herself.
Janet: On the internet, we’re citizens of the world and often don’t know which country people call home. So for those who don’t know, I want to celebrate that you’re an Australian...
July 16, 2019
Review: Far Side of the Sea, by Janice L. Dick
Far Side of the Sea, by Janice L. Dick (Tansy & Thistle Press, 2019)
Danny Martens, now a man, was an infant when his Mennonite parents fled the USSR to China in the 1930s. The refugees became farmers, then refugees again. At long last, they’re in a refugee camp in Germany—far from their promised destination in Oregon.
Far Side of the Sea is book 3 in the In Search of Freedom trilogy, beginning in 1951 and spanning 40 years to bring this multi-generational family saga to a satisfying conclus...
July 9, 2019
Hidden Secrets Now Available for Preorder
Both ebooks in the Green Dory Inn series are discounted this month!
First, Unknown Enemy is 99 cents CAD/USD or equivalent. For that price, you can start the series at the beginning.
Second, Hidden Secrets is now available for preorder at $2.99 CAD/USD or equivalent (digital list price $4.99 USD).
International buy links for Kindle, Kobo, Nook, and Apple:
books2read.com/unknownenemy books2read.com/hidden-secretsOr visit your favourite online ebook seller.
Hidden Secrets will release August...
July 2, 2019
New Releases in Christian Fiction (July 2019)
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website.
Contemporary Romance:
Hometown Hope by Laurel Blount — In the three years since her mother’s death, widower Hoyt Bradley’s daughter, Jess, hasn’t spoken—until she suddenly begs him to save her favorite bookstore from closing. Hoyt is desperate to hear his daughter’s voice again, but he and the bookstore’s pretty owner, A...
June 28, 2019
The Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer: Emphasis on the Crazy (Guest Post)
Image source: Pixabay The Lazy, Hazy, Crazy Days of Summer: Emphasis on the Crazy by Steph Beth Nickel What does summer mean to you?
Enjoying the longer days and warmer weather?
Occupying your children?
Heading away on vacation?
Kicking back and enjoying a slower pace?
Reading more books?
Two years ago, my hubby and I went to Alberta for two weeks. Dave had wanted to take me to Jasper since we were married over 35 years ago. It was wonderful!
Last year, we did a whirlwind road trip to all the...
June 25, 2019
Review: Belinda Blake and the Snake in the Grass, by Heather Day Gilbert
Belinda Blake and the Snake in the Grass, by Heather Day Gilbert (Lyrical Underground Books, 2019)
Fun start to a new series. Belinda Blake rents a carriage house on the luxurious Carrington estate, but she’s a casual country girl at heart. Her relaxed clothing and gamer tee-shirts don’t exactly match the designer shoes on the corpse she finds in the garden.
The Carringtons’ son, Stone the fifth, persuades Belinda to help him investigate because the dead woman was his friend. But is the char...
June 21, 2019
Editing for (Near) Perfection — Guest Post
Author Carol McClain Edit.
A four-letter word. And we writers utter it in all its forms: noun, adjective, verb. However, this dirty little word is most vital to our work.
My latest book A New York Yankee on Stinking Creek was heading to IngramSpark. I knew it shone with my authorial brilliance. After all, my two critique partners tore it apart, and I rewrote it according to their suggestions.
I have subscriptions to Grammarly and to my favorite...
June 11, 2019
New Releases in Christian Fiction (June 2019)
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website.
Contemporary Romance:
The Art of Rivers by Janet Ferguson — Can a woman whose life has been damaged by addiction trust her heart to a man in recovery? (Contemporary Romance, Independently Published)
Cross My Heart by Robin Lee Hatcher — Horse rescue farmer Ashley helps Ben start an equine therapy barn on his great-gre...
June 4, 2019
Review: Puzzle House, by Lillian Duncan
Puzzle House, by Lillian Duncan (Harbourlight Books, 2017)
Nia is a 15-year-old cancer patient whose doctors say there’s nothing more they can do. When her aunt drops her off at the Puzzle House, she’s angry and sick—and full of skepticism at the notion of God wanting to do anything good for her.
Over the course of a week’s stay, visitors are to complete a jigsaw puzzle boxed without a photo of the finished image. As Nia works on her puzzle and slowly warms to the other occupants of the hou...
May 31, 2019
Marks of a Good Friend (Guest Post)
[Image courtesy of Pixabay] Marks of a Good Friend by Steph Beth Nickel Who’s your BFF? Who do you love spending time with? Who can you call in the middle of the night when you need them?
I’ve found that good friends, genuine friends, are marked by several characteristics. Let’s consider five of these traits.
Good friends listen.
Sometimes we need advice. And it’s great when we have wise, insightful friends who will “speak the truth in love” (Ephesians 4:15).
However, there are other times, w...
