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Published on April 30, 2018 23:01

The Coming Home Series Continues! FREE Short Story

The Coming Home Series Continues!

Ever since I released Hungry for Home back in 2015, readers have begged for more from the Brooks family and from many of the secondary characters.

Well, I finally have good news for you!

While Richard and Sheila Brooks probably will not be the focus of any new story (unless God puts something on my heart, which is always a possibility), they will likely make cameo appearances. Instead, many of the secondary characters will be featured in their own books, each of which will be a standalone story.

The first story, Coming Home, is a short story and is newly available! You can download it for FREE if you subscribe to my e-newsletter. (My newsletter goes out about every two weeks.) If you already subscribe, check your email for my latest mailing which will provide instructions on how to receive your free book.

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About COMING HOME ~

Who does a mom become when her children leave the nest?

For years Nancy Monroe has anticipated the day when she and her husband would have an empty nest, and they could at last focus on their relationship. Nancy’s also eager to return to the career that had been suspended when they’d had children. After twenty-five years of motherhood, she can finally be more than just a mom.

But then her husband, Paul, gets a promotion that sends him on the road, and Nancy discovers that careers for former full-time mothers are near-impossible to find.

She isn’t about to give up, though. And, besides, she always has her volunteer position at her church. They would never let her down.

Or would they?

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Just for fun, I’ve thrown in familiar characters from Risking Love, a Where the Heart Is Romance #1, and from Stacy Monson’s Dance of Grace (Chain of Lakes Series).

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Published on April 24, 2018 05:00

Long Way Home – Full Cover Reveal

Long Way Home – Full Cover Reveal

THANK YOU to everyone who has already pre-ordered Long Way Home, The Potter’s House Books #4. The sales have already more-than-doubled my highest pre-order sales ever! If you haven’t ordered it yet, there’s still plenty of time. Long Way Home‘s official release date is May 8, so click below to get the special pre-order price of only 99¢!

Pre-Order Long Way Home

And now I get to share with you my full cover! The front was created by T.K. Chapin, one of the authors in The Potter’s House Books series, and the back and spine was crafted by George of Think Cap Design (who has designed all my covers up until now!)

Ta da!!!

Yes, I may be biased, but I think it’s gorgeous!

Here’s the back cover blurb ~

Can she forgive the man who once bullied her,

and learn that love keeps no record of wrongs?

Having overcome the crippling insecurities of childhood bullying, Lauren Bauman is eager to start her new job 1,000 miles away, and road-tripping across the country with her brother Nate and his new friend seems to be the perfect way to celebrate the move. But her confidence is shaken when she meets Nate’s friend–the kid who’d bullied her years before, trapping her in a decade-long shell of self-doubt.

For Jet Wurm, losing his job and getting kicked out of his apartment were the best things that ever happened to him. Thanks to the friend who rescued him, he’s finally shedding the loser label he’d worn for years. Nate even invited him along on a cross-country road trip with his sister, and Jet couldn’t be more excited. But then he meets Lauren, and her fearful reaction tells him they must have met before. Where, he can’t recall, but he has no doubt he’d somehow hurt her–like he’d hurt so many others in his past. And now he’s stuck on a six-day road trip with a woman who obviously deplores him.

Though Jet is clearly not the same person who’d bullied her years before, Lauren still struggles to forgive him. But if she doesn’t find the courage to forgive, will that convince Jet he’s as worthless as he’d always been taught to believe? Or will they learn that real love keeps no record of wrongs?

Learn More About The Potter’s House Books ~

Also available in The Potter’s House Books series ~

When it Rains by T.K. Chapin released Tuesday!!!

The Homecoming by Juliette Duncan

Heart Unbroken (pre-order) by Alexa Verde

Promises Renewed by Mary Manners (Pre-order in 2 weeks!)

A Vow Redeemed by Kristen M. Fraser (Coming Soon!)

Restoring Faith by Marion Ueckermann (Coming Soon!)

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Published on April 11, 2018 23:01

LONG WAY HOME – Now Available for Pre-Order!

Long Way Home, my first release in The Potter’s House Books series, is now available for pre-order, and for only 99¢!

(Purchase here)

I’m thrilled to be part of this amazing group of writers as we all share stories of hope, redemption, and second chances. Every couple of weeks, a new story releases. They’re all stand alone stories and can be read in any order. Also, they’re all novella length, so it’ll be easier to keep up on all the books.

While Long Way Home is a standalone novella, you’ll also be re-introduced to familiar names from my Coming Home Series. To bridge the two series, I will be releasing a short story entitled, Coming Home, in the next few weeks, so watch this blog for further info. Again, you don’t not need to read my Coming Home series to read Long Way Home. It stands completely on its own.

Now, about Long Way Home—Here’s the back cover blurb ~

Can she forgive the man who once bullied her,

and learn that love keeps no record of wrongs?

Having overcome the crippling insecurities of childhood bullying, Lauren Bauman is eager to start her new job 1,000 miles away, and road-tripping across the country with her brother Nate and his new friend seems to be the perfect way to celebrate the move. But her confidence is shaken when she meets Nate’s friend—the kid who’d bullied her years before, trapping her in a decade-long shell of self-doubt.

For Jet Wurm, losing his job and getting kicked out of his apartment were the best things that ever happened to him. Thanks to the friend who rescued him, he’s finally shedding the loser label he’d worn for years. Nate even invited him along on a cross-country road trip with his sister, and Jet couldn’t be more excited. But then he meets Lauren, and her fearful reaction tells him they must have met before. Where, he can’t recall, but he has no doubt he’d somehow hurt her—like he’d hurt so many others in his past. And now he’s stuck on a six-day road trip with a woman who obviously deplores him.

Though Jet is clearly not the same person who’d bullied her years before, Lauren still struggles to forgive him. But if she doesn’t find the courage to forgive, will that convince Ryan he’s as worthless as he’d always been taught to believe? Or will they learn that real love keeps no record of wrongs?

Learn More About The Potter’s House Books ~

Also available in The Potter’s House Books series ~

When it Rains by T.K. Chapin releases today!!!

The Homecoming by Juliette Duncan

Heart Unbroken (pre-order) by Alexa Verde

Promises Renewed by Mary Manners

(Pre-order in 2 weeks!)

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Published on April 09, 2018 23:01

Heart Unbroken by Alexa Verde – 3rd Potter’s House Book Pre-Order

I hope you all enjoyed a blessed Easter with family and friends, celebrating the resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ! Several of our family members met at a restaurant yesterday rather than meeting in someone’s home. Talk about a no-stress event! No hours of preparation! No mess to clean up! It was definitely worth it!

And now that Holy Week is over, it’s time to get back to book talk. Last week Heart Unbroken by Alexa Verde, the 3rd book in The Potter’s House Books series, went up for pre-order. You may pre-order Heart Unbroken for only 99¢!

About Heart Unbroken ~

Can a widowed sheriff and a former drug addict believe

God has the power to mend all broken hearts,

even crushed ones like theirs?

Now a Christian, former drug addict Emma Hughes is back in the small town of Rios Azules. She’s desperate to regain the trust of the son she once abandoned and change her life. Meeting a vacationer, Rodrigo Ybarra, she fights her attraction to him. Even with her newfound faith, the risk of a relapse is too high.

On the two-year anniversary of his wife’s death at the hand of a junkie, Sheriff Rodrigo Ybarra comes to the ocean to mourn her. Romance is the last thing on his mind, but he’s drawn to a beautiful stranger who frequents the same spot. When he discovers her past could destroy his career, he struggles to guard his heart.

Then Emma’s life is threatened. Rodrigo won’t let her push him away or allow concern for his career to hold him back now. Will he once again lose the woman he loves? Or will faith and trust bring them safely to a future together?

About Alexa Verde ~

Alexa Verde writes sweet, wholesome books about faith, love, and murder. She penned her first literary masterpiece, a rhymed poem, at the ripe age of eight, and since has had 200 short stories, articles, and poems published in the five languages that she speaks. She has bachelor’s degrees in English and Spanish, a master’s in Russian, and enjoys writing about characters with diverse cultures. She’s worn the hats of reporter, teacher, translator, model (even one day counts!), caretaker, and secretary, but thinks that the writer’s hat suits her the best. After traveling the world and living in both hemispheres, she calls a small town in south Texas home. The latter is an inspiration for the fictional setting of her popular series Rios Azules Christmas and Secrets of Rios Azules.

For giveaways, news, and recipes, please sign up for her newsletter at www.alexaverde.com. Twitter: @AlexaVerde3. Facebook: www.facebook.com/alexaverdeauthor.

Learn More About The Potter’s House Books ~

Purchase The Potter’s House Books ~

The Homecoming by Juliette Duncan

When it Rains by T.K. Chapin

Heart Unbroken by Alexa Verde

Long Way Home by Brenda S. Anderson – available for pre-order on April 10!

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Published on April 02, 2018 23:01

Counting on the Cowboy ~ Character Interview #Giveaway

You’ve all met my friend, critique partner, and award-winning author Shannon Taylor Vannatter before. She’s visited my blog several times with new releases, and the Queen of Cowboy Romance is back again, this time with Counting on the Cowboy! (Isn’t that cover gorgeous?!)

About Counting on the Cowboy ~

Ranching is his whole life… until he meets one special city girl

Texas Cowboy Brock McBride knows better than to fall for a city girl. She’ll leave and break his heart—just like his ex-fiancée did. But his job at Chasing Eden Dude Ranch requires working alongside Dallas wedding planner Devree Malone. And despite fierce resistance, he’s falling hard. Yet with Devree’s business back in the city, can he convince her she’s found her home…with him?

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To introduce us to the characters, Shannon asked her hero and heroine, Brock and Devree, a few questions:

Are you open to your own romance?

Devree: Romance is the last thing I want. I recently met with a bride to plan her wedding, but when the groom showed up, he was my boyfriend. And I mean was. His wedding got called off, by the way.

Brock: No. I don’t mean to speak ill of the dead, but my wife cheated on me. More than once. Besides, right now, I need to focus on my little girl.

What’s the number one quality you’d require in a mate?

Devree: I’m not interested, but I guess I’d have to say honesty.

Brock: Faithfulness.

What’s the number two quality you’d require in a mate?

Devree: Did I mention honesty. It would be very hard for me to trust again. If I could, and then I found out he was lying to me, I’d be shattered.

Brock: Someone who could love my little girl completely.

What’s the one habit or lifestyle that would make you run the other way?

Devree: Lying to me. I’ve had enough of that to last me a lifetime.

Brock: Unfaithfulness. I want someone who can love me and only me. And my little girl of course. If things were different, Devree would fit what I’m looking for, but I can’t tell her the truth about my daughter.

What would be a reason to end a potential romance for you?

Devree: If I found out he was lying to me. About anything.

Brock: Distrust. Although I feel like a heel for not being honest with Devree right now.

What would be the best gift a potential mate could buy for you?

Devree: I can’t be bought. A gift to me would be complete and total honesty.

Brock: Things that can be bought are temporal. I’m more interested in gifts like commitment and trustworthiness. Devree could give me that. But if she knew the truth, she’d hate me.

About Shannon Taylor Vannatter ~

Award winning author, Shannon Taylor Vannatter writes contemporary Christian cowboy romance and has over a dozen published titles. A romance reader since her teens, she hopes to entertain Christian women and plant seeds in the non-believer’s heart as she demonstrates that love doesn’t conquer all—Jesus does.

She gleans fodder for her fiction in rural Arkansas where she spent her teenage summers working the concession stand with her rodeo announcing dad and married a Texan who morphed into a pastor. In her spare time, she loves hanging out with her husband and son, flea marketing, and doing craft projects.

Connect with Shannon ~

Counting on the Cowboy by Shannon Taylor Vannatter

About the Giveaway ~

Comment below to enter the drawing for a copy of Counting on the Cowboy. Ten copies will be split among names drawn during the blog tour from March 13 – April 10. One winner will get to pick the theme for a custom made memory board personally crafted by Shannon Taylor Vannatter. Deadline April 20, 2018. Winners will be revealed on the Shannon’s blog on April 21, 2018. To enter more giveaways, and to get a FREE book download, go to her website (http://shannontaylorvannatter.com) and sign up for her newsletter .

Follow Shannon’s blog tour for more chances to win Counting on the Cowboy:

March 13 – http://shannontaylorvannatter.com/inkslinger-blog/
March 14 – http://theresalynnhall.com/blog
March 15 – http://www.castlegatepress.com/blog/
March 16 – http://shannontaylorvannatter.com/inkslinger-blog/
March 19 – http://sarahruut.com/category/interviews/
March 20 – http://http://brendaandersonbooks.com/blog/
March 26 – https://kimberlysmusings.wordpress.com/
March 27 – http://www.gingersolomon.com/
March 30 – https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/ideas-to-books/id1245507117?mt=2
April 2 – http://www.inspyromance.com/
April 10 – http://craftieladiesofromance.blogspot.com/
April 10 – http://catherinecastle1.wordpress.com

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Published on March 19, 2018 23:01

Getting to Know Michelle Griep

One of the greatest blessings of writing is meeting fascinating people, many through local writing groups, which is where I had the pleasure of getting to know Michelle Griep. Not only is Michelle a gifted author, but she’s kind and smart and generous and funny and so much more, and I’m thankful to call her friend! Michelle has become a very prolific author over the past couple years. In 2018 alone, she has three books scheduled for release!

The first to release is The Innkeeper’s Daughter, which came out in February. Here’s the back cover blurb to pique your interest:

A London officer goes undercover to expose a plot against the Crown

Dover, England, 1808: Officer Alexander Moore goes undercover as a gambling gentleman to expose a high-stakes plot against the king—and he’s a master of disguise, for Johanna Langley believes him to be quite the rogue. . .until she can no longer fight against his unrelenting charm.

All Johanna wants is to keep the family inn afloat, but when the rent and the hearth payment are due at the same time, where will she find the extra funds? If she doesn’t come up with the money, there will be nowhere to go other than the workhouse—where she’ll be separated from her ailing mother and ten-year-old brother.

Alex desperately wants to help Johanna, especially when she confides in him, but his mission—finding and bringing to justice a traitor to the crown—must come first, or they could all end up dead.

Michelle, can you tell my readers a little about yourself?

Buckle up, because here comes a wild ride of randomosities about yours truly…

I love an autumn day with falling leaves. Not the slap-you-in-the-face kind of brisk breezy type day, but the sort where you can wear a tee-shirt and jeans and rustle through those leaves, kicking up yellow and orange leafy fireworks.

A jar of freshly ground almond butter is one of my favorite treats, and just about as close to heaven as you can get here on earth.

If I could live anywhere in the world, it would be Ironbridge, England. It’s the shire on steroids. If I believed in reincarnation, I’d swear I’d lived there in a former life.

Lots of people are angry with Poldark for his indiscretion toward the end of season 2, but not me. I’ll defend that man to the end—even if he is fictional.

My dog, Miss Ada Clare, is a boxer and sometimes we dance together when no one is looking.

Writing is where I figure out all the answers to the questions I have about life.

What did writing this book teach you?

Writing The Innkeeper’s Daughter taught me to persevere. I started this book five years ago. Don’t panic. It shouldn’t take you that long if you’re writing a book. The thing is that I started it, then set it aside and worked on something different, hoping to find a genre that would be more marketable. Now and then I’d pull it out and add a bit more, then shove it back on the shelf and worked on something else. After years of doing this, my editor asked me if I had anything close to being done. I dusted off the manuscript, yet unfinished, and she loved it. Perseverance does pay off in the end…though how long it takes to get there is anybody’s guess.

What do you hope your readers take away from the story?

God is sovereign. He really is. No matter your striving, you cannot thwart His plans—which is both a comfort and a source of strife when things don’t happen “on time” or as we like it.

More about Michelle ~

Michelle Griep’s been writing since she first discovered blank wall space and Crayolas. She is the author of historical romances: The Innkeeper’s Daughter, 12 Days at Bleakly Manor, The Captive Heart, Brentwood’s Ward, A Heart Deceived, Undercurrent and Gallimore, but also leaped the historical fence into the realm of contemporary with the zany romantic mystery Out of the Frying Pan. If you’d like to keep up with her escapades, find her at www.michellegriep.com or stalk her on Facebook, Twitter, or Pinterest.

Connect with Michelle ~

Facebook | Twitter | Pinterest | Website

Also by Michelle Griep ~

12 DAYS AT BLEAKLY MANOR…Spend Christmas at a mysterious English manor

OUT OF THE FRYING PAN…Something is wrong in Paradise.

THE CAPTIVE HEART…Would you marry a murderer?

BRENTWOOD’S WARD…Sherlock Holmes meets Dickens in this Regency adventure.

A HEART DECEIVED…Lies Were Born in a Garden–and Just May Be the Death of Miri Brayden

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Published on March 14, 2018 23:01

When It Rains by T.K. Chapin – 2nd Potter House Book Pre-Order

When it Rains by T.K. Chapin, the second book in the Potter’s House Books series, is now up for pre-order! And the pre-order price is only 99¢! This book is scheduled for release on April 10, 2018.

Here’s more about When it Rains ~

In need of a fresh start for herself and her sixteen-year-old daughter, Hannah Montgomery decides to relocate from Flagstaff, Arizona to a ranch out in Eastern Washington, just outside of Newport. It’s through living out in the open country she hopes to reconnect with God and discover His will for their lives.

Enter Luke Williams, a busy investment banker with a dying father who lives on a ranch and fifteen acres worth of land. When Luke’s not flying out of state to meet with clients or in meetings all day, he’s out at the ranch tending to his father’s needs.

When Luke realizes he needs someone full-time out on the ranch to be with his father, he found Hannah. When Hannah needed a way out that wasn’t going to set her back financially, she found Luke and his father Mac.

She has a past that still hurts. He has a history that’s complicated.

Luke might have all the requirements for a good and decent man, but so did her ex-husband who secretly had another family for over a decade. Can Hannah put the past behind her and let herself have another chance at love?

About T.K. Chapin ~

T.K. CHAPIN is an award winning Inspirational Christian Fiction author who designs his stories to inspire and tug on your heart strings. He believes that telling authentic stories of faith, love and family helps build the faith of believers while inviting non-believers into the reality of God. Each story highlights how God can work in the lives of those who follow Him.

Chapin gives all credit for his writing and storytelling abilities to God. The majority of his stories take place in and around his hometown of Spokane Washington. Chapin & his wife reside in Southeast Idaho and have three children. When not writing, he enjoys traveling, swimming and spending time with friends & family.

Vist T.K. at www.tkchapin.com

Learn More About Potter’s House Books ~

Also Available for Pre-Order

The Homecoming by Juliette Mills

Long Way Home, my first story in the Potter’s House Book series, will be available for pre-order on April 10 and is set for release on May 8, just in time for Mother’s Day!

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Published on March 13, 2018 09:22

Spring Fever Giveaway Winners!

Spring Fever Giveaway Winners!

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Spring Fever Giveaway! Thank you for visiting our blogs and learning about new authors. We hope you discovered some new favorites!

The contest ended yesterday, and the winners have been chosen:

Grand Prize Winner of Loaded Kindle

Julia Stone

Amazon gift card winners:

Connie Saunders

Samuel

Suzanne

Karen Smoot-Wright

Will Griesmer

Happy Reading Everyone!

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