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June 20, 2014
Two Posts in One Day!
And two EXCERPTS in one day! You'll find a little clip from Book 1 of the Joyful Noise Series, UNCONDITIONAL, today on my blog:
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Excerpt from ONE SWEET DAY
I'm steadily at work on Book 2 of The Joyful Noise Series, my new Christmas romance series, which will be out next month. In the meantime, here's an excerpt from my Christian mainstream to enjoy:
“In all the excitement these past few days, I’ve totally forgotten to tell you,” Lita Putnam told her husband. “You know the little boy next door had a vision about the last days?”
Tremayne was tossing aside what they called the king-sized bed’s “show pillows” for their regular sleep-time pillows.
“How could you forget to tell me that? You know me and Revelation,” he chided gently.
Lita laughed. “Oh, yeah. You have one dream and you’re Mr. Prophecy! Anyway, his mom was telling me about it before I left for Florida. I looked up the vision he saw when I was on the plane. It’s sort of eerie, Tremayne. What he saw was the sixth seal being opened. That is, all the things that are mentioned in the sixth seal.”
“The sixth seal. Now I’ll have to look it up. One dream doesn’t mean I know what the sixth seal is off the top of my head.”
She’d missed that good-natured banter with her husband. Likewise, she’d missed her comfy home and her bedroom. Lita was one of those women who, every few months, replaced the covers or the sheets, often buying a comforter and matching pillow cases on sale. Tremayne always called her “The Queen of the Bargains,” and compared her to the woman described in Proverbs 31. Friends of hers had, half teasingly and half seriously, suggested she give a seminar sometime on decorating a home and filling a pantry with the help of sales and coupons.
“It feels so nice to be home!” she exclaimed. “Staying with my sister was nice. I think the move to Hollywood will be good for her. But, oh, I love being in my own house again. And in North Carolina. And with you.”
“Me, too, baby. I hope my brother isn’t making too much of a pest of himself.”
“Ah, that’s the other Hollywood,” she noted, amused. “Hollywood, Florida, and Hollywood, California. No, he’s not being a pest at all. I feel terrible for him, honey. Sorry that he’s going through this. Been praying for him.”
“Me, too. Thanks, Li.”
He switched off the lamp beside his bed and then snuggled closer to her. Tremayne and Lita had slept like that since they were newlyweds. Lita had missed that, too. Just that closeness, that intimacy between them. Nothing had to happen in that bed other than falling asleep in each other’s arms for there to be that intimacy between them. How different it had been while she was away, asleep on her sister’s couch, without her husband’s strong, loving arms around her.
How different—and how lonely will it be for him? she fretted silently.
“So I don’t have my Bible and even if I did, it’s dark in here.” Tremayne chuckled, whispering in the dark. “What did the kid see? Those scary locusts Revelation mentions? The Beast coming out of the sea?”
“No. His home actually shook. He experienced an earthquake…I guess that great earthquake, the one that’s worse than any other before it.”
“Oh.” Tremain became serious. “Did he really?”
“That’s what his mom told me. You know Darlene. She’s not the type to make things up. She says he saw the moon turning to blood. The sun got all black and the stars fell from the sky. Millions of stars, just falling to the earth.”
“Wow. That’s gotta be scary.”
“And he saw the sky open. And then Quinn saw the Lord’s throne. Hallelujah! How awesome, baby.”
“I know.”
“And an angel. That’s the last thing he saw. An angel in his room. He said he was huge.”
“I’ve heard of them sometimes appearing to people.”
“Me, too. But what got to me even more was God’s throne. God reigns. That means so much. That ministered to me, so much. You wouldn’t believe just how much…”
Turning to her, Tremayne could make out her profile in the very dim light coming into the room through the slits in the window blinds. Lita was softly crying.
That was his Lita. As strong a lady as she was, she often became emotional with the things pertaining to the Lord. She would tear up during the worship portion of Sunday morning service ever since he’d known her. Someone singing a beautiful song or sharing a testimony of God’s work in their lives could bring a tear to her eye. For that reason, he dismissed there being a problem.
“You know, I’ve been meaning to ask you something,” he began.
“What’s that?”
Immediately, he felt silly for having even brought it up. There was no turning back at that point, though.
“You can be honest with me, Lita. Do you ever feel like…I’m not even sure how to say this…”
“Just come out and say it, Tremayne.”
He was afraid of the answer but posed the question anyway. “Do you ever wish that I was a man who was more—I don’t know, who chased after dreams?”
“Now what did your brother say to you?” she asked knowingly.
“It wasn’t him. Well, all right—it was him. He didn’t mean anything by it.”
“Everybody’s not meant to be a star, Tremayne. I’m proud of you and what you do for the families you’ve helped when they’re going through a loss. You’re a star to me. Maybe not to the rest of the world, but you are a star to me.”
Tremayne didn’t need to pursue the question further. Even in the dark, his mouth found hers in a sweet kiss.
“And you are the only woman that I’ll ever want or need,” he said. “My leading lady. Forever.”
She moved closer to him. He could hear her crying softly.
“Honey, Lita, talk to me. What’s wrong, baby?”
“In all the excitement these past few days, I’ve totally forgotten to tell you,” Lita Putnam told her husband. “You know the little boy next door had a vision about the last days?”
Tremayne was tossing aside what they called the king-sized bed’s “show pillows” for their regular sleep-time pillows.
“How could you forget to tell me that? You know me and Revelation,” he chided gently.
Lita laughed. “Oh, yeah. You have one dream and you’re Mr. Prophecy! Anyway, his mom was telling me about it before I left for Florida. I looked up the vision he saw when I was on the plane. It’s sort of eerie, Tremayne. What he saw was the sixth seal being opened. That is, all the things that are mentioned in the sixth seal.”
“The sixth seal. Now I’ll have to look it up. One dream doesn’t mean I know what the sixth seal is off the top of my head.”
She’d missed that good-natured banter with her husband. Likewise, she’d missed her comfy home and her bedroom. Lita was one of those women who, every few months, replaced the covers or the sheets, often buying a comforter and matching pillow cases on sale. Tremayne always called her “The Queen of the Bargains,” and compared her to the woman described in Proverbs 31. Friends of hers had, half teasingly and half seriously, suggested she give a seminar sometime on decorating a home and filling a pantry with the help of sales and coupons.
“It feels so nice to be home!” she exclaimed. “Staying with my sister was nice. I think the move to Hollywood will be good for her. But, oh, I love being in my own house again. And in North Carolina. And with you.”
“Me, too, baby. I hope my brother isn’t making too much of a pest of himself.”
“Ah, that’s the other Hollywood,” she noted, amused. “Hollywood, Florida, and Hollywood, California. No, he’s not being a pest at all. I feel terrible for him, honey. Sorry that he’s going through this. Been praying for him.”
“Me, too. Thanks, Li.”
He switched off the lamp beside his bed and then snuggled closer to her. Tremayne and Lita had slept like that since they were newlyweds. Lita had missed that, too. Just that closeness, that intimacy between them. Nothing had to happen in that bed other than falling asleep in each other’s arms for there to be that intimacy between them. How different it had been while she was away, asleep on her sister’s couch, without her husband’s strong, loving arms around her.
How different—and how lonely will it be for him? she fretted silently.
“So I don’t have my Bible and even if I did, it’s dark in here.” Tremayne chuckled, whispering in the dark. “What did the kid see? Those scary locusts Revelation mentions? The Beast coming out of the sea?”
“No. His home actually shook. He experienced an earthquake…I guess that great earthquake, the one that’s worse than any other before it.”
“Oh.” Tremain became serious. “Did he really?”
“That’s what his mom told me. You know Darlene. She’s not the type to make things up. She says he saw the moon turning to blood. The sun got all black and the stars fell from the sky. Millions of stars, just falling to the earth.”
“Wow. That’s gotta be scary.”
“And he saw the sky open. And then Quinn saw the Lord’s throne. Hallelujah! How awesome, baby.”
“I know.”
“And an angel. That’s the last thing he saw. An angel in his room. He said he was huge.”
“I’ve heard of them sometimes appearing to people.”
“Me, too. But what got to me even more was God’s throne. God reigns. That means so much. That ministered to me, so much. You wouldn’t believe just how much…”
Turning to her, Tremayne could make out her profile in the very dim light coming into the room through the slits in the window blinds. Lita was softly crying.
That was his Lita. As strong a lady as she was, she often became emotional with the things pertaining to the Lord. She would tear up during the worship portion of Sunday morning service ever since he’d known her. Someone singing a beautiful song or sharing a testimony of God’s work in their lives could bring a tear to her eye. For that reason, he dismissed there being a problem.
“You know, I’ve been meaning to ask you something,” he began.
“What’s that?”
Immediately, he felt silly for having even brought it up. There was no turning back at that point, though.
“You can be honest with me, Lita. Do you ever feel like…I’m not even sure how to say this…”
“Just come out and say it, Tremayne.”
He was afraid of the answer but posed the question anyway. “Do you ever wish that I was a man who was more—I don’t know, who chased after dreams?”
“Now what did your brother say to you?” she asked knowingly.
“It wasn’t him. Well, all right—it was him. He didn’t mean anything by it.”
“Everybody’s not meant to be a star, Tremayne. I’m proud of you and what you do for the families you’ve helped when they’re going through a loss. You’re a star to me. Maybe not to the rest of the world, but you are a star to me.”
Tremayne didn’t need to pursue the question further. Even in the dark, his mouth found hers in a sweet kiss.
“And you are the only woman that I’ll ever want or need,” he said. “My leading lady. Forever.”
She moved closer to him. He could hear her crying softly.
“Honey, Lita, talk to me. What’s wrong, baby?”
June 10, 2014
Book 2 of JOYFUL NOISE SERIES
Popping into Goodreads to report that DISTANT FIRE is underway, and now has a release date tentatively scheduled for sometime in July 2014. A little more info, too, can be found on my blog at http://conniekeenanwriter.blogspot.com.
Cheers!
Cheers!
April 6, 2014
Very happy & excited to report...
...that UNCONDITIONAL, Book 1 of JOYFUL NOISE, my new Christian romance series, is now available! This first book will be offered for free, with Books 2 & 3 to be released in 2014.
Want a little more description? Absolutely--here goes:
From Monday through Friday, Valerie Welch works at the public library to make ends meet. But her true passion? That would be as the violin player for, of all things, a local Jersey shore rock band. She has just reunited with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Zed, who has not given up his girl-chasing ways. Yet her plans for the summer change dramatically when she goes fishing one afternoon and catches a good-looking fisherman, Josh Coleman. Summer has just gotten a whole lot more interesting…and romantic.
Recently having moved to a small town that neighbors the shore point of Wildwood, the young construction worker has spent the past few years also rebuilding his life. The last thing he expected was to experience love at first sight with the lovely musician. But is his faith in the Lord enough to overcome regret over his past, which often taunts him, in everything he does? And will the truth about his past destroy any hope of a future with the woman he loves?
http://www.amazon.com/Unconditional-T...
Want a little more description? Absolutely--here goes:
From Monday through Friday, Valerie Welch works at the public library to make ends meet. But her true passion? That would be as the violin player for, of all things, a local Jersey shore rock band. She has just reunited with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Zed, who has not given up his girl-chasing ways. Yet her plans for the summer change dramatically when she goes fishing one afternoon and catches a good-looking fisherman, Josh Coleman. Summer has just gotten a whole lot more interesting…and romantic.
Recently having moved to a small town that neighbors the shore point of Wildwood, the young construction worker has spent the past few years also rebuilding his life. The last thing he expected was to experience love at first sight with the lovely musician. But is his faith in the Lord enough to overcome regret over his past, which often taunts him, in everything he does? And will the truth about his past destroy any hope of a future with the woman he loves?
http://www.amazon.com/Unconditional-T...
February 13, 2014
New Christian Romance Series
Sneak peek at the covers of my upcoming Christian romance series, JOYFUL NOISE! For more info, be sure to drop by my blog at http://conniekeenanwriter.blogspot.com
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January 22, 2014
ONE SWEET DAY Paperback Giveaway!
My Goodreads Giveaway for ONE SWEET DAY has begun! I'm giving away 3 copies of my new Christian novel's paperback to 3 winners. The giveaway lasts from now until February 21, 2014. Want more info on ONE SWEET DAY? Then you're invited to drop by my blog, http://conniekeenanwriter.blogspot.com.
Enter today to win. Good luck!
Enter today to win. Good luck!
January 8, 2014
Soundtrack for ONE SWEET DAY
You'll find the soundtrack for ONE SWEET DAY, plus a little background on the songs that are mentioned in the book, on my blog. More to follow, plus a character interview, very likely this week!
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January 6, 2014
ONE SWEET DAY Release
Very happy to report that ONE SWEET DAY is now available!
Hope you enjoy & are blessed! As for me, it's back to work, with a March release (a sweet Christian romance) waiting in the wings.
http://www.amazon.com/One-Sweet-Day-C...
Hope you enjoy & are blessed! As for me, it's back to work, with a March release (a sweet Christian romance) waiting in the wings.
http://www.amazon.com/One-Sweet-Day-C...
December 28, 2013
More Info on ONE SWEET DAY
Grab a cup of coffee (or tea) and drop by my blog! I've posted a little background on my January 2014 release, with more info to come.
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http://conniekeenanwriter.blogspot.com/
December 12, 2013
New Book's Trailer is Up!
Here's a little teaser for my upcoming release, a new Christian novel, ONE SWEET DAY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW72x3...
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