Put on Your (Imaginary) Dancing Shoes + a Giveaway!

Wonderful Australian author Carolyn Miller is joining us today! The heroine of her new book is a ballet dancer, which I love. When I entered Kindergarten, I clearly remember the teacher doing a “What do you want to be when you grow up?” unit. My answer: “I want to be a ballerina.” Books like Carolyn’s give me a chance to live out that childhood dream vicariously! Details on the giveaway she’s offering below. Happy Friday, everyone! -Becky

Are you a fan of dance? Ever taken dance class as a child or watched Dancing With the Stars? I took ballet, tap and jazz classes as a kid, and in the past couple of years I’ve been doing an adult ballet class.

My ballet teacher is young, but has had some FASCINATING life experiences, moving to work in France as a teenager, then coming home to open her own studio when she was twenty (!). I was thinking about her, then thinking about what it would be like if someone like her was partnered with a complete non-dancer on a show like Dancing With the Stars… what would happen?

This formed the premise for Pointe, Shoots and Scores, the third book in my new Northwest Ice hockey series, which was SO much fun to write. It naturally involved having to do lots of research, such as watching of episodes of DWTS and reading articles about shows like that, as well as asking my ballet teacher for her input.

We end up with a story that dancers have loved and others have described as having “great banter” and “their new favorite in the series.” Pointe, Shoots, and Scores is the third book in the Northwest Ice Christian hockey romance series, can be read as a standalone, and is perfect for fans of banter-laden romance with hope, heart and humor. Whether you’re a dancer or not, I hope you’ll check it out! You can get your copy here.

Carolyn has graciously offered to give an ebook to one of you. Please leave a comment below to enter to win! Did you ever take dance class? If so, what style of dance?

A winner will be selected on Wednesday, August 14th.

For as long as she can remember Bailey Donovan has loved dance, especially ballet. When her dance studio faces the risk of closure, she takes a God-given miracle of a gig training a complete non-dancer for a TV show. Only problem is, he’s a real grump to her sunshine, and for an athlete, seems to be lacking all the moves. Or does he?
Luc Blanchard has sworn off wine, women, and definitely dancing as it sure doesn’t fit his macho image. He loves hockey, God, and his family, with no time for more, until an unexpected promotion sees him forced to swallow his pride for the sake of his team.
Sparks soon fly as these two opposites spend time together, and TV ratings push for their onscreen partnership to make a fake relationship real. But as they discover a certain magic under the spotlight, will issues from the past ever let them truly soar?

Carolyn Miller lives in the beautiful Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, with her husband and four children. A longtime lover of romance, especially that of Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer and LM Montgomery, Carolyn loves drawing readers into fictional worlds that show the truth of God’s grace in our lives. Her contemporary romance series includes the Original Six hockey romance series, Muskoka Romance series, and the Independence Islands series, and her historical series include the Regency Brides and Regency Wallflowers series.

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