A New Book (and a giveaway!)

My newest novel, Who Stirs Up the Sea, released earlier this month and is now available in e-book and print formats, and will soon be available as an audiobook. (Click on the book cover below for a link to order.) A huge thank-you to those of you who have made it the #1 new release in Christian Women’s Fiction.

This is the second novel in The God Who series, which has four planned books. Usually, I take at least a month off between books just to clean off my desk, read something just for fun, and usually rearrange my office before I start research on the next novel. But this time around, an idea sparked, I made a phone call to my dad to see if he thought my idea would work, and his comment was, “Hurry up and write this book! I can’t wait to read it!” How blessed am I to still have my sweet, encouraging dad in my life? So I’m already working on Book 3, Who Names the Stars. I can’t wait to share the cover with you. I think it’s my favorite of the whole series.

When Ken and I were on Saint Simons Island researching this book, I picked up a few little things to give away to one of you. I’d love to send one of you these trinkets along with a copy of the novel. To be entered in the drawing, simply comment on this post and I’ll choose a winner tomorrow and add your name to this post.

This weekend, I learned some exciting news for the first book in this series: Who Touches the Mountains is a Christy Award finalist! It has been ten years since one of my books, Home to Chicory Lane, was a finalist for the Christy and 21 years since my first Christy final for Playing by Heart. It never gets old!

I would be remiss if I didn’t give credit to so many who made this book the best it could be: my dearest friend and writing critique partner, our own Tamera Alexander; my sharp-eyed editors who are also my sister and my daughters; and most of all, the love of my life, Ken Raney, who designed such beautiful book covers and who makes the magic happen behind the scenes at Raney Day Press.

I am so honored to be on the list of finalists with many dear author friends, including our own Julie Klassen for her novel The Seaside Homecoming. Warmest congratulations, Julie!

Remember, simply post a comment to be entered in the drawing to win Who Stirs Up the Sea along with the little gifts pictured above.