This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Here Burns My Candle by Liz Curtis Higgs This book reminds me of those by Michael Phillips. From the opening pages I was swept into Scotland of the mid 17th century. While influenced by the book of Ruth, it is a rich story about a family torn by loyalties to different …
Reviews & Giveaways: Angel’s Den and Dead Reckoning
Angel’s Den is a historical set in the early days of the United States. The characters follow the Lewis and Clark trail in 1808, a couple years after the original trip. They trip was fascinating, written in a way that I felt like I was traveling the trail with them. But the real strength of this book is the characters. …
CFBA Tour & Giveaway: Once in a Blue Moon
This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Once in a Blue Moon B&H Books (March 1, 2010) by Leanna Ellis Watch the book trailer: ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Leanna’s sister recommended that she write, since she ‘wrote in her journal all the time.’ The idea took root and began to grow. So after five years of teaching, she quit …
Interview with author Robin Caroll & Interview
I am delighted to have my good friend Robin Caroll stop by today. We first met very briefly at ACFW in 2005. Colleen Coble had told me we needed to meet because we’d be great friends. Well, over the next few years her prediction has come true. We served together on the ACFW board for two years. We both write …
Happy Birthday, Grandpa!
Today is my Grandpa’s 90th birthday. Can you imagine all that he has seen during his lifetime? We’re celebrating with a big party. And I want to celebrate here, by giving away one copy of Canteen Dreams for every ten comments left. While Canteen Dreams is my first novel, it is based loosely on my Grandpa and his experiences during …
Interview with Jenny B. Jones
Jenny is a delight and a gal that I seriously wish lived around the corner rather than across the country. I LOVED her women’s fiction title Just Between You and Me, and she’s agreed to stop by to answer some questions. And be sure to read to the end for a very gracious offer from Jenny!Jenny, anyone who has read …
Interview with Dan Walsh & Giveaway of his Debut Novel
I am delighted to introduce you to Dan Walsh today. Dan and I share an agent, and for the last year she has told me about his debut novel with Revell, The Unfinished Gift. It’s set during World War Two, as y’all know my favorite time period. So when I received a copy of The Unfinished Gift, I was eager …
Janna’s Review of Slow Burn by Mary DeMuth
This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing A Slow Burn Zondervan (October 1, 2009) by Mary DeMuth Today I’m going to do something a bit different. From time to time I post reviews my sister Janna has written. Her reviews are often very insightful and I completely agree with her review of A Slow Burn. Janna is giving …
Interview with Jamie Carie & Giveaway
I’m tickled to introduce you to one of my Indiana writer buds and a fabulous writer. Just this month Jamie Carie had a new book release. Love’s First Light is brilliant! There’s no other word for it. Jamie, Love’s First Light is another dramatic addition to your books. How did you land on France as a setting?I have always been …
Meltdown
The global war on terror has reached catastrophic proportions, leading the U.S. Special Operations EOD team–Task Force Valor–to Chernobyl, where ghosts of past disasters are nothing compared to the nuclear nightmare about to unfold. With CIA Agent Mary “Phoenix” Walker heading her first Special Ops mission and Master Sergeant Bobby Sweeney fighting demons on and off the battlefield, Task Force …