Today I have a collection of four Love Inspired Suspense titles from my friend Sharon Dunn. Several years ago I wrote two books for them, and I love the format of these. They’re a great size to throw in a bag or purse. Here’s more about these four titles: Night Prey (2011 Carol Award Winner): As director of the Birds …
The Reason We Celebrate
In case anyone else needs a reason to remember the true meaning of Christmas, here’s Linus from Charlie Brown’s Christmas to help us all remember.
Christmas Giveaway Day 9: Suspense!
These are two more great suspense writers. Jim writes with a strong supernatural aspect: think Frank Peretti Clear & Present Danger. Steven James writes FBI with a twist, though this is the first in his new Jenkins Bank series. Soul’s Gate is also the first in a series and literally made me yearn for a deeper relationship with God. I …
Christmas Giveaway Day 8: Romance!
Today, I’m bringing you two great books. The first is The Trouble with Cowboys by one of my favorite contemporary romance writers Denise Hunter. The second is Smitten, a novella collection by authors Colleen Coble, Denise Hunter, Diann Hunt and Kristen Billerbeck. It is a FUN collection of related stories about a town in Vermont that is trying to save …
Christmas Giveaway: Day 7
Today I’m delighted to bring you the set of my friend Tricia Goyer’s Spanish Civil War series. I learned a lot by watching her write this series. In its pages, she transports the reader to a complex war that became a testing ground for many new techniques applied in World War II. For reasons beyond her control, Sophie finds herself …
Where is God in Tragedy?
Because I have kids who bracket the ages of those murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary, it’s been a time of questions and lots of putting myself in those families’ shoes. One of the curses of being a writer is the empathy that floods me in events like this. I feel the pain and horror. I’ll be sitting in church watching …
Christmas Giveaway Day 6: More Great Suspense
Okay, please don’t be too jealous, but while we were in Germany, I got to read When a Heart Stops— before it was in print. That was Lynette’s gift to me 🙂 Now I’m going to gift one person with these two books. The third isn’t out yet — but it’s a goodie! So this will give you a chance …
Monday Meditation: Your prayer has been heard
Yesterday morning our pastor taught out of Luke 1. In an example of the Bible being alive and active, a passage that I thought I knew inside and out took on fresh life and meaning. Look at Luke 1:13. Before we go there, let me admit that this is not where the pastor had us. He summarized it before moving …
A Pause to Soak in His Presence
It’s the week after Thanksgiving. We’re racing toward Christmas. Even with Thanksgiving occurring a week early, it feels like a race. When did we decide that this organized (or not so organized) chaos was restful, relaxing, conducive to a joyful season? When did the joy of gifting something to one we love become replaced by the pressure to find the perfect gift? …
Perfect books for suspense/mystery lovers
Today I want to introduce you to a couple new books by two of my friends who write great conflicted characters. Ronie Kendig shines in military set suspense — with fantastic characters and a bit outside the box. While Sibella Giorello writes an FBI set series with an equally conflicted heroine. Trinity combines Kendig’s trademark discarded heroes with the military war …