tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37599136774592079992024-03-12T21:47:59.649-05:00Karen Sue HadleyChristian Fiction and Non-Fiction Reviews and Nuggets from Life!Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.comBlogger342125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-15066987613241650612023-11-05T08:30:00.000-06:002023-11-05T08:30:06.308-06:00I’m Back<p> Hello! I’ve been gone for a long while from my blog due to personal reasons that lasted longer that anticipated. </p><p>But I’m back and ready to get started!</p><p>I’m hoping and praying to make some changes to my blog. There will be book reviews (I make mine short because I don’t like to read a long review). Places that have free books and anything else I come across that you might want to know.</p><p>I also what to incorporate Bible verses and short studies of Bible verses or words from the verses. </p><p>I also want to let you see the newest member of our family and her antics. A yorkie named Pocket! </p><p>Here’s looking to a fresh beginning !</p><p>Karen</p><p><br /></p>Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-61186924952724013782021-09-13T15:44:00.002-05:002021-09-13T15:44:17.905-05:00Texas Timbers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDc6tUou6KjHhyxwFLKfsUIQzM1WLZ9C7AX93U8DctAmt7x8NrSDCUGDcqOgLmdMTqZtshdHBObgPq8Hfl0uKQd1OSvSaAN-qwr7eLE5H_F5ONkmtp14ZrI_jsfj2S0nu_GiUtWOwDqg4/s1292/C83C7374-660C-4622-AFD3-C499F66CFFFA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1292" data-original-width="1112" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjDc6tUou6KjHhyxwFLKfsUIQzM1WLZ9C7AX93U8DctAmt7x8NrSDCUGDcqOgLmdMTqZtshdHBObgPq8Hfl0uKQd1OSvSaAN-qwr7eLE5H_F5ONkmtp14ZrI_jsfj2S0nu_GiUtWOwDqg4/s320/C83C7374-660C-4622-AFD3-C499F66CFFFA.jpeg" width="275" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6Ru1QCqM8XLMUuCjyljFK57ZyH0wo1mgdF6W8Oh6kqmgawO1WTAoG1BK3vo18XnUPKJaT_xxPfsTIsFBk2KWRJMZO1atpDXfp0qWeMPdwjEWbQpZebhw5yTQJynRUh6BQtP5gJWjctYI/s1667/51FF28D9-A401-4C67-B822-36DF4FF1B7D7.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="1125" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6Ru1QCqM8XLMUuCjyljFK57ZyH0wo1mgdF6W8Oh6kqmgawO1WTAoG1BK3vo18XnUPKJaT_xxPfsTIsFBk2KWRJMZO1atpDXfp0qWeMPdwjEWbQpZebhw5yTQJynRUh6BQtP5gJWjctYI/s320/51FF28D9-A401-4C67-B822-36DF4FF1B7D7.jpeg" width="216" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>MY THOUGHTS: </p><p>What a sweet story about happily ever afters with a little craziness tossed throughout the story. Autumn knows what she wants and even more what God has revealed to her about the man she is to marry. But will he be easy to convince? A story that the one and only Caryl can write! Love, romance, intrigue and a page turner!! READ THE BOOK!</p><p><br /></p><p>Karen</p><p>Rating #5</p><p>I received this book as a gift and all opinions are my own.</p><p><br /></p><p>ABOUT THE AUTHOR!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYiZ9_G3RRU6uhVS-4FQ_FMhCUaPRufYTg6H4HtYJEJgoVsUj9wvXItaSWJjN8-E71NJRmcnzLTFq4i9vbav4kO0PTcyuxk5xWXWwm6TkiElL5kJUk2pq9vomq-gg0aB_d7Fhuquo_PQtI/s300/6F191520-78B5-48B8-9E87-18C856FF11B7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="209" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYiZ9_G3RRU6uhVS-4FQ_FMhCUaPRufYTg6H4HtYJEJgoVsUj9wvXItaSWJjN8-E71NJRmcnzLTFq4i9vbav4kO0PTcyuxk5xWXWwm6TkiElL5kJUk2pq9vomq-gg0aB_d7Fhuquo_PQtI/s0/6F191520-78B5-48B8-9E87-18C856FF11B7.jpeg" width="209" /></a></div><p><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-size: 15px;">Caryl McAdoo, praying her story gives God glory, loves writing for Christian genres--historical and contemporary romance, Biblical fiction, and mid-grade/young adults. After ten years being published and nine titles, in March 2014, Simon and Schuster debuted Caryl's VOW UNBROKEN, her first historical Christian romance set in 1832 Texas. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">In the fall of that year, the prolific author followed with two more titles independently, HEARTS STOLEN, book one of her Texas Romance Family Saga series (TxRFSs) set in 1839-1844, an Amazon #1 Best-seller, and A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS, volume one of her first Biblical fiction series, The Generations (TGenBFs)--also an Amazon #1 Best-seller. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">In an exciting 2015--with God's help--she released eleven new releases! Three for her historical Texas Romance Family Saga, three for The Generations Biblical fiction series, three for the contemporary Red River Romances Romance series (RRRs), a non-fiction book on writing, and book one of a new mid-grade series Days of Dread Trilogy. This amazing accomplishment went as follows:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">HOPE REBORN (1850-1851) - January - book two of TxRFSs--a #1 Amazon Best-seller </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">THE PREACHER'S FAITH - February - the first contemporary RRRs launched </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">THEN THE DELUGE COMES March - volume 2 of TGenBFs </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">SING A NEW SONG April - book two RRRs launched</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">SINS OF THE MOTHERS (1851-1853) May - book three of her TxRFSs debuted</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">STORY & STYLE, The Craft of Writing Creative Fiction - June - a handbook for writers </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">ONE AND DONE - July - the third RRRs, for Baseball lovers and those who are not</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">REPLENISH THE EARTH - August - volume three TGenBFs</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">DAUGHTERS OF THE HEART (1854) September - book four of the TxRFSs</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">THE KING'S HIGHWAY - October - book one of the Days of Dread Trilogy for mid-grade/YA.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">CHILDREN OF EDEN - November - volume four of TGenBFs</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">She's completed the Texas Romance Family Saga series with: </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">JUST KIN (1861-1865), book five</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">AT LIBERTY TO LOVE (1865-1866), book six</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">COVERING LOVE (1885-886), book seven</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">MIGHTY TO SAVE (1914-1924), book eight</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">CHIEF OF SINNERS (1926-1950) book nine</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Loving the characters too much to leave them, she started a series of "Companion Books" using the ancestors and descendants of these beloved families. There are six "Companion Books now: </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">THE BEDWARMER'S SON with two parallel stories in 1859 and 1926)</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">SON OF PROMISE (1951) and </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">BIPARTISAN Love (1968)--these two titles have the same hero Cody, a twelve-year-old in the first and grown in the next</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">JOHN DAVID'S CALLING (1968-1970) book one in The Revivalist Trilogy has and </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">HANNAH CLAIRE'S WILDERNESS (1971-1972) book two of The Revivalist Trilogy</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">JEWEL'S GOLD (1895) of teh "Gold Diggers Collection"</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The prolific author has joined several multi-author collections, organizing a few herself, with more historical romance stories. Her first was "Lockets and Lace" with:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">SILENT HARMONY (1867) in 2018</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">UNIQUELY COMMON (1850-1851) in 2019, and </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">BITTER HONEY in 2020. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">The "Thanksgiving Books & Blessings Collection" also began a new Family Saga, the "Cross Timbers Romance" series:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">GONE TO TEXAS (1840), book one </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">TEXAS MY TEXAS (1841), book two</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">TEXAS TEARS (1845), book three also part of 2019 "Thanksgiving Books & Blessings Collection</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">LEAVING TEXAS (1850), book four </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Other Collections were "Prairie Roses" with her REMI (1851) and "Gold Diggers" with Jewel's Gold (1985) </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Her stories are well received, garnering well over fifty percent 5-Star ratings across the board in all her genres and twenty to forty percent 4-Star, so seventy to ninety percent 4 & 5-Stars! Reviews indicate her stories are well crafted with characters readers love! </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 1.3rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Caryl's heart to serve is apparent as she helps new authors realize their dreams. Besides teaching writing creative fiction, she also works to show them how to format their novels and the importance of good edits from fresh eyes. As she was mentored at the DFW Writers' Workshop fifteen years (1993-2008), she hopes to pay God's blessings forwarding mentoring others.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(15, 17, 17); color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: -0.4rem 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">For every good thing in her life--including four children and eighteen grandsugars--she gives God the glory. 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line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> This is the last book the True Colors series. You think you know someone and believe you love them then regardless of what others may say doesn’t matter. But when incidents happen that link you betrothed to the crimes, well then the saying “the truth is painful” be comes more than just a saying but becomes life. Emma refuses to believe that her intended is anyone other than a respected businessman who travels. But then the puzzle pieces begin to connect and she doesn’t like what she sees! Do I have your attention? Good! Read the book!</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Blessings,</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Karen</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">Rating:5*</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">I received this book as a gift and all opinions are my own. </p><p style="border: 0px; 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outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">About the Book</span></h1><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Book: </strong>The Scarlet Pen</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Author: </strong>Jennifer Uhlarik</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Genre: </b>Christian Historical Suspense</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Release date:</strong> July 2021</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img class="alignright wp-image-16691 size-medium" height="300" scale="3" src-orig="https://i1.wp.com/www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/9781643529295-197x300.jpg?resize=197%2C300" src="https://i1.wp.com/www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/9781643529295-197x300.jpg?zoom=3&resize=197%2C300" srcset="https://i1.wp.com/www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/9781643529295-197x300.jpg?zoom=3&resize=197%2C300" style="display: inline; float: right; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: 30px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: top;" width="197" /></p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Engaged to a Monster</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Book 12 in the True Colors series—Fiction Based on Strange-But True History</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Enjoy a tale of true but forgotten history of a 19th century serial killer whose silver-tongued ways almost trap a young woman into a nightmarish marriage.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In 1876, Emma Draycott is charmed into a quick engagement with childhood friend Stephen Dee Richards after reconnecting with him at a church event in Mount Pleasant, Ohio. But within the week, Stephen leaves to “make his fame and fortune.” The heartbroken Emma gives him a special pen to write to her, and he does with tales of grand adventures. Secret Service agent Clay Timmons arrives in Mount Pleasant to track purchases made with fake currency. Every trail leads back to Stephen—and therefore, Emma. Can he convince the naive woman she is engaged to a charlatan who is being linked a string of deaths in Nebraska?</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><pre style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(234, 234, 234); font-family: "Courier 10 Pitch", Courier, monospace; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.4; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: auto; padding: 20px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click <a class="" href="https://amzn.to/3gAjp8d" style="border: 0px; color: #289dcc; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><h1 style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 42px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">About the Author</span></h1><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img class="alignright wp-image-16692 size-medium" height="300" scale="3" src-orig="https://i2.wp.com/www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/JenniferUhlarik-200x300.jpg?resize=200%2C300" src="https://i2.wp.com/www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/JenniferUhlarik-200x300.jpg?zoom=3&resize=200%2C300" srcset="https://i2.wp.com/www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/JenniferUhlarik-200x300.jpg?zoom=3&resize=200%2C300" style="display: inline; float: right; height: auto; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: 30px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: top;" width="200" /></p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jennifer Uhlarik discovered the western genre as a preteen, when she swiped the only “horse” book she found on her older brother’s bookshelf. A new love was born. Across the next ten years, she devoured Louis L’Amour westerns and fell in love with the genre. In college at the University of Tampa, she began penning her own story of the Old West. Armed with a BA in writing, she has won five writing competitions and was a finalist in two others. In addition to writing, she has held jobs as a private business owner, a schoolteacher, a marketing director, and her favorite—a full-time homemaker. Jennifer is active in American Christian Fiction Writers and is a lifetime member of the Florida Writers Association. She lives near Tampa, Florida, with her husband, teenage son, and four fur children.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><h1 style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 42px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 18px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">More from Jennifer</span></h1><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hello, Readers! For all who might never have read one of my stories or come across me, it’s great to meet you! I’m a wife, a mom, a (young!) grandma, and an author—among many other things. My author tagline is “Where Grit Meets Grace.” If you’re familiar with my writing at all, you’ll know that most of my stories at least touch on a bit of the difficult side of life. Death, abandonment, war, addiction, or who knows what else you might find. <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Scarlet Pen</span> is no different.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Given that this novel is the final installment in Barbour’s <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">True Colors</span> series, the story revolves around a true crime from history—in this case, the murders of serial killer Stephen Dee Richards—AKA the Nebraska Fiend. Anytime you’re dealing with someone so depraved as he, you’ll find plenty of “grit” to write about. But that’s only half of my tagline. Remember, it’s “Where Grit <span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: italic; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Meets Grace.</span>”</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">While I love a story that delves into difficult topics and, in some cases, pushes the characters right to the edge of what they can handle, I also love a truly redemptive story. When I was asked to write for this series, the ideas that drew me the most were the ones that had something redeeming in the actual history. There were plenty of interesting historical killers I could’ve chosen where I could have manufactured a positive, even happy ending through the fictional characters in the book. In the case of Stephen Dee Richards, there was no manufacturing needed. The “grace” part was already written. The end of Stephen’s story is precisely why I chose to write about him. I hope you’ll find it as though-provoking and compelling as I did. Happy reading!</p><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </p><h1 style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 42px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 18px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="border: 0px; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div align="center" style="border: 0px; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKm-3XA4WkwWCZ6KCucz8mZOgx3hmYbvIMgyXl2qx-1EyJpD11rAQNxXRmC2vDnU0xkD89ELdvER8pYiUG4cwG0IYngVa_vDVsZwpIwh2U01lACbuKAqJOirpmOHjzBqCC5_nvN5Dx5l3E/s558/6F490059-A954-44EB-9B91-E6D2AFC22BE3.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="558" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKm-3XA4WkwWCZ6KCucz8mZOgx3hmYbvIMgyXl2qx-1EyJpD11rAQNxXRmC2vDnU0xkD89ELdvER8pYiUG4cwG0IYngVa_vDVsZwpIwh2U01lACbuKAqJOirpmOHjzBqCC5_nvN5Dx5l3E/w488-h179/6F490059-A954-44EB-9B91-E6D2AFC22BE3.png" width="488" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">About the Book</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Book: </span>Pint of No Return</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Author: </span>Dana Mentink</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: </span>Cozy Mystery</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Release date:</span> May 25, 2021</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;"><img class="alignright wp-image-16159 size-medium" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 203px) 85vw, 203px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Pint-cover-203x300.jpg" srcset="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Pint-cover-203x300.jpg 203w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Pint-cover.jpg 217w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="203" /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">The first in new dessert cozy mystery series! A murder in town is bound to shake things up…</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">After her divorce from her thrice-married embezzler husband, Trinidad Jones is finally ready for a fresh start. So when she’s left one of ex’s businesses in Upper Sprocket, Oregon, she decides to pack up her dog, cash in her settlement, and open her dream business: the Shimmy and Shake Shop, introducing the world to her monster milkshakes. And even with a couple sticky situations underway, namely that the other two ex-wives also call Sprocket home, Trinidad’s life seems to be churning along smoothly.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">That is, until she discovers her neighbor, the Popcorn King, head down in his giant popcorn kettle. When one of Trinidad’s fellow ex-wives is accused of the murder and Upper Sprocket descends into mayhem, it’s going to take a supersized scoop of courage to flush out the killer.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><pre style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/3emCGdp" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">About the Author</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><img class="alignright wp-image-16160 size-medium" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 222px) 85vw, 222px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/unnamed-222x300.jpg" srcset="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/unnamed-222x300.jpg 222w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/unnamed.jpg 237w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="222" /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Dana Mentink is a two time American Christian Fiction Writers Carol Award winner, a Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award and a Holt Medallion winner. She is the Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of over forty titles in the suspense and lighthearted romance genres. She is pleased to write for Harlequin’s Love Inspired Suspense, Harvest House, and Poisoned Pen Press. Besides writing, she busies herself teaching third grade. Mostly, she loves to be home with Papa Bear, teen bear cubs affectionately nicknamed Yogi and Boo Boo, Junie, the nutty terrier, and a chubby box turtle. You can connect with Dana via her website at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://danamentink.com&source=gmail&ust=1613708611866000&usg=AFQjCNHgFBVtzeyd_wPPIpXMW6lH1qhuDQ" href="http://danamentink.com/" rel="noopener" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="http://danamentink.com">danamentink.com</a>, on Facebook, YouTube (Author Dana Mentink) and Instagram (dana_mentink.)</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">More from Dana</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Freakshakes. The name says it all, right? Allow me to explain. A freakshake is a milkshake festooned with so many extras (sprinkles, cookies, candy, donuts, cake, slabs of pie) that it is hardly liftable. It is the stuff my sugar fantasy dreams are made of! Now picture a freakshake shop called the Shimmy and Shake in the quaint and quirky town of Upper Sprocket in Eastern Oregon. Known as the “Swiss Alps” of Oregon, this fictional place is the new home to a woman named Trinidad Jones, a lady starting out on the second phase of her life after her husband’s betrayal. Sprinkle in a dose of Papa Luis, her darling Cuban grandfather (inspired by my own Cuban grandfather) who drives a classic Buick, and a devoted service dog flunk out named Noodles. You know what’s missing? A murder, of course! That happens shortly after Trinidad opens her new shop, and from there on out it’s a sticky, spine tingling, sweet and satisfying and slightly funny adventure in mystery land. I had an absolute blast writing the first installment in this series, and I’m knee deep in the second as I write this. Thank you for coming along on the adventure and I hope it’s as satisfying as a monster milkshake!</p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">Blog Stops</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bookwomanjoan.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Book Reviews From an Avid Reader"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Book Reviews From an Avid Reader</span></a>, June 25</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; 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box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shelivestoread.com/category/book-reviews/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"She Lives To Read "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">She Lives To Read</span></a>, July 7</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.musingsofasassybookishmama.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":4224,"10":2,"15":"Arial"}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Musings of a Sassy Bookish Mama"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Musings of a Sassy Bookish Mama</span></a>, July 7</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://karenhadley.blogspot.com/?m=1" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"KarenSueHadley "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">KarenSueHadley</span></a>, July 8</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">My Thoughts:</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! This little ditty may show my age, lol. In this scrumptious book by Dana Mentink you’ll find your taste buds watering for some of the ice cream concoctions that Trinidad puts together for her ice cream shop opening. Unfortunately, she hits some small and large bumps along the way. Murder, mayhem, someone’s guilty but who might that be in a small tourist town. Great characters, suspense, friendships, and secrets fill this delightful book. READ THE BOOK!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Blessings, Karen</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Rating: 5*</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">I received this book as a gift and all opinions are my own!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://truthandgracehomeschoolacademy.wordpress.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy</span></a>, July 8</p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img height="244" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/01892d02-4b59-4f3d-93fa-352359246833" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="244" /></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Dana is giving away the grand prize of a a signed copy of Pint of No Return, an ice cream bowl and spoon set, and a $30 Amazon gift card!!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/10e05/pint-of-no-return-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/10e05/pint-of-no-return-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-39314190018931606432021-07-07T01:00:00.002-05:002021-07-07T01:00:00.223-05:00Bridge of Gold<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLekoO21J9QQ0YLxVKInZs1KGNBM85Ktr-7DMWwBNKfPRRmU5z6WXgfbu8GMZnLCdwo8IBA4pPuqLsVs611hcWTn6yp0DdF2Dx-dVlMbULHErti8T4LuaoEEJyPOwrmKOxi2nJqHCMEUCy/s318/AD10E358-1150-45FD-88B1-8252B9D0AE19.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="117" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLekoO21J9QQ0YLxVKInZs1KGNBM85Ktr-7DMWwBNKfPRRmU5z6WXgfbu8GMZnLCdwo8IBA4pPuqLsVs611hcWTn6yp0DdF2Dx-dVlMbULHErti8T4LuaoEEJyPOwrmKOxi2nJqHCMEUCy/s0/AD10E358-1150-45FD-88B1-8252B9D0AE19.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">About the Book</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Book: </span>Bridge of Gold</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Author: </span>Kimberley Woodhouse</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: </span>Christian Historical</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Release date:</span> June 2021</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;"><img class="alignright wp-image-16341 size-medium" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 197px) 85vw, 197px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/9781643529578-197x300.jpg" srcset="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/9781643529578-197x300.jpg 197w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/9781643529578-768x1170.jpg 768w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/9781643529578-672x1024.jpg 672w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/9781643529578-1200x1828.jpg 1200w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="197" /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Repairs on the Golden Gate Bridge Uncover a Century-Old Murder</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Walk through Doors to the Past via a new series of historical stories of romance and adventure.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Underwater archaeologist Kayla Richardson is called to the Golden Gate Bridge where repairs to one of the towers uncovers two human remains from the late 1800s and the 1930s. The head of the bridge restoration is Steven Michaels, who dives with Kayla, and a friendship develops between them. But as the investigation heats up and gold is found that dates back to the gold rush, more complications come into play that threaten them both. Could clues leading to a Gold Rush era mystery that was first discovered during the building of the bridge still ignite an obsession worth killing for?</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><pre style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/3b5jK0E" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">About the Author</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><img class="alignright wp-image-16342 size-medium" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 216px) 85vw, 216px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Kimberley-Woodhouse-216x300.jpg" srcset="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Kimberley-Woodhouse-216x300.jpg 216w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Kimberley-Woodhouse-768x1065.jpg 768w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Kimberley-Woodhouse-738x1024.jpg 738w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Kimberley-Woodhouse.jpg 1143w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="216" /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Kimberley Woodhouse</span> is an award-winning and bestselling author of more than twenty fiction and nonfiction books. A popular speaker and teacher, she’s shared her theme of “Joy Through Trials” with more than half a million people across the country at more than 2,000 events. Kim and her incredible husband of twenty-five-plus years have two adult children. She’s passionate about music and Bible study and loves the gift of story.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />You can connect with Kimberley at: www.kimberleywoodhouse.com and www.facebook.com/KimberleyWoodhouseAuthor</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">More from Kimberley</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">BRIDGE OF GOLD was a blast for me to write. Not only do I love writing dual-timeline stories, but the present-day hero and heroine are named after my daughter and her husband. Steven and Kayla in the book are fictitious, but there are a few things in the book that do mimic their real-life namesakes.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">One of them is food.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">My son-in-law Steven in real life is six-foot-four and active military. The man can eat. It’s amazing to me how many calories it takes just for him to survive! Then there’s my daughter, Kayla. She was an elite swimmer for many years along with her brother. I could never keep them fed when they were at the height of their swimming careers. In fact, I joked that all I did was cook and load the dishwasher during those years.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">To celebrate the release of BRIDGE OF GOLD, I’m going to give out a recipe that I created almost thirty years ago. It went through many revisions the first few months as I perfected it and now you get a special treat because I do <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">not</span>give this recipe out. In fact, one of my dearest friends begged for it when our kids were little. I gave in but made her promise to close her eyes while she made it (LOL) and to never, ever give it to anyone else.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Enjoy! And thanks for joining us on the tour for BRIDGE OF GOLD. I hope you love it.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><u style="box-sizing: inherit;">Kim’s Chocolate Chunk Cookies – recipe by Kimberley Woodhouse</u></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">2 cups King Arthur all-purpose flour</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">½ tsp. baking soda</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">½ tsp. kosher salt</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">¾ cup melted/browned butter (this is important! Don’t skip this step)</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">2 Tb. Hot chocolate mix</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">½ cup white sugar</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">1 – 12 ounce package mega morsels (I use Ghirardelli milk chocolate chips)</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Directions: combine the first three dry ingredients and mix well. In a small saucepan on the stove, melt and brown the butter. Medium heat is recommended but you’ve got to watch it so it doesn’t burn. You want a beautiful caramel color. Set aside and allow to cool to around 100 degrees F before continuing. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Once the browned butter is cool, add the hot chocolate mix to it. Transfer to a stand mixer and blend the butter mixture with the sugar. Whip it until well combined and frothy about 2 mins. Gradually add eggs and flour mixture, beating on low just until blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Using a cookie scoop, drop heaping TB scoops 2 inches apart on parchment paper lined cookie sheets. Bake at 325 degrees for 12-14 minutes, watching carefully. Allow to cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes and then transfer to cooling racks. 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box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://karenhadley.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"KarenSueHadley "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">KarenSueHadley</span></a>, July 7</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">My Thoughts:</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">A superbly written book of mystery surrounding missing gold from a earlier point of view to a modern point of view. Kept me on the edge of my seat and turning the page! Full of mystery, suspense, great characters and romance. You’ll love it!! READ THE BOOK!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Blessings, Karen </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Rating: 5*</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">I received this book as a gift and all opinions are my own! </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://splashesofjoy.wordpress.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Splashes of Joy "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Splashes of Joy</span></a>, July 7</p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img class="" height="179" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/3f9ef389-a0a3-4448-9a71-bf1fe2e88464" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="214" /></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Kimberley is giving away the grand prize package of a $25 Amazon gift card and copy of the book!!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/10e03/bridge-of-gold-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/10e03/bridge-of-gold-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p>Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-72440148112647503322021-06-24T01:00:00.040-05:002021-06-24T01:00:00.227-05:00The Songstress by Lori Bates Wright<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLCyCIQZJrT3Kcll7bGv6smDzvN2hQrLlkW9ZkvhIV-z70mLW9qpYb19JY_yKMiDvERTk5bc0r-PSY9hYF_X1q2KnDoC4QJSVJRJLd6nbMn4LYs51H_mrrUgXjlq2EGbIFAwof4rtDsfWO/s558/F37A16EC-006E-41F3-BC33-F6E5C606831D.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="558" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLCyCIQZJrT3Kcll7bGv6smDzvN2hQrLlkW9ZkvhIV-z70mLW9qpYb19JY_yKMiDvERTk5bc0r-PSY9hYF_X1q2KnDoC4QJSVJRJLd6nbMn4LYs51H_mrrUgXjlq2EGbIFAwof4rtDsfWO/w523-h193/F37A16EC-006E-41F3-BC33-F6E5C606831D.png" width="523" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">About the Book</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Book: </span>The Songstress</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Author: </span>Lori Bates Wright</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: </span>Christian Historical Romance</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Release date:</span> April 16, 2021</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><img alt="songstress" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-16366" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 197px) 85vw, 197px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/songstress-197x300.jpeg" srcset="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/songstress-197x300.jpeg 197w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/songstress.jpeg 210w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="197" />Rising opera star, Juliana Chamberlain, still has nightmares of the night she witnessed the assassination of the President of the United States from her spot on stage at Ford Theater. Recruited by The Pinkerton Detective Agency, Juliana was instrumental in bringing those responsible to justice.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Now, two years later, the Pinkertons ask her once again to join forces in exposing a corrupt political organization terrorizing her home in Texas.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Texas Ranger, Cade Matlock, has a job to do. He needs no help from a meddlesome diva with big ideas. However, he is a man of his word. He’s committed to partner with the lovely songstress to smoke out the mastermind of a dangerous clan who has proven he will stop at nothing to satisfy his thirst for vengeance.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Cade and Juliana soon discover their greatest strength is in working together until shadows of the past threaten to destroy their future.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><pre style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/2QoIl9x" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">About the Author</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><img alt="lori" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-16367" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 213px) 85vw, 213px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/lori-213x300.jpeg" srcset="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/lori-213x300.jpeg 213w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/lori.jpeg 227w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="213" />Lori Bates Wright is an award winning author with a love for history.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Raised in New Mexico, Lori now lives in Texas with her husband of 38 years. She has two grown kids and four adorable grand boys (who leap tall buildings in a single bound!) When she’s not writing, she’s heading up small group ministries with her husband. She enjoys speaking and interacting with women of all ages.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">More from Lori</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Growing up, my family loved to laugh.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Some of my favorite childhood memories are centered around my grandmother’s dining room table listening in while my parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles told amazing stories. Sometimes I laughed until I’d lose my breath. Sometimes I sat quietly, taking in the bravery and perseverance shown by those who’d gone before me.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">History has been a passion ever since. Couple that with an insatiable love for story and there you have the heart of what inspires me to write.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">So, when it came time to brain-storm for this brand new series, I decided to take a known historical event and think about it from every angle. Beyond the recognized players, to the “what if” characters that might have played a role. And, ultimately, how such an event would have changed the course of their lives.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Thus, a star was born.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">In THE SONGSTRESS, Juliana Chamberlain witnessed the assassination from her place on the stage. Because I love a little mystery and intrigue, I decided that the leading detective agency of the day would have enlisted her help in identifying the accomplices. Allen Pinkerton had been known to hire a lady detective or two, so she would be trained by the best. Her investigative skills proved helpful in bringing a quick resolution to the case.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Fast forward four years and she’s still haunted by what she saw that night. When Pinkerton again approaches her about a case involving her family in Texas, she accepts.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Being from Texas, I was so happy she did. I’ve wanted to write a story based in the Lone Star State for quite awhile. I loved visiting Georgia and the shores of England in my last series, but I have to say it was good to bring this one home. With all the rugged charm of the post-Civil War era, this book has a little more local flavor than my last three. Al-in-all, I believe my readers are in for a treat. A new cast of fun, quirky characters as we revisit a significant time in our nation.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">So, here’s to new beginnings! 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box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Bebas Neue; font-size: medium;"><b>My Thoughts: </b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Bebas Neue; font-size: medium;"><b> Wow! What a book that is crammed full of many aspects that eventually weave together an amazing story! I really enjoyed this book! The characters are great! Cade and Juliana will entertain you from the beginning! Can a Texas Ranger and a singer find out what happened to her uncle? Who is the mysterious woman that pops in? You don’t want to miss this story! </b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Bebas Neue; font-size: medium;"><b>Read the book!</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Bebas Neue; font-size: medium;"><b>Blessings,</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Bebas Neue; font-size: medium;"><b>Karen</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Bebas Neue; font-size: medium;"><b>Rating: 5*</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Bebas Neue; font-size: medium;"><b>I received a complimentary copy and all opinions are my own!</b></span></p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img height="207" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/a81453af-eeb4-4b14-b2e6-659d861cf6b9" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="247" /></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Lori is giving away the grand prize package of a Texas Gift basket including a signed copy of THE SONGSTRESS and a $25 Amazon Gift Card!!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/10d53/the-songstress-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/10d53/the-songstress-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-19819488186120523682021-06-11T01:00:00.153-05:002021-06-11T01:00:00.343-05:00The Captains Quest by Lorri Dudley<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_cFzPyMzYq_UtENfMPerzPM7x89gUxixqV8hOCqu8L-QKBpw9SIGSeEb54iPLz7LNJY3XVobPfLsgsVmeDMvCn_mN9UWe0IGC7hdHd8E-IQ3QZTFUzx3qpBv0P00FKFInqNfbeYwTBSD/s558/B46C9A81-BF8E-4346-BF29-B785E58ACAAF.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="558" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_cFzPyMzYq_UtENfMPerzPM7x89gUxixqV8hOCqu8L-QKBpw9SIGSeEb54iPLz7LNJY3XVobPfLsgsVmeDMvCn_mN9UWe0IGC7hdHd8E-IQ3QZTFUzx3qpBv0P00FKFInqNfbeYwTBSD/w504-h186/B46C9A81-BF8E-4346-BF29-B785E58ACAAF.png" width="504" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">About the Book</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Book: </span> The Captain’s Quest</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Author: </span>Lorri Dudley</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: </span>Christian Historical Romance</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Release date:</span> June 22, 2021</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><img alt="The Captain's Quest (1)" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-16018" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-Captains-Quest-1-200x300.jpg" srcset="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-Captains-Quest-1-200x300.jpg 200w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-Captains-Quest-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-Captains-Quest-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-Captains-Quest-1-1200x1800.jpg 1200w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="200" />Innocent mistakes can have dire consequences. </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Pricilla Middleton only attended the Lemoore house party to keep her friend out of trouble. Now, her only chance to keep from becoming a gossip column headline is to sneak aboard her brother’s ship and pretend she’d been visiting him instead of taking part in the debacle. Before she can speak to her brother, the ship sets sail, and the man in charge is not at all who she expects.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Captain Tobias Prescott, son of an infamous war hero, has been assigned on a critical mission to deploy warships in St. Kitts for battle in New Orleans. Unfortunately, his orders require him to assume command of a friend’s ship, and he must weigh anchor the instant the former captain is escorted down the gangplank. When they reach open waters, the last thing he expects is to find a woman hiding in the captain’s cabin, yet his mission is too urgent to return her to England.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">The Middleton name has always brought Tobias trouble, and Pricilla is no exception. As the waters clear and the temperature warms, the danger escalates too. Yet Tobias discovers the intuitive and strong woman who struggles to hide her anxiety is nothing like her disloyal brother. He may lose the opportunity to help his country, but perhaps he can still save the woman who’s rescued his heart.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><pre style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/3mDy3xV" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">About the Author</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><img alt="LorriDudleyProfilePic" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-16017" height="294" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LorriDudleyProfilePic-300x294.jpg" srcset="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LorriDudleyProfilePic-300x294.jpg 300w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LorriDudleyProfilePic-768x752.jpg 768w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/LorriDudleyProfilePic.jpg 967w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" />Lorri Dudley</span> has been a finalist in numerous writing contests and has a master’s degree in Psychology. She lives in Ashland, Massachusetts with her husband and three teenage sons, where writing romance allows her an escape from her testosterone filled household. Find her online at <a href="http://www.lorridudley.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">www.lorridudley.com</a>.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">More from Lorri</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Priscilla Middleton’s character begged for her story to be told. <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">The Captain’s Quest </span>is the fourth book in the Leeward Island series. While it can read as a stand-alone, the heroine, Priscilla, had a brief guest appearance at the beginning of book two, <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">The Merchant’s Yield</span>, as Lottie’s closest friend. With Lottie now living on the isle of St. Kitts, that left Priscilla to navigate the London season all on her own. I imagined what mischief a young woman would find whose parents allowed her too much freedom, especially with her friend, the voice of reason, across the Atlantic.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">When my close friend moved to Michigan, the loss of her physical presence left me feeling disoriented, lost, and out of place, even in familiar surroundings. There was loneliness, a desperate need to replace what was missing, and fears about being forgotten. In Lottie’s absence, Priscilla clings to an unhealthy friendship, landing herself in a precarious situation, with no other option but to hide aboard her brother’s ship to save her reputation and that of her family.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">The biggest issue with running from problems is that we can’t run from ourselves. Priscilla avoids one catastrophe only to walk right into another as Captain Tobias Prescott takes command of the ship. She blames the brooding captain for her predicament only to realize she’s battling the wrong enemy. The more Priscilla tries to hide from the problems she must face within herself, the further she drifts from everyone she knows and the chance to be fully loved.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Although Priscilla’s story was drafted pre-pandemic, her struggles are similar to those that surfaced during the lockdowns. Anxiety, loneliness, isolation, fear, and feelings of being disregarded mounted as the pandemic spread. Vacations, Thanksgivings, and Christmases were canceled. Families couldn’t visit or see each other—the feeling of being forgotten sliced open raw wounds.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Cory Ashbury’s song <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Reckless Love</span> was popular as I plotted <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">The Captain’s Quest</span>, and the lyrics from the book of Matthew of how God will leave the ninety-nine to chase after the one lost sheep developed Priscilla’s story. Through its comical mishaps, dramatic twists, and struggles to prevail, <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">The Captain’s Quest</span> is a reminder of the heights, depths, and lengths that our great God will go to show His passionate love for us.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">To learn more, checkout my website at <a href="https://lorridudley.com/mc4wp-form-preview/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">LorriDudley.com</a>, or watch <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">The Captain’s Quest</span> book trailer by clicking here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy2M595BjlE&t=1s" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">The Captain’s Quest trailer</a>.</p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; 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box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://karenhadley.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"KarenSueHadley "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">KarenSueHadley</span></a>, June 11</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;">My Thoughts: </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;">An interesting story that is filled with so many surprises. Priscilla changes forth to keep her friend out of trouble and finds herself a box of her own woes. Tobias can't believe there are females on his ship. It's wartime and he has an assignment he needs to focus on see it carried out. Women is the he last thing he needs to deal with. A raging storm, both are swept overboard. Will they survive? Will they die? Will the ship turn about to save them? On dear, life should never be this difficult. Priscilla learns she has a lot to learn. A sweet yet mysterious story with some surprises I never saw coming!!!!READ THE BOOK!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;">Blessings,</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;">Karen</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;">Rating: 5*</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;">I received a complimentary copy and all opinions are my own.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; 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box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img height="167" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/e5f4939d-cd96-45de-b748-8fb15bc1a0af" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="167" /></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Lorri is giving away the grand prize of a $50 Amazon Gift Card!!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/10cce/the-captain-s-quest-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/10cce/the-captain-s-quest-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p>Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-23340338730145765122021-06-10T01:00:00.134-05:002021-06-10T01:00:00.214-05:00Ruth by Caryl McAdoo<h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><br /></h1><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/10d50/ruth-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6lSB-p4Ud3MgFJ34pwCI-HRjaG8z7MzbPLaRKygHWqwZRFkXPjsRkAlY80OgmBsqKU9TVmd8XG_mEPvWGVjgxdMNdZ4hcW4b5qvcs5YBL5chM-ZvTq88MyivHt37cD5dTyenH17ZTNx4/s558/839A0C88-5204-4895-9CC1-D37E8DA4756A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="558" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6lSB-p4Ud3MgFJ34pwCI-HRjaG8z7MzbPLaRKygHWqwZRFkXPjsRkAlY80OgmBsqKU9TVmd8XG_mEPvWGVjgxdMNdZ4hcW4b5qvcs5YBL5chM-ZvTq88MyivHt37cD5dTyenH17ZTNx4/w599-h227/839A0C88-5204-4895-9CC1-D37E8DA4756A.png" width="599" /></a></div></span></h1><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="font-size: 1.75rem; text-decoration: underline;">About the Book</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Book: </span>Ruth</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Author: </span>Caryl McAdoo</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: </span>Christian Historical Romance</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Release date:</span> May 3, 2021</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;"><img class="alignright wp-image-16148 size-medium" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 197px) 85vw, 197px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ruth-Ebook-Cover-Small-197x300.jpg" srcset="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ruth-Ebook-Cover-Small-197x300.jpg 197w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ruth-Ebook-Cover-Small.jpg 414w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="197" /></span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">The Lord works in mysterious ways.<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span></span>Fleeing heartache, shame, and betrayal, Ruth finds all her plans are thwarted until the untimely death of a goat that gives her hope! Hired as a wet-nurse for Logan’s orphaned son, she rejects his marriage-of-convenience proposal, hoping to find true love at the trail’s end. Going West (in what was later called the Great Migration of 1842) satisfies the widower’s wanderlust, and even though she turns him down, he determines to prove his love is true. Come along on this infamous journey of love and adventure.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><pre style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/3ejqUz2" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">About the Author</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><img class="alignright wp-image-16150 size-medium" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 180px) 85vw, 180px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2019-headshot-No-glasses-1-180x300.jpg" srcset="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2019-headshot-No-glasses-1-180x300.jpg 180w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2019-headshot-No-glasses-1-768x1283.jpg 768w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2019-headshot-No-glasses-1-613x1024.jpg 613w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2019-headshot-No-glasses-1-1200x2004.jpg 1200w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="180" /></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Award-winning author Caryl McAdoo prays her story brings God glory, and her best-selling stories—fifty-nine published—delight Christian readers around the world. The prolific writer also enjoys singing the new songs the Lord gives her; you may listen at YouTube. Sharing four children and twenty-one grandsugars (three greats), Caryl and Ron (her high-school-sweetheart-husband of over fifty years) live in the woods south of Clarksville, seat of Red River County in far Northeast Texas. The McAdoos wait expectantly for God to open the next door.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">More from Caryl</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">I’ve loved the premise of RUTH for seven years now, that’s when the beginning of this story was first written, way before its time! Its title was <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Evelyn’s Redemption</span> back then, but I’ve since had a favorite character named Evelyn in COVERING LOVE and MIGHTY TO SAVE (books eight and nine in the Texas Romance Family Saga series), so my heroine needed a new name.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Ruth was my maternal grandmother’s name and Mama’s middle name (Naomi Ruth), and though Ron doesn’t like me to name characters after family members, he let me have my way . . . as my heroes usually let my heroines. 😊 So, she became Ruth.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">I pulled up the ten thousand words already written back in 2014, caught up-to-date to refresh the story in my mind, then took off writing! In a month and a day, I finished this story that I just love! Never knowing where it’s going—or exactly how it will end when I start—I so enjoy the tale as I write it just as you do when you read it! God gives me the most awesome stories I’m so thankful for!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">My hero’s thirteen-year-old daughter Hannah is one of my favorites in this story. Her great character created such an example of taking up an offense that is hard to put down. I think we’ve all been there, and to me, it’s especially hard to forgive and get over it when the offense is taken up on behalf of someone we love. The loved one like gets extra grace to forgive, but not so for the offended-on-their-behalf!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">I love that God helps me weave scriptural lessons into my stories, lessons that I’ve learned in walking with Him for more than sixty years—and I’ve learned a lot! Besides praying my stories give Him glory, I also pray they help those who read them draw closer to Him—or learn ways to live more purely for Him.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">We serve a mighty God indeed, and it’s my honor to help advance His Kingdom here on earth through writing these stories! Also, I enjoy singing the new songs He gives me! Check out ‘Caryl McAdoo’ on YouTube! I have a few songs up there and need to video more.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">So, have a blessed day, y’all, and may God’s joy and peace encompass you everywhere you go!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Blessings!</p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">Blog Stops</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://debbieloseanything.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":4224,"10":2,"15":"Arial"}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Debbie's Dusty Deliberations"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations</span></a>, June 9</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lorettamz.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Just Writing"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Just Writing</span></a>, June 9</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://karenhadley.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"KarenSueHadley "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">KarenSueHadley</span></a>, June 10 </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;">My Thoughts:</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"> Caryl McAdoo’s book “Ruth” is full of hardships as Ruth finds herself in a wagon train being a wet nurse. Why? You must read the book to find out! Logan is thankful to have her take care of his son and his daughter takes a liking to her hoping she's found a new ma. Things don't go a<span style="text-align: center;">ccording as planned and mishaps begin to happen. Will Ruth open her heart to trust another man? Great characters! Loved Ruth, in spite of her circumstances she made the most of it. A story of trials, secrets, helping your neighbors, and it will bless you as God guides Logan and Ruth in the path he provides for them. Want to know the whole story READ THE BOOK!</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Blessings, </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Karen </span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Rating:5*</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">I received a complimentary copy of this book and all opinions are my own.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://lakesidelivingsite.wordpress.com/">lakesidelivingsite</a><span style="text-align: center;">, June 10</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://deana0326.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":4224,"10":2,"15":"Arial"}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Texas Book-aholic"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Texas Book-aholic</span></a>, June 11</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://amandanicolle.blogspot.com/?m=1" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":4224,"10":2,"15":"Arial"}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Inklings and notions"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Inklings and notions</span></a>, June 12</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":4224,"10":2,"15":"Arial"}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"For Him and My Family"}" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://www.forhimandmyfamily.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">For Him and My Family</a></span>, June 13</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://vickysluitercom.wordpress.com/book-tours/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Vicky Sluiter"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Vicky Sluiter</span></a>, June 13</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://debs-bookreview.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; 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box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.girlsinwhitedresses.wordpress.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Girls in White Dresses"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Girls in White Dresses</span></a>, June 21</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://pausefortales.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Pause for Tales"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Pause for Tales</span></a>, June 21</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://familymgrkendra.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Happily Managing a Household of Boys"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Happily Managing a Household of Boys</span></a>, June 22</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catsinthecradle.blog/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Cats in the Cradle Blog "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Cats in the Cradle Blog</span></a>, June 22</p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img height="177" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/e5f4939d-cd96-45de-b748-8fb15bc1a0af" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="177" /></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Caryl is giving away the grand prize of a $25 Amazon Gift Card!!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/10d50/ruth-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/10d50/ruth-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6lSB-p4Ud3MgFJ34pwCI-HRjaG8z7MzbPLaRKygHWqwZRFkXPjsRkAlY80OgmBsqKU9TVmd8XG_mEPvWGVjgxdMNdZ4hcW4b5qvcs5YBL5chM-ZvTq88MyivHt37cD5dTyenH17ZTNx4/s558/839A0C88-5204-4895-9CC1-D37E8DA4756A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="558" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX6lSB-p4Ud3MgFJ34pwCI-HRjaG8z7MzbPLaRKygHWqwZRFkXPjsRkAlY80OgmBsqKU9TVmd8XG_mEPvWGVjgxdMNdZ4hcW4b5qvcs5YBL5chM-ZvTq88MyivHt37cD5dTyenH17ZTNx4/s320/839A0C88-5204-4895-9CC1-D37E8DA4756A.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-40525556842843438792021-06-05T01:00:00.054-05:002021-06-05T07:09:13.729-05:00The Silver Shadow by Liz Tolsma <p> </p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42CzG60SpmlIK6FwXlD7hX841xXvyHYlYahsiUoz3ssMIxFxMxVupbsyE2nwclAeeg1Pzcjnp4ndPzkAK6fkE-xI_woJdolCu4vVi_3SEft84oV7ToTpwSrT5AdeZJCdIqkRmvdXD6IQB/s851/the-silver-shadow.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42CzG60SpmlIK6FwXlD7hX841xXvyHYlYahsiUoz3ssMIxFxMxVupbsyE2nwclAeeg1Pzcjnp4ndPzkAK6fkE-xI_woJdolCu4vVi_3SEft84oV7ToTpwSrT5AdeZJCdIqkRmvdXD6IQB/w509-h190/the-silver-shadow.jpg" width="509" /></a></div><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="font-size: 2.0625rem;">About the Book</span></h1></span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Book: </span>The Silver Shadow</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Author: </span>Liz Tolsma</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: </span>Christian Historical/Suspense</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Release date:</span> May 2021</p><br /><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">A Shadowy Figure Is Intent on Harming Denver’s Women</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Book 11 in the True Colors series—Fiction Based on Strange-But True History</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2jbr8VEdDLkwkPZjmX6-fmxO8fJcOyYPCex3YHDMmVGLdwekJDlB-yN_I7RRkJlX0XkpZb7AYdxk9xIUm6o7KnHPVV87TJfY1VVOs3qhi_XgmHEF09MXS8HDwiv5VFW16u95ZSJ0Z4wO/s300/9781643528342-197x300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf2jbr8VEdDLkwkPZjmX6-fmxO8fJcOyYPCex3YHDMmVGLdwekJDlB-yN_I7RRkJlX0XkpZb7AYdxk9xIUm6o7KnHPVV87TJfY1VVOs3qhi_XgmHEF09MXS8HDwiv5VFW16u95ZSJ0Z4wO/s0/9781643528342-197x300.jpg" /></a></div>Denver of 1900 is still a dangerous place to be following the silver crash of 1893. And of out of the dark comes a shadow intent on harming women. Ambitious young Denver newspaper reporter Polly Blythe is searching for the big story that’s going to launch her career. On Friday evening, August 24, 1900, she gets her break when two women are cracked over the head within a two-minute walk of each other. But policeman Edwin Timmer thwarts Polly’s ideas of a serial criminal. . .until the shadowy figure strikes again. Will the reporter and the policeman team up to find the culprit before he strikes too close for comfort?<p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p> <p></p><pre style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/3cZHDrI" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">About the Author</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Liz Tolsma is the author of several WWII novels, romantic suspense novels, prairie romance novellas, and an Amish romance. She is a popular speaker and an editor and resides next to a Wisconsin farm field with her husband and their youngest daughter. Her son is a US Marine, and her oldest daughter is a college student. Liz enjoys reading, walking, working in her large perennial garden, kayaking, and camping. Please visit her website at www.liztolsma.com and follow her on Facebook, Twitter (@LizTolsma), Instagram, YouTube, and Pinterest. She is also the host of the Christian Historical Fiction Talk podcast.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">More from Liz</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">One of the most popular questions I’ve gotten from many readers of the True Colors Crime series is how do I come up with the ideas for the books? For the first two, Becky Germany, acquisitions editor at Barbour Publishing, had the ideas. That made my life easy. I just had to fictionalize it, and I had a book. But when I was putting together the proposals for <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Gold Digger </em>and <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Silver Shadow, </em>it was up to me to find the true crimes I wanted to use.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMCOU0hY27aLiJ5K97AASiZKNmCyZB8QuosNGK3o-NWS4ysaCfavx4zqxvep8FxL8uCrzMO1xM-ZhryI4rqI68vP1SSaB8PJ_iaB5uCiiLfq9Piu9c0g6QAGUKyy2nS-HvW3yVE7v_qgu/s300/LizTolsma-200x300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMCOU0hY27aLiJ5K97AASiZKNmCyZB8QuosNGK3o-NWS4ysaCfavx4zqxvep8FxL8uCrzMO1xM-ZhryI4rqI68vP1SSaB8PJ_iaB5uCiiLfq9Piu9c0g6QAGUKyy2nS-HvW3yVE7v_qgu/s0/LizTolsma-200x300.jpg" /></a></div>I went online and scoured historical crime blogs and books for ideas. I wanted crimes that I could work easily with, that made for compelling stories. As I was doing this, my husband and two daughters and I were driving home from Georgia. We were somewhere in Indiana. Don’t ask me why I remember this when I can’t remember what I had for dinner last night, but I do.<p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">And then on Google Books, I discovered a book about crimes the world had forgotten. The first one in there sounded so good. Not too grisly, something that no one would be able to guess the culprit very easily. It was perfect. Imagine my excitement when Becky told me they would be publishing <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Silver Shadow.</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Then I sat down to research it more. And I could hardly find anything! What? Where was all the information on this? There had to be more. That chapter in the one book couldn’t be all there was. He had to get his information from somewhere.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Eventually I did come across some articles from various Colorado newspapers with a few details. Not many at all. None from any of the Denver papers, even though that’s where the crimes were committed.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">In the end, that’s all the information I discovered. In a way, it was freeing. I could write whatever I wanted, and no one would be the wiser. Even if they did some research and some digging, there wasn’t much to find. I was able to take the facts that I did have, combine that with what I found out about Denver in 1900, and put it together in a story. 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box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ashleyscleanbookreviews.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":4224,"10":2,"15":"Arial"}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Ashley’s Clean Book Reviews"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Ashley’s Clean Book Reviews</span></a>, June 4</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://karenhadley.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"KarenSueHadley "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">KarenSueHadley</span></a>, June 5</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Josefin Sans; font-size: medium;"><b><i>MY THOUGHTS:</i></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Josefin Sans; font-size: medium;"><b><i> Imagine living in a city where women are afraid to walk the streets. Women are being attacked and the criminal evades the police. Put together a policeman and a woman struggling to make it in the world of journalism where men dominant the profession and you have a mystery to be solved. Based on a true story, Liz Tolsma brings it to life as you meet great and not so great ones characters. Well developed story that makes you look behind yourself when walking in the dark. Great book, want to know what happens and how it ends? READ THE BOOK! </i></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Josefin Sans; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Blessings, </i></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Josefin Sans; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Karen Hadley </i></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Josefin Sans; font-size: medium;"><b><i>Rating: 5*</i></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Josefin Sans; font-size: medium;"><b><i>I received this book as a gift and all opinions are my own.</i></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; 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box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://blossomsandblessings.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Blossoms and Blessings"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Blossoms and Blessings</span></a>, June 7</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://daysongreflections.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Daysong Reflections"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Daysong Reflections</span></a>, June 7</p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img height="209" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/533f1d86-2e93-4d9a-ac4c-a8313c50c354" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="249" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Liz is giving away the grand prize of a $25 Amazon gift card and copy of The Silver Shadow!!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/10c96/the-silver-shadow-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/10c96/the-silver-shadow-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p><br /><br /><br /><br />Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-12939231068291786492021-05-30T01:00:00.008-05:002021-05-30T01:00:00.211-05:00Shielding the Amish Witness<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Mary Alford’s New Book!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-weight: 700;">Book: </span>Shielding the Amish Witness</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Author: </span>Mary Alford</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: </span>Amish Romantic Suspense</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Release date:</span> April 1, 2021</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><img alt="Shielding the Amish Witness (1)" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-15930" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 191px) 85vw, 191px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Shielding-the-Amish-Witness-1-191x300.jpg" srcset="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Shielding-the-Amish-Witness-1-191x300.jpg 191w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Shielding-the-Amish-Witness-1.jpg 220w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="191" />Seeking refuge in Amish country puts everyone she loves in danger.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">On the run after discovering her brother-in-law was behind her husband’s murder, Faith Cooper can think of only one safe place—her Amish grandmother’s home. But when danger follows Faith to the quiet Amish community, her childhood friend Eli Shetler is her only protection. And their survival depends on outlasting a relentless killer…one who has nothing left to lose.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><pre style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/391vGiT" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">About the Author</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><img alt="Mary Alford Photo (2)" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-15931" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mary-Alford-Photo-2-300x300.jpg" srcset="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mary-Alford-Photo-2-300x300.jpg 300w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mary-Alford-Photo-2-150x150.jpg 150w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Mary-Alford-Photo-2.jpg 500w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" />USA Today Bestselling Author, Mary Alford, loves giving her readers the un-expected, whether it be in a rugged mountain setting or a peaceful Amish community.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Her titles have appeared on the USA Today Bestselling List, Publisher’s Weekly Bestselling List, and have been finalists in the Daphne Du Maurier award of excellence, The Beverly, The Maggie, and The Selah Awards.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Mary lives in Texas with her husband, two very spoiled cats, and a sweet rescue dog name Cody. Mary is very active online and would love to connect with readers on Face-book and Twitter or any social platforms listed at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.maryalford.net&source=gmail&ust=1612388465213000&usg=AFQjCNHsM2KrCzPVCTcwjyulgebZWbBLCg" href="http://www.maryalford.net/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">www.maryalford.net</a>.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">More from Mary</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">As a reader, I love books that are part of a series. There’s something comforting about being able to revisit characters that are special to me and meet new ones along the way. You get to go back to your favorite place and hang out with the people who make you smile. It’s like coming home.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">When I set out to write a series about five Amish brothers, I knew exactly where I wanted to set the series. The West Kootenai Amish community in Montana. West Kootenai is a remote community with sweeping mountain views surrounded by vast wilderness spaces. The perfect setting for suspense, along with a chance at redemption and a second chance for the hero and heroine. I love that.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">In November, I introduced Covert Amish Christmas, the first book in the series that featured Aaron Shetler, the oldest of the five brothers.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">In Shielding the Amish Witness, we meet Eli Shetler, a widower who has returned to West Kootenai to try to start over after his wife’s death two years earlier.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Eli is reunited with his childhood friend, Faith Cooper, who is running from a relentless killer who was once part of her family.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">The book takes the reader through the breathtaking countryside of West Kootenai and into the homes of the Shelter family. We get to catch up on what Aaron and Victoria have been up since last we met and are introduced to some new family members. That’s the wonderful thing about series.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">So, come with me on a trip to the beautiful community of West Kootenai, Montana where I hope my characters will make you feel right at home.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">In writing about the Amish, I’ve come to love preparing their dishes. I’ve tried many recipes, from Amish Pizza to Friendship soup. But one of my all-time favorites is Amish Fry Pies. They are SO good!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Today, I thought I’d share the recipe for Amish Apple Fry Pies. I love this delicious desert and I hope you will as well.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Blessings always,</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Mary Alford</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">AMISH APPLE FRY PIES<a href="http://www.celebratelit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/amish-fry-pie-recipe-4.jpg" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-10271" height="300" src="http://www.celebratelit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/amish-fry-pie-recipe-4-220x300.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="220" /></a></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">(recipe curtosy <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://neighborfoodblog.com&source=gmail&ust=1616274726793000&usg=AFQjCNGwrjBlZz1VASmy-1H4e3QLVLMrcw" href="http://neighborfoodblog.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">neighborfoodblog.com</a> and a favorite of mine)</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">yields:</span> 6</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">INGREDIENTS</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">For the filling:</span></p><ul style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">2 large apples, peeled, cored, and diced</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">1/4 cup brown sugar</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">1/2 teaspoon cinnamon</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">1 teaspoon vanilla</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">2 teaspoons cider</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">1 teaspoon cornstarch</li></ul><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">For the dough:</span></p><ul style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">2 cups flour, sifted</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">4 Tablespoons butter</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">2 egg yolks</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">1/3 cup HOT milk</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">1/4 teaspoon salt</li></ul><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">For the glaze:</span></p><ul style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em 1.25em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">1 teaspoon vanilla</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">2 Tablespoons milk</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">1 cup powdered sugar</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">Vegetable or canola oil, for frying</li></ul><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">INSTRUCTIONS</p><ol style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em 1.5em; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">To make the filling, combine the apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla in a small saucepan. Cook on medium heat until juices start to form, about 3 minutes. Make a slurry by whisking together the cider and cornstarch. Stir this into the pan, turn the heat up to high, and cook, stirring constantly, until mixture is thickened, about 3 minutes longer. Remove from heat and set aside.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">For the dough, cut the butter into cubes then use a pastry cutter to work it into the flour. Continue to cut in the butter until it’s in small pea-sized lumps. In a small mixing bowl, beat the egg yolks and salt together. Slowly pour in hot milk, stirring constantly. Pour the milk mixture into the flour mixture. Stir together until a dough begins to form. Turn the dough out onto parchment or wax paper, and knead it until it smooths out, about 1 minute.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">Divide the dough into 6 equal sized pieces and roll them each into a ball. Use a rolling pin to roll them out to about 6-inch circles. Fill each circle with 2 Tablespoons of apple mixture. Fold the dough in half over the filling and pinch the edges together to seal. You can flute the edges or use a fork to crimp them. If the edges aren’t sealing properly, wet them with a little water.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">Heat the oil in a deep saucepan to 350 degrees. You can test to see if the oil is ready by sticking a wooden spoon into the center of the pot. If small bubbles form around the handle, you’re ready to go.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">Place the pies in the hot oil one at a time and fry until golden brown on both sides, about 2-3 minutes per side. Remove from the oil with a slotted spoon and place on paper towels to dry.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">Repeat with remaining pies.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">While the pies fry, make the glaze. In a small bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk until smooth. It’s best to glaze the pies while they’re still warm. I use a pastry brush to brush the glaze on one side then let it dry, flip them over, and glaze the other side. You can put two coats of glaze on for extra sweetness if you like but wait for the glaze to harden in between coats.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit;">Pies can be stored uncovered for 2-3 days. If you want the glaze to remain hard, do not place the pies in a plastic bag or sealed container. 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box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">I enjoy reading Amish fiction. Mary Alford books stands out among that genre. I always enjoy her books. The one thing that bothered me was when I started this book it felt like I had read it before which I hadn't. I went back and the beginning is similar to the prior book in the series. That’s okay though because the book is still a great read. The characters were great. The rest of the story went great and was enjoyable. Full of suspense, mystery, family loyalty, and love.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Blessings,</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Karen </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Rating:4*</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">I received this book as a gift and all opinions are my own.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><br /></p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img height="140" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/e5f4939d-cd96-45de-b748-8fb15bc1a0af" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="140" /></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Mary is giving away the grand prize of a $40 Amazon gift card!!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/10bbd/shielding-the-amish-witness-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/10bbd/shielding-the-amish-witness-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-4933706008026314532021-05-07T01:00:00.001-05:002021-05-07T01:00:00.213-05:00Hope Between The Pages<p> </p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdR4DqJPNZEwn1ABSQPYdezOkgLHOGu-My9SD3aAljBTOnnsWTmeJ3H66v5LFENokwF4tzprbdusm7YuheRbr_vzSKhNEOCmpFTgT_TxDPoMBJ8UjtWn6Lrw0KvfHkj3cOjT1uyYy6PzQ/s851/Hope-Between-Pages.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdR4DqJPNZEwn1ABSQPYdezOkgLHOGu-My9SD3aAljBTOnnsWTmeJ3H66v5LFENokwF4tzprbdusm7YuheRbr_vzSKhNEOCmpFTgT_TxDPoMBJ8UjtWn6Lrw0KvfHkj3cOjT1uyYy6PzQ/w471-h248/Hope-Between-Pages.jpg" width="471" /></a></div><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-size: 2.0625rem;">About the Book</span></h1></span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Book: </span>Hope Between the Pages</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Author: </span>Pepper Basham</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: </span>Christian Historical</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg86r9g6Ktj34_-nupsNUxV1uTRABgKe9jVKFA4WbXlPdSato95Li3uSKktRlWvXMGv-WSOme2V_fbd_SNeVH2kT2HyApacsbC8IKBGrShmMQGkfbYj_y8E13Tr0OKgybzPrJsHhemaUYm/s300/9781643528267-197x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg86r9g6Ktj34_-nupsNUxV1uTRABgKe9jVKFA4WbXlPdSato95Li3uSKktRlWvXMGv-WSOme2V_fbd_SNeVH2kT2HyApacsbC8IKBGrShmMQGkfbYj_y8E13Tr0OKgybzPrJsHhemaUYm/s0/9781643528267-197x300.jpg" /></a></div><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Release date:</span> April, 2021<p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Uncover the Story Behind a One-Hundred-Year-Old Love Letter</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Visit historic American landmarks through the <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Doors to the Past</span> series. History and today collide in stories full of mystery, intrigue, faith, and romance.Clara Blackwell helps her mother manage a struggling one-hundred-year old family bookshop in Asheville, North Carolina, but the discovery of a forgotten letter opens a mystery of a long-lost romance and undiscovered inheritance which could save its future. Forced to step outside of her predictable world, Clara embarks on an adventure with only the name Oliver as a hint of the man’s identity in her great-great-grandmother’s letter. From the nearby grand estate of the Vanderbilts, to a hamlet in Derbyshire, England, Clara seeks to uncover truth about family and love that may lead to her own unexpected romance.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Abril Fatface; font-size: large;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Abril Fatface; font-size: large;">I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this book. It is my favorite book this year! Pepper has done an amazing job at intertwining the distance of the generations into a reading adventure. I just wanted to put the characters in my pocket and just carry their story with me. It's a I don't want to stop until I finish this book. It is so vividly written that you feel as if your exactly within the story itself. It's full of life. I laughed and I cried. It's full of mystery, beauty and romance. Did I mention I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED this book!!!!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Abril Fatface; font-size: large;">Blessings,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Abril Fatface; font-size: large;">Karen</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Abril Fatface; font-size: large;">Rating: 5**</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Abril Fatface; font-size: large;">I received this book as gift and all opinions are my own.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3clhbal" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; text-decoration-line: none; white-space: pre-wrap;">here</a><span style="color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace;"><span style="font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to get your copy</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;"><u style="box-sizing: inherit;">About the Author</u></span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Pepper Basham</span> is an award-winning author who writes romance peppered with grace and humor with southern Appalachian flair. Both her historical and contemporary novels have garnered recognition in the Grace Awards, Inspys, and ACFW Carol Awards. Her historical romance, The Thorn Healer, was a finalist in the 2018 RT Awards. Her historical romance novels, <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">My Heart Belongs in the Blue Ridge </em>and <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Red Ribbon</em>, and her contemporary novels, the <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Mitchell’s Crossroads</em> and <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Pleasant Gap</em> series, showcase her Appalachian heritage, as well as her love for humor and family. She currently resides in the lovely mountains of Asheville, NC where she is the mom of five great kids, a speech-language pathologist to about fifty more, and a lover of chocolate, jazz, hats, and Jesus.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMOoflBB24Eg7ayxteLy8owPYmCpN6oZVKxRLAomF-TQufpaoZcTz_pzqI-0sQUIk-S5lRHYGNmv5jNXg0kjmQfWzGSr3LdFuK_t7KbRz8tLG0wfoPCi4JGmXieK184LvxU_V-tro2GKks/s300/PepperBasham-200x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMOoflBB24Eg7ayxteLy8owPYmCpN6oZVKxRLAomF-TQufpaoZcTz_pzqI-0sQUIk-S5lRHYGNmv5jNXg0kjmQfWzGSr3LdFuK_t7KbRz8tLG0wfoPCi4JGmXieK184LvxU_V-tro2GKks/s0/PepperBasham-200x300.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> <br /></p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">More from Pepper</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Books are a uniquely portable magic</em> – Stephen King</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Appalachia is known for having a high illiteracy rate. A place of beautiful scenery and rugged landscapes, the people of the mountains developed stories through oral storytelling much more than “book learning”. As a young girl growing up in this world, I loved hearing my granny share tales from up to five generations ago, filling in the narrative gaps between a birth date and a death date on a tombstone – giving flesh and breath to the stone-etched names.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">It’s no surprise then, with a heart cultivated from rich oral stories, I fell in love with reading. Books became that “portable magic” that took me places my little Appalachian community couldn’t provide. I fell in love with the Boxcar Children and Nancy Drew. Wept through the end of Bridge to Terabithia and Old Yeller. Traveled to the plains with Sarah Plain and Tall and fell in love with horses with The Black Stallion. But when I was in seventh grade, I read my very first “British” novel, The Secret Garden. In that one introduction, my world expanded into mysterious English manor houses and British classics. Before long, I’d consumed Jane Eyre, Austen’s classics, some Dickens, Dracula, Frankenstein…and the list goes on! And then…I found Tolkien and Lewis – and the ‘real’ world swelled into OTHER worlds.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">I’m grateful for true stories of book-loving pioneers traveling into the world of Appalachia to provide books and literacy training to “my people”, because I know some of those books made their way to my tiny elementary school library…and not only brought me the chance to discover stories, but to write them too!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Isn’t it amazing how books can do that?</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">In <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Hope Between the Pages</em>, I wanted to bring the same awe and discovery I felt as a child (and continue to feel as an adult reader) to the story of two people whose words had seemed small. Stories stretched their worlds, but the stories also gave them wonderful imaginations and positive perspectives. It’s still amazing to me that ink-and-paper words can make such a lasting impact on hearts and minds. They can lead us to dream, teach us new things, encourage our hearts, help us to think outside the box, swell our imaginations, broaden our horizons, and encourage our hope.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Books are not a replacement for real adventures and relationships, but they certainly provide a beautiful “door” into other lives and worlds that we may never have a chance to experience in real life. Sadie, my historical heroine, and Clara, my contemporary heroine, both have kept close to home but traveled greatly through books…and BOTH are given the opportunity to reach beyond the bindings to discover real-life adventures. I’d like to think that their love for stories helped them have the courage to step away from the page and into their own tales even more prepared than they would have been without stories.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">What are some of your favorite books you read as a child? 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box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img class="" height="189" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/d4b06166-3859-47c6-9298-1c703f4a36a1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="226" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Pepper is giving away the grand prize package of a $25 Amazon gift card and a copy of the book!!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/10b27/hope-between-the-pages-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/10b27/hope-between-the-pages-celebratio</a></p>Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-64496783602583712942021-05-02T01:00:00.002-05:002021-05-02T01:00:00.225-05:00The Secret of the 14th Room<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrO7jqm7txTPHIyZXZgsfedWUPt5chqViRYMzFkKhid2MF_Q2lv3XwAuPY6s0C3o8s5j3m_NsHWLqBS0_ZxjQAsYZPCUJgBIBNvsn2YrOtWfj2p6-JdVSm3BD-dHGWiRAn5dCeFL1tkwQU/s851/14th-Room1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrO7jqm7txTPHIyZXZgsfedWUPt5chqViRYMzFkKhid2MF_Q2lv3XwAuPY6s0C3o8s5j3m_NsHWLqBS0_ZxjQAsYZPCUJgBIBNvsn2YrOtWfj2p6-JdVSm3BD-dHGWiRAn5dCeFL1tkwQU/w523-h193/14th-Room1.png" width="523" /></a></div> <p></p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">About the Book</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Book: </span>The Secret of the 14th Room</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Author: </span>Rebecca Hemlock</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Publisher: </span>Bluecap Publishing</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM4Cjwktn2fF7sEWUVL-BWj2VGAZJCSccO3TkuMvVXNjhtmDpxaP2t0aEP04XcbcolmoUGCCF7sbohe6B8GhbzQugyPMUaQP5cgol8nNRr63m4Yw6ZLmEfpwQVBb-TukiAUjDxM9bPWXfO/s300/Cover-14-B-1-1-200x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM4Cjwktn2fF7sEWUVL-BWj2VGAZJCSccO3TkuMvVXNjhtmDpxaP2t0aEP04XcbcolmoUGCCF7sbohe6B8GhbzQugyPMUaQP5cgol8nNRr63m4Yw6ZLmEfpwQVBb-TukiAUjDxM9bPWXfO/s0/Cover-14-B-1-1-200x300.jpg" /></a></div><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: </span>Romantic Suspense<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Release date:</span> March 16th</p><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Memories can be a killer.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">When Levi Corbin returns to Granton, Tennessee after the death of his beloved grandmother, it sets off a chain of events he’d rather have avoided. Claiming his inheritance should have been a piece of cake, but a cousin appears, threatening to steal it all.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Even worse (and better, too), he’s falling for the girl he just met and now must team up with her to try to stop his cousin. Their quest for his inheritance uncovers secrets frozen in time—and one might just be the answer to save his grandmother’s home.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Things go from worse to completely out of hand when a freak fire threatens it all. Add to that a nosy old woman and a battered runaway, and Levi can’t help but wonder what is going on!</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">As circumstances rekindle his faith and new love spurs him onward, Levi races against time and odds to save Grandma’s house from certain destruction, but the result might just mean saving himself as well.</p></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><pre style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/3vzmhZm" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">About the Author</span></h1><br /><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span id="author_biography" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLpqd5CnyD1hnOVhtmtRleSECTU_7arMP3M1Ljx6HSfn7fUhmtIkomVReKBYdwxjWD8kjyZBV06Til3ZiA3pe7Z4Y0e-fsNlJkkzF-COkzo7bJEuaZd89pgEmW2jC0GMJaq0ghx2cULaN/s230/vk8iksakj272ln398n31mn8ff._US230_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="230" data-original-width="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLpqd5CnyD1hnOVhtmtRleSECTU_7arMP3M1Ljx6HSfn7fUhmtIkomVReKBYdwxjWD8kjyZBV06Til3ZiA3pe7Z4Y0e-fsNlJkkzF-COkzo7bJEuaZd89pgEmW2jC0GMJaq0ghx2cULaN/s0/vk8iksakj272ln398n31mn8ff._US230_.jpg" /></a></div>Rebecca lives in Eastern Kentucky with her husband and children. She absolutely loves mysteries. Rebecca has been writing stories for many years and enjoys reading, painting and spending time with her family. Her favorite times to write are early in the morning when the sun is coming up and at sunset. She has worked as a freelance journalist for 4 years and is a member of Sisters in Crime and American Christian Fiction Writers. Rebecca has earned a degree in English and an Appalachian Studies certificate in Creative Writing.<span id="author_biography" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">More from Rebecca</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Looking for new ideas is my favorite part of writing because it comes with talking to interesting people and exploring antique shops all over the country.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">This book not only captures my love for American history and riveting romantic suspense, but it also captures how old wounds of the heart can be healed.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Levi Corbin in <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Secret of the 14th Room </em>learns this the hard way after carrying his broken heart for most of his adult life. He has to discover the real meaning of family and family pride. Levi must face the past so that he can move on to a brighter future.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Granton, Tennessee, is a town I hope you fall in love with, just as I did when I created it. There are so many delightful characters, some with a dark secret or two. 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box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> This was such a enjoyable book! Inheritance, a self-centered cousin, a runaway and a lawyer. Tempers flare, people who you wouldn't think were thieves, a house that's been in the family for generations and a hidden treasure that several characters are trying to find. Looking for hidden treasures with a few clues to go on is always enjoyable and exciting. The characters are perfect for the story. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">READ THE BOOK!!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Blessings,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Karen</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Rating:5*</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; 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box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img class="" height="179" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/e5f4939d-cd96-45de-b748-8fb15bc1a0af" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="179" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Rebecca is giving away the grand prize of a $50 Amazon gift card!!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/10b6a/the-secret-of-the-14th-room-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/10b6a/the-secret-of-the-14th-room-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><br /></h1>Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-47474125703465260222021-03-24T01:00:00.001-05:002021-03-24T01:00:00.807-05:00Framed in Death Valley <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9I35oxmGaOOTxlQty1iY63Pp0AICEVpov7TeKhTj7PImLXjlOSOETe7bOfqStHwwJ4x8II7BCb9-nDFCojOyPJxLGH8L4gghYpP_8XLEuWM7BcULmGltfAY3TmmY6ci6Rt899nkVqDQAc/s318/734F15A0-8787-401F-B0B2-F726650CEB1A.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="117" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9I35oxmGaOOTxlQty1iY63Pp0AICEVpov7TeKhTj7PImLXjlOSOETe7bOfqStHwwJ4x8II7BCb9-nDFCojOyPJxLGH8L4gghYpP_8XLEuWM7BcULmGltfAY3TmmY6ci6Rt899nkVqDQAc/s0/734F15A0-8787-401F-B0B2-F726650CEB1A.png" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">About the Book</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Book: </span>Framed in Death Valley</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Author: </span>Dana Mentink</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: </span>Inspirational Suspense</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Release date:</span> March 1, 2021</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><img alt="framed in death valle" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-15012" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 189px) 85vw, 189px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/framed-in-death-valle-189x300.jpg" srcset="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/framed-in-death-valle-189x300.jpg 189w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/framed-in-death-valle.jpg 202w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="189" />Framed for a murder he didn’t commit, firefighter Beckett Duke gave up on everything—including his marriage to spirited Laney Holland. That is, until Laney’s life is threatened. Knowing the real killer is still at large, Beckett now has one purpose: protecting the woman he loves…and their unborn child. But sometimes an innocent man’s second chance comes with a deadly price.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><pre style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/2NwnRK3" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"></h1><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"></h1><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">About the Author</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span class="il" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><img alt="dana" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-15013" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 222px) 85vw, 222px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dana-222x300.jpg" srcset="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dana-222x300.jpg 222w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/dana.jpg 237w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="222" />Dana</span> <span class="il" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Mentink</span> is a two time American Christian Fiction Writers Carol Award winner, a Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award and a Holt Medallion winner. She is the Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author of over forty titles in the suspense and lighthearted romance genres. She is pleased to write for Harlequin’s Love Inspired Suspense, Harlequin Heartwarming and Poisoned Pen Press. Besides writing, she busies herself teaching third grade. Mostly, she loves to be home with Papa Bear, teen bear cubs affectionately nicknamed Yogi and Boo Boo, Junie, the nutty terrier, and a chubby box turtle.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">More from Dana</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">What’s up in Death Valley?</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">As the desert vistas opened up in front of Papa Bear and me, I felt an amazing sense of peace. Mind you, we were visiting Death Valley in the fall. No braving the 130 plus summer temperatures for this couple! I simply cannot describe to you the wonder I felt, as a suburbanite from a bustling, noisy Northern California city. There is never a moment at home when I see only open horizon, when I hear nothing but quiet breezes. I was, quite simply, stunned.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">I had done some research about places to visit as potential series settings, and Death Valley was at the top of the list. The websites did not disappoint. Artist’s Palette, the gorgeous peak painted in a rainbow of rock colors? Check! Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America, glistening with salt and not so lifeless as one might think…check! How about my favorite moment…jouncing along the precarious trail through Titus Canyon? Check! Would all of these incomparable locations be suitable for a six book suspense series? Roger that!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">It’s ironic that I felt so welcomed by such an inhospitable locale. Visiting is one thing, but it takes a certain rugged breed of individuals to live in such a hostile climate. What fodder for fiction! I simply could not wait to get home and start creating the Duke family. And you know what? 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box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.fictionbooklover.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">Fiction Book Lover</a>, March 24 (Guest Review from Donna Cline)</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.karenhadley.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"KarenSueHadley "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">KarenSueHadley</span></a>, March 24</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>MY THOUGHTS:</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>How will his wife react when he shows back up after being framed for a murder he didn’t commit? Will he always be labeled a murderer? He longs to make amends with his wife, but she’s having no part of it. Beckett is a hero that’s hidden yet comes visible when those he loves are threatened. Laney is about to have her whole world turned upside down. Laney is a hard worker and determined to keep the inn running. She is gracious yet guarded! Beckett is uncertain of his future, he doesn’t know what his future holds. A story of forgiveness, suspenseful, romantic with interesting characters and a page turning adventure of seeking to stay alive and finding the killer!</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blessings, </b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Karen</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Rating:5*</b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>I received this book as a gift and all opinions are mine! </b></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"She Lives To Live"}" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://shelivestoread.com/category/book-reviews//" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none;">She Lives To Read</a></span><span style="font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;">, March 25</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://debs-bookreview.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; 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box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blossomsandblessings.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Blossoms and Blessings"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Blossoms and Blessings</span></a>, March 28</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amoderndayfairytale.net/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":4224,"10":2,"15":"Arial"}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"A Modern Day Fairy Tale"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">A Modern Day Fairy Tale</span></a>, March 29</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://daysongreflections.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Daysong Reflections"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Daysong Reflections</span></a>, March 29</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://pagebypagebookbybook.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Hallie Reads"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Hallie Reads</span></a>, March 29</p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img height="146" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/72ff0926-927c-4034-adcf-0896eb37fe49" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="261" /></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Dana is giving away the grand prize of a $30 Amazon gift card, a set of six mini cactus candles, and a signed copy of the book!!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1093d/framed-in-death-valley-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/1093d/framed-in-death-valley-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;" />Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-51571641008351819372021-03-23T01:00:00.005-05:002021-03-23T01:00:02.223-05:00Texas Target Standoff <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1OsnaCnfPLwIjV80_qOppRD3uWSwzN_kSjQp_AE12k46Poecsdt3UNl1NYauRDwer1Goadnwpb-rYKUKzKJKZc63fueGQQXLzJJLH5nBzIE1ba5R0VuIThEF0CS3vpRwHaoMtekaAZyp/s318/1142C65F-5F8A-4E16-8E99-1613C1B5E95F.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="117" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX1OsnaCnfPLwIjV80_qOppRD3uWSwzN_kSjQp_AE12k46Poecsdt3UNl1NYauRDwer1Goadnwpb-rYKUKzKJKZc63fueGQQXLzJJLH5nBzIE1ba5R0VuIThEF0CS3vpRwHaoMtekaAZyp/s0/1142C65F-5F8A-4E16-8E99-1613C1B5E95F.png" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">About the Book</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Book: </span>Texas Target Standoff</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Author: </span>Virginia Vaughan</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: </span>Inspirational Romantic Suspense</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Release date:</span> March 1, 2021</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><img alt="Texas Target Standoff Cover" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-15274" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 190px) 85vw, 190px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Texas-Target-Standoff-Cover-190x300.jpg" srcset="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Texas-Target-Standoff-Cover-190x300.jpg 190w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Texas-Target-Standoff-Cover-768x1215.jpg 768w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Texas-Target-Standoff-Cover-647x1024.jpg 647w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Texas-Target-Standoff-Cover-1200x1899.jpg 1200w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="190" />A sniper lurks closer…</span><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">and only a navy SEAL can save her.</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">When psychologist Shelby Warren suddenly becomes a sniper’s target, navy SEAL Paul Avery springs into action to protect her. He needs her evaluation to get back to his team…and rescuing her might finally give him the redemption he’s been searching for. But when danger follows them to his family’s Texas ranch, keeping Shelby safe could be his most difficult assignment yet.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><pre style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/3chvyhy" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">About the Author</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><img alt="virginia-vaughan-HR-2" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-15275" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/virginia-vaughan-HR-2-200x300.jpg" srcset="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/virginia-vaughan-HR-2-200x300.jpg 200w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/virginia-vaughan-HR-2-768x1151.jpg 768w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/virginia-vaughan-HR-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/virginia-vaughan-HR-2-1200x1799.jpg 1200w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="200" />Bestselling author Virginia Vaughan writes inspirational romantic suspense. Blessed to come from a large, southern family, her fondest memories include listening to stories recounted by family and friends around the large dinner table. She was a lover of books even from a young age, devouring gothic romance novels and stories of romance, danger, and love. She soon started writing them herself. A former investigator for the State of Mississippi, Virginia utilizes her criminal justice background with her love or writing to transform words into powerful stories of romance and danger.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">More from Virginia</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">As writers, we discover many new and interesting things while researching a story. For TEXAS TARGET STANDOFF, I decided I wanted the hero to have a dog so I started looking at different photographs of dogs online until I found the one image I wanted to use—a sweet little border collie I named Bullet. He helps my navy SEAL hero find comfort and friendship while he’s recovering from injuries at his family’s ranch. But looking at dog photos on the internet did more than help my character grow, it also inspired me to adopt a dog of my own.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">My home had been pet-free for many years since my beloved dog Miss Duchess died from cancer five years ago and, although the ten-year-old nephew I’m raising had been asking for a dog for about a year, I hadn’t reached the point of pulling the trigger and bringing another one home. Only the research I did for this book reopened that desire inside of me for canine companionship. In September of 2020, my son and I searched the shelters in search of a family dog and, when I spotted this adorable border collie mix, I knew we had to bring her home. We named her Ivy and, since joining our family, this sweet girl has brought us lots of love and laughter, plus a new adventure—dog training. I’ve never trained a dog in my life and little Ivy is a stubborn one. I’ve scoured YouTube for videos, taken classes, and worked daily on the simplest of commands like sit, wait, lie down. Slowly, we are making progress although barking, jumping, and walking on a leash are still some areas where we’re struggling.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">I’d love to hear about your pets or your best training tips! To learn more about my family, including my training journey with Ivy, follow me on Facebook or subscribe to my newsletter at the links below. And look out for the next book—little sister Kellyanne’s story—in my Cowboy Lawmen series coming June 29, 2021.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Blessings!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Virginia</p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">Blog Stops</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; 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box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karenhadley.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"KarenSueHadley "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">KarenSueHadley</span></a>, March 23</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">MY THOUGHTS </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">I always enjoy Love inspired Suspense books and how wonderful that an author whose books I enjoy are a part of Love Inspired. You’ll be on the run as Shelby tries to find a way to stay safe from someone who wants her dead. Paul vows to keep her safe but does he have a ulterior motive? I loved Shelby, Paul and his family. The loyalty of Paul and his family is so admirable especially in the time we live in as it’s not quite as common. Can she keep her heart from getting involved with one of her patients? I do love a story where a woman is strong but still needs a man to rescue her!! Will the one out to kill her succeed? I thoroughly enjoyed this book! </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Buy the book!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Blessings, </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Karen </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Rating: 5*</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">I received this book as a gift and all opinions are my own!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://shelivestoread.com/category/book-reviews/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"She Lives To Read"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">She Lives To Read</span></a>, March 23</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amoderndayfairytale.net/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; 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box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img height="177" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/453e10dc-b4e7-48a9-bb18-9fafc74a0a88" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="211" /></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Virginia is giving away the grand prize package of a $25 Amazon gift card and a copy of Texas Target Standoff!!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1095e/texas-target-standoff-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/1095e/texas-target-standoff-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p>Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-8577415007975407122021-03-16T01:00:00.003-05:002021-03-16T18:56:16.002-05:00COURT OF SWANS BY MELANIE DICKERSON<p style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: large;">COURT OF SWANS BY MELANIE DICKERSON</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've tried over and over to upload a photo of this book but it just won't let me. It is written by Melanie Dickerson and anyone who has read her books know they are always a top read. I've never read a book by her I didn't like. She brings fairy tales to life and this one is no different. The characters are great, its as if they wrote their own personalities. Delia is a beloved and protected sister of 7 brothers. She'll do anything for them, even going out of her comfort zone and facing any danger to keep them from danger. Sir Geoffrey is a character you'll be rooting for as he faces decisions about where his loyalties lay. It won't take you long to read this book because you'll be looking at every opportunity of time to continue reading.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Blessings,</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Karen</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Rating: 5*</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">I received this book as a gift and all opinions are my own.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is a summary oh </span><strong style="color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Where there is wealth and power, there’s always someone willing to do anything to take it.</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">England, 1381: Delia’s idyllic life as daughter of an earl is shattered when her father dies and his wife accuses Delia’s seven brothers of treason and murder. The youngest is only ten years old, but this doesn’t stop the guards from hauling them off to the Tower of London. There they await a grim fate, as child-king Richard II is executing anyone who poses a threat to his throne. Delia is their only hope for pardon and freedom.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">Sir Geoffrey did not expect his first assignment as captain of the guard to be the arrest of boys so young. He dutifully imprisons the brothers, but he can’t ignore the sense, rooted in personal experience, that injustice and treachery are at work.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">Determined to rescue her brothers, Delia secures a position as a seamstress for the queen. Her quest is all but impossible as the executions continue. Sir Geoffrey offers to be her ally, but should she trust him in a court where everyone has an agenda?</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">From <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author Melanie Dickerson comes a tender retelling of “The Wild Swans,” where the virtues of loyalty and love face a harrowing showdown with power and fear.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">“Set in the harsh society of fourteenth century England, <em>Court of Swans </em>tells a powerful story of forgiveness, love, and choosing joy amid trials. Dickerson continues to impress with her masterful balance of plot and message, capturing attention with a strong heroine and tugging at heartstrings with themes of trusting God when life seems to fall apart. A book perfect for teen and adult readers alike.” —Caroline George, author of <em>Dearest Josephine</em></p><ul style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">First in a brand-new series set in England: The Dericott Tales</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Full-length clean fairy-tale reimagining</li><li style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Includes Discussion Questions for Book Clubs</li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-4931298562112621852021-03-14T11:21:00.001-05:002021-03-14T11:21:24.454-05:00The Purple Nightgown <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTB1DMAJBd4dFqaKdZAdsmLVFwkC7MrhhhoRm9HIy-OWp86_iZFT-CaTP7516DbYs-1uoGdXH-NSHcrys5xBv5pkUsuk-gV_vqPH4jLskb6lr0ZdqcZKL9iy-iO3gyVBFPiwltKj8V4No/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="328" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNTB1DMAJBd4dFqaKdZAdsmLVFwkC7MrhhhoRm9HIy-OWp86_iZFT-CaTP7516DbYs-1uoGdXH-NSHcrys5xBv5pkUsuk-gV_vqPH4jLskb6lr0ZdqcZKL9iy-iO3gyVBFPiwltKj8V4No/w272-h416/image.png" width="272" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;">Marvel at true but forgotten history when patients check into Linda Hazzard’s Washington state spa in 1912 and soon become victim of her twisted greed.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;">Heiress Stella Burke is plagued by insincere suitors and nonstop headaches. Exhausting all other medical aides for her migraines, Stella reads </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;">Fasting for the Cure of Disease</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"> by Linda Hazzard and determines to go to the spa the author runs. Stella’s chauffer and long-time friend, Henry Clayton, is reluctant to leave her at the spa. Something doesn’t feel right to him, still Stella submits herself into Linda Hazzard’s care. Stella soon learns the spa has a dark side and Linda a mean streak. But when Stella has had enough, all ways to leave are suddenly blocked. Will Stella become a walking skeleton like many of the other patients or succumb to a worse fate?</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;">Visit A.D. Lawrence on her blog: </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">https://adlawrencefiction.com/blog</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adlawrencefiction</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">MY THOUGHTS: </span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">This is the 11th book of True Colors Series. I'm always shocked when reading one of the stories in this series and the evil in the world regardless of what time you live in. <i>The Purple Nightgown </i>is such a book. I've tried to lose weight just to fit in my clothes but never ever thought about starving myself because of a physical malady. But Stella is desperate to do anything to control her debilitating headaches. She falls into the lies written by Linda Hazzard. This is indeed a page turner. A nail biter for sure as you turn page after page to see just what is happenings at the spa that Linda, her husband and son own and manage. Creepy things are happening. Can she leave when she wants to? What will Henry, her chauffer and friend, do to find out about her when communication is not allowed.</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"> READ THE BOOK!!!</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Blessings,</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Karen</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Rating: 4*</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">I received this book as a gift and all opinions are my own.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></p>Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-16382224772331361672021-03-13T01:00:00.002-06:002021-03-13T14:48:31.316-06:00Sing in the Sunlight<h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><br /></h1><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyO6AxOgiSSBqW_A0sWI5rSORJmtLju_kLORN44Tld7JPszBeUdOJxvFZgDpL8XDQC3E8IBnWBgxHMo-G_TvVG5GTCd1ehbzTiAAG7lRdhmg0oseiywRfJ05TiwkrPcLqLC72EUBVmiXQ/s318/67C38587-811B-44C6-8EC9-05D63F8D30E8.png" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="117" data-original-width="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKyO6AxOgiSSBqW_A0sWI5rSORJmtLju_kLORN44Tld7JPszBeUdOJxvFZgDpL8XDQC3E8IBnWBgxHMo-G_TvVG5GTCd1ehbzTiAAG7lRdhmg0oseiywRfJ05TiwkrPcLqLC72EUBVmiXQ/s0/67C38587-811B-44C6-8EC9-05D63F8D30E8.png" /></a></p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="font-size: 1.75rem; text-decoration: underline;">About the Book</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Book: </span>Sing in the Sunlight</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Author: </span>Kathleen Denly</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: </span>Christian historical fictioni</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Release date:</span> March 2, 2021</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;"><img alt="Sing in the Sunlight (1)" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-15018" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Sing-in-the-Sunlight-1-200x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Sing-in-the-Sunlight-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Sing-in-the-Sunlight-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Sing-in-the-Sunlight-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Sing-in-the-Sunlight-1-1200x1800.jpg 1200w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="200" />Richard Stevens isn’t who he thinks he is. Neither is the woman who now claims his last name.</span></span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Disfiguring scars stole Clarinda Humphrey’s singing career, her home, and her family, but she refuses to let her appearance steal her future. While attending The Young Ladies Seminary in 1858 Benicia, California, she finds a man who promises to love and cherish her. Instead he betrays her, leaving her with child, and Clarinda must take drastic measures to ensure her child doesn’t suffer for her foolishness.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Richard Stevens’s life hasn’t turned out as he expected, and when a shocking letter turns even his past into a mystery, he travels to San Francisco in search of guidance. On the way, he encounters a mysterious young woman hiding beneath a veil. That night he experiences a dream that sends him on a quest to find the bride God has chosen for him. He never imagines she’s already told everyone they’re married.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Unwilling to lie, nor accept a marriage of mere convenience, Richard wants the real thing. Yet Clarinda’s not interested in love, only a chance to save her child. Can he help her rise above the pain that runs deeper than her scars to accept a love worth every risk?</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><pre style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/35HNMF4" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">About the Author</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><img alt="Kathleen Denly Headshot 3" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-15019" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 286px) 85vw, 286px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Kathleen-Denly-Headshot-3-286x300.jpg" srcset="https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Kathleen-Denly-Headshot-3-286x300.jpg 286w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Kathleen-Denly-Headshot-3-768x806.jpg 768w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Kathleen-Denly-Headshot-3-976x1024.jpg 976w, https://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Kathleen-Denly-Headshot-3-1200x1259.jpg 1200w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="286" />Kathleen Denly lives in sunny Southern California with her loving husband, four young children, and two cats. As a member of the adoption and foster community, children in need are a cause dear to her heart and she finds they make frequent appearances in her stories. When she isn’t writing, researching, or caring for children, Kathleen spends her time reading, visiting historical sites, hiking, and crafting.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">More from Kathleen</span></h1><h3 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.1875rem; line-height: 1.1052631579; margin: 2.9473684211em 0px 1.4736842105em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;">Hiding our Flaws</h3><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">We all have things we’d like to change about our physical appearance. Personally, I’ve yet to lose the weight I gained with my last pregnancy and sitting behind a desk all day hasn’t helped things any. Despite this, I know that my husband, kids, family, friends, and most importantly, God, loves me just as much now as when I was my healthiest self. I want to lose the weight not because I need to earn someone’s approval but because I know I’ll feel better and be able to do more without tiring as quickly if I do. In the meantime, I’m okay with where I am because it’s the best I’ve been able to do so far.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">This level of self-acceptance has come with maturity and the love of a godly man. When I was younger, I’d spend hours in front of the mirror trying to disguise my flaws beneath layers of makeup and stomach smoothers. In fact, one of the most memorable moments of my courtship with my now husband was the day I returned from a women’s retreat. I hadn’t gotten much sleep all weekend and we’d had to pack up and leave early, so I’d made the unusual decision to skip my makeup that morning. I was going to carpool back to the church, grab my car, and head home for a nap. What was the point in painting my face when the only people who’d see it were the women who’d seen me wake up bare-faced that morning anyway? Well, it turns out my now husband had missed me. So he was waiting in the church parking lot when we arrived, just to say hi before I went home. Sweet, right? Um yeah. At the time, part of me thought it was sweet, but more of me wanted to melt into the floor’s carpet and vanish from sight. I had ZERO makeup on, people! And I had bags under my eyes! *gasp* *shudder*</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Needless to say, after almost nineteen years of marriage, he’s seen me a few times without my makeup on. Actually, these days, I only wear makeup for videos, photographs I intend to share online, special events, and (if the kids are nice to me that morning) church. Not that I don’t have my insecure moments or those photographs that friends share but I really wish they wouldn’t. (You know who you are.) But overall, I am okay with how I look because I know that I am loved and accepted.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">However, in <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Sing in the Sunlight,</span> my character, Clarinda, feels unloved, and unwanted by those closest to her. She describes parts of herself with words like hideous. She uses long sleeves, high necks, gloves, and veils to hide herself from a world that has rejected her. And she keeps almost everyone at arm’s length—especially God. So when she finally lets someone in, only to be betrayed, it sets off a series of desperate decisions that tangle her in a web from which she cannot find an escape. 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box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://connieshistoryclassroom.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":4737,"3":{"1":0},"10":2,"12":0,"15":"Arial"}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Connie's History Classroom"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Connie’s History Classroom</span></a>, March 9</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://confessionsofabookwormweb.wordpress.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The Meaderings of a Bookworm "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Meaderings of a Bookworm</span></a>, March 9</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; 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box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://ashleyscleanbookreviews.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":4224,"10":2,"15":"Arial"}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Ashley’s Clean Book Reviews"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Ashley’s Clean Book Reviews</span></a>, March 11</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amoderndayfairytale.net/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":4224,"10":2,"15":"Arial"}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"A Modern Day Fairy Tale"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">A Modern Day Fairy Tale</span></a>, March 12</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://storiesbygina.wordpress.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Gina Holder, Author and Blogger"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Gina Holder, Author and Blogger</span></a>, March 12 (<span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Author Interview"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Author Interview)</span></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://karenhadley.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"KarenSueHadley "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">KarenSueHadley</span></a>, March 13</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">My Thoughts:</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">This book is a refreshing read as the heroine deals with her physical flaws. Clarinda finds herself in trouble. She’s learned the hard way not to trust people mainly men. We all deal with flaws both inside and out. Clarinda doesn’t want anyone close enough to see hers. Robert sees beyond her flaws, but can she trust him with her heart! Not only is this a great read but one that will leave you reflecting questions such has: </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">How do I handle my flaws, both inside and outside?</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">How do I treat others with noticeable scars and flaws?</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">You’ll want to read this eye-opening and seeing others in spite of the flaws that make them who they really are. </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Blessings, </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Karen </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Rating:5*</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">I received a copy of this book as a gift and all opinions are my own. </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://familymgrkendra.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Happily Managing a Household of Boys"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Happily Managing a Household of Boys</span></a>, March 13</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.musingsofasassybookishmama.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":4224,"10":2,"15":"Arial"}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Musings of a Sassy Bookish Mama"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Musings of a Sassy Bookish Mama</span></a>, March 14</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blossomsandblessings.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Blossoms and Blessings"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Blossoms and Blessings</span></a>, March 14</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://truthandgracehomeschoolacademy.wordpress.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy</span></a>, March 15</p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img height="199" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/a7c8667d-67a2-405e-9c15-aaab0edffeb8" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="199" /></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Kathleen is giving away the grand prize package of a Kindle Paperwhite, one bookish scarf, one pair of bookish socks, one bookish necklace, one Chaparral Hearts Pen, and one custom bookmark made and signed by Kathleen Denly!!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1089f/sing-in-the-sunlight-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/1089f/sing-in-the-sunlight-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1089f/sing-in-the-sunlight-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><br /></a></div><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1089f/sing-in-the-sunlight-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><br /></a><p></p>Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-44821568513565992882021-02-20T08:29:00.000-06:002021-02-20T08:29:13.799-06:00Winning Miss Winthrop<h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCeRXSvrPNIShWZZ0hFLEG5jGp7p1F5HW-1YBe9lUFIRSpSFEt06HioF-OPBbmSe1cYCmhxghhH-uk4jKC4g8i-ScwWk3Mv6XIVN_Lb_P_FJvPIg0Ly6m0ERFKAYxtVkI5-ynnZhTm35N/s318/5B2D614F-EF59-4FF7-940B-AB4C6F728F8B.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="117" data-original-width="318" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnCeRXSvrPNIShWZZ0hFLEG5jGp7p1F5HW-1YBe9lUFIRSpSFEt06HioF-OPBbmSe1cYCmhxghhH-uk4jKC4g8i-ScwWk3Mv6XIVN_Lb_P_FJvPIg0Ly6m0ERFKAYxtVkI5-ynnZhTm35N/w318-h182/5B2D614F-EF59-4FF7-940B-AB4C6F728F8B.png" width="318" /></a></div><br />About the Book</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Book: </span>Winning Miss Winthrop</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Author: </span>Carolyn Miller</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: </span>Regency Historical Romance</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Release date:</span> March 2018</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;"><img class="alignright wp-image-14952 size-medium" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 194px) 85vw, 194px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9780825445330-194x300.jpeg" srcset="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9780825445330-194x300.jpeg 194w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/9780825445330.jpeg 414w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="194" /></span></span></p><div id="m_7991346750492967370comp-jddo404p" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">Catherine Winthrop is almost at her last prayers, rejected years ago by the man who stole her heart. When tragedy brings him back into her life, she must suffer further grief in silence, amid her family’s pain and hostility, which eventually sends her to seek solace in Bath. </span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">Jonathan Carlew might be wealthy, but the mystery surrounding his birth has shadowed his life, bringing fresh challenges as he takes on the Barony. Caught between appeasing the Winthrop family’s concerns and doing what he could to salvage their failing estate, he must also weigh the echoes of the past with the demands of his new responsibilities.</span></div><div style="box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">Two hearts must decide whether present speculation will condemn them to the dust of their memories, or if the whispers of forgiveness can provide freedom for the future.</span></div></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><pre style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/34gCLdb" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">About the Author</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><img class="alignright wp-image-14953 size-medium" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 85vw, 200px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/carolyn-miller-HR-4-200x300.jpeg" srcset="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/carolyn-miller-HR-4-200x300.jpeg 200w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/carolyn-miller-HR-4.jpeg 427w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="200" /></p><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Carolyn Miller lives in the beautiful Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, with her husband and four children. Together with her husband she has pastored a church for ten years, and worked as a public high school English and Learning and Support teacher. </span><u style="box-sizing: inherit;"></u><u style="box-sizing: inherit;"></u></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="box-sizing: inherit;">A longtime lover of romance, especially that of Jane Austen and Georgette Heyer’s Regency era, Carolyn holds a BA in English Literature, and loves drawing readers into fictional worlds that show the truth of God’s grace in our lives. Her Regency novels include The Elusive Miss Ellison, The Captivating Lady Charlotte, The Dishonorable Miss DeLancey, Winning Miss Winthrop, Miss Sere</span>na’<span lang="EN-GB" style="box-sizing: inherit;">s Secret, The Making of Mrs. Hale, A Hero for Miss Hatherleigh, Underestimating Miss Cecilia, and Misleading Miss Verity, all available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Book Depository, Koorong, etc.</span></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"></div><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">More from Carolyn</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">In 2015 I was fortunate enough to visit England and see my sister who was living there at the time. What followed was three weeks of visiting parts of England, Ireland and Scotland in a whistle-stop tour of some of the places I’d long dreamed about visiting, but never thought I’d get the chance: London, Brighton, the Blarney stone in an Irish castle, Chatsworth in the Peak District, Loch Ness and Culloden in the Scottish Highlands, the gorgeous grounds of Dunrobin Castle, and the beautiful Cotswolds of England, which includes World Heritage-listed Bath.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">I’ve used many of the places I’ve visited as inspiration behind my historical stories, but none as much as the places I visited while in Bath. Pretty much every place I visited – Sydney Gardens, Bath Abbey, the Pump Room, The Assembly Rooms and more – were mentioned in my story <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Winning Miss Winthrop</span>, which I view as my homage to Jane Austen’s Persuasion, which vies with Pride and Prejudice as my favorite Austen novel.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">I loved my all-too-brief time in Bath, and I love this story, with its depiction of two people learning to overcome the misunderstandings of the past in order to find a future. <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-style: italic;">Winning Miss Winthrop</span>is the first book in the Regency Brides: A Promise of Hope series, and has the attention to period detail, romance, banter, and faith threads that readers in the Regency Brides series have come to expect. 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I loved how it wasn’t your ordinary regency story. The Winthrop women find themselves almost out on the ear when the husband and father dies. Ending up in a run down dowager house. Katherine is left to care for her complaining mother and a blast from the past shows up. Both heroine and hero struggle with their past. Great characters, great setting and an all around awesome read!!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;">Blessings, </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;">Karen </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;">Rating: 5 *</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;">I received this book as a gift and all opinions are my own. </p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; 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box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.simpleharvestreads.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">Simple Harvest Reads</a>, March 1 (Guest Review from Donna Cline)</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://pagebypagebookbybook.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Hallie Reads"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Hallie Reads</span></a>, March 1</p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img class="" height="168" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/1b00b8fa-e04c-4482-957d-058700d90840" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="201" /></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Carolyn is giving away the grand prize package of a $25 Amazon prize and a paperback copy of the book!!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1074d/winning-miss-winthrop-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/1074d/winning-miss-winthrop-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p><p></p>Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-72444593663337737232021-02-17T13:56:00.001-06:002021-02-17T13:56:06.560-06:00<p> FEBRUARY 17, 2021</p><p><br /></p><p>HELLO EVERYONE!!!</p><p> I live in Oklahoma and as you know we have had a snow storm hit with unbelievable low temperatures. We do not usually have weather like this, we don't want weather like this but it is what it is. Don't get me wrong, the snow is beautiful and breath-taking (literally). I love to watch it fall! But with it comes changes, granddaughter is out of school and doing online learning. She does not like it. Her thoughts if she isn't going to school then the schoolwork doesn't have to be done. Shocked her when reality hit. My youngest grandson isn't impressed at all with the white powder.</p><p> There was a dove sitting on my front porch for a little while. She looked twice her size. So, baby birds are probably in her future. I hope she found a warm place, which is almost non-existent in our part of the country.</p><p> Kudos to you who live where snow and low temperature are the norm in winter. Along with covid, this weather keeps me home. I'm usually a homebody but I do have my limits and would like to get out once in a while even if its just to the Sonic for a sprite zero with diet cherry. </p><p> Of course, being one that loves to read, books are appreciated all year round and especially now since if I want to go someplace I can travel through the pages of a good book.</p><p>What's the weather like in your part of the country?</p><p>Stay Warm!</p><p>Blessings,</p><p>Karen</p><p><br /></p>Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-21156879329059932932021-02-12T01:00:00.001-06:002021-02-12T01:00:02.911-06:00Vanished in the Mountains <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHAFX5L9TbzziyKRDMY8rk1nePsBWBf1ClQ2GBHZZ0SV61GVaND_a49APukuOifeKD7v1Nmj_NEuV7OGO5TdYPBNsFMLlQi70bduKfdMX04k1CouSaFKUHWiKkEmkg8dqCvzaoVVVIpEI/s318/2FBBE66C-25E2-4D2D-9A98-D9AC0E237FE4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="117" data-original-width="318" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdHAFX5L9TbzziyKRDMY8rk1nePsBWBf1ClQ2GBHZZ0SV61GVaND_a49APukuOifeKD7v1Nmj_NEuV7OGO5TdYPBNsFMLlQi70bduKfdMX04k1CouSaFKUHWiKkEmkg8dqCvzaoVVVIpEI/w281-h140/2FBBE66C-25E2-4D2D-9A98-D9AC0E237FE4.png" width="281" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;"> About the Book</span><img alt="Vanished cover" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-14934" height="300" sizes="(max-width: 189px) 85vw, 189px" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Vanished-cover-189x300.jpeg" srcset="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Vanished-cover-189x300.jpeg 189w, http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Vanished-cover.jpeg 202w" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="189" /></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Book: </span>Vanished in the Mountains</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Author: </span>Tanya Stowe</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: </span>Christian Romantic Suspense</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Release date:</span> February 3, 2021</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">A search for missing women leads to a deadly pursuit.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">When domestic violence counselor Dulcie Parker uncovers evidence of a human trafficking ring in the Four Corners area, she’s determined to stop it or die trying. With corruption all around her and killers on her trail, Deputy Sheriff Austin Turner’s the only one she can trust. But can they work together to expose the crime ring before she becomes the next victim?</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><pre style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/2K78dTY" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">About the Author</span></span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><img alt="Bio Pic" class="alignright size-full wp-image-14935" height="265" src="http://www.celebratelitteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Bio-Pic.jpeg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="240" />Tanya Stowe is a Christian Fiction author with an unexpected edge. She is married to the love of her life, her high school sweetheart. They have four children and twenty-one grandchildren, a true adventure. She fills her books with the unusual…mysteries and exotic travel, even a murder or two. No matter where Tanya takes you…on a trip to foreign lands or a suspenseful journey packed with danger…be prepared for the extraordinary.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">More from Tanya</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">When my children were very young, my husband and I took a trip to Colorado for a family reunion. After the reunion we traveled through Colorado to see the sights. We stopped in Silverton and my sister and I took my young son and daughter down the narrow-gauge railroad to Durango. Riding the swaying train down slopes covered in pine trees with the rushing white water of the Animas River below, I knew I’d write about the area someday. Many years later my husband and I took our first “kid-less” vacation in our motorhome. We stayed in a campground on the Navajo Nation next to Canyon de Chelly. We had no running water or electricity and that night, a storm blew in from the west. We watched the sky change to hues of purple and pink and then sat mesmerized as lightning strikes crossed the magnificent valley. Once again, I planted the scenes in my mind, determined to write about them one day. Little did I know both vacations would combine into one story. I hope you find my memories of the Four Corners area as unforgettable as I did! Blessings!</p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">Blog Stops</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bookwomanjoan.blogspot.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Book Reviews From an Avid Reader"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Book Reviews From an Avid Reader</span></a>, February 8</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; 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box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">My Thoughts:</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Dulcie receives a threatening letter to back off but she refuses. She takes a stand for women who fear speaking out. Along with Austin they press on to untangle and catch the crime ring behind the missing women. I loved Dulcie’s determination and refusal to give up. Enter a Deputy Sheriff Austin, she finds someone who has her back. Highly suspenseful, full of twists and turns and keeps you on your toes as you turn each page!!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Blessings, Karen</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Rating:5*</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">I received this book as a gift and all opinions are my own!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; 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box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.fictionbooklover.com/" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">Fiction Book Lover</a>, February 21 (Guest Review from Donna Cline)</p><h1 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.75rem; line-height: 1.25; margin: 2em 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img class="" height="161" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/e5f4939d-cd96-45de-b748-8fb15bc1a0af" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="161" /></p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Tanya is giving away the grand prize of a $25 Amazon gift card!!</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/10712/vanished-in-the-mountains-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/10712/vanished-in-the-mountains-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p>Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-17329728516051216552021-02-01T01:00:00.001-06:002021-02-01T01:00:00.123-06:00<p> </p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfxHIguQwOBGBdmmTd6UUUSwvDF2yGzdA_nSlTHtxhvon9ET3iSMYB_bOqD__DGJC3btUJMqONCCMNqOu6ONr-le9R-BSmC2_Gmi39joSHglyN8qyygtTsRpJBQWwgK7zVdvhWTblret8/s851/The-Thief-of-Blackfriars-Lane-banner-1-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfxHIguQwOBGBdmmTd6UUUSwvDF2yGzdA_nSlTHtxhvon9ET3iSMYB_bOqD__DGJC3btUJMqONCCMNqOu6ONr-le9R-BSmC2_Gmi39joSHglyN8qyygtTsRpJBQWwgK7zVdvhWTblret8/w560-h261/The-Thief-of-Blackfriars-Lane-banner-1-1.jpg" width="560" /></a></div><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">About the Book</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Book: The Thief of Blackfriars Lane</span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"> Author: </span>Michelle Griep</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"> Genre: </span>Christian historical</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">There’s Often a Fine Line Between a Criminal and a Saint</em></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Constable Jackson Forge intends to make the world safer, or at least the streets of Victorian London. But that’s Kit Turner’s domain, a swindler who runs a crew that acquires money the old-fashioned way—conning the rich to give to the poor. When a local cab driver goes missing, Jackson is tasked with finding the man, and the only way to do that is by enlisting Kit’s help. If Jackson doesn’t find the cabby, he’ll be fired. If Kit doesn’t help Jackson, he’ll arrest her for thievery. Yet neither of them realize those are the least of their problems.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2ow-bYDEJYyj6aBXsqwDQkTMRLrHZYgcOf0Pz0y5EbhclfCcEoDRXDzLbEXjTD4EF6y-xP3GOgbp8WTgwWt7wphj2pmjdS4-MEIYvuofYVJSubpmI40_ZbEndFFBW2_XF6NdesJRUtwH/s300/The-Thief-of-Blackfriars-Lane-197x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="197" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx2ow-bYDEJYyj6aBXsqwDQkTMRLrHZYgcOf0Pz0y5EbhclfCcEoDRXDzLbEXjTD4EF6y-xP3GOgbp8WTgwWt7wphj2pmjdS4-MEIYvuofYVJSubpmI40_ZbEndFFBW2_XF6NdesJRUtwH/w197-h264/The-Thief-of-Blackfriars-Lane-197x300.jpg" width="197" /></a></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><pre style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/2V5VoeS" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIr-lo6uET1x66FHzjqRzhxjiumSJL_cAUs6YCv3Eqa_iXuCdOjFpeFndc6yBmeStpEnusEh9xQ74Y1u8We0T9gbBrn5CKEkvtJxtumkaHu9kvq74NuAGylZGt3VWoZHnut-ixJvqRdZ5O/s300/Michelle-Griep-225x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIr-lo6uET1x66FHzjqRzhxjiumSJL_cAUs6YCv3Eqa_iXuCdOjFpeFndc6yBmeStpEnusEh9xQ74Y1u8We0T9gbBrn5CKEkvtJxtumkaHu9kvq74NuAGylZGt3VWoZHnut-ixJvqRdZ5O/s0/Michelle-Griep-225x300.jpg" /></a></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> <em style="box-sizing: inherit;"></em></p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">About the Author</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Michelle Griep’s been writing since she first discovered blank wall space and Crayolas. She is the Christy Award-winning author of historical romances: <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">A Tale of Two Hearts, The Captured Bride, The Innkeeper’s Daughter, 12 Days at Bleakly Manor, The Captive Heart, Brentwood’s Ward, A Heart Deceived, </em>and <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Gallimore,</em> but also leaped the historical fence into the realm of contemporary with the zany romantic mystery <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Out of the Frying Pan</em>. If you’d like to keep up with her escapades, find her at www.michellegriep.com or stalk her on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">More from Michelle</span></h1><h3 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.4375rem; line-height: 1.21739; margin: 2.43478em 0px 1.21739em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit;">Zootopia in Victorian London</span></h3><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">I admit it. I like kid’s movies. You know, the animated sort that entertain both young and old alike. One of my favorites is <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Zootopia</em>, a rollicking adventure about a bunny whose dream it is to be a police officer and make the streets of the big city safe for all animals. In fact, I loved it so much that I thought why not set it in Victorian London?</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">So I did.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">And that’s what <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Thief of Blackfriars Lane</em> is all about, but that meant I had to do a little digging into the history of police force of the late 1800’s. Here’s what I learned…</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">The Metropolitan Police (founded in 1829 by Robert Peel) was composed mostly of young men, many of whom were recruited from rural areas. Few were from London, the philosophy being that they would thus be free from local patronage and influence.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">It is a bit of an anomaly that hero Jackson Forge and his friend, Officer Baggett, carry a sidearm. Some did, but most relied on truncheons. It was up to the officer. Revolvers were usually only supplied after the death of a police officer by an armed criminal, at the discretion of the Divisional Officer, or if a constable requested to use one during night duty. In 1884, after the deaths of several police officers, the Home Office ordered nearly a thousand revolvers from Webley & Scott to be issued to branches of the London police. . .which is where I got the idea of a shipment of guns for the villain to attempt to steal.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Police detectives were recruited from within the ranks of existing uniformed officers. There were actually women on the force at the time, employed as police matrons. But these were behind-the-scenes workers, tasked with guarding women and children. If my heroine, Kit, were to be out in public, serving as Jackson’s assistant, she’d have to keep her job secret. The first female police officer wasn’t seen on the streets until 1919.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">And so, armed with that information, I wrote the adventures of not a police bunny and a con artist fox, but of Jackson Forge, a fresh-faced constable, and his thorn in the side, swindler Kit Turner. 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color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karenhadley.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"KarenSueHadley "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">KarenSueHadley</span></a>, February 1</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;">MY THOUGHTS: </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"> Such a delightful book! Bursting with danger, surprises, romance and history. The main characters are delightful. Honestly describes the hero having insecurity in his job and the pressures on him. Heroine who lives life that is unusual. Can they partner up from both sides of the law to find the missing men? A all around great book! But all of Michelle's books are great reads!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Blessings,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Karen</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Rated:5*</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I have received a copy of this book as a gift and all opinions are my own.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; 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box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img class="" height="207" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/1377af25-5cfa-4088-aeb6-d9f756222218" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="247" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Michelle is giving away the grand prize package of a $25 Amazon gift card and a copy of The Thief of Blackfriars Lane!!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1062a/the-thief-of-blackfriars-lane-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/1062a/the-thief-of-blackfriars-lane-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p>Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-84287037945853792042021-01-18T10:18:00.003-06:002021-01-18T10:18:50.457-06:00<h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfMkxwBimAdZhFl4r3CF4mo_GGjq5YrfPCJG3b9fm0QB09jlzB7aGtfGa0CMa1tsMMw0athQB8FZ4lrjhDctcgERt_8oNwJAuuHC1Pefu-kqcWlv4kdovYhfXdtHZCWo6MlN_zhBmo_QO-/s851/Cold-Case-Pursuit-banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfMkxwBimAdZhFl4r3CF4mo_GGjq5YrfPCJG3b9fm0QB09jlzB7aGtfGa0CMa1tsMMw0athQB8FZ4lrjhDctcgERt_8oNwJAuuHC1Pefu-kqcWlv4kdovYhfXdtHZCWo6MlN_zhBmo_QO-/w521-h284/Cold-Case-Pursuit-banner.jpg" width="521" /></a></div><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">About the Book</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7DZJ4_ZUclGNNFodw9XHsSMvN0skWqc5MmXNj3aceseK20HZhWgCxSGOoNK2AaH-n02J1Ovw0-D6KjHEgp59eD8xikcxZQu44Mjd2-TU6a1uMQNreZkjpQ_SwCxh-qWfxwVEPmDDtUYhJ/s436/Cold-Case-Persuit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="277" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7DZJ4_ZUclGNNFodw9XHsSMvN0skWqc5MmXNj3aceseK20HZhWgCxSGOoNK2AaH-n02J1Ovw0-D6KjHEgp59eD8xikcxZQu44Mjd2-TU6a1uMQNreZkjpQ_SwCxh-qWfxwVEPmDDtUYhJ/s320/Cold-Case-Persuit.jpg" /></a></div><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Book: </span>Cold Case Pursuit<p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Author: </span>Dana Mentink</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: </span>Romantic Suspense</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">A cold case solved by the K-9 unit…</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">but the past is not so easily escaped.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Decades after her parents’ murders, Penelope McGregor’s grateful the killer’s finally been identified—until he comes after her. Now Detective Tyler Walker and his K-9 partner, Dusty, must protect Penelope and catch the culprit…while making sure his little girl stays out of the crosshairs. But can the single father outplay a killer whose endgame will leave no one safe?</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><pre style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/3fgEIKH" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">About the Author</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Dana Mentink is a two time American Christian Fiction Writers Carol Award winner, a Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award and a Holt Medallion winner. She is a national bestselling author of over forty titles in the suspense and lighthearted romance genres. She is pleased to write for Harlequin’s Love Inspired Suspense, Poisoned Pen Press, and Harvest House. Besides writing, she busies herself puttering around her Northern California backyard. Mostly, she loves to be home with Papa Bear, teen bear cubs affectionately nicknamed Yogi and Boo Boo, Junie, the nutty terrier, and a chubby box turtle. You can connect with Dana via her website at </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://danamentink.com&source=gmail&ust=1600815927154000&usg=AFQjCNE9uJctsBT_Kbu1oaVvNUJBOuyIOg" href="http://danamentink.com/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-align: left; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">danamentink.com</a><span style="text-align: left;">, on Facebook, YouTube (Author Dana Mentink) and Instagram (dana_mentink.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5a6y4yrpK5hrlAs8O-vz0rqfeeGMsg7Z4ssVncB7yZiuqFBPnuVeKDIOtF2gALPI1Uq3Nem_JD86-XMthUsidUZ10bMqR3WfQIM5y3EaYQplX4uk4BA3hs494k0Ua0BGrhDmi957luFr/s300/dana-mentink-223x300.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ5a6y4yrpK5hrlAs8O-vz0rqfeeGMsg7Z4ssVncB7yZiuqFBPnuVeKDIOtF2gALPI1Uq3Nem_JD86-XMthUsidUZ10bMqR3WfQIM5y3EaYQplX4uk4BA3hs494k0Ua0BGrhDmi957luFr/s0/dana-mentink-223x300.jpeg" /></a></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">More from Dana</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">I love book covers with adorable children on them, don’t you? There’s something so angelic about those wee folks on the covers. I have two bear cubs myself, young adults now, and I love them devotedly. Tell you what though. Sometimes, just occasionally mind you, they were a wee bit naughty. Don’t tell anyone, but one reason I enjoyed writing Cold Case Pursuit so much is that hero Tyler is the single dad of a little girl named Rain who is….er…a handful. Sure, she’s adorable, but she’s prone to disobedience and the occasional tendency to flush things down the toilet. So in addition to the edge of your seat pursuit of a murderous clown killer, there are the shenanigans of a precocious preschooler, a highly trained yet distractible police K-9, and a romance that doesn’t exactly run smoothly. Fun to write? You betcha! I hope you enjoy coming along with me on this True Blue adventure!</p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">Blog Stops</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://bookwomanjoan.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Book Reviews From an Avid Reader"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Book Reviews From an Avid Reader</span></a>, January 19</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karenhadley.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"KarenSueHadley "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">KarenSueHadley</span></a>, January 19</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;">MY THOUGHTS:</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"> I've never met Dana but I have listen to her on facebook. She has such a outgoing personality and is a dynamic author. I love to read anything she has written. I do enjoy a great suspenseful book. This book doesn't disappoint. When K-9's are involved you've really caught my attention because I love dogs. This book has a great plot, characters and of course, lots of suspense. I highly recommend it!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;">Want to find out more? READ THE BOOK!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;">Blessings,</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;">Karen</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;">Rating:5*</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;">I received this book as a gift and all opinions are my own.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; 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box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><br /></p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img class="" height="112" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/be239a8f-8864-4c8d-adab-62d4902811b8" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="201" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Dana is giving away the grand prize of a Mentink giveaway bundle, including a $50 Amazon gift card and a tote bag!!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/105ab/cold-case-pursuit-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/105ab/cold-case-pursuit-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p>Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-39090865270509158362021-01-17T19:20:00.001-06:002021-01-17T19:20:29.687-06:00<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>JEN TURANO'S NEW RELEASE</b></span> <span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>!!!!!!!!!!</b></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5wB-d_JzgsxiNZEgNnF7aEUqjQJBb2gdCEqmqzhvOyzJ-eLSdYlVbjQ6UlUx3J9XkhEPN5Gx7yK11VMYdUGuwbUgYUUbGO6yATApJoGLYadGv2DR8ltCxoMLuXfm05qOeikOxzNgBera/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="323" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh5wB-d_JzgsxiNZEgNnF7aEUqjQJBb2gdCEqmqzhvOyzJ-eLSdYlVbjQ6UlUx3J9XkhEPN5Gx7yK11VMYdUGuwbUgYUUbGO6yATApJoGLYadGv2DR8ltCxoMLuXfm05qOeikOxzNgBera/w258-h400/image.png" width="258" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-size: large;">After a childhood as a street thief, Gabriella Goodhue thought she'd put her past behind her until a fellow resident at her boardinghouse is unjustly accused of theft. In the middle of breaking into a safe that holds the proof to prove her friend's innocence, Gabriella is interrupted by Nicholas Quinn, the man she once considered her best friend--until he abandoned her.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;"><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;" /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">After being taken under the wing of a professor who introduced him into society and named him as heir, Nicholas is living far removed from his childhood life of crime. As a favor to a friend, Nicholas agreed to help clear the name of an innocent woman, never imagining he'd be reunited with the girl he thought lost to him forever.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif;" /><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">As Gabriella and Nicholas are thrown together into one intrigue after another, their childhood affection grows into more, but their newfound feelings are tested when truths about their past are revealed and danger follows their every step. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">OH GOODNESS! My thoughts on any Jen Turano book is always excellent!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">I know when I pick up one of books I'm in for a very enjoyable read! Hopefully, reading time that won't be interrupted. The main characters are most lovable! I love how she shows how those that grew up in the streets could make something of themselves and leave the life of crime. They are some quirky characters and I love quirky characters! I loved the dogs that were a big part, Winston and Precious. I can see future books on all the main characters in the future and look forward to it. It was enjoyable reading about the different women that make up the "The Bleecher Inquiry Agency". </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Blessings,</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Karen</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #990000; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></p>Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-90957849906233828962020-12-05T01:00:00.001-06:002020-12-05T01:00:02.512-06:00Covert Amish Christmas and a free recipe<p> </p><p>WELCOME TO THE <i>COVERT AMISH CHRISTMAS </i>TOUR!!! </p><p> AND</p><p>WELCOME TO DECEMBER!!!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMcbPBv81zJ3-oksWsIcVgt_WA0q-vV0Fp-3-VfaNnkmVA4THWjOz7l9pj7j9Vc_JwAqKjajQVShqA9VsJ3XWGN-Dy3S5to-MfM9ReIt8L8NUAPqtBxLdfCa9GeVNmgUp1m6D6OOs3h3C/s851/Covert-Amish-christmas-banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxMcbPBv81zJ3-oksWsIcVgt_WA0q-vV0Fp-3-VfaNnkmVA4THWjOz7l9pj7j9Vc_JwAqKjajQVShqA9VsJ3XWGN-Dy3S5to-MfM9ReIt8L8NUAPqtBxLdfCa9GeVNmgUp1m6D6OOs3h3C/w640-h235/Covert-Amish-christmas-banner.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">About the Book</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Book: </span>Covert Amish Christmas</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Author: </span>Mary Alford</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: </span>Inspirational Amish Suspense, Christmas</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4NjrPee0fj1zOfbbGyGNILpbhgo4Q7Fh3EcZuHSIAOZgtbwLfL1hyHaSVq3kGpomTsV8Pw0wOV899b5jc7PBGtuDrt1cfwWV0-OkqrKOLWxeN57gkv_hZkRT9I2DyTCaL0F1BgwUeNoXh/s300/Covert-Amish-CHristmas-191x300.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="191" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4NjrPee0fj1zOfbbGyGNILpbhgo4Q7Fh3EcZuHSIAOZgtbwLfL1hyHaSVq3kGpomTsV8Pw0wOV899b5jc7PBGtuDrt1cfwWV0-OkqrKOLWxeN57gkv_hZkRT9I2DyTCaL0F1BgwUeNoXh/w243-h360/Covert-Amish-CHristmas-191x300.jpg" width="243" /></a></div><br />Fleeing to Amish country might be the only way to survive Christmas…<p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Hiding in Amish country, former CIA agent Victoria Kauffman’s determined to find evidence to catch the corrupt agents who killed her partner. But when her Christmas refuge is discovered, the sole person she can trust is Amish widower Aaron Shetler. With ruthless—and dangerously powerful—enemies after them, Victoria must use all her training to make sure they live through the holidays.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><pre style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/3dO9Xw2" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">About the Author</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">USA Today Bestselling Author, Mary Alford, loves giving her readers the un-expected, whether it be in a rugged mountain setting or a peaceful Amish community.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Her titles have appeared on the USA Today Bestselling List, Publisher’s Weekly Bestselling List, and have been finalists in the Daphne Du Maurier award of excellence, The Beverly, The Maggie, and The Selah Awards.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Mary lives in Texas with her husband, two very spoiled cats, and a sweet rescue dog name Cody. Mary is very active online and would love to connect with readers on Face-book and Twitter or any social platforms listed at <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.maryalford.net&source=gmail&ust=1601756192789000&usg=AFQjCNFexOgThbhqo9myOJeSi-Ouk4oO-A" href="http://www.maryalford.net/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">www.maryalford.net</a>.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1FIXWuzzK3YuM3uhXjf7SDDGZIdHHcAGtTUP8K2u-3NyBMqCTOFLJzBheYk34w_3ZnYl-h4a33jKro_qpQOw8_sKiqIz28xC5fhaASvuosWe_Pw3qOJtBOPfRebnOoaNtAsIDwueZfZI/s379/Mary-Alford-New-Photo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1FIXWuzzK3YuM3uhXjf7SDDGZIdHHcAGtTUP8K2u-3NyBMqCTOFLJzBheYk34w_3ZnYl-h4a33jKro_qpQOw8_sKiqIz28xC5fhaASvuosWe_Pw3qOJtBOPfRebnOoaNtAsIDwueZfZI/s320/Mary-Alford-New-Photo.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">More from Mary</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">When you think about the Amish, you don’t usually associate their simple ways with spies and covert happenings, but that’s the beauty of the imagination. Anything is possible.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">As I sat down to pen Covert Amish Christmas, I wanted to create a story that would bring to life the differences between the two worlds and I wanted it to have a Christmas setting to back-drop the story.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Covert Amish Christmas takes place in the breathtaking world of the Amish of Montana where mountains rise to the sky, and snowy woods create the perfect winter wonderland. Christmas is in the air. And so is danger…</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">I don’t know about you, but I love Christmas books so much because they allow me to return to my favorite time of the year no matter what day is written on the calendar.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">And as Christmas quickly approaches, it means it’s time to bake all those delicious holiday treats we all love so much.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">One of my favorites is Peppermint Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting. They are both delicious to eat and fun to give away.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">So, I hope you enjoy them, and Covert Amish Christmas, and I pray this year, the Spirit of the season will remain with you all year long.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Peppermint Sugar Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Ingredients:<a href="http://www.celebratelit.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/peppermint-sugar-cookies.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><img alt="" class="alignright size-full wp-image-9381" height="151" src="http://www.celebratelit.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/peppermint-sugar-cookies.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; display: block; float: right; height: auto; margin: 0.375em 0px 1.75em 1.75em; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="227" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">◾2 1/2 cups cake flour, plus more for dusting work surface</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">◾2 tsp cornstarch</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">◾1 1/2 tsp baking powder</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">◾1/2 tsp salt</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">◾1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">◾1/4 cup all vegetable shortening (unflavored), at room temperature</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">◾1 cup granulated sugar</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">◾1 large egg</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">◾1 large egg white</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">◾2 tsp vanilla extract</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">◾1/2 tsp peppermint extract</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">◾Crushed candy canes, for topping</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Peppermint Cream Cheese Frosting</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">◾4 oz cream cheese, softened</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">◾4 Tbsp unsalted butter</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">◾1/2 tsp peppermint extract</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">◾2 1/2 cups powdered sugar</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Directions:</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Sift flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt into a large bowl, then whisk it just a few times, set aside. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer, on medium speed, whip together butter, shortening and sugar until very pale and fluffy, about 4 minutes, scrapping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add in egg and mix until combine, then add egg white, vanilla and peppermint extract and mix until combine. With mixer running, slowly add in dry ingredients and mix just until combine. Transfer dough to an airtight container and refrigerate 2 hours. Preheat oven to 375 during the last 10 minutes of refrigeration.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Scoop dough out about 3 Tbsp at a time and roll into a ball. Place dough ball on a lightly floured surface, sprinkle top lightly with flour, then using something flat and smooth (such as the storage container lid), press and evenly flatten dough to 1/2″ thick. Transfer flattened dough to a Silpat or parchment paper lined baking sheet and repeat process with remaining dough (you’ll have to use 2 cookie sheets). Bake in preheated oven 9 – 11 minutes. Allow to cool 5 minutes on baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool. Cool completely then frost with Cream Cheese Frosting and sprinkle with crushed candy canes.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">For the frosting:</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, whip together cream cheese and butter until pale and fluffy. Add peppermint extract and powdered sugar and mix until pale and fluffy.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Blessings always,</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Mary Alford</p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">Blog Stops</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.karenhadley.blogspot.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"KarenSueHadley "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">KarenSueHadley</span></a>, December 5</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">MY THOUGHTS:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> Happy December! I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!! As expected in Mary Alford's talent for writing, she delivers another nail-biter of a story. Strap on your seat belt because there is no rest for the characters in this novel and there will be no rest for you. You'll want to keep the pages turning to race to the solution needed by Victoria and Aaron. Aaron is a widowed Amish man and Victoria is a retired CIA agent determine to bring to justice those behind her partner's murder. There is never a dull moment for them as Aaron finds himself involved and the two have a hard time staying above their opponents. Be ready for a heart-racing, always speeding for safety and the best characters written into a book. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"> READ THE BOOK!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">BLESSINGS,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Karen</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Rating: 5*</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">I received this book at my request and all opinions are my own!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lakesidelivingsite.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"lakesidelivingsite"}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">lakesidelivingsite</span></a>, December 5</p><p style="background-color: white; 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box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.splashesofjoy.wordpress.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;"><span data-sheets-userformat="{"2":513,"3":{"1":0},"12":0}" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Splashes of Joy "}" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Splashes of Joy</span></a>, December 18</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.simpleharvestreads.com/" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">Simple Harvest Reads</a>, December 18 (Guest Review from Donna Cline)</p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img class="" height="225" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/cb27405c-7ea2-477d-bd4b-c72b195a47a3" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="225" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Mary is giving away the grand prize package of an autographed copy of Covert Amish Christmas along with a gift basket containing Spa Gift Basket – Bath and Body Set with Vanilla Fragrance by Lovestee (Bath Gift Basket Includes Shower Gel, Body Lotion, Hand Lotion, Bath Salt, Eva Sponge and a Bath Puff)!!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/10459/covert-amish-christmas-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/10459/covert-amish-christmas-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p>Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759913677459207999.post-38736864334736753112020-12-01T01:00:00.002-06:002020-12-01T01:00:00.233-06:00An Ivy Hill Christmas<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJ_slSqcy_x0EkQO0qqwYg8vprVVlC77I8WQPyS0yH4b343jWysDlN5jtV2eZRAWREERauqH7fyM0Ure7-zBMzsNTJLn-fySY25YzNsB-mhqWpH74gTSnLpvU1fgjvnuhOHdmTJco4I-_/s851/an-ivy-hill-banner-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="315" data-original-width="851" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJ_slSqcy_x0EkQO0qqwYg8vprVVlC77I8WQPyS0yH4b343jWysDlN5jtV2eZRAWREERauqH7fyM0Ure7-zBMzsNTJLn-fySY25YzNsB-mhqWpH74gTSnLpvU1fgjvnuhOHdmTJco4I-_/w556-h204/an-ivy-hill-banner-2.jpg" width="556" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">About the Book</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Book: </span>An Ivy Hill Christmas</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Author: </span>Julie Klassen</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Genre: </span>Christmas Historical Romance</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuEEOlpP9FhP82RcIUguwMwelcu6Rj8pyOJ5xD2K9Y7AO8eZV9675clivRfeS26ZS1EegyTlFzHeRabtIPPRgqR8mcB_JZYjt8tRfIhiEDAW4Hbr2bNDQoLhIHAVHh2I2krtSRacBNR9MR/s300/Ivy-Hill-Christmas-194x300.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuEEOlpP9FhP82RcIUguwMwelcu6Rj8pyOJ5xD2K9Y7AO8eZV9675clivRfeS26ZS1EegyTlFzHeRabtIPPRgqR8mcB_JZYjt8tRfIhiEDAW4Hbr2bNDQoLhIHAVHh2I2krtSRacBNR9MR/s0/Ivy-Hill-Christmas-194x300.jpg" /></a><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Release Date: </span>September, 2020 </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Richard Brockwell, the younger son of Ivy Hill’s most prominent family, hasn’t been home for Christmas in years. He prefers to live in the London townhouse, far away from Brockwell Court, the old family secret that haunts him, and the shadows of his past mistakes. But then his mother threatens to stop funding his carefree life–unless he comes home for Christmas. Out of options, he sets out for Ivy Hill, planning to be back on a coach bound for London and his unencumbered bachelor life as soon as the festivities are over.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">But Christmas in the country presents many surprises, including encounters with an orphaned apprentice, the first love he disappointed years ago, and Arabella Awdry, a young lady who is far more appealing than he recalled–and determined to have nothing to do with him.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Will Christmastime in Ivy Hill, with its village charm, kissing boughs, and joyous songs, change his heart . . . and hers as well?</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><pre style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(209, 209, 209); box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Inconsolata, monospace; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3125; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; overflow: auto; padding: 1.75em; white-space: pre-wrap;">Click <a href="https://amzn.to/2GN6mm0" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">here</a> to get your copy!</pre><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">About the Author</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Julie Klassen</span> loves all things Jane–<i style="box-sizing: inherit;">Jane Eyre </i>and Jane Austen. A graduate of the University of Illinois, Julie worked in publishing for 16 years and now writes full-time. Her novels have sold over 1 million copies, and three of her books, <i style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Silent Governess</i>, <i style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Girl in the Gatehouse</i>, and <i style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Maid of Fairbourne Hall</i>, have won the Christy Award for Historical Romance. <i style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Secret of Pembrooke Park </i>was honored with the Minnesota Book Award for Genre Fiction. Julie has also won the Midwest Book Award and a <i style="box-sizing: inherit;">Christian Retailing</i>‘s Best Award, and has been a finalist in the Romance Writers of America’s RITA Awards and ACFW’s Carol Awards. Julie and her husband have two sons and live in a suburb of St. Paul, Minnesota.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkN4B1ZI6b60jzLNOuF4gqL_CK2P7RyYSUCQoD6yqouxpLz4meZfR9niZf9_ofnRY5vWB1YuNYgt2FATddTFl3RJ-kAzrXIADSMn0Gz7TLIBmPp0fcdVne7i_Zi4kwLmd6o7bo90Ttl5-Q/s300/Klassen-Julie-199x300.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkN4B1ZI6b60jzLNOuF4gqL_CK2P7RyYSUCQoD6yqouxpLz4meZfR9niZf9_ofnRY5vWB1YuNYgt2FATddTFl3RJ-kAzrXIADSMn0Gz7TLIBmPp0fcdVne7i_Zi4kwLmd6o7bo90Ttl5-Q/s0/Klassen-Julie-199x300.jpg" /></a> </p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><span style="font-size: 2.0625rem; text-decoration-line: underline;">More from Julie</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">My fascination with England began as a girl when I read <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Secret Garden</em> and <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Jane Eyre,</em> and watched <em style="box-sizing: inherit;">A Christmas Carol</em>. I have now been to Great Britain several times, and my affection for the place has only grown. I love the country villages with their stone buildings and thatched roofs, the narrow, winding roads (though not driving on them), the ancient churches, friendly people, plummy accents, and history. Writing fifteen novels set there has been a real pleasure.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">An Ivy Hill Christmas</em> includes all the elements of an idyllic Olde English yuletide: A charming village setting, snowfall, mistletoe, caroling, gifts for less fortunate neighbors, and festive gatherings of friends and family. I thoroughly enjoyed researching 19<span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 12px; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span> century Christmas traditions and weaving them into this novella.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">In the story, a confirmed bachelor is determined to remain aloof from the celebrations going on around him—and from his mother’s matchmaking schemes. But divine hope, friendship, and unexpected romance change his heart…and his mind. I love a transformation story; don’t you?</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">If you’ve read the TALES FROM IVY HILL series, you will enjoy returning to the village and spending time with favorite characters. But rest assured, the novella is a standalone, meaning you can enjoy it whether or not you’ve read the other books, as these reviews attest:</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">“[A] standalone novella that not only beautifully captures the kindness, hope, love, and faith of Christmas but also skillfully evokes the period holiday atmosphere of Regency England.” —<em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Booklist</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">“This feel-good tale of love and redemption will delight Klassen’s fans and new readers alike.” </em>—<em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Publishers Weekly</em></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">And if you like the novella, I think you will like the other books as well.<em style="box-sizing: inherit;"> An Ivy Hill Christmas</em> would also make a lovely gift for a reading friend.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Finally, if you want to add a British flair to your own modern-day celebrations, buy (or make) mince tarts or Christmas pudding, place Christmas “crackers” (pull-apart gift tubes) on your table and wear the included paper crowns. Refer to Father Christmas instead of Santa; and instead of “Merry,” wish everyone a hearty, “Happy Christmas.”</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;">Happy Christmas!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em;"> </p><h1 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">Blog Stops</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.throughthelensofscripture.com/" style="background-color: transparent; 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"<i>An Ivy Hill Christmas" </i>is a hit. Especially as you very seldom read where the hero is careless and only goes home for Christmas to see what he can get from his family. But as he is reacquainted with a former fried and he begins to see life as it should be for a grown man. The heroine Arabella, a orphan and who has a history with Richard, they thought they were in love. Richard destroys that and discovers the truth about himself and the changes that need to occur. Arabella just wants him to go his own way. Can they meet in the middle? READ THE BOOK!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763;">Blessings,</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763;">Karen</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763;">Rating: 5*</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #073763;">I received this book at my request and all opinions are my own.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; 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clear: both; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 2.0625rem; line-height: 1.27273; margin: 1.69697em 0px 0.848485em; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;">Giveaway</span></h1><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><img height="211" src="https://promosimple.com/uploads/images/d3e4e596-fad3-4a42-af6c-956b7818e78c" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="252" /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">To celebrate her tour, Julie is giving away the grand prize package of a copy of An Ivy Hill Christmas and the other three books in the Ivy Hill series, plus the winner’s choice of Bingley’s Tea!!</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;">Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.</p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px 0px 1.75em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/103f5/an-ivy-hill-christmas-celebration-tour-giveaway" style="background-color: transparent; box-shadow: currentcolor 0px 1px 0px 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #007acc; text-decoration-line: none;">https://promosimple.com/ps/103f5/an-ivy-hill-christmas-celebration-tour-giveaway</a></p>Karen Sue Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16873379685837435419noreply@blogger.com1