But when his brother's widow appears, asking for his help in uncovering what was really behind his brother's death, Ethan is stunned to hear that she and her late husband were involved in a much larger case than he knew--one that threatens the global power structure. As Ethan joins the search for answers, he will enter into his own past--and discover a means of redeeming his future.
Bestselling and award-winning author Davis Bunn invites you into a world of intrigue as a man held captive by his failure learns how to move forward with hope.
Honored with four Christy Awards for excellence in historical and suspense fiction, Davis was inducted into the Christy Hall of Fame in 2014.
His bestsellers include The Great Divide, Winner Take All, The Meeting Place, The Book of Hours, and The Quilt. A sought-after lecturer in the art of writing, Bunn was serves as Writer in Residence at Regent's Park College, Oxford University.
Davis Bunn also writes under the names Thomas Locke (for his epic fantasy and techno-thriller novels) and T. Davis Bunn (for books published prior to 2002). To learn more about his books visit: http://www.davisbunn.com
Captain Braedon McCrae is ruled by honor and a strong sense of duty. Still, the deaths of two people close to him have left him angry at God and vowing to never love again.
After a steamboat incident forces Amelia and Braedon to marry, Amelia must decide if she will accept Braedon’s offer of an annulment or keep the sacred vows she made before God.
The more Amelia attempts to control her future, the more she muddies the picture, like watercolors in the hand of a child. Can she learn to love, respect, and trust a man she barely knows?
So, writing historical romances fit perfectly. Times may change, the style of clothes, the way we speak, but the common threads that unite us remain the same. Couples fall in love. Injustices
happen. We fight for what we believe in. We struggle. We endure. We grow.
After graduating from York College in York, Nebraska with an A.A. and then receiving a B.S.Ed. from Lubbock Christian University, I met and married the love of my life, David. God had
written our love story, and I knew from the moment we met that he was the one. It was not love at first sight by any means, but I was so sure he was "it" that I wrote that I'd met the man I would marry in my diary. We pledged our hearts to one another two and half years later.
I taught high school English until my oldest child was born. After that I began my career as a professional wiper. I wiped noses, counter tops, tiny tushes, tears, and scraped knees.
Deciding that my children were now older and less in need of my constant supervision, I started pursuing my first love again --writing. After joining American Christian Fiction Writers, I found a wonderful critique group and began studying the craft of writing.
David and I have three children ages 18, 16, and 11. We also work in youth ministry and teach youth and adult Bible classes.
For more information on her books visit her at: http://www.lornaseilstad.com/
A young woman fighting against
her future...
Torn from her home and all that is familiar, Arabella of Caelrith finds herself as the unwilling bride of King Rowan of Acuniel--the man whose vengeful war stole her family. Bitter and confused, Arabella struggles to find her place in this new life. That is, until someone tries to kill the king.
Despite repeated warnings to stay out of the matter, Arabella investigates the attempt on Rowan’s life, and his parents’ long ago murder, unconcerned with the potential cost of her interference. But when tragedy strikes, the seriousness of the situation becomes all too clear. Is the price of knowing the truth higher than
she is willing to pay?
When the fate of the kingdom and all that she holds dear is at stake, will Arabella have the courage to stand up against the evil endeavoring to destroy them all? Did God really abandon her when He left her to this fate? Or was she put in the king’s palace… for such a time as this?
Accustomed to a strict diet of cigars and spirits, Emil Kisch has become the master of a worry-free good time. And as one of St. Louis’s best morality squad detectives, he’s able to skirt the drinking laws as easily as he arrests others for breaking them. To him, war is a problem for other men. Until one night he makes a mistake that even a glass of whiskey can’t wash away. Is it too late to reverse the course set in motion?
As their lives are intertwined with the fate of the war, Emil and Amara must fight to save what they both hold most dear. But which side of the line do you stand on when your allegiance belongs to both?
Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, she grew up with a love of books and excessive use of her library card. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre Design and Graphic Design from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and has made a career in fields from event planning and proposal writing to product management and communications.
In her free time--when she's not writing, reading, or researching--she enjoys yoga, musical theatre, beach vacations, and gallivanting around St. Louis with her amazing husband and two beautiful children.
Welcome to the Blog Blitz & Giveaway for Snowbound in Winterberry Falls by Ann Brodeur, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
ABOUT THE BOOK
Title: Snowbound in Winterberry Falls
Author: Ann Brodeur
Publisher: Anaiah Press
Release Date: November 6, 2020
Genre: Inspirational Romantic Suspense
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EXCERPT
Stephanie grinned, picked up the folder again, and clutched it to
her chest. “You won't regret it. I'm going to find the biggest Christmas story
your paper has ever published.”
Jason smiled. “And if you don't?”
Stephanie smiled and shook her head, her confidence oozing from
her crooked grin. “That's not going to happen.” Her eyes twinkled, daring him
to contradict her.
Jason's chest rumbled with laughter. “There’s no way there’s
anything newsworthy in these silly high school pranks. Wasting time working on
that story when I’m down a reporter. For the record, you'll owe me for going on
a wild goose chase when you could be making yourself useful.”
Stephanie waved her hand as she turned to leave, the file tucked
beneath her arm. “What is it that I would owe you if I'm wrong?”
She paused in the doorway and raised a perfectly shaped eyebrow.
“Not that that's going to happen.”
Jason chuckled, enjoying the banter a little too much. “Oh, don’t
you worry about that. I’m thinking something along the lines of writing me a real story.” He smirked. “Like, how does
Santa deliver all those presents in one night?”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
TOUR GIVEAWAY
(1) winner will receive a Handcrafted Pewter Christmas Ornament, Handmade Ribbon Bookmark, and The Christmas Angel Project by Melody Carlson!
Be sure to check out each stop on the tour for more chances to win. Full tour schedule linked below. Giveaway will begin at midnight November 20, 2020 and last through 11:59 PM EST on November 27, 2020. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.
Giveaway is subject to the policies found here.
Follow along at JustRead Tours for a full list of stops!
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Identical twins, Hope and Jewel were always close. But when a new man enters their lives and Hope is accused of a serious crime, their relationship is threatened.
In an effort to find the truth, Hope begins to wonder if love and forgiveness might just be worth all of the trouble in the world---even the possibility of losing her sister.
Happy Friday!!
Who is ready for Thanksgiving? Thanksgiving break perhaps? We are definitely having a Thanksgiving break and we are ready to leave town and see family! It's another First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books and today I am sharing the first line of Watercolors by Lorna Seilstad. Review will be coming soon!
Everyone at Crestwicke has feelings--mostly negative ones--about the man who wrote the letter, but he seems to have disappeared. With plenty of enticing clues but few answers, Willa's search becomes even more complicated when she misplaces the letter and it passes from person to person in the house, each finding a thrilling or disheartening message in its words.
Laced with mysteries large and small, this romantic Victorian-era tale of love lost, love deferred, and love found is sure to delight
About the Book
Author: Jen Turano
Genre: Comedic Historical Romance
Release Date: November, 2020
After spending her 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. Using her old skills to prove her friend’s innocence, Gabriella unexpectedly encounters Nicholas Quinn, the man she once considered her best friend–until he abandoned her.
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 agrees to help clear the name of an innocent woman, never imagining he’d be reunited with the girl he thought lost to him forever.
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.
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My Thoughts
About the Author
More from Jen
“To Steal a Heart” is the first book in a new series. How did you come up with the idea for this series?
Oddly enough, this series was inspired by a lot of different things. I keep this idea box, and whenever I stumble on something interesting, I throw the idea into the box. When I was getting ready to assemble a proposal for a new series, I took out the box and began rifling through it. Unfortunately, nothing struck my fancy. What did strike my fancy though, was the movie “My Fair Lady.” I’d recently watched it for the millionth time, and I thought…hmmm…what could I do with that? Well, I didn’t want to do a recreation of “My Fair Lady” and that’s when it hit me – what if I used a gentleman instead of a lady and improved his circumstances in life with the help of a professor? That wasn’t really enough, though, for me to formulate an entire series, but then I went to New York City for a research trip. While there, I roamed around Bleecker Street for hours. It was the perfect place to set a series, and then I saw this older building that my tour guide thought might have once been a boardinghouse. That was what really started me thinking, and before I knew it, I’d created an inquiry agency run by women that came about when a resident of a boardinghouse was unjustly accused of theft. When the police would not investigate further, believing they had the true culprit behind bars, the ladies who lived in the boardinghouse felt compelled to step up and clear their fellow boardinghouse resident of the charges brought against her. The series took off from there, the first book centering around one of the lady inquiry agents, Miss Gabriella Goodhue, who used to live on the mean streets of the Lower East Side and, at one point in her life, was best friends with Nicholas Quinn, the man who has now found his circumstances vastly improved from the time he knew Gabriella. Throwing the two of them back together made for an interesting storyline, especially since Gabriella believes Nicholas abandoned her all those years ago, which makes it next to impossible for her to trust him.
Are there other interesting characters in this series?
Of course. All of the lady inquiry agents come with their own secrets. Miss Daphne Beekman is a reclusive author who lives in the attic of the boardinghouse. She has the propensity to faint at the drop of a hat, which makes for a few amusing scenes in the first book. She’ll get her own story in “To Write a Wrong,” coming out later in 2021. Then there’s Eunice Holbrooke. She’s the owner of the boardinghouse, and she only wears full mourning garb, covering her face with numerous veils and refusing to speak to anyone about her past. Clearly, there’s a mystery just waiting to be solved there, one that will be solved in book three, which I’m just now beginning to work on. The other residents of the boardinghouse provide a lot of color to the story, from the two sisters who work as paid companions by day to gossip collectors and carriage drivers by night, to the resident artist, Miss Judith, who has recently decided to dip her toe into the portrait market even though she’s really not proficient with painting people. There’s also a one-eyed, patch-wearing dog by the name of Winston, a parrot that likes to nick sparkly items named Pretty Girl, and a neurotic poodle that falls for Winston that goes by the name of Precious.
Did the pandemic affect the writing process at all for “To Steal a Heart?”
Anything else you’d like to add?
Just that I hope everyone is surviving these crazy days. I know there are many people out there who are suffering from many different problems this pandemic has caused. Know that you’re not alone, and that brighter days will show up again. Until that time, try to remember to smile and, perhaps, read a few books.
Wishing all of you the very best!
Jen
Blog Stops
Book Reviews From an Avid Reader, November 17
Soulfully Romantic, November 17
Hebrews 12 Endurance, November 17
Blessed & Bookish, November 17
Robin’s Nest, November 17
Through the Fire Blogs, November 18
The Avid Reader, November 18
Losing the Busyness, November 18
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, November 18
She Lives To Read, November 19
Musings of a Sassy Bookish Mama, November 19
Wishful Endings, November 19
Sara Jane Jacobs, November 19
Artistic Nobody, November 20 (Guest Review from Joni Truex)
lakesidelivingsite, November 20
21st Century Keeper at Home, November 20
Reviewingbooksplusmore, November 20
The Write Escape, November 20
Older & Smarter?, November 21
Abba’s Prayer Warrior Princess, November 21
Christian Bookaholic, November 21
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, November 21
The Christian Fiction Girl, November 22
Locks, Hooks and Books, November 22
Mia Reads, November 22
Writing from the Heart Land, November 22
Betti Mace, November 23
Inklings and notions, November 23
Blogging With Carol, November 23
Life of Literature, November 23
Texas Book-aholic, November 24
D’S QUILTS & BOOKS, November 24
Southern Gal Loves to Read, November 24
Batya’s Bits, November 24
Joanne Markey’s blog, November 24
For Him and My Family, November 25
Inside the Wong Mind, November 25
Mary Hake, November 25
Godly Book Reviews, November 25
Mypreciousbitsandmusings, November 26
EmpowerMoms, November 26
A Modern Day Fairy Tale, November 26
Novels Corner, November 26
Ashley’s Bookshelf, November 27
Connie’s History Classroom, November 27
Captive Dreams Window, November 27
Book of Ruth Ann, November 27
deb’s Book Review, November 28
Blossoms and Blessings, November 28
Daysong Reflections, November 28
Bigreadersite, November 28
Jodie Wolfe – Stories Where Hope and Quirky Meet, November 28
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, November 29
Splashes of Joy, November 29
Adventures of a Travelers Wife, November 29
Simple Harvest Reads, November 29 (Guest Review from Mindy Houng)
Vicky Sluiter, November 30
Pause for Tales, November 30
Spoken from the Heart, November 30
Hallie Reads, November 30
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Jen is giving away the grand prize package of copy of To Steal a Heart, plus all three books in the American Heiresses series and a 30 second mystery kit (Link: https://amzn.to/3nqrIpC)!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
https://promosimple.com/ps/103a4/to-steal-a-heart-celebration-tour-giveaway
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