Yesterday I was reading about-to-be-released memoir Sinner’s Creed by Scott Stapp. Came across this Facebook status from my friend, Chris: Every now and then I catch myself wishing I could have things “my way”. But then I remember how much I screwed things up in the past by having things my way. Thanks God for reminding me. I don’t know what Chris is talking about but it struck me as I’m reading about Scott’s screw-ups. It’s easy Read more
Millie Evans has changed, choosing to leave rather than join an outlaw gang with her brother. Hoping for a new future, she boards a stagecoach but runs into her past and David Stone—a man she and her brother once tried to swindle. As she tries to convince David she’s changed, her brother’s gang holds up the stagecoach. Fighting beside David goes a long way to softening his heart, but he’s still not convinced. Millie must Read more
I came back from ACFW’s annual conference this year thinking about how different it was from two years ago when I barely knew ACFW existed, but I followed the gala in the live chat. This year, I sat near the stage [okay, way up front and off to the way side, but still]. And one of the Carol Award winners is a dear friend – and I know several others, and many more nominees. And Read more
Night’s chill tickled her skin. Lonnie pressed her hands together and glanced up. He was even more handsome up close. Having grown up the shy, awkward daughter of Joel Sawyer, she’d hardly spoken to any boy, let alone the one who had mothers whispering warnings in their daughter’s ears and fathers loading shotguns. Pretty Lonnie Sawyer is shy and innocent, used to fading into the background within her family, and among the creeks and Read more
In a future United States under the power of a charismatic leader, everyone gets the Mark at age thirteen. The Mark lets citizen shop, go to school, and even get medical care—but without it, you are on your own. Few refuse to get the Mark. Those who do . . . disappear. Logan Langly went in to get his Mark, but he backed out at the last minute. Now he’s on the run from government Read more
Yay! I get to be a part of Kaye Dacus’s cover reveal! Isn’t it gorgeous?!?!?! Check out the following info on her next release! See below for the instructions on how to enter to win a signed copy of Follow the Heart! Follow the Heart by Kaye Dacus Book 1 in The Great Exhibition Series Coming from B&H Publishing in May 2013 Kate Dearing’s life is turned upside down when her father loses everything in a railroad Read more
So I’ve been waiting for this book for, like, ever. So has everyone else. It’s been somewhere around six years since Dee’s last book. I have lots of writer friends and in March 2011 I asked one of them [who’d been around much longer than I] what the deal was [in part because her last book just sort of… ended… there was resolution to the suspense-y side of it, but not the romance…]. I was Read more
Day three of Romantic Suspense Week! A serial killer is targeting illegal aliens in southern Texas. Texas Ranger Cody Jackson is paired with a local police officer, Liliana Rodriguez, to investigate the murders. While the case brings Cody and Liliana ever closer, the tension between Americans and Mexican Americans heightens. As Cody and Liliana race to discover who is behind the murders and bring peace to the area, what they uncover isn’t what they expected. Will Cody and Liliana’s faith and Read more
Welcome back to Romantic Suspense Review Week! Today is a review of Robin’s upcoming release [9/15]. Be sure to check it out! In Angola State Penitentiary, a man is serving time for a crime he didn’t commit. Riley Baxter is an eager reporter desperate for a story to make a name for herself. When she stumbles upon the daughter of the incarcerated man, Riley sees a little too much of herself in the teen, and Read more
Welcome to Romantic Suspense Review Week! The week you didn’t know you were waiting for!!! 😉 So here’s the schedule: Monday: Injustice for All by Robin Carroll Tuesday: To Write a Wrong by Robin Carroll Wednesday: Shattered Silence by Margaret Daley Thursday: The Deposit Slip by Todd M. Johnson [which is really more suspense/legal thriller with at touch of romance] Friday: Full Disclosure by Dee Henderson There may [hopefully!] be a review of a YA Read more