• Warm Your Shelves


    Happy January! It’s a bit chilly out there, so it’s the perfect time to find some new authors to start binge-reading during this cold season.

    During this event, we’ll feature seven authors from January 20-26, 2020. And you’ll have plenty of chances to win one of three awesome prizes: Amazon gift cards. We’ve got two $25 gift cards and one $20 gift card. The more you participate, the more chances you have to win!

    Schedule of newsletter releases:

    1/20 Lynn Rush

    1/21 Katie Delahanty (Congrats on your 1/7 book release!)

    1/22 T.H. Hernandez and Jennifer DiGiovanni

    1/23 Amy Fellner Dominy

    1/24 Stacie Ramey (Congrats on your 1/7 book release!)

    1/25 Mara Wells (Congrats on your 1/28 book release!)

    1/26 Kelly Anne Blount

    Official Hashtag: #WarmYourShelves

    Be sure to check out the Rafflecopter daily for chances to earn entries.

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    Have fun and thanks for participating.

  • A Blind Guide to Normal


    Beth Vrabel’s new middle grade book is here. Have you checked it out yet? I just love her writing.

    Go…no run…to your bookstore to get this awesome gem!

    Richie “Ryder” Raymond has a gift. He can find the punchline in any situation, even in his limited vision and prosthetic eye. During the past year at Addison School for the Blind, Ryder’s quick wit earned the respect and friendship of his classmates. Heading to mainstream, or “normal,” school for eighth grade is going to be awesome.

    After all, what’s not to like? At Addison, Ryder was everyone’s favorite person. He could make anyone laugh, especially his best friend Alice. So long as he can be first to make all of the one-eyed jokes, Ryder is sure he’ll fit in just as quick at Papuaville Middle School, home of the Fighting Guinea Pigs. But Alice warns him fitting in might not be as easy as he thinks.

    Turns out, Alice was right. In just the first hour of “normal” school, Ryder is attacked by General MacCathur II (aka, Gramps’s cat), causes his bio teacher to pass out cold, makes an enemy out town hero Max, and falls for Jocelyn, the fierce girl next door who happens to be Max’s girlfriend. On top of that, Ryder struggles to hold onto his dignity in the face of students’ pity and Gramps’s non-stop practical jokes.

    Ryder quickly sees the only thing worse than explaining a joke is being the punchline. But with help from his stuck-in-the-70s Gramps and encouragement from Alice, Ryder finds the strength to not only fight back, but to make peace.

     

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  • Angels. . .


    There’s just something about a character who has wings. Maybe it’s my envy over the fact I’ll never be able to fly. I’ve written a few characters who have wings, and I never tire of looking for pictures to spark my imagination.

    Check this one out I found on Google Images.

    ***UPDATE: Picture Removed. There’s been a lot of uproar about using pictures from Google Images on blogs, so, I’m removing them from my blog posts to be safe. Sorry. I just loved sharing all the pictures I find out on the web, but that’s just how it goes, I guess. Thanks!***

    Love it!! Now, I’m sure she could fly with those translucent wings, but still…they sure are beautiful!

    What’s your favorite story that involves angels…or winged characters??

  • Menu for Romance, by Kaye Dacus


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    Menu for Romance, by Kaye Dacus

    Back Cover Blurb:

    After eight years of unrequited love, Meredith Guidry decides it’s time to move on and try to find someone who’ll love her in return. So she makes a prayerful New Year’s resolution to meet someone new and end her single status by year’s end. And when the handsome contractor she hires to finish remodeling her house asks her out, it looks like her prayer may have been answered. But dating Ward doesn’t seem to do anything to lessen Meredith’s feelings toward a certain chef she works with every day.

    Executive Chef Major O’Hara has sworn off relationships, knowing he could never saddle the woman he loves with a family situation like his. When he’s offered the opportunity of a lifetime-to open ihis own restaurant-will he leave his comfortable job and Meredith-to chase his lifelong dream? And when it looks like he’s about to lose Meredith Guidry to another man, can he concoct a menu for romance to win her back?

    Will God serve up a solution before it’s too late?

    My review:

    I loved Meredith’s character. Now, I hadn’t read the first book, and I don’t feel like I’ve missed anything. The development each character undergoes was fun to watch. And, of course, the romance. That’s the best part, right? It’s tastefully executed and left me hanging for more to see how it panned out.

    I’m one who usually reads action-packed paranormal romance, so this one was a little slow for me in some parts. But that’s just personal taste not a reflection of Kaye Dacus’ story telling capabilities. The writing is tight and the tension kept me reading.

    And I just loved the ending. Nicely done, Kaye Dacus. I would recommend this to anyone who is a romantic at heart for sure!

    Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated

    Pub. Date: July 2009