29 Friday Jan 2021
Posted in Book Showcase, Fiction
The Sowing Season
By Katie Powner / Bethany House
Forced to sell his dairy farm, 63-year-old Gerrit Laninga doesn’t know what to do with himself. He sacrificed everything for his cows—and now has nothing to show for it. But when he meets 15-year-old Rae Walters, an unlikely friendship begins to form. Can they both discover that it’s never too late for a second chance? 368 pages, softcover from Bethany.
27 Wednesday Jan 2021
Posted in Book Showcase, Fiction
Airborne, softcover
By DiAnn Mills / Tyndale House
FBI agent Heather Lawrence’s vacation takes a turn for the deadly when an unknown pathogen is released aboard her flight. Quarantined with the survivors, Heather suspects the contagion was intentionally discharged by her estranged husband, Chad, a top expert on viruses. As the death count rises, will the killer—and an antidote—be found? 400 pages, softcover from Tyndale.
12 Tuesday Jan 2021
Posted in Book Showcase, Fiction
Love is a Choice.
“Nobody would have put Radoslav and Dunya together. She’s Tur. He’s Sevian. She’s is stuck in a refugee camp. He’s working for the people who put her there. With three years of war and a fifteen-foot fence between them, finding happiness together seems impossible. But Radoslav can’t get the girl with the pink hair—or her missing cat—out of his mind.”
In November 2020, I released Love Costs, the third book in the Shards of Sevia series. It was a satisfying moment. In just over a year, I’ve written, edited and created covers for three short novels, stories of faith, hope and love in the midst of danger. Love Costs marks the halfway point in the series—time to sit back and take a breath.
Love Costs was fun to write, and now it’s fun (and a bit nerve-wracking) to imagine people I’ve never met reading it. But you can hardly go wrong with the classic formula–an ordinary, somewhat boring guy makes a choice that thrusts him into an extraordinary adventure…
Check it out here on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55880429-love-costs
About the Author:
E.B. Roshan has enjoyed a nomadic lifestyle for several years, spending time in the Middle East and Asia. Now she is temporarily settled in Missouri with her husband and two sons, where she serves the local refugee community. When she’s not cooking, cleaning, or chasing the boys, she’s writing the latest installment in Shards of Sevia, her ongoing romantic suspense series set in the war-torn (and fortunately fictional) nation of Sevia.
To learn more about E.B. Roshan and the Shards of Sevia series, visit: https://shardsofsevia.wordpress.com
08 Friday Jan 2021
Posted in Book Showcase, Fiction
The Best Medicine: Tales of Humor and Hope from a Small-Town Doctor
By Walt Larimore, M.D. / Revell
Follow Dr. Walt Larimore as he upends his young family in 1985 and heads to Kissimmee, Florida, to begin his own small-town medical practice. You’ll love the relaxing pace of life there, and all the warm-hearted, hot-headed, witty, and colorful characters you’ll meet as you watch the doc grow into a lovable husband, father, and physician. 272 pages, softcover from Revell.
07 Thursday Jan 2021
Posted in Book Showcase, Fiction
After her boss fires her on unfounded grounds, twenty-nine-year-old Ashton Price leaves Denver for Cranberry Cove, Washington. She’s inherited her aunt’s B&B and is determined to carry on her legacy. Upon preparing for guests, she learns of a century-old tale of treasure within the inn. Many have searched for the illusive gems but to no avail. She discovers a man working on the inn’s grounds, but is he the gardener Gina Price hired? Perhaps he’s searching for the hidden treasure.
James Atwood, corporate executive, works in the Atwood’s thriving cranberry business. Tragedy strikes, and he’s numb and riddled with guilt. Befriended by Gina Price, he finds solace working evening and weekends in the fresh earth, fescue grass, and aromatic blossoms of the inn’s gardens, helping to divert his mind from his dishonest cousin Robert, bent on destroying the Atwood business. He continues tending the grounds after Gina passes, and the new owner believes he’s a gardener. After she calls late one night upon hearing a prowler, James races to her rescue and discovers his feelings are more than protective.
Ashton’s first guests, the Claxton’s, appear out of nowhere saying they’ve had reservations for a year though she finds no record of a deposit. She chalks the failure up to faulty accounting before she arrived. When an elusive intruder continues to make frightening midnight visits, Ashton fears for her own safety and that of the Claxtons. But then, their odd comings and goings cause Ashton to wonder. Are they really vacationing visitors from California, or do they have other motives for staying at the inn?
Can two people allow the majestic northwest and fragrant coastal air heal their wounded hearts? Will they discover the secret of The Inn at Cranberry Cove?
An award-winning author, June Foster is also a retired teacher with a BA in Education and a MA in counseling. She is the mother of two and grandmother of ten. June began writing Christian romance in 2010. She penned her first novel on her Toshiba laptop as she and her husband traveled the US in their RV. Her adventures provide a rich source of information for her novels. She brags about visiting a location before it becomes the setting in her next book.
To date, June has written over twenty contemporary romance and romantic suspense novels and novellas. She loves to compose stories about characters who overcome the circumstances in their lives by the power of God and His Word. June uses her training in counseling and her Christian beliefs in creating characters who find freedom to live godly lives. She’s published with Winged Publications. Visit June at http://www.junefoster.com to see a complete list of her books.
“The Inn at Cranberry Cove is based on a real-life B&B in Ilwaco, Washington, the Inn at Harbor Village. My husband and I stayed there fifteen years ago when we lived in Washington. The establishment was once an old place of worship, and today boasts of guest rooms, lush gardens, and a large meeting room where the sanctuary once stood. The small town of Ilwaco is located on Ilwaco Harbor and is known for its cranberry bogs. The quant fishing town sparked my interest and inspired The Inn at Cranberry Cove.” – Author June Foster
Link for purchase: https://amzn.to/2Knvkth
06 Wednesday Jan 2021
Posted in Book Showcase, Fiction
Egypt’s Sister #1
By Angela Hunt / Bethany House
In the decades before Christ, Chava is a faithful friend with Urbi, a princess in the Alexandrian royal palace. Urbi becomes Queen Cleopatra, the now women argue and the Queen sends Chava to prison, then selling her into slavery. Chava leaves her family and community ending up alone in Rome. In one lifetime she has experienced the best and the worst of Roman society.
05 Tuesday Jan 2021
Posted in Book Showcase, Fiction
The Stone Wall
By Beverly Lewis / Bethany House
Anna is eager to begin a new chapter in her life as a Lancaster County tour guide in the picturesque area where her Plain grandmother once stayed. Anna wishes she could talk with her grandmother about those long-ago days, but the elderly woman suffers from Alzheimer’s, and beyond a vague hint about an old stone wall, much about that time is a mystery. Thankfully, Martin Nolt, a handsome Mennonite, takes the young Beachy Amish woman under his wing for her training, familiarizing her with the many local highlights, including Peaceful Meadows Horse Retreat, which serves children with special needs. The retreat’s mission so inspires Anna that she returns to volunteer, and she quickly strikes up a friendship with Gabe Allgyer, the young Amish widower who manages it.
As Anna grows closer to both Martin and Gabe, she finds herself faced with a difficult choice–one in potential conflict with the expectations of her parents. Will Anna find true love and the truth about her grandmother’s past in Lancaster County? Or will she find only heartbreak?
29 Tuesday Dec 2020
Posted in Book Showcase, Fiction, Writing Christian Fiction
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John Russell’s heart aches from the loss of his wife, but the Shenandoah Valley frontiersman needs to marry again for his daughter’s sake. At first he believes he has found the right young woman, despite their differences, but his faith falters when time reveals she isn’t quite what she seemed. Can he truly love her?
Unlike her disgraced sister, Abigail Williams obeys the Commandments. At least, she thinks herself a Christian until a buckskin-clad newcomer courts her. He treats her kindly but also introduces her to a sermon by the controversial preacher, George Whitefield. Her self-righteousness is shattered, and she wonders about their relationship. If she confesses her lack of faith, will John continue to love her?
Story Behind the Story:
The Shenandoah Road
by Lynne Tagawa
I picked up The Guns of Thunder by Douglas Bond and began to read. It’s a book for juveniles, but that never stopped me before. It’s set during the time of the Great Awakening (1740s) and George Whitefield makes a cameo appearance.
I marveled. The author had done a good job incorporating spiritual truth into a good story. But the only book set during this time period that I really liked was this one! It’s a time period that deserved to be explored at an adult level.
I began to do research. I had a vague idea that folks in Virginia were different from those in New England. Turns out, the differences were pretty big. I enjoyed exploring cultural differences in Shenandoah. What if a Scots-Irish frontiersman married a woman from New England?
Also, about this time I also scored a two-week free trial to a genealogy site. I made some discoveries, including the fact that the May name in our family wasn’t English, it was Scottish. Shenandoah includes some characters with that name and that’s why. History seems more real when it’s your own family—or what could have been family.
George Whitefield doesn’t make an appearance, but one of his sermons does. This Church of England minister made thirteen trips to the New World, preaching the new birth without regard to church affiliation or background. The Great Awakening of the 1730s and 40s wasn’t just a sudden flash in the pan. Whitefield was joined by Jonathan Edwards, Gilbert Tennent and Samuel Davies, Presbyterians, and a growing number of Baptists who carried on the work of solid gospel preaching.
When I thought on these things, I realized how important the Great Awakening was to the Revolution and the birth of our country. I decided to write a trilogy that included these themes. The Shenandoah Road: A Novel of the Great Awakening is not about George Whitefield, but his sermon affects one of my characters. And there’s a bit of romance too.
Honestly, this is the sort of book that I’d like to read. And so I wrote it.
Lynne Tagawa is an educator, writer, and editor who loves coffee and chocolate. Best of all, she is the grandma of five. Author of Sam Houston’s Republic and the Russells 18th century series, she lives in south Texas with her family.
Buy link to The Shenandoah Road: A Novel of the Great Awakening (the Russells, book 1): https://amzn.to/2XVm0kA
Link to her website, where you can sign up to her newsletter: http://www.lynnetagawa.com
19 Saturday Dec 2020
Posted in Book Showcase, Fiction
Little House on the Prairie, 9 Vols., slipcased
By Laura Ingalls Wilder / HarperCollins
Now readers young and old can enjoy the classic adventures of Laura and her family as they survive and thrive on the American frontier! The nine Little House books have been cherished by generations of readers as both a unique glimpse into America’s frontier past and a heartwarming, unforgettable story. These slipcased softcovers feature Garth Williams’s beloved original illustrations. Treasured reading for collectors and kids of all ages–especially 8- to 12-year-olds! This set includes the titles: Little House in the Big Woods, Little House on the Prairie, Farmer Boy, On the Banks of Plum Creek, By the Shores of Silver Lake, The Long Winter, Little Town on the Prairie, These Happy Golden Years, and The First Four Years.
18 Friday Dec 2020
Posted in Book Showcase, Fiction
By Bill Myers, Frank Peretti & Angela Hunt Alton Gansky / Bethany House
From the minds of Bill Myers, Frank Peretti, Angela Hunt, and Alton Gansky, Invitation compiles the first four episodes of the Harbingers series, each following a different character.
BRENDA – The street-hustling tattoo artist who sees images of the future.
THE PROFESSOR – The atheist ex-priest ruled by logic.
ANDI – The professor’s brilliant but geeky assistant who sees inexplicable patterns.
TANK – The naive, big-hearted jock with a surprising connection to a healing power.
The four find out that pockets of darkness are emerging throughout the world. Whether it involves a mysterious house, the unexplainable death of animals around the world, or an otherworldly little girl, each mystery they solve brings them closer to the ultimate explanation of what’s happening. What will happen if they don’t solve the mysteries in time?
By Bill Myers, Frank Peretti & Angela Hunt Alton Gansky / Bethany House
The Next Wave of Stories in the Harbingers Series Arrives. Cycle 2 of the Harbingers series continues the story of four gifted strangers brought together to fight a growing darkness. In Bill Myers’s “The Revealing,” the team finds themselves in Rome trying to retrieve the mystical spear Hitler once owned–the very spear that pierced Christ’s side. This task will take them from hidden chambers inside the Vatican to a mysterious seaside cave with powers they could never expect. Frank Peretti’s “Infestation” unleashes a microscopic evil on the world that deceives, blinds, kills, then spreads. The Harbingers team must confront a monster bent on seducing and destroying mankind. In “Infiltration” by Angela Hunt, the team is wounded and barely holding together. Forced to split up, they realize their investigations have led them into dangerous waters. Alton Gansky’s “The Fog” unleashes a supernatural mist unlike any other. There are vicious things in the fog that kill whatever they find. One team member realizes that the ultimate sacrifice may have to be made.
By Bill Myers, Frank Peretti & Angela Hunt Alton Gansky / Bethany House
The writings of authors, Bill Myers, Frank Peretti, Angela Hunt, and Alton Gansky.
Probing is Cycle Three of the Harbingers series, each following a different character.
BRENDA – The street-hustling tattoo artist who sees images of the future.
THE PROFESSOR – The atheist ex-priest ruled by logic.
ANDI – The professor’s brilliant but geeky assistant who sees inexplicable patterns
TANK – The naive, big-hearted jock with a surprising connection to a healing power.
DANIEL – The institutionalized ten-year-old who can see into the supernatural world.
Leviathan by Bill Myer’s
The team is flown to Hollywood as honored guests for a taping of the new TV pilot, Live or Die, the Ultimate Reality. When violence and chaos begin, they must stop it before it spreads across the globe.
The Mind Pirates by Frank Peretti
While the team is on vacation, they come across an earring with mysterious powers and two members of the team are kidnapped by 17th-century pirates. They find themselves in the 21st century with involvement in international finance and high-tech piracy.
Hybrids by Angela Hunt
When the team meets at the home of Andi’s grandparents’ for some rest and relaxation, the arrival and mission of two mysterious black-eyed children and a baby’s disappearance have them on their feet again. Now instead of finding rest, they must find the missing child.
The Village by Alton Gansky
The team goes to a Secretive small town of Newland, North Carolina to find the town is trying to literally get rid of them. They must go between universes to solve a problem before the window between worlds closes forever.
