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“Afloat”! Win an iPad Mini from @ErinHealy!

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Erin Healy  is celebrating the release of her latest novel Afloat   (Thomas Nelson) with an iPad Mini giveaway. One winner will receive: An iPad Mini  iTunes gift card Afloat  by Erin Healy  Enter today by clicking one of the icons below. But hurry, the giveaway ends on June 15th. Winner will be announced on Erin's blog on June 17th. Save the date and click HERE to see if YOU won the iPad Mini! Don't miss a moment of the fun;  ENTER today.  Tell your friends via  FACEBOOK  or  TWITTER  and increase your chances of winning. Visit Erin's blog on the 17th! For more about Afloat , visit this post or an interview with Erin Healy here !

Win Your Own Promise Box from Tricia Goyer

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Tricia Goyer  is celebrating the release of her lastest novel,  The Promise Box  (Zondervan),  by hosting an Amish Baking Box giveaway and connecting with readers during her June 12th Book Chat Party! One "promising" winner will receive: Apron, hot mitts, and kitchen towels Amish baking items (rolling pin, pie plate, etc...) Sherry Gore's Simply Delicious Amish Cooking The Memory Jar and The Promise Box  by Tricia Goyer  Enter today by clicking one of the icons below. But hurry, the giveaway ends on June 11th. Winner will be announced at the " The Promise Box " Facebook Author Chat Party on June 12th . Connect with Tricia for an evening of Amish fun - book chat, trivia, laughter, and more! Tricia will also share an exclusive look at the next book book in the Seven Brides for Seven Bachelors series and give away books and other fun prizes throughout the evening. So grab your copy of The Promise Box  and join Tricia on the evening of June 1

Hauck Hopes Readers Discover God’s Beautiful Plan for Them

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An interview with Rachel Hauck, Author of Once Upon a Prince Every little girl dreams of being a princess. Every woman longs to be treated like royalty. We’re all just a little bit fascinated by royal weddings and the princess that lives in every woman. That’s why readers will fall in love with Once Upon a Prince (Zondervan/May 7, 2013/ISBN 978-0310315476/$14.99) , the first release in the Royal Wedding Series by award-winning author Rachel Hauck. However, there is more to Once Upon a Prince than a royal love story.  Hauck hopes that once readers reach the end of the book, they realize: God has a beautiful plan for them! She even works some of her own experience into the story. Q: Is there a “moral to the story” in Once Upon a Prince you hope readers will walk away with? I hope readers walk away with a sense of hope and well-being. The moral about “the power of love” to change hearts, even a nation, is timeless and powerful. Love truly does transcend time and cul

Ray of Light by Shelley Shepard Gray

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Welcome to the blog tour for best-selling author Shelley Shepard Gray’s latest book!  Shelley brings inspirational romance to life in this sweet tale of love in the Amish community,  Ray of Light , the second installment of her Days of Redemption series. {MORE ABOUT  RAY OF LIGHT } Bestselling author Shelley Shepard Gray brings inspirational romance to life in this sweet tale of love in the Amish community,  Ray of Light , the second installment of her  Days of Redemption  series. Roman Keim just wants a break from the family drama at his snowy Ohio home when he heads to an Amish snowbird community in Florida. There he meets Amanda Yoder and her daughter Regina who soon are warming his heart. But will Roman return to Ohio or will he stay and help the young widow embrace a second chance at love? The author of the series Sisters of the Heart and Seasons of Sugarcreek, Shelley Shepard Gray delivers an honest, tender love story in  Ray of Light , featuring the challenges of f

Lisa Takeuchi Cullen talks about her debut novel

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An interview with Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, Author of Pastors’ Wives How would you react if one day, completely out of the blue, your husband told you he wanted to go into ministry? What’s it like when the man you married is married to God? These are the questions the women must answer in Pastors’ Wives (Plume/April 30, 2013/ISBN 978-0452298828/$16.00) , the debut novel from Lisa Takeuchi Cullen. Pastors’ Wives tells the story of three women whose lives converge and intertwine at a Southern evangelical megachurch and is set in a world that most of us know only from the outside. Cullen passionately portrays the private lives of pastors’ wives, caught between the consuming demands of faith, marriage, duty and love. Ruthie follows her Wall Street husband from New York to Magnolia, a suburb of Atlanta, when he hears a calling to serve at a megachurch called Greenleaf. Reeling from the death of her mother, Ruthie suffers a crisis of faith—in God, in her marriage and in herself. Ca

If you are going to give me a hard time, then you better be consulting GPS

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When it is all said and done, I'll have a four day weekend that I've been sort of needing, but definitely wanting. I've not taken a full workday off in a long while. There's been a couple of days that I've only gotten a couple of hours in, but I had intended more than that for sure. Anyway, I wanted to do something part of the weekend, and chill out the rest. Friday was our out and about day, but the rest of the long Memorial Day weekend is dedicated to the memory of my mom's Aunt Eula Mae that passed away overnight/early Friday morning. That makes it a long weekend in a whole other way. I sure will miss her! But, back to part 2 of our Friday adventure... I'm the Dallas driver among me and my parents. However, downtown Dallas within the confines of I-45, I-30, I-35 and Woodall Rodgers confuses the heck out of me. I hate trying to get most anywhere downtown because of the one way streets and the random street that crosses the others that isn't a N

Everyone goes to see this in Dallas... but I had never been!

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For everyone outside of Dallas or Texas, I ask this question... What was the most historic event to ever happen in Dallas? In case it isn't coming to you... the 50th anniversary is coming up this November. It's not who shot J.R. Ewing, it's who shot John F. Kennedy. With a day off yesterday (because I just had enough hours in that I could), I went up with my parents to the Sixth Floor Museum which is where Lee Harvey Oswald was when he fired the fatal shots. I've always lived within an hour (north or south) of Dealey Plaza, I've only driven through it with the grassy knoll on each side. I've never been in the building. Neither had my parents, and with all the talk around here of the 50th anniversary, I guess we decided it was about time. This is a replica of the building the way it looked back in 1963. It's actually housed on the 7th floor. You can't take any pictures on the 6th floor which I sort of don't understand. All that is

Check out The Offering from Angela Hunt and enter to win a Nook HD!

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Angela Hunt is celebrating the release of The Offering with a Nook HD Giveaway and an Author Chat Party on Facebook {6/5}.   One winner will receive: A Nook HD The Offering by Angela Hunt  Enter today by clicking one of the icons below. But hurry, the giveaway ends on June 4th. Winner will be announced at the " The Offering " Facebook Author Chat Party on June 5th . Connect with Angela for an evening of book chat, trivia, laughter, and more! Angela will also share an exclusive look at her next book and give away books and other fun prizes throughout the evening. So grab your copy of The Offering  and join Angela on the evening of June 5th for a chance to connect and make some new friends. (If you haven't read the book, don't let that stop you from coming!) Don't miss a moment of the fun;  RSVP today .  Tell your friends via  FACEBOOK  or  TWITTER  and increase your chances of winning. Hope to see you on the 5th! About the book:

Ace Collins talks about Darkness Before Dawn

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An interview with Ace Collins, Author of Darkness Before Dawn Q: You categorize  Darkness Before Dawn  in the genre of moral issues suspense. How would you define that category? A novel has to be entertaining, so authors have to use some kind of genre, be it adventure, romance, drama, suspense and intrigue, in order to pull the reader in, then we can focus on moral issues. But the lesson has to be a part of the plot. This book uses drama, heartache and suspense in a way that might mirror Alfred Hitchcock’s movies, but its goal is to leave the reader thinking about choices. My next book, The Cutting Edge (due out this fall), really employs suspense to make its moral point. The suspense is the vehicle that carries the reader to the moral point we are making. Those values or issues in Darkness Before Dawn include abortion, suicide, DUI and a judicial system that can be swayed by influence, power and money. Those are pretty heavy topics, and they are wrapped in a plot that cen

Beth K. Vogt’s “Catch a Falling Star” Romantic Weekend Getaway Giveaway

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Celebrate the release of   Catch a Falling Star  (Howard Books) with  Beth K. Vogt by entering to win a Romantic Weekend Getaway and RSVPing for her June 4th Author Chat Party.   One "lucky" winner will receive: A $200 Visa Cash Card (Perfect for a weekend stay at a hotel or B&B!) Catch a Falling Star  and Wish You Were Here  by Beth Vogt (Swoon-worthy!) Enter today by clicking one of the icons below. But hurry, the giveaway ends on June 3rd. Winner will be announced at the " Catch a Falling Star " Facebook Author Chat Party on June 4th . Connect with Beth for an evening of book chat, trivia, laughter, and more! Beth will also share an exclusive look at her next book and give away books and other fun prizes throughout the evening. So grab your copy of Catch a Falling Star  and join Beth on the evening of June 4th for a chance to connect and make some new friends. (If you haven't read the book, don't let that stop you from coming!)

Healy’s Afloat is an exploration of the human spirit and supernatural possibilities

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An interview with Erin Healy, Author of Afloat We live in a world where a spiritual battle between good and evil is continually raging around us, whether we are aware of it or not. While supernatural fiction portraying the battle between light and darkness has become a popular genre in recent years, best-selling author Erin Healy hopes readers recognize a difference between her books and the others out there. “The secular paranormal genre is preoccupied with darkness. As honestly as I can, I try to be preoccupied with light.” In her latest release, Afloat (Thomas Nelson/May 7, 2013/ISBN 978-1401685522/$15.99) , Healy’s characters are faced with the fight of their lives, in a desperate search for the light. Q: How would you describe your latest book, Afloat ? Afloat is a supernatural-disaster survival story. An eclectic group of people stranded in a floating house grapple with the question of whether love can rise above self-preservation instincts. Q: Is there a “moral