Book lovers and foodies unite!
Susan May Warren
hosts Hawaiian Chef Showdown —
the perfect pairing for her new book
From July
24 – August 10, Warren’s readers have the chance to win a KitchenAid mixer by
entering the Hawaiian Chef Showdown, hosted on www.susanmaywarren.com. Readers can enter by creating or selecting a recipe using one of the
main ingredients mentioned in the book, then pinning the recipe to Pinterest,
and sharing it via other social media sites, including their blog. The grand
prize winner will receive a KitchenAid mixer and all three books in the
Christiansen Family series.
Food bloggers Jackie Brown from Mom on a Mission and Melissa Ringstaff from A Virtuous Woman will be creating custom recipes
inspired by the book and giving away some treats of their own. More information
about their contributions, as well as more details about the contest, will be
available on the book’s website, whenifallinlove.susanmaywarren.com, when the contest launches on July 24. The Hawaiian Chef Showdown is being
held in conjunction with the When I Fall
in Love blog tour being coordinated by Litfuse Publicity Group.
The recipe contest is tied to the main storyline of When I Fall in Love. In the book, Grace
Christiansen finds herself snatched from her everyday routines when her family
surprises her with a trip to a cooking retreat in Hawaii. There she meets hockey
player Max Sharpe, who’s trying to escape the pressures of his career for a few
weeks. As the romance — and the oven — heat up in the kitchen, Grace and Max
both will have to learn to step out of their expectations to find the right
recipe for true love.
Susan May
Warren says cooking has played a role in her own love story. “My husband is a
fantastic cook. I’m more of an ‘open the fridge and see what I can create’ kind
of gal,” she admits. “We could drive each other crazy — but we create great
food and enjoy sitting around with our family, laughing, telling stories and
feasting on life. In a similar way, Max and Grace’s story shows us we can
be a winning team if we’re willing to embrace the current ingredients before us
and enjoy the mess we make together.”
Readers
can keep up with Susan May Warren at her website www.susanmaywarren.com and the Hawaiian Chef Showdown at whenifallinlove.susanmaywarren.com. Warren is also active on Facebook (SusanMayWarrenFiction) and Twitter (@susanmaywarren).
Set on the north shore of Minnesota, the series features the
Christiansens, a family readers can identify with as they try to figure out how
faith meets real life.
Darek Christiansen, heir to the historic Evergreen Lake Resort is angry since the loss of his wife. After a charity auction connects him with assistant county attorney, Ivy Madison, Darek begins to believe there might be love again in his future, but he’ll have to overcome his painful past – and Ivy’s secret connection to his wife’s death.
Eden Christiansen’s job as handler for her NHL rookie
brother, Owen, leaves her little time to focus on her own career. If only team
enforcer, Jace, would mentor the young man. When Owen’s carelessness leads to
an injury, Eden and Jace are thrown together and begin to wonder if they belong
on the same team after all.
In When I Fall in Love . . .
Hawaii was the last place Grace Christiansen ever imagined
she’d vacation, much less fall in love. But when her family surprises her with
a cooking retreat in the Aloha State, she is pulled away from her predictable life
and thrown headfirst into the path of hockey player, Max Sharpe, and the
romantic adventure of a lifetime.
Coming
in February: Always On My Mind
About Susan May Warren:
Susan May Warren is the bestselling, Christy and RITA
Award–winning author of more than forty novels, whose compelling plots and
unforgettable characters have won acclaim with readers and reviewers alike.
She served with her husband and four children as a
missionary in Russia for eight years before she and her family returned home to
the States. Warren now writes full-time as her husband runs a lodge on Lake
Superior in northern Minnesota, where many of her books are set. She and her
family enjoy hiking, canoeing and being involved in their local church.
Warren holds a BA in mass communications from the
University of Minnesota. Several of her critically acclaimed novels have been
ECPA and CBA bestsellers, were chosen as Top Picks by Romantic Times and
have won the RWA’s Inspirational Reader’s Choice contest and the American
Christian Fiction Writers Book of the Year award. Five of her books have been
Christy Award finalists. In addition to her writing, Susan loves to teach and
speak at women’s events about God's amazing grace in our lives.
Readers
can keep up with Susan May Warren at her website www.susanmaywarren.com and blog www.susanmaywarren.com/scribbles-blog/. She is also active on Facebook (SusanMayWarrenFiction) and Twitter (@susanmaywarren).
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