Audra Jennings

Welcome to the blog tour for Spouse in the House by Cynthia Ruchti and Becky Melby! Over the next couple of weeks, my blog tour team will be reviewing this new book that will help all married couples make room for each other. Learn more here about the book and authors, read an excerpt, and enter to win a copy of your own. About the book: A frank and funny look at what to do when together is too close Two’s company, especially for those who love each other. So what happens when—due to retirement, working from home, or even running a business together—spouses find that being in the same space all the time is awkward, complex, annoying, and just plain challenging? How can partners coexist without co-exhausting each other? Cynthia Ruchti and Becky Melby know all too well how adjusting to a new, all-the-time closeness can cause the bliss of marriage to form blisters. Drawing from their experiences, and from men and women across the country in the same situation, the authors take a deep ...

  Join me on the tour for Spouse in the House by Cynthia Ruchti and Becky Melby! Both hard copies and eBooks will be available. The tour dates will be September 28-October 14. I'll be sending out emails about who made the tour around August 13, and books will go out in late August/early September. The day before the tour starts (September 27), I will send out more details, including a book giveaway, a Q&A, and th...

Part 2 of an interview with Cynthia Ruchti, Author of A Fragile Hope     We easily become so absorbed in our own responsibilities, problems and concerns that we miss what is going on in the lives of those around us, even those we love the most. That’s where Josiah Chamberlain finds himself in award-winning author Cynthia Ruchti’s latest release, A Fragile Hope (Abingdon Press) . When his life starts falling apart around him, will the fragile hope he has left be enough to help through the most difficult time of his life? Q: In a few sentences, tell us about your new book, A Fragile Hope . Much-in-demand marriage and family expert Josiah Chamberlain finishes the final chapter of his latest book — destined to be another best-seller, he’s sure — to discover his wife has left him. Everything he assumed about their relationship disintegrates. His wife, Karin, can’t tell him why she left. It will cost him everything to keep loving with nothing but a fragile hope his...

Part 1 of an interview with Cynthia Ruchti, Author of A Fragile Hope   In A Fragile Hope , Cynthia Ruchti shows how hope grows when seeds are planted—even in the muddy middle of life. Josiah Chamberlain’s life’s work revolves around repairing other people's marriages. When his own is threatened by his wife's unexplained distance, and then threatened further when she's unexpectedly plunged into an unending fog, Josiah finds his expertise, quick wit and clever quips are no match for a relationship that is clearly broken.   Feeling betrayed, confused, and ill-equipped for a crisis this crippling, he reexamines everything he knows about the fragility of hope and the strength of his faith and love. Love seems to have failed him. Will what’s left of his faith fail him, too? Or will it be the one thing that holds him together and sears through the impenetrable wall that separates them? Q: Your leading man, Josiah, is a well-known marriage expert yet he failed to...

When your life's work revolves around repairing other people’s marriages, what happens when your own marriage begins to fall apart? Find out what happens to Josiah Chamberlain in Cynthia Ruchti's new book,  A Fragile Hope .  Feeling betrayed, confused, and ill-equipped for a crisis this crippling, he reexamines everything he knows about the fragility of hope and the strength of his faith and love. Love seems to have failed him. Will what’s left of his faith fail him, too? Or will it be the one thing that holds him together and sears through the impenetrable wall that separates them? Celebrate the release of A Fragile Hope by entering to win Cynthia's Sign of Hope Giveaway!   One grand prize winner will receive: A copy of  A Fragile Hope A metal wall scripture hanging Enter today by clicking the icon below, but hurry! The giveaway ends on May 3.  The winner will be announced May 4 on the Litfuse blog . ...

Ruchti pens story encouraging readers to hold onto hope, even when it doesn’t make sense We easily become so absorbed in our own responsibilities, problems and concerns that we miss what is going on in the lives of those around us, even those we love the most. That’s where Josiah Chamberlain finds himself in award-winning author Cynthia Ruchti’s latest release, A Fragile Hope (Abingdon Press/April 4, 2017/ISBN: 9781426791505/$14.99) . When his life starts falling apart around him, will the fragile hope he has left be enough to help through the most difficult time of his life? As a best-selling author, speaker, and relationship expert, Josiah’s life’s work revolves around repairing other people’s marriages. While he is focused on his latest deadline, Josiah fails to notice as his wife, Karin, grows distant. Their relationship is challenged further when Karin is involved in a serious car accident and is unable to communicate. When his own marriage is threatened, Josiah find...

It's going to be a busy spring for Litfuse  reviewers! If you are a blogger, take a look at these blog tours currently open for request. Check out these books, and sign up  NOW  to review during the dates listed. Please let your blogging friends know too! 4/12 – 5/3:  A Fragile Hope  by Cynthia Ruchti (Abingdon Press) Sign-up here! Hope grows when seeds are planted---even in the muddy middle of life. Josiah Chamberlain's life's work revolves around repairing other people's marriages. When his own is threatened by his wife's unexplained distance, and then threatened further when she's unexpectedly plunged into an unending fog, Josiah finds his expertise, quick wit and clever quips are no match for a relationship that is clearly broken. Feeling betrayed, confused, and ill-equipped for a crisis this crippling, he reexamines everything he knows about the fragility of hope and the strength of his faith and love. Love seems to have failed him....

An interview with Cynthia Ruchti, Author of Song of Silence     What’s the first thing mentioned when introducing two strangers? Typically, one person introduces another by saying the individual’s name, followed by his or her vocation. “This is my friend, Bob. He’s an airplane mechanic.” “I’d like you to meet Sally. She’s a triathlete.” It’s natural for people to derive their sense of self from what they do, not who they are. In her latest novel, Song of Silence (Abingdon Press/April 5, 2016/ISBN: 9781426791499/$14.99) , award-winning author Cynthia Ruchti reminds us God takes a different approach when it comes to identity and explores what happens when identity can no longer be linked to an occupation or life’s passion. In Song of Silence , readers meet Lucy and Charlie Tuttle who, despite their differences, can agree on one thing: They’re committed to each other for life. The trouble is neither of them expected life to look like this . Charlie retired early, but...