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Looking Out the Window: Award-winning Author Paula Mowery Talks about Her Latest Book, For Our Good. Gives Away an E-book


 
A Warm Welcome to Paula Mowery

Paula will give away an e-book of For Our Good. To enter to win leave a comment and an e-mail address below.


About For Our Good

Charlie Jarvis is haunted by loss that fuels her desire to rid the world of drug traffickers. When her next assignment takes her back to her hometown, she has to confront her painful past. She has no interest in a relationship since God seems to kill everyone she loves.

Colton Thomas appreciates material things and the status of being a corporate pilot. When someone approaches him to deliver a package for a large sum of money that could wipe out his debts, temptation knocks loud on his door even as his partner, Marshall, slams it shut. Meeting Charlie challenges his non-committal stance with women. As he considers who he has become and the kind of man he would want to be for Charlie, he confronts his own shallow lifestyle and the fear that he would never be able to help her heal her wounds.

As Charlie pursues the man causing young boys to die of overdoses, she struggles with the secrets she keeps from Colton. With people around them shining the light of God and encouraging their courtship, both Charlie and Colton have to face hard truths about life, death, love, and faith. And maybe find a fresh start for them both.




An excerpt from the Bible Study in the back of For Our Good
The book's title is from the verse in Romans 8:28

Romans 8:28-39:
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who are called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. What, then, shall we say in response to this? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all – how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died – more than that, who was raised to life – is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: ‘For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.’ No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, not anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”  

*Choose a verse that stands out to you and explain its meaning for you personally. 

Things happen as a result of sin, but God works all for the good. There are things that happen which test us.  

*Has something happened in your life that causes you to doubt God or His plan? 

*Can you look back and see God’s hand in past situations? 

Bad things happen that we don’t understand, but God is not against us. He is for us and loves us with a love that can’t be severed. God doesn’t promise us an easy life with no struggles. On the contrary, He warns often in His Word that we will face trials. But his promise is that He will never leave us. He is always near and always loving us. That is where our comfort comes from. Furthermore, God may even teach us something from our struggles that could increase our faith or our intimacy with Him. Experiencing a trial is not wasted time but more like an opportunity. When we know our struggles have purpose, we can be comforted and overcome.  

*Has God taught you something from a struggle in your life? 

Always be prepared to share God’s truths and how He’s seen you through problems as well as the lessons He has taught you along the way.  

Bio: Paula Mowery is a published author, acquisitions editor, and speaker. Her first two published works were The Blessing Seer and Be The Blessing from Pelican Book Group. Both are women’s fiction, and their themes have been the topics of speaking engagements. Be The Blessing won the Selah Award in 2014 in the novella category. In November of 2013, her first romance released in the anthology, Brave New Century, from Prism Book Group. This book went to number five on Amazon’s bestseller category, historical Christian romance. Legacy and Love was her first solo romance and was a finalist in the Carolyn Readers Choice Awards in 2015.

Reviewers of her writing characterize it as “thundering with emotion.” Her articles have appeared in Woman’s World, The Christian Online Magazine, and the multi-author devotional blog, Full Flavored Living. She wrote a section for Join the Insanity by Rhonda Rhea. She has devotionals included in several collaborative books.

As an acquisitions editor for Prism Book Group, Paula particularly looks for romance stories with Christian values at its core. She’s especially attracted to those manuscripts that leave the reader mulling over the story long after turning the last page.

Having been an avid reader of Christian fiction, she now puts that love to use by writing book reviews. She is a member of ACFW and is on the author interview team. She was a member of the 2014 and 2015 Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference faculty.

Paula is a pastor’s wife and mom to a college student. She homeschooled her daughter through all twelve years, and they both lived to tell about it. Before educating her daughter at home, she was an English teacher in public school.

You can follow Paula at Facebook.
Learn more about Paula at her blog or enjoy her monthly columns on Christian Online Magazine. You can also check out her blog for Christian writers.

Comments

Sonja said…
This sounds like a really good book. I know I would love to win this! sonja dot nishimoto at gmail dot com
June Foster said…
Paula, I admire an author who's willing to tackle the tough issues Christians face daily and God's power over any issue in our lives. Here's wishing you many sales.
Paula Mowery said…
Sonja, thanks for stopping by. Talked to my mom last night. My dad read this before she could finish. He liked this one. Some of my other titles were too "girlie" or "mushy" for him. The suspense interested him, and I thank him in the front of the book for his contributions to my research on airplanes.

June, thanks for your encouraging words. Christians are having to live in a tough world these days. Readers will notice in my dedication that this was based on true happenings. But you are right. God is greater and we win!
Mary Preston said…
Lovely to meet Paula here today.

marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com
Miss Mae said…
Paula, what a moving blurb, very intriguing. And I love where your dad thought your other title were too "girlie" or "mushy". LOL Sounds like a true man there. *wink*

Love your cover. It's beautiful.

Very best to you, and it's a pleasure to meet you.
Paula Mowery said…
Mary, thanks for stopping by.
Miss Mae, you are correct. My dad is definitely a true man, not willing to stoop to girlie or mushy. LOL My editor-in-chief is so good at creating covers. Thanks for your encouraging words.
Paula: What a wonderful storyline. I enjoy sweet romance and story situations where there are road blocks for the hero and heroine to get through. Your scriptural reference is one I must keep in mind all the time. Yes, we must get through the trying times and seek to see the resulting good down the road when we encounter these things that happen to us and that we have trouble finding the good of such happenings.
Gail thanks for having a delightful and insightful lady who is grounded in the scriptures.

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