Peering Through Life's Window

A Warm Welcome to Jean Pike Jean talks about Jesus' intervention in her life as well as His intervention in the life of the heroine in   About the Little Things.          Miracles and Answered Prayer Beautiful and restless, Rochelle Delany makes choices as a young woman that almost ruin her life. As the story opens, she seeks to escape the nightmare of her present by fleeing back to her past. But things have changed in the small town of Redford’s Crossing, and she wonders if a person can ever really go home again. She grew up going to church but because of choices she made and choices that were forced on her she has been away from God for a long time. There is a scene in which Rochelle’s past pays a visit to her present and she finds herself in a dire situation. She cries out to God, and God steps in in a most miraculous way.  I’ve seen too many miracles to ever doubt that Jesus is real. He answers prayer in his own way and time. but no prayer ever goes unheard. Sometimes we feel H

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website Contemporary Romance: Dial S for Second Chances by Linda Shenton Matchett -- Jade Williams agrees to be on the high school reunion committee because the-one-that-got-away is out of the country and won’t be home in time to attend the festivities. Now, he’s not only home but joined the committee. Is it too late to back out or can she set aside forty-five years of regret and pretend she isn’t to blame for her broken heart? One of the downsides of being rich means fielding requests for money and favors. But when an old high school buddy contacts Derek Milligan to be on the reunion committee as just one of the gang, no strings attached, he can’t resist. At the first meeting, he’s dismayed to find himself sitting next to his former high school sweetheart. He should be angry. Instead, he’s attracted. Can he risk his heart a second time? (Contemporary Romance from Shortwave Press)  Fire and Ice by

This month’s chocked full of $1.99 deals on Amazon, including novels by many Pelican Book Group authors.  I’m honored to have Cooking up a Mystery among them. (See below for a list of other authors to look for.) About Cooking up a Mystery Cooking up a Mystery combines a mystery with a touch of romance, humor, faith and forgiveness.  In the story, Laney Eskridge is on edge from emotional scars from her parents’ deaths and her husband’s infidelity and abandonment. Then she hears unexplained noises in her new tea house, and her anxiety is tripled. Add a budding romance with Eric—a guy with a fear of commitment—and it's all too much to handle. She cuts ties with Eric and works to make her business pay off, but he discovers she’s in danger and wants to help. Little could they know they would overhear a threat that could cause a national turmoil. Even though I come from a long line of Southern gourmet cooks, I didn’t think of writing a culinary book until I met a newspaper faith editor

  A Warm Welcome to Sherri Wilson Johnson Sherri will give away a free e-book copy of her prequel novella,  Bayside Betrayal, to everyone who signs up for her newsletter. *See below. Hi Sherri, tell us a little about yourself. I’m a ball of both left-brained and right-brained analytical creativity, always dreaming up a romantically suspenseful murderous plot. I love my friends and family probably more than is normal. I am actively involved in our church, and I work on the Production Team running the lights. I spend my days working for agents, publishers and authors. That’s me in a nutshell. Tell us about your latest book. A Season at the Grand is set in the Mobile Bay Area of Alabama, specifically in Point Clear. Amelia Harris is a traveling photographer with The Photographic Times, and she’s commissioned to take pictures of the wealthy vacationers at the resort. Her matchmaking aunts are trying to marry her off because they think she’s a spinster. But she’ll have nothing to do with i

  A Warm Welcome to Penny Zeller Penny will give away either an e-Book or a print copy (U.S. residents only) of Dreams of the Heart. Winner’s choice.  To enter to win join the Rafflecopter contest below, leave a comment and an email address. Hi Penny, Lots of writers were avid readers as children. How about you? If so, what did you read? I was an avid reader as a child, which I credit to my mom, who read to us and encouraged a love for books. Two of my favorite books were Wacky Wednesday and Harry the Dirty Dog. When I was older, I enjoyed reading Trixie Belden, Nancy Drew, and Little House on the Prairie. Why do you write? Because I can’t not write. It is my ministry and my passion. Tell us about your latest book, Dreams of the Heart   Sometimes the hardest battles take place in the heart. Poverty and abuse at the hands of her drunkard father leaves Hannah Bane trapped and alone. Without hope, she prays for a miracle just on the off-chance God will hear her. Will the handsome new

  Image by Inspired Images on Pixabay                 So, Who Was St. Patrick? St. Patrick, patron saint and apostle of Ireland, born in the late 4th Century, started his life in Britain as part of a wealthy Romanized family. He grew more passionate about his faith after Irish raiders snatched him from his father’s villa at age sixteen and kept him in captivity as a herdsman. Known for dreams that spoke to him, after six bleak years he dreamed a ship waited to take him home to Britain, and it did. However, he nearly starved and endured another brief confinement before he found his family.   Later while still in Britain, he had another dream. In this one he received a letter headed, “The Voice of the Irish.” Reading it convinced him a group in Ireland beseeched him to join them once more. Because he lacked what he believed was the proper education, he waited to respond. Once he did, doubts plagued him as he embarked. However, when his work began, he grew completely confident in the Lord

  A Warm Welcome to Carol Wilson James  Carol will give away a digital copy of Choosing Christmas. To enter to win leave your email address and a comment and join the Rafflecopter Contest below.  Also sign up for Carol’s quarterly newsletter  and receive a free short story.  Gail, thanks so much for letting me visit your blog and share about some of my favorite things.  It’s my pleasure to have you. Carol’s Favorite Bible Verse A Bible verse that has come to mean so much to me over the years is Hebrews 6:10. I taught kindergarten in a private Christian school for many years. One time when I had a particularly challenging class, and I wondered if I was making any inroads into their hearts, the principal left a note in my mailbox. I don’t remember exactly what she said. But I do remember the Bible verse she quoted, and over the years, when discouragement threatened, the words have ministered to me again and again. “God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have sho

A Warm Welcome to Donna Schlachter  Donna will give away an eBook of Merry Little Mysteries. Leave a comment and email address below and enter the Rafflecopter contest for a chance to win. Receive a free eBook for a newsletter sign up. See below. Romance, History and Mystery  If you enjoy a little romance, a little history, and a little mystery, you’re going to love “A Mistletoe Mystery” in the Merry Little Mysteries anthology. A half dozen authors have banded together to bring you a collection of contemporary and historical mysteries, all clean and sweet, that are sure to tickle your funny bone all the way down to your toes in your stockings. About A Mistletoe Mystery in Merry Little Mysteries A Mistletoe Mystery, is set in Boulder Colorado in 1883, and it opens with Holly and Ivy Christmas discovering that somebody has seeded their champion spruce trees with dwarf mistletoe, a parasitic plant every bit as destructive as the ordinary kind , but not as pretty. They follow the trail

  A Warm Welcome to Pamela Thibodeaux Pamela shares a wonderful devotional. Have you ever heard the audible voice of God? I have. I bet you have too, although you may not have recognized it for what it was. I remember a time when I was filled with shame and guilt and doubt because of the kind of life I was living. My husband and I attended a new church, a place we’d never set foot in before and there, in the quiet of the service I heard God say, very plainly, “You are forgiven.” Did that change my life? Not completely but it did set me on the path to change. Isn’t that what faith is all about–changing as we get to know Him and hear His voice in whatever means He uses to speak to us? When I start writing a book, I don’t always know the referencing scripture. Most of the time I don’t even have a blurb or tagline or anything to develop the story around. I’m 100% panster when it comes to creating, but somewhere along the journey, these things fall into place (especially if I’m listening to