Peering Through Life's Window

A Warm Welcome to Susan Spess Susan gives away an eBook of Jordan Valley Roundup . To enter to win join the Rafflecopter contest below and leave a comment and an email. Susan Tells Us the Story behind the Story Some of my oldest memories are of rodeos. I’ve never participated in one, as much as I wanted to, but I love watching others. I was very young when I first watched my cousin ride barrels on my dad’s horse, Sparky, at the rodeo in the tiny town of Old Mannford. Dad must have enjoyed rodeos as much as I did, because we often attended different ones. When the International Professional Rodeo Association moved to Tulsa in 1971 for the 1970 rodeo season, my family was there. The next year, I was in college at Ozark Bible College in Joplin, Missouri, so I didn’t get to go. (A big snowstorm hit while they were there, so they didn’t get home until around 2:00 am.) One of the first dates with my hubby was to the finals in 1973. We went with my family to the first night, and we went again

  A Warm Welcome to Bettie Boswell Bettie will give away an arc of Hoping for Treasure . To enter to win join the Rafflecopter contest below and leave a comment with your email address. Hi Betty, first, tell us a little about yourself. I am a retired teacher for both primary classrooms and elementary general music. A few years before I retired, I decided to be an author. After many unpublished manuscripts, those dreams came true in 2020.  When I'm not writing, I enjoy experimenting with art materials and taking photos on walks around the neighborhood. My three grandchildren keep the grandma taxi service busy during the school year. At church, I work with the music where my husband is minister. I am not a big fan of cleaning house. Dust bunnies don't fear me. Many authors were avid readers as children. How about you? If so, what did you read? I enjoyed reading as a child. I loved Little Women and the other Alcott books. As a youngster, my mother read many Little Golden Books, B

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