Peering Through Life's Window

Pelican Book Group announces thirty percent off all e-Books from now until Easter. Use the code BrightSide2020 when checking out Deal Includes The Following Cooking Up A Mystery In Cooking Up A Mystery Laney Eskridge battles insecurities, loss and a criminal who attempts to destroy her tea house and catering business. Nancy Mehl, ACFW Carol Award Winner and Best Selling Author of the Defenders of Justice and Kaely Quinn Profiler Series, says, “ Gail Pallotta has cooked up a delectable mystery with all the right ingredients: rich characters, page-turning suspense, and heart-touching romance.” Buy Cooking Up A Mystery Here Hair Calamities and Hot Cash , a TopShelf 2020 Book Awards Nominee From an Amazon reviewer: Comical chaos flows effortlessly in this starry-eyed, humorous tale of misfortune surprisingly turning to serendipity. ‘Hair Calamities and Hot Cash’ is a fresh, cozy, romantic mystery by Gail Pallotta...every bit brilliant and compl

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website . Contemporary Romance: Love and Liberty by Elsie Davis -- A New Hampshire firefighter and an Audubon Society member go head to head when his work involving controlled forest fires threatens a rumored eagle nest. (Contemporary Romance from Sweet Promise Press) Formula for a Perfect Life by Christy Hayes -- College senior Kayla Cummings’ dreams are crushed by an unplanned pregnancy after a one-night stand with her secret crush. When she confronts the baby’s father, Ben Strickland, his destined life spins out of control. With the clock ticking and decisions to make, Ben and Kayla embark on a journey where falling in love might be the biggest surprise of all. (Contemporary Romance, Independently Published ) Hill Country Redemption by Shannon Taylor Vannatter -- When Rance Shepherd takes a job stocking cattle for a local rodeo, he’s shocked that his new client is his ex-swee

A Warm Welcome to Leeann Betts Leeann will give away EITHER a print copy (U.S. residents only) OR an eBook of  Missing Deposits. To learn how to enter to win read to the end of the chapter excerpt below. Hi Leeann, first, tell us a little about yourself.  I am actually the alter ego of Donna Schlachter, who writes historical mystery. She created me because that’s what a publishing industry professional told her she should do. I’m really glad she did, because, like Frosty the Snowman, I came to life one day, and I’ve been enjoying every day since. Together we have written a couple of books on the craft of writing, and I get to tag along when she does research. Donna lets me write my own stuff, too, which is cool, because then people treat me like I’m a real person. Why do you write?  I guess I write because otherwise, there’d be no reason for me to exist. I know Donna writes because the stories are in there and they have to come out. For me, I like to see t

A Warm Welcome to Lillian Duncan, Former Carol Award Finalist Murder, Mayhem and Christmas? Really?  On the surface, it may seem that murder and mayhem doesn’t necessarily go with Christmas, but I love weaving a Christmas story in with suspense and romance. Because of that I have several Christmas stories available— The Christmas Stalking; The Christmas Angel Thief; No Home for the Holidays ; and A Christmas Stolen. My latest Christmas novella is All I Want For Christmas Is Johnny Rocker Dead! How’s that for a title filled with murder, mayhem and Christmas? I won’t tell you the plot but I will tell you the story is about how much God loves each of us—no matter what we’ve done. And isn’t that what Christmas is really all about? Speaking of Christmas, one of the things my husband and I do every Christmas is to clear out our enclosed porch and then we put up Christmas trees. Yes, I said trees as in many trees. Last year, we had 14 or 15 trees up. In all sizes and sh

A Warm Welcome to Lillian Duncan Hi Lillian, tell us about your latest book. Trapped is my latest suspense novel. And suspenseful, it is! With just the right about of romance to make it even better. You can’t help but love Nate Goodman—small-town policeman, believer in truth, justice, and Jesus. Tired of all the turmoil associated with being a Chicago police officer, he comes back home to the sleepy town of Mt. Pleasant, Ohio to work because nothing ever happens—until it does. Angelina Matthews has everything. She’s rich, famous and beautiful until the day she’s kidnapped and trapped in a basement with a madman. Tormented and tortured, she cries out to God. Help comes in the form of Nate Goodman. When their paths cross months later, Nate discovers Angelina is still trapped, not in a basement but in the memories she can’t escape. As an ex-Chicago policeman, Nate knows all about being trapped—and getting un-trapped so he reaches out to help. And that’s when things ge

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website . Contemporary Romance: Hometown Hope by Laurel Blount -- In the three years since her mother’s death, widower Hoyt Bradley’s daughter, Jess, hasn’t spoken—until she suddenly begs him to save her favorite bookstore from closing. Hoyt is desperate to hear his daughter’s voice again, but he and the bookstore’s pretty owner, Anna Delaney, share a less-than-friendly past. Working together is complicated enough…but can they avoid falling in love? (Contemporary Romance from Love Inspired [Harlequin]) A Heart Surrendered by Joy K. Massenburge -- Since her teens, pastor’s daughter Sharonda Peterson devoted her life to church service and solitude after the one night she gave Carl Ray Everhart everything. Sobered by a near-death experience, prodigal Carl returns home from an acting and singing career to serve as the worship leader at Sheronda’s church, and she finds that it takes

A Warm Welcome to David Arp David will give away an e-Book OR print copy (U.S. residents only) of  Orb . Winner's Choice. To enter to win leave a comment and email address below. Thank you for having me as a guest and allowing me to introduce my newest novel, Orb.  It's my pleasure to have you.   First, tell us a little bit about yourself. I’ve had a birthday since I last visited, my 61st, and I’m still employed as a drilling foreman for an oil company, offshore Louisiana. I’m an old roughneck who likes to write when he has the time. Happy Belated Birthday. What besides God and family do you really love?  • The handshake of a friend. • A warm shoulder from a sleeping baby. • A good horse. • The aroma of saddle leather, burnt gunpowder and gun oil. • Early mornings and cowboy coffee. • The smell of fresh cut hay. • An honest man. • Good humor. • Standing in a cold stream with a fly rod. • Caddying for my son. • Morning frost in