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Looking in the Window: Romance, Faith and More. Treading Water: Barely above Water Free for a Limited Time

  There’s more to Treading Water: Barely above Water , than the sweet, contemporary romance. While a young man and woman work through their reasons for not getting serious about anyone, readers enjoy a fun rag-tag swim team and learn about new treatments for a little-understood malady.  Like Suzie, the heroine, in Treading Water , I’m a victim of chronic Lyme disease. Over the years, I’ve learned there’s little interest in the illness. My journey began in a physician’s office where I had one month of testing before I was told, “You have something foreign in your system, but we can’t treat you because we can’t diagnose your problem.” And, that was that—until God led me  to an alternative doctor, David G. Lee, D.C., PhD., CAd . I’m blessed, Dr. Lee has kept me on my feet and active. Still, I’m constantly searching for promising breakthroughs. One day, I found a couple. Unfortunately, the news made no headlines. I pondered updating  Barely above Water, a novel I ...

Looking Out The Window: Carol Award Finalist Lillian Duncan Talks About Puzzle House. Gives Away An E-book.

A Warm Welcome to Lillian Duncan Lillian will give away an e-book of Puzzle House To enter to win leave a comment and an e-mail address below Congratulations, Lillian, on being a finalist for the prestigious Carol Award. Tell us about  Puzzle House. Puzzle House  is the book I never wanted to write! What??? Let me explain. Rachel Summers, the main character in my new book, Puzzle House, has brain tumors due to Neurofibromatosis Type 2. Neuro…What? That’s what I said when my doctor told me I had brain tumors because of something called Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2 for short) in 2012. The tumors are almost always benign, but there’s two meanings for benign. One being non-cancerous and the other being harmless. The good news is that my tumors are not cancerous, the bad news is they are definitely not harmless. That’s why I say Puzzle House is the book I never wanted to write. I would never have written it if it weren’t for the brain tumors. But Romans 8: 28...