Peering Through Life's Window

A Warm Welcome to Lillian Duncan  To celebrate the release of Puzzle House, Lillian’s having a very special giveaway on her blog, Tiaras & Tennis Shoes . Leave a comment on one of her Puzzle House posts and you’re entered to win. Hi Lillian, tell us a little about yourself. My husband and I live in a small town in Ohio. I mean small—we only have 1 traffic light. I grew up in the area, but moved to the big city of Cleveland for many years. Like Dorothy, I love being home again. What is your favorite genre to read? To write?  Mostly I read and write Christian mystery and suspense with a little horror thrown in. Puzzle House is a complete departure from what I usually write. I would simply classify it as Christian Fiction, like the book War Room. Tell us about Puzzle House.  I call it the book I never wanted to write! Really? Can you explain that? Early on in the story, the main character (Rachel Summers) discovers she has brain tumors due to ...

A Warm Welcome to Catherine Castle Hi Catherine, Thanks for sharing a sweet devotional! When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Pie photo courtesy of Wikimedia commons We’ve all experienced it—that thing or things that bring us down. Maybe it’s a health problem, the loss of a loved one, a broken heart, or disappointment at work or home. Whatever life-lemons you are handed it can be very hard to see the sweeter side of the problem. There’s a lovely elderly lady in our church who has dementia. She’s at the stage where she knows she’s not remembering things. She can’t cook anymore because she can’t remember whether or not she’s added an ingredient, and most of the time she can’t remember the recipes she once knew by heart. We often eat supper with her after church and she sometimes can’t remember what she ordered. The ladies at the table watch out for her to make sure she gets the right drink and meal. Dementia is one of the scariest diseases I know, yet Laurie (name...

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website . Contemporary Romance: The Secret Life of Sarah Hollenbeck by Bethany Turner -- Becoming a Christian is the best and worst thing that has ever happened to Sarah Hollenbeck. Best because, well, that's obvious. Worst because, up to this point, she's made her very comfortable living as a well-known, bestselling author of steamy romance novels that would leave the members of her new church blushing. Now Sarah is trying to reconcile her past with the future she's chosen. She's still under contract with her publisher and on the hook with her enormous fan base for the kind of book she's not sure she can write anymore. She's beginning to think that the church might frown on her tithing on royalties from a "scandalous" book. And the fact that she's falling in love with her pastor doesn't make things any easier. (Contemporary Romance from Rev...

Hats... Horns... The winner is... Congratulations, Connie!

A Warm Welcome to Gay N. Lewis Congratulations on your new release! To enter to win  the e-book leave a comment and an email address below About Mattie's Choice It's 1925 in rural Oklahoma. A naïve seventeen-year-old Mattie chooses to elope with Jesse, leaving behind an ideal life with her wealthy and loving family. With hope for a happy future, she vows to stay with her husband through good times or bad, but the wonderful life Mattie dreams of is shattered by Jesse's abusive nature and his refusal to allow her to see her family. When Jesse’s brother, Joe, brings home his new wife--the vivacious Ella--Mattie believes Ella is living the life Mattie prays to have with Jesse. As the years grow harder and Jesse and Mattie’s growing family struggles to survive The Great Depression, The Dust Bowl and illness, Jesse’s abuse worsens.  Life also unravels for Ella and Joe as he begins to abuse his wife. Ella makes the choice that Mattie has never considere...

Wish we could give everyone a copy of Cold Blooded , but we drew a name, and the winner is... Hats, horns... Congratulations... Janet!

A Warm Welcome to Anne Patrick Anne will give away a Kindle copy of Cold Blooded . To enter to win leave a comment and an email address below. Hi Anne, first, tell us a little about yourself. I've written over a dozen stories of Romance, Mayhem, and Faith.  When I'm not working on my next novel I enjoy spending time with family and friends.  Formerly a native of Oklahoma, I now reside in Kansas. Lots of writers loved to read as children. Did you? If so what did you read? Oh yes.  I've been a mystery lover since I was a kid.  Mostly Nancy Drew or the Hardy Boys.  As I grew older, my mother introduced me to Phyllis A. Whitney's books.  One of my favorites was 'The Mystery of the Haunted Pool ' which won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Juvenile novel. Why do you write? I've always been a storyteller, even as a kid.  I'd dream up these wild adventures which a lot of times got me into trouble.  Finally,...