Peering Through Life's Window

A Warm Welcome to Lisa Lickel Lisa will giveaway e-copies to anyone who will review romantic sci fi. Comment below and leave an email address if you'd like to participate. Researching a New Frontier By Lisa Lickel I am a mid-level science fiction and fantasy fan. I remember pitching a fit when my parents made me go to bed halfway through episodes of the Original Star Trek because I had to get up for school the next day. I’ve loved dragons and brownies—the little folk who live in the hills—ever since I was in kindergarten. Ray Bradbury is my personal hero. I wake up after visiting Mars on a regular basis. But I’m not crazy…not really. I mean, I write cute mysteries with cats and romance and family drama. For the same reason I won’t ever write history (again) I don’t want to stray into the strange and fierce world of science fiction: I love it too much and I’m too picky about miscues and things I can’t wrap my head around…like television. Seriously, how does it work

A Warm Welcome to Lillian Duncan To celebrate the release of  The David Years , Lillian's having a giveaway--actually  TWO  different giveaways! To enter to win follow the directions below. GIVEAWAY DIRECTIONS Giveaway # One: The grand prize is a $25 Amazon gift card. To enter that giveaway,  click here and follow the directions! Giveaway #Two : Lillian will pick FIVE lucky winners to receive their choice of one her eBooks  from comments left on her blog about The David Years.   To be entered in that giveaway, go to her  Website  then leave a comment under one of The David Years posts. EASY-PEASY! Hi Lillian, how exciting about your new book and the giveaways! Tell us a little about yourself. I’m 63, happily married, and live in a small town in Ohio. Were you an avid reader as a child? If so, what did you read? I never went anywhere without a book. Fishing—took a book. Relatives—took a book. In the car—took a book. Went to bed—you guessed it, I took a b

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website . Contemporary Romance: The Butterfly Recluse by Therese Heckenkamp -- Lila finds solace in her sheltered world by raising butterflies and surrounding herself with their gentle beauty. They’re all she needs—until a motorcycle-riding stranger roars up her driveway, invading her safe haven, throwing her life off-kilter, and forcing her to question everything. What exactly is he after, and what is he not telling her? In one intense night of desperation and revelation, Lila must confront her darkest fears—and hopefully discover that with faith and courage, shattered dreams can be restored, damaged hearts can love again, and broken wings can heal . . . maybe even fly. (Contemporary Romance from Ivory Tower Press) A Glitter of Gold by Liz Johnson -- Anne Norris moved to Savannah, Georgia, for a fresh start. Now her pirate-tour business is flagging and paying the rent requires more t

Summer's here. These are the days of good books and lemonade.  I'm sending a virtual giant-sized lemon grown on my friend's farm in Florida, but the Strawberry Brownie recipe below and the .99 book sale are real for a limited time. About the Books Stopped Cold, a young adult mystery, is a great summer read or back-to-school gift. A Grace Awards Finalist, Stopped Cold finished 4th in the 16th Annual Preditors and Editors Readers Poll.(It's for young-at-heart adults too.) Flirting, swimming, fun with friends, it all changed when Margaret's brother, Sean, suffered a stroke. Readers say: Pallotta has written a truly inspirational book about how a family grows and comes closer together after a traumatic experience. (GABixler Reviews) Follow Margaret's journey to discover the depth of true character and faith not only in school and friends, but family. (Lisa Lickel) Buy on  Amazon - Kindle copy .99 Buy on Barnes and Noble - Nook copy

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A Warm Welcome to Lisa Lickel Lisa will give away either an e-Book or a print copy of Meow Matrimony , winner's choice. (U.S. residents only for print.) To enter to win leave a comment and an email address. Fancy Cats Psalm 104:24: How many are your works, Lord! In wisdom you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. Lisa tells us how she decided to write about cats and gives us a little information on Mau cats. I grew up with cats. I’ve loved them my whole life. Then I married a man who had dander allergies and didn’t want them in the house. I learned to love them vicariously. When I wrote my first mystery series, the Buried Treasure books, the heroine naturally had a cat. I focused on the names of the cats back then, gleefully choosing cats a history nerd teacher might like. Carranza was a hard-bitten male, a bruiser who had definitive likes and vociferous dislikes, but his heart was pure gold and he parented better than any stray mom. H

A Warm Welcome to Linda Weaver Clarke Stop by Linda's Release Day Celebration  here  and enter her giveaway. Hi Linda, first, tell us a little about yourself. I was raised among the Rocky Mountains of southern Idaho and now live among the red hills of southern Utah. I am the author of Historical Romance, Mystery Suspense, Cozy Mysteries, Swashbuckling/Adventure Romance, a Children’s Book, and Nonfiction. I teach a class about writing your family history and publishing it for your family, which is free to the public. I am also a missionary at the Family Search Center where I help people find their ancestors and learn about their heritage. To learn more, visit my  Website. Tell us about your latest book. Angel’s Serenade is a Historical Mystery Romance set in 1836 in the United States. In this story, Emmeline Scott is raising her sister’s two children and is surprised when she finds out the new doctor in town is helping her nephew adapt to his surroundings. As