Peering Through Life's Window

A Warm Welcome to Anita Klumpers Anita shares a favorite Bible verse and a yummy recipe handed down from her mother. See below. Hi Anita, lots of writers loved to read as children. What about you? If so, what did you read? YES! I vividly remember reading Little House in the Big Woods in first grade. I moved up to the Bobbsey Twins, Happy Hollisters and Trixie Belden, Nancy Drew books by the truckload. And the biographies my dad made me read to balance out the mystery stories. What inspired you to write this particular book? My editor asked for a novella based on the virtue “Whatever is of good repute” from Philippians 4:8. While visiting Andrew Jackson’s home in Nashville, we watched a duel reenactment, and the idea was born! What do you love about this book? And what do you hope readers will tell others about it? It was fun weaving in the history of the duel and its ramifications to present day. Manderley is a well-meaning sweetheart. Her mother Tara is a dynamo an

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website . Biblical: Claiming Canaan: Milcah's Journey by Barbara M. Britton -- When the tribal elders make marriage a requirement for claiming her land, Milcah bat Zelophehad must find a betrothed straightaway. The only problem in finding a husband is that all her suitors were slain while conquering the land of Canaan. Men avoid her in order to stay alive. After praying to God to send her a bold suitor, a man from her father's clan plummets from a tree right on top of her. Is this God answering prayer, or a foolish antic by Eli, the war-scarred brother from one of her clan's rival families. Will settling in Canaan sort out Milcah's troubles, or have her woes just begun? (Biblical Fiction from Harbourlight Books [Pelican]) Contemporary Romance: Ryan's Father by June Foster -- The rippling influence of Ryan Reid’s less than moral mother and absent father made a m

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A Warm Welcome to Jodie Wolfe Jodie will give away an e-Book of Taming Julia.  To enter to win leave a comment and an email address below Hi Jodie, first, tell us a little about yourself and your writing.  I've been weaving stories since I was a little girl, although I didn't get my first one published until four years ago. My husband and I have been married for 32 years; we have two grown, married sons, and six grandchildren. Were you an avid reader as a child? If so, what did you read? Most definitely! I always had a book with me. Some of my favorites were Little House on the Prairie series, Trixie Beldon, and Nancy Drew . Tell us about your latest book. In 1875, Kansas bachelor Drew Montgomery's sole desire is to serve God, but his congregation's ultimatum that he marry or leave, forces him to advertise for a wife by proxy.  Jules Walker strides into Drew's life wearing breeches and toting a gun and saddle--

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

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A Warm Welcome to Julie Cosgrove Julie will give away an e-Book of Leaf Me Alone. To enter to win leave a comment and an email address below. Julie Shares a devotional with us. A New Leaf So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.  1 Corinthians 3:7 Springtime is a time for new things to emerge. I had a sad, scrawny little plant I just could not throw out despite the fact it only had to leaves on it. The rest had all died. So, I nurtured it, fed it and, yes, I talked to it. I'm pleased to announce the plant has grown three new, beautiful, dark green, healthy leaves. The leaves started as a small "bump" and when I saw them, I caught my breath in my throat. Could it be? After almost a year of nothing at all…? For the past few weeks, I have been watching the leaves emerge daily with anticipation.  Every morning I'd curl up on my couch, hug my coffee cup, and determine how much my pl