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Spring Fever book promo/kindle giveaway, Day 8 Author Regina Rudd Merrick

March 7, 2018 By Barbara 1 Comment

Welcome to DAY 8 of SPRING FEVER!

Regina Merrick is a writer, church musician, wife, mother, and grateful follower of Jesus Christ. Having lived most of her life in Western Kentucky, she dreams of the sound of crashing waves and sandy beaches. Married to her husband of 30-plus years, she is the mother of two grown daughters, and the keeper of a 100-year-old house where she lives in the small town of Marion, KY.

Regina Merrick began reading romance and thinking of book ideas as early as her teenage years when she attempted a happily-ever-after sequel to “Gone With the Wind.” That love of fiction parlayed into a career as a school librarian and then a public librarian, where she served as a director for thirteen years. She began attending local writing workshops and continued to hone her craft by writing several short and novel-length fan-fiction pieces published online, where she met other authors with a similar love for story, a Christian worldview, and happily-ever-after.

Her first novel, Carolina Dream, is book one in the “Southern Breeze Series,” and Carolina Mercy, book two in the series, will be released in July 2018 by Mantle Rock Publishing, LLC.

Connect with Regina online:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Regina-R-Merrick-512257938964888/

Twitter: @trmerrick64

Instagram: reginamerrick

Website: https://reginamerrick.wordpress.com

Carolina Dream

Book blurb:

Sarah Crawford wants more from life than to attend the wedding of her ex-fiancée. An unexpected inheritance in South Carolina comes at the perfect time, just as Sarah is willing to use any excuse to get out of town. When she meets potential business partner Jared Benton and discovers that a house is part of the inheritance, she is sure that God has been preparing her for this time through a recurring dream.

But will a dream about an antebellum mansion, many rooms to be explored, and a man with dark brown eyes give her the confidence to take a leap of faith, leaving friends, family, and her job behind?

Link(s) to purchase book(s):

Paperback: https://www.amazon.com/Carolina-Dream-Southern-Regina-Merrick/dp/1945094133/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1503621953&sr=1-1

Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Carolina-Dream-Regina-Rudd-Merrick-ebook/dp/B06XF1HK4L/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1503621953&sr=1-1&dpID=51-lUjAuRUL&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=detail

Spring Fever special: Sign up for my newsletter and receive a PDF document, “Special Features From Carolina Dream,” which includes the inspiration for the story as well as pictures of the places that inspired the location.

Carolina Mercy, book 2 of the Southern Breeze Series has been submitted and will release in July of 2018. I would love to talk about that!

Secret word of the day is… Beach

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Barbara

Spring Fever Promo/kindle Giveaway, Day 7: Author Kimberly Rose Johnson

March 6, 2018 By Barbara Leave a Comment

SPRING FEVER Author Feature #7

Kimberly Rose Johnson

Faith Hope and Love Reader’s Choice Finalist, Kimberly Rose Johnson, married her college sweetheart and lives in the Pacific Northwest. From a young child Kimberly has been an avid reader. That love of reading fostered a creative mind and led to her passion for writing. She especially loves romance and writes contemporary romance that warms the heart and feeds the soul.
Kimberly holds a degree in Behavioral Science from Northwest University in Kirkland, Washington, and is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers. ~

Kimberly’s book, The Reluctant Groom, is a modern day marriage of convenience story that takes place in Seattle, Washington. Because I went to college in the Seattle area I felt like I had a pretty good feel for the area. I discovered I was wrong last spring when my husband and I went to visit our son who attends college in the same area.

It didn’t take long for me to realize the Seattle I remembered had changed in the past twenty-five years. For starters, it was louder and dirtier than I remembered. I noticed the smells, sounds, and energy of the city on this trip, and guess what? I needed to do some re-writing. I’m glad I held off on publishing this book since I needed to change a few things to make it believable.

The biggest change I had to make regarded an ally that’s in the story. I had it written like alleyways in my hometown. Big mistake! The other thing I did was add the scent of garbage and the sound of seagulls.

All that being said, the story remained the same. Then the unthinkable happened. I discovered another book that was very similar to mine, so I was afraid to publish mine. To be honest, I was devastated. I tucked the story away and pretty much forgot about it. Then one day I remembered and brought it up in my Facebook readers group. They encouraged me to publish it anyway.

I truly love this story and I hope you will as well.

Here’s the back cover blurb:

When everything goes wrong, can two friends discover true love?

When Ray O’Brien’s world is turned upside down, Katie Fairchild wants to help, but the personal cost is high. Neither desires a marriage of convenience, but when Katie blurts the first thing that comes to her mind Ray can’t dismiss her offer of marriage. It would solve all his problems except for one thing—they aren’t in love.

Can these two friends team up for the greater good and perhaps find love along the way, or are their expectations impossible?

This book is currently listed for $1.99 but the price will rise to the regular price $3.49 sometime in the next thirty days.

Purchase link: The Reluctant Groom http://amzn.to/2FoJ00s

You can sign up for Kimberly’s newsletter via her website at: http://kimberlyrjohnson.com/index.html

Social media links you want shared: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/KimberlyRoseJohnson

Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/kimberly-rose-johnson

Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/krose1990/

Website: http://www.kimberlyrjohnson.com

*For another chance to win in the Spring Fever Promotion, Today’s secret word is Seattle

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Barbara

Spring Fever giveaway: Day 4 with author Johnnie Alexander!

March 3, 2018 By Barbara 1 Comment

Johnnie Alexander imagines heart-tugging stories in multiple genres. Her award-winning debut novel, Where Treasure Hides, is a CBA bestseller which has been translated into Dutch and Norwegian. She’s also the author of the popular Misty Willow Series: Where She Belongs, When Hope Arrives, and What Hope Remembers. Since talking about writing is so much fun, Johnnie hosts Novelists Unwind, which features videotaped interviews with inspirational authors. Sharing Johnnie’s vagabond life are Griff, her happy-go-lucky collie, and Rugby, her raccoon-treeing papillon. Connect with her on her website or on her Facebook Author Page.

Where She Belongs (Misty Willow Series #1) / Purchase Link: http://bit.ly/WSBPage

Shelby Kincaid is ready to move on from her grief. With high hopes for the future, she longs to purchase her family’s ancestral homestead so she can raise her young daughters in the only place she ever truly belonged. She plans to transform the abandoned house into the perfect home of her memories. But she’ll have her work cut out for her.

AJ Sullivan never wanted the homestead. Inherited as a punishment from his grandfather, it has sat empty for fifteen years and fallen into ruin. He’s glad to finally unload it. But a clean break isn’t possible when he can’t get the young widow Shelby off his mind.

Welcome to Misty Willow, a place that will have as great a hold over the reader as it does over its inhabitants.

The Misty Willow story continues in When Love Arrives and What Hope Remembers.

*Sign up for Johnnie’s newsletter on her website and receive the first chapter to Where She Belongs.

~For another chance to win, today’s Secret Word is: imagine~

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~Author Joy DeKok is tomorrow’s featured author in the Spring Fever Giveaway! Visit this link for more chances to win! HERE

Thanks for stopping!

Barbara

Spring Fever giveaway: Day 3 with author Lindsey P. Brackett

March 2, 2018 By Barbara Leave a Comment

Welcome to Day 3 of the Spring Fever book promo and Giveaway!

Lindsey P. Brackett writes southern fiction and cooks big family meals, but she complains about the dishes. Her debut novel, Still Waters, released in 2017. Someday she hopes to balance motherhood and writing full-time. Until then, she’s just very grateful for her public school system.

Connect with Lindsey online:

Facebook Author Page

Lindsey’s Instagram

Author Website

Still Waters blurb:

Cora Anne graduated from college with a plan that didn’t involve her grandmother’s ramshackle beach cottage or Tennessee Watson, a local builder dedicated to the preservation of Edisto Island—and her heart.

Paperback:

https://www.amazon.com/Still-Waters-Lindsey-Brackett/dp/1946016233/ref

Kindle:

https://www.amazon.com/Still-Waters-Lindsey-Brackett-ebook/dp/B0749S8WDW/ref

Coming soon to newsletter subscribers—A Lowcountry Setting, recipes inspired by Still Waters.

Edisto Beach is our family place—My mother grew up spending summers there, I grew up spending summers there, and now my children experience it. For more about Edisto and its history visit ExploreEdisto.com.

~Lindsey is currently working on the next book and a novella for release later this year.

*Fun fact from Lindsey—Currently I’m a community “star” in Dancing with the Stars for Hope, our annual fundraiser for Circle of Hope, a domestic violence shelter. You can vote for my team, Plot Twist, at www.dancingwiththestarsforhope.com/vote –every $1 vote goes to charity and helps us win the People’s Choice award. My partner is my friend Jeremy and we’re using our theater backgrounds to create an epic number sure to please. The performance will be showcased on March 17!

For an extra chance to win, secret word of the day is: Edisto

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~Be sure and check back tomorrow for more chances to win with author Johnnie Alexander!~

The link to all 10 days of authors and ways to enter> HERE

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Thanks for stopping!

Barbara

Spring Fever Giveaway: Day 2 with author Brenda S Anderson!

March 1, 2018 By Barbara 1 Comment

Welcome to Day 2 of the 2018 Spring Fever Book Promotion!

Thanks to Barbara Ellen Brink for kicking off the event yesterday! And over the next nine days you’ll discover nine additional contemporary authors who will take you on adventures that will carry you through the rest of the winter. So curl up next to the fireplace with a blanket, a nice warm cup of hot cocoa, and a book!

Today we’re spotlighting Brenda S. Anderson. Brenda writes gritty and authentic, life-affirming fiction. She is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, and is Past-President of the ACFW Minnesota chapter, MN-NICE, the 2016 ACFW Chapter of the Year. When not reading or writing, she enjoys music, theater, roller coasters, and baseball (Go Twins!), and she loves watching movies with her family. She resides in the Minneapolis, Minnesota area with her husband of 30 years, their three children, and one sassy cat.

Brenda is excited to tell the world about her next book project with The Potter’s House Books! In the Fall of 2017, Brenda was invited to join six other authors to tell stories of Hope, Redemption, and Second Chances. Long Way Home, coming out on May 8, is Brenda’s first book in the Potter’s House Series. You can find more information here: http://pottershousebooks.com/. For those who’ve read Brenda’s Coming Home Series, you’ll be reunited with a bunch of old friends! A short story bridging the Coming Home Series with Brenda’s Potter’s House stories will be coming out soon!

The best way to learn about updates and book releases is to sign up for Brenda’s enewsletter (http://brendaandersonbooks.com/subscribe/). She’s even giving away a free ebook of Risking Love, a Where the Heart Is Romance #1, just for signing up!

During this ten-day celebration, you can pick up an ecopy of Capturing Beauty, book #2 in Brenda’s Where the Heart Is series, for only $2.99. That’s a savings of $2.00 off regular price! Purchase here: https://books2read.com/CapturingBeauty.

Here’s the back-cover blurb for Capturing Beauty:

He’s a nature photographer returning to make amends.

She’s a camera-shy naturalist seeking privacy.

Their love for a boy brings them together,

But the camera could drive them apart.

Photographer Haven Carlysle is a changed man. Six years earlier, he had run from his tragedy-filled life in Duluth. Now he’s back in town to capture the North Shore’s beauty … and to recapture the love of his son. But that means making amends with his ex-girlfriend too. When camera-leery Callie Beaumont steps in to bridge the relationship between Haven and his former family, he’s wary, but she’s his only hope.

Callie Beaumont is surrounded by beauty. Her parents are local news celebrities. Her sister is a model. And Callie is … Ordinary. All her life, Callie has longed to work outdoors soaking up God-breathed beauty, and the opportunity is finally on the horizon. But being the liaison between the handsome photographer and his son has thrown her dreams, and her heart, into chaos.

Can Haven capture her heart when she won’t let him capture her image? And will his poor choices cost Callie her dream job and him the love of his son?

Connect with Brenda:

Newsletter: http://brendaandersonbooks.com/subscribe/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BrendaSAndersonAuthor/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrendaSAnders_n
Website: http://brendaandersonbooks.com/

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For an additional chance to enter and win, the secret word for today is Lilac.

Be sure to check in tomorrow as we meet Lindsey Brackett!

All ten days of authors and ways to enter> HERE

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Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have time to leave a comment and say hello!

Barbara

Spring Fever Book promo/kindleFire Giveaway! Day #1

February 28, 2018 By Barbara 16 Comments

10 days of Spring Fever is coming your way!

Discover great deals on books for the next 10 days! Stories of redemption and grace, romance and mystery, and much more! Stories that will take your mind off the bitter cold and long, dark days of winter until the thaw has begun and spring has really sprung!

With 10 Christian fiction authors involved, you have 10 chances to win awesome prizes!

First up on the Spring Fever docket is ME: Barbara Ellen Brink! If you love mystery or suspense with a touch of romance, you’ll want to pick up today’s deals:

Here is a little about Barbara’s two book deals:

Running Home is free at Amazon thru March 2^nd (reg price 3.99)

In Running Home, Ivy’s husband disappears in a cloud of suspicion and leaves her and the children to pick up the pieces of their lives and move on without him. Back in her hometown she dreams that everything will be better. She can start over and hopefully not make the same mistakes she made in the past.

But her philandering husband left her with more than bills to pay and children to raise. He left her in a world of trouble. The FBI thinks she knows something and the bad guys think she has something.

When her husband is found murdered, special agent Samson Sinclair is assigned to keep an eye on her. He’s willing to take a bullet for her, but can she trust him with her heart?

Ivy’s attempt to assemble the broken pieces of her life is proving harder than she anticipated. Will her husband’s secrets push her over the edge or into the arms of grace?

Split Sense is a Christian thriller that interweaves the lives of two families, twins separated at birth, and two different but unbelievable gifts that each child discovers which impacts their lives and others in startling ways.

Connect with Barbara online:

Facebook

Twitter

Bookbub Author Page

Author webpage

Split Sense is on sale for .99¢ at all online stores thru March 5th (reg. price 4.99)

The 3^rd book in the Second Chances series will be (fingers crossed) coming soon! Barbara’s first grandbaby is due to arrive in a couple of weeks, so she won’t make any set-in-stone promises, but visit her webpage and/or sign up for her newsletter for all the newest updates!

*Sign up for Barbara’s newsletter on her webpage and also get a free copy of Entangled!

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~For another chance to win, the secret word of the day is… blatherskite.~

Be sure to check in tomorrow for the giveaway as we meet author Brenda S. Anderson! A link to all the authors and all the ways to enter for the next 10 days> HERE

Barbara Ellen Brink is an award-winning author of action-packed mysteries brimming with suspense and interweaved with a thread of romance. She grew up on a small fruit farm in Washington State, but now lives in the mean “burbs” of Minnesota. In her spare time, she likes to take her motorcycle for a spin, hang out with friends, or go hiking with her husband and their spoiled dog.

She is currently working on the 4^th book in her Double Barrel Mysteries series and the 3^rd in her Christian romantic suspense series, Second Chances.

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