09.30.09 at 5:21 pm by Kara_S
It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured. The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old…or for somewhere in between! Enjoy your free peek into the book!
You never know when I might play a wild card on you!
Today’s Wild Card author is:
Ruth Graham
and the book:
Fear Not Tomorrow, God is Already There: Trusting Him in Uncertain Times
Howard Books (September 29, 2009)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Ruth Graham is the daughter of the revered American pastor Billy Graham. She has appeared on a variety of radio and
Continue reading A Book for Tough Times
09.23.09 at 10:17 pm by Kara_S
ABOUT THE BOOK
Singer Annette Talbot used her voice to spread the Gospel with a group of traveling missionaries. When the new leaders want her to dress provocatively and give up singing her beloved hymns, Annie escapes—but finds herself a wanted woman, accused of theft.
Rancher Elijah Walker can never forgive his ex-fiancée for the death of his father. When the secretive Annie comes to stay at the Walker ranch, he could once again lose his heart to someone who could hurt him.
As Christmas approaches, can Annie and Elijah put distrust aside, allow God to heal their hearts, and find the joy that the season—and true love—brings?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
As an award-winning author, Mary Connealy lives on a Nebraska farm with her husband and is the mother of four grown daughters. She writes plays and shorts stories, and is the author of two other novels, Petticoat Ranch and Calico Canyon. Also an avid blogger, Mary is a GED instructor
Continue reading Looking for a Cowboy Christmas?
09.23.09 at 12:34 pm by Kara_S
ABOUT THE BOOK
Will their Mennonite faith be shaken or strengthened by the journey to a new land?
With their eldest son nearly to the age when he will be drafted into military service, Reinhardt and Lillian Vogt decide to immigrate to America, the land of liberty, with their three sons and Reinhardt’s adopted brother, Eli. But when tragedy strikes during the voyage, Lillian and Eli are forced into an agreement neither desires.
Determined to fulfill his obligation to Reinhardt, Eli plans to see Lillian and her sons safely settled on their Kansas homestead–and he’s equally determined that the boys will be reared in the Mennonite faith. What he doesn’t expect is his growing affection for Lillian–and the deep desire to be part of a family.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Fields Of Grace, go HERE
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Best-selling, award-winning author Kim Vogel Sawyer is a
Continue reading Introducing Fields of Grace
09.18.09 at 6:58 pm by Kara_S
ABOUT THE BOOK
Newly widowed Lydia Sellers discovers that, through an unforeseen fluke, she is the sole recipient of her husband’s fortune. But instead of granting her security, it only causes strife as her adult stepchildren battle to regain the inheritance for themselves.
Lydia, longing to put the memories of her painful marriage behind her, determines to travel to Alaska to join her aunt. Lydia’s arrival in Sitka, however, brings two things she didn’t expect.
One is the acquaintance of Kjell Bjorklund, the handsome owner of the sawmill. Second is the discovery that she is pregnant with her dead husband’s child. What will this mean for her budding relationship with Kjell? And what lengths will her stepchildren go to reclaim their father’s fortune? Lydia soon finds her life–and that of her child’s–on the line.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Dawn’s Prelude, go HERE
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Tracie Peterson is the bestselling, award-winning author of more than 70
Continue reading Review: Dawn’s Prelude by Tracie Peterson
09.04.09 at 12:45 pm by Kara_S
I’ve spent a lot of time recently considering how much of my personal story I wanted to share online. Some of you know the bombshell that dropped in my life two months ago. Others, who aren’t familiar with my story, are probably wondering if I was ever going to write something other than a book review. I believe the time is now.
As I contemplate what to say and how to say it, two things are running through my head. First, I want what I write to be a blessing and encouragement to others in the same situation. Second, over the past year, maybe longer, I spent a lot of time praying and asking God to give me a book to write. I always thought it would be a historical fiction book. I’ve even tried my hand at it. Now I realize I have a much greater story to tell, and it probably won’t be fiction……
Four years
Continue reading Rejected. Divorced. Loved.
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