Lyn Interviews Book Blogger-Blue Rose’s Heart

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Tammy writes her blog, Blue Rose’s Heart which she subtitled:

“My life as a Christian Wife, Mother to 3 boys, and My Obsession with Books”

Though I don’t think she’s ever reviewed one of my books, I thought her blog was really interesting and informative. Here’s Blue Rose:

Who are your favorite authors?

A few of my TOP favorites:
Anne Elisabeth Stengl, (I know her. She’s from the same area I live in!)
Sandra Byrd,
Karen Witemeyer,
Jan Karon, (I love Father Tim and Cynthia)
Julie Klassen,
Juliet Marillier,
Maud Hart Lovelace, (Oh, I loved Betsy, Stacy and Tib too)
and Roald Dahl. It’s
always a pleasure to find new authors that I love, too, though!

What kind of book is the one you look for in bookstores and online?

I don’t typically like knowing what a story is about before picking it up. Of course, there are always little phrases and words within a description that grab my eye, and make me want to read a book, but mostly, the less I know the better!

I rely heavily on other book bloggers’ recommendations. I can skim a review and tell how much they are recommending a book. I pick up many books purely from knowing how much they enjoyed a book, and it’s always exciting when I end up enjoying it just as much.

If I were to walk into a book store without already knowing what I was going to buy, I’m a sucker for covers! I adore a beautiful cover of any kind and I’ve picked up many books purely for the cover. I’ve added some books to my favorites list this way (and some books to the “didn’t finish” pile).

What prompted you to start a book blogging site?

I started my blog with intentions of helping others find “clean” reads. As much as I enjoy Christian fiction, I like to read non-Christian fiction occasionally, too. I was tired of the bad content I was encountering with the books I was reading, and I thought I could save others from picking up the wrong books. And, to be honest, the free books were extra motivation! 😉 I continue blogging, not for free books, but for the interaction with others that enjoy books as much as me. In “real” life I feel a little odd with my book obsession. Knowing there are others out there just as obsessed and passionate about reading makes me feel better. I’ve met many new friends in the blogging world, and I always enjoy picking up one of their recommendations.

Tell us a bit about yourself.

Above all, I’m a Christian. I’ve been married to my sweet and patient husband  8 years(almost 9). We have 3 little ones 5 and under, and I hope to officially start homeschooling this August. I adore books, and make sure I find time to read them every day, even if it’s just a page. I’m a vegetarian(15 years), but my husband and children are meat eaters. I’m a firm believer that the Bible and some chocolate will make anything better. The older I get the more I embrace my “odd” qualities! ;-)”–Tammy

 

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Thanks so much for accepting my invitation to be interviewed, Tammy. BTW, Tammy is interviewing me on her blog today! Why not drop by and see what I had to say? 😉 Just click the blue icon above.–Lyn

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Do You Remember La Belle Christiane?

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If you do, that means

you’ve been reading this blog for a while. Back in 2011, I posted La Belle Christiane, the novel, the first one I ever wrote on this blog as I revised it. The tab above Archived Free Read is where it explains how I wrote the story and keep it in serial form.

After posting it for comment from readers, I had it edited professionally and had a beautiful cover made and then put it up on Kindle, Nook, Smashwords. It’s also available in print.

But if you read it, you know that I had already written the sequel to it, Lady Sarah.

I’ve had many request for this book which is the story of Christiane’s daughter who lives in the exciting period of the new republic, the United States of America.

Of course as you recall, Christiane was the daughter of a French courtesan. She had trouble finding her way to God’s light, but did at last. Her daughter, raised in a Christian home, proves again that Christ has no grandchildren. Each generation must find him for themselves.

Now why am I bringing this up?

The problem is that I wrote this book early in my career and it needs extensive revision. So I am planning on revising it and posting a scene every Wednesday starting soon. I probably won’t post all of it, but a good portion about the first third to get me STARTED!

So give me a push!

Would you like to read the beginning of Lady Sarah? And encourage me with comments and suggestions–and find my errors? I could use some motivation! Help please. If nobody wants me to do this, I won’t! But I need a push! Which means I’d like you to say yes, but I’ll respect any honest reply.–Lyn

THIS POLL WILL REMAIN OPEN TILL TUESDAY MARCH 11TH!

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La Belle Christiane--Can the beautiful daughter of a French courtesan

find a love that will last a lifetime?

To purchase from Amazon.com, click here. La Belle Christiane (Patriots and Seekers)

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Love Inspired Author Leann Harris & What is Courage?

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My guest today is author Leann Harris. I am always astounded at how my guest authors and readers share their true lives, not just fluff. Here’s Leann:

An Unwelcome Journey

This last May, I started a journey I never thought I take.  I was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma.  The sickness seemed to come out of the blue.  One day I was okay, and the next in the hospital to remove a brain tumor, followed up by lots of chemo.  I’ve held onto a verse of scripture Psalm 118:17- I will not die but live and proclaim what The Lord has done.
Knowing I’m in God’s hands, and He’ll walk through this valley with me gives me the strength to make this journey.

Is that courage?

I don’t know. Each day, all I can do is walk with my Savior and listen to His encouragement. That encouragement has come in the form of friends coming around me to support me with prayers and lots of meals brought to the house.
My latest PET scan shows no lymphoma and I’ve finished all the chemo treatment and now am finishing radiation treatment.  The end is in sight and all I can do is thank the Lord for his mercy and support.

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A Ranch to Call Home

My heroine in my March 2014 LI book, A Ranch to Call Home, Captain Brenda Kaye, after surviving a suicide bomber in Iraqi, has her Army career ended, and goes home to face the ghosts of her past.  Her parents were killed in a car accident coming home from New Year’s Eve church service and “Kaye” witnessed it from the car behind.  She joined the Army the day after she graduated from high school to escape her grief.  It takes courage for her to face her past, but Caleb Jensen, a friend of her brother’s, who is at the ranch, helps her face her past, while he wrestles with his own tragedies.

I understand Kaye’s feelings and it was so odd to read the line edits and see what I wrote before my lymphoma was discovered.  God plans these things and I can only stand in amazement.

After seeing our military men and women dealing with things that happened to them, I think courage is simply facing the situation we’re given and dealing with it to the best of our ability.  But that ability is magnified when we give it to Yahweh Tsuri—The Lord My Rock.”–Leann

Thanks, Leann, for that candid account of your latest challenge. The Lord is our strength and an everpresent help in trouble. QUESTION: Have you had to show courage or has someone you know shown courage and faith?–Lyn

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Author Janis Susan May & The Land of Heart’s Delight

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My guest today is Regency Author Janis Susan May who also writes mysteries as Janis Patterson. I was amazed by the interesting and very strong women in Janis’s family. And that she’s writing down their stories to share with others. Here’s Janis:

Risky, yes, but…

When I quit my secure if not-very-exciting job to write full time, those close to me asked if I had (a) lost my mind or (b) gone totally mad. I answered that it was risky, yes, but without risk one can never reach their full potential. Then I gave examples from my own family.

My mother, a farm girl

just hitting adulthood in the depths of the Great Depression, worked most of her 20s on the farm simply because in spite of her college degrees she could not get a job. In 1940 she was offered the post of County Home Demonstration Agent in Brooks County – then a wasteland of sand and cactus in the South Texas King Ranch country. She took it, moving by herself into an area as alien to her gentle, green farming country home as the Moon.

With a 45 in hand

WWII came along and for the duration she carried a .45 (with which she was a dead shot) as it was feared the Nazis would invade across the Mexican border, which was only a few miles away. After marrying my father she settled into the accepted role of wife and mother that was the 1950s ideal, but beneath her proper exterior there was always the core of steel that moved alone into a sparse and alien land and was prepared to fight the Nazis face to face.

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I chronicled this part of her life in THE LAND OF HEART’S DELIGHT, a memoir on which I put under her name (Aletha Barrett May) as author, as a tribute to her.

To purchase, click here. The Land of Heart’s Delight

My Scottish Great-Grandmother

On the other side of the family, my father’s Scottish grandmother showed even more courage. Married in the middle of the 19th century to a man of her family’s choice when she loved another, she dutifully followed her new husband to America as a bond servant. She never saw any of her own family again. When their indenture was over, she followed him to the wild wastes of Texas, bearing him six children over the years.

When he died young and suddenly, she refused an offer to return to Scotland. “Papa wanted his children raised here,” she said and that was that.  She farmed the land he had left her and  raised her children to become hard workers and good citizens in spite of the facts that they often didn’t have shoes or occasionally enough to eat. Somehow every child went to college, too, most working to pay their own way. Indomitable to the end, she died in her 90s after falling ill on a train crossing the state to go visit a grandchild.

I’m writing her story in a book called A CROWN OF LIFE, which hopefully will see publication next year.

After following these two courageous women and several more whose exploits I have yet to write, quitting a safe office job to write seems a puny triumph indeed. Still, I hope that I have done my small part to uphold the family tradition of strength of mind.”–Janis

Her websites are : www.JanisSusanMay.com and www.JanisPattersonMysteries.com

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To purchase, click here. Lacey – a romance of Regency England in which three couples discover that true love does conquer all

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Miss Lacey Chyngford’s late parents eloped and were banished disowned from their families. Now her grandmother, freed from the restraints of an overbearing husband, has tracked down the orphan and brought her back. Raised with a freedom of mind and having worked as companion to a strong-minded old woman, Lacey does not fit easily into the constraints of the Ton. Her aunt, uncle and cousin do not want her there, each for their own reasons. Lacey tries to conform to the new role that is her lot, but sometimes does not succeed.

Complications abound when she falls in love with the man earmarked for her cousin, and is urged into a relationship with the man her cousin truly loves. Then a revenant from her family’s past changes everything, making Lacey learn the true meaning of duty and the strength of true love.

Well, it’s not often that I have to look up a word. But revenant stumped me. I looked it up and it means –someone who returns from the past. Interesting. Well, I think Janis comes from a very interesting family. What do you think?–Lyn

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Goodbye, Mutzie

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I don’t usually share much about my life, but I wanted to share Mutzie with you. We lost our cat Mutzie in January. He would have been 18 this year. We inherited Mutzie when my mother in law passed away in 2009. The name Mutzie is “Kitty” in Slovenian. My dh’s grandmother immigrated from that area in 1913, a good year to leave middle Europe (WWI broke out in 1914 nearby Serbia with the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand.)

It was a shock to Mutzie to move to another state and a house with 3 cats already in residence. He hadn’t seen another cat since he was a kitten. But he made the transition and came to enjoy the fun of having company.

It’s hard to say good bye to our little furry friends. And even a strong woman cries over loss–even the loss of a cat who greeted her every morning with loud cries for BREAKFAST. (He was my only talking cat.) He also created a game in the evenings where he would wait in front of my chair and leap in it just before I’d get close enough to sit down. HILARIOUS.

Mutzie was only with us for just over four years but he brought us many laughs. I often say to my dh–”What would we laugh about if we didn’t have our cats?”

I love dogs too but right now I don’t have the energy that dogs need. Cats are less demanding pets and fit into our lifestyle. But I would dearly love a pooch.

Here are photos of our remaining three cats.

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This is V-8, named for his might purr! He’s my lap cat.
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This is my gran-kitty, Trickster who loves grandpa’s stubbly chin!

We have one more cat, Sadie, but she is camera shy, but she is a miniature version of Mutzie.

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Here’s a photo of Mutzie giving us THE LOOK. So we’ll miss our dear kitty, but we had a good four years with him. He made us smile and sometimes laugh out loud.

So what’s your pet and his/her name? And what’s their cutest trick?–Lyn

PS-Last week’s winner:

Susan Fletcher won Patty Smith Hill’s book.

 

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Lyn Interviews Book Blogger Brittany of “Britt Reads Fiction”

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Since I know that the people who read my blog love books, I’m interviewing a book blogger each month so you can meet other book lovers and book reviewers. Many of these I have met on Goodreads, especially the Love Inspired Historical Authors Group there. Here’s February’s blogger interview by Brittany of “Britt Reads Fiction!” (BTW, read to the end for Brittany’s giveaway link.)

1-Who are your favorite authors?

I began to list my favorite authors by the types of books they write and there were just too many! I also knew I was bound to leave someone off and then feel terrible about it! So, I must instead state that although I do have some very favorite authors, whose books I always make sure to read, I am constantly looking for new-to-me authors. I love reading a book by an author who I have not read before, and discovering that they write beautiful stories. It is so fun to then go find their other books!

2-What kind of book is the one you look for in bookstores and online?

If I know I have enjoyed books by the author before, I am usually quick to pick up their next book. However, I have found so many new authors this year that I enjoy. In reading book blurbs or reviews, I am looking for stories that really catch at my heart, those stories that put two people into situations where they have obstacles to overcome in order to fall in love. I am a sucker for marriage of convenience stories or books that have a hero come back into town years later after he left and broke someone’s heart.

3-What prompted you to start a book blogging site?

I have loved reading all of my life. There was a period of time when my oldest two children were little, that I only read non-fiction books and magazines. I felt I had a lot to learn about childrearing, homeschooling, etc. and my free time was spent with those books.

A few years ago, I began reading fiction again and was introduced to a whole new world of Christian fiction. It had changed quite a bit in those years that I had been away and I really was not familiar with the different authors. I began reading more and more, but had not ever thought about writing a review of a book. It just didn’t occur to me that I should!

Then, about a year ago, I got sick with a virus that kept me in bed a few days. I had a stack of books and my kindle ebooks and just read and read. After a while, I began perusing the internet and discovered various authors’ web pages and facebook pages. I joined up on these pages and started connecting with authors over the next few months. This, in fact, introduced me to even more authors and I learned how important reviews are to authors.

It made me realize that authors work very hard on their books and a way we can help spread the word about their books is through reviews. I also wanted to help readers decide which books they might like. I learned of Goodreads and NetGalley and eventually started my blog in order to receive books for the purpose of reading and reviewing them. I have had so much fun with it. I do book reviews and occasional book giveaways. This month I am doing one giveaway a week for the romantic month of February.

4-Tell us a bit about yourself.

I am a homeschooling mom of four children. They range in age from 5 years to 13 years and I truly love getting to spend time teaching them. We do all of our teaching in the early portion of the day and they finish up any assignments in the afternoon. I am able then to squeeze in some personal reading time for myself. I also make sure to always have a book with me when I take my kids out to the other activities and classes that they take outside of the home. I am blessed to be married to my high school sweetheart, who has always been very supportive of my desire to be home with the kids.

I love reading so many different types of Christian fiction (but am not really into futuristic or paranormal). I love historical fiction.  In that historical fiction category, I read a wide range, from westerns to Regency England, early American to Civil War! I also enjoy contemporary romance and contemporary romance with suspense! I even enjoy military themed fiction. Amish has also been a favorite genre of mine, as well. I enjoy the wide variety of places and people that I can learn about in all of these books.

All month I am having giveaways on my blog and this week, Anita Higman is giving away two copies of A Marriage in Middlebury. This is the link.

Thanks so much, Lyn, for inviting me to visit on your blog today!
My pleasure, Brittany. I’m glad we’ve gotten to know each other. Life for an author BEFORE the Internet was a lonely one. Here’s the link to Britt Reads Fiction.

http://brittreadsfiction.wordpress.com/

QUESTION: Do you ever write reviews like Brittany?

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Author Patty Smith Hall & An Unsung Heroine of WWII (Giveaway)

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My guest today is a relatively new author Patty Smith Hall who is offering a copy of her latest to a commenter. She loves to write about WWII. Her’s Patty:

Why unconventional Women?

“One of the questions I’m asked quite a bit is why do I write about such unconventional women–strong heroines, always determined to do the right thing even if it means going up against the social norms. A person that younger women can look up to, can model their lives after.

A woman like the kind lady I met at my very first book signing for Hearts in Flight, one of my World War II books.

I’d love to give you her name, but at the time of this article, I’ve been unable to reach her to get permission. But I can still remember when I met her, sitting on the front row, holding hands with the man she’d spent a lifetime with. After I’d given my talk, I approached them and learned that they both had contributed to the war effort, he as an engineer on the B-29 that had been built at the Bell Bomber Plant where my story was based. He’d later went on to work on the ground floor of what became Eastern Airlines.

But it was her story that grabbed me.

Like many of the women of her time, she’d wanted to find a way to contribute to the war effort. In the end, she took a position as a secretary for one of the airlines. Her first months there was spent pushing papers and checking identifications of the hordes of workers needed to build the planes America needed. Then one day, her supervisors came to her with a unique opportunity, a way of making an impact.

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Enlisted for espionage

They enlisted her to become one of a handful of homeland informants, working down on the plant floor with the people she’d helped hire on and reporting any information that might be considered helpful to the enemy combatants to the United States. She didn’t tell me much about her experience, taking the war motto ‘lose lips sink ships‘ to heart. The struggle she must have felt, pitting the family and friends she loved against her country. How difficult that must have been! But she did it for the good of our nation.

An unsung heroine worthy of a story.”–Patty

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To purchase, click here. Hearts Rekindled (Love Inspired Historical)

Blurb for Hearts Rekindled:
“I’m Here to See My Daughter.”
She never thought she’d see John Davenport again. Merrilee Daniels Davenport’s former husband has returned to their small Georgia town after fighting in the Pacific. And now the soldier is bearing a letter from the little girl he didn’t know he had. Merrilee wishes that she and her daughter could lean on John’s able shoulders, but her new assignment as a homeland informant won’t allow it.
Twelve years have only made Merrilee more beautiful in John’s eyes. Back then, he was the proud fool who walked away. Now all he wants is to prove he can be the husband she deserves, and the daddy his daughter needs.

For more about Patty and her latest book, drop by this months author Q & A on GoodReads.  https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1684712?order=a&page=3

QUESTION: Do you enjoy stories set in the WWII era? Do you know someone who served in WWII? Leave a comment and be enterred into the book drawing.

My father was a disabled veteran and most of my uncles served. My book Bette has a similar situation for the heroine.I wish I’d met the lady that Patty interviewed! –Lyn

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Have You Ever Heard About the First US Self-Made Female Millionaire? (Giveaway)

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Have you ever heard of Madame C J Walker? She was the first self-made (not inherited wealth) woman millionaire in the US.

This video is just a quick dab of info. If you click the tab above, marked Women Who Made History, I have a  longer video that tells much more about this remarkable woman.

Empowering Other Women

Not only did she make a million but she empowered other women to make a living and give them self-confidence in a world and time, that told women they were inferior and without value. This is what I love about America. Even in the time of Jim Crow, an African-American woman was able to pursue her dream, make her fortune and help others. I hope this nation will never lose its economic freedom or any other.

Believe it or not–

-Madame Walker’s products are still being sold. Here’s the Facebook page. Why not drop by and LIKE it? I did.

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Madame-CJ-Walker-Hair-Care-Products/284553191557422

And here is the website about her company and her story.

http://www.madamewalker.net/

DID YOU KNOW THAT PUBLIC EDUCATION DIDN’T START IN THE SOUTH UNTIL

the post Civil War Freedman’s schools intended to educate the freed slaves and their children? I don’t know but I can speculate that Madame Walker gained her education in one of these schools.

 My heroine Verity Hardy traveled to Virginia to teach in one of these. her book was

 My first Love Inspired Historical

Her Captain’s Heart,

the first book in my Gabriel Sisters series,

Three women in the wake of the Civil War combat injustice and find true love

Her Captain’s Heart has been re-released. If you wanted a paperback of it and missed it in December 2008, this is your chance. It won’t be in stores: it won’t be available for long

but if you want it sent to you, here’s the link:

http://www.harlequin.com/storeitem.html?iid=50195

THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET THIS BOOK. IT IS NOT ON AMAZON, ETC, and it will only be while supplies last.

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To purchase the EBOOK, click here.Her Captain’s Heart

BLURB:

Nothing is impossible–as far as idealistic schoolteacher Verity Hardy is concerned. The lovely widow is certain teaching freed slaves in a Virginia town torn apart by the Civil War will help heal bitterness and old wounds. But she’s finding that the school’s cynical builder, Matthew Ritter, has little reason to have faith in her–or anything else.

An ex-Union captain, Matt has seen more than his share of destruction. And the threats he’s getting about the school are almost enough to make him give up. But Verity’s spirit and courage inspire him to fight once again for what he believes in–and to show her they can reach their dreams together….

Do you know of any remarkable woman that has been overlooked?

Please share and enter a drawing to win a copy of my book!–Lyn

WINNERS from last week:

Janka H. won a copy of my latest HEARTLAND COURTSHIP

Chris Granville won Melinda Curtis’s Summer Kisses

 

 

 

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Lyn Interviews Best-selling Author Gail Gaymer Martin (Giveaway!)

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 My guest is my dear friend best-selling author Gail Gaymer Martin who agreed to give us a peak into her life today. She is offering a giveaway in a book drawing for a copy of her latest Love Inspired Romance, THE FIREFIGHTER’S NEW FAMILY, (US addresses only). Here’s Gail’s interview:

Lyn:  Share one fun or interesting fact about your life or books.

Gail: Before I married my husband, I had many dreams of things I wanted to experience in my life but never thought them possible. One was my childhood dream to be a writer, next to sing with a very renowned Christian chorale in our area, another was to travel to other countries, and finally to sleep in a castle.  My husband and I married in 1985. On our first trip to Europe (dream fulfilled), I slept in a castle (dream came true and I’ve stayed in numerous castles since then). One evening I received a call from the recruiter for this wonderful Christian chorale and asked if I would like to audition. He’d heard I was a good singer. I passed the audition and have sung with them for 20 years (another dream answered). Finally I retired in my 50s and started to write for magazines, periodicals, Sunday school materials and lots more. I sold nearly everything and began writing fiction in 1997. I sold my first novel in 1998 and today I have 52 contracted novels with nearly four million books in print. My final dream fulfilled. This proves that dreams can come true even when we least expect it.

Lyn-Why do you write?

Gail-I write because I must. I began writing in the 3rd grade, poetry then, and soon was writing short stories as a child. This continued with all kinds of writing throughout my life, but I never thought to submit to a publisher. Once I did, I was hooked and I realized that Christian fiction is not only entertainment, but it’s a modern day parable that answers important questions that we deal with in life about love, family, hope, forgiveness, trust and faith. It’s amazing to be hooked on sharing my heart with readers.

Lyn- In what ways does your heroine show strength? Where does she draw her strength?

Gail-The heroines in all my books are dealing with internal conflicts and often external ones, but the internal are the ones that make them vulnerable and afraid. My first book in the Sisters series was Her Valentine Hero. The story is about Neely, and in it, readers meet her younger sister, Ashley, who is the heroine in my recent novel, The Firefighter’s New Family. Ashley is the single mom of a three year old. She lost her husband in the middle-east war and sadly, he had never met his baby son except through a photograph. Ashley is strong and strives to be both father and mother to her boy. She is employed doing home secretarial work for small companies. One thing Ashley knows, she will never marry a man who has a dangerous career. But who does she meet and become friends with? A firefighter. Determined not to fall in love, she fights her feelings, yet she learns through her family and her faith that another strength in life is to trust the Lord and those who love her.

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The Firefighter’s New Family
Love Inspired, January 2014 release
Book #2 in the Sisters Series 

A tornado may have left Ashley Kern injured beneath a fallen tree, but it’s her rescuer who plays havoc with her emotions. Firefighter Devon Murphy is everything the single mom could wish for in a husband: handsome, a doting father and ready to join his family to hers. But how can the pretty war widow make a life once more with a man whose career is full of danger? Devon has fought some pretty big battles in his life, but can he help Ashley conquer her fears and show her the safest place of all is in his arms?
(Book #1 – Her Valentine Hero, Feb. 2013)

4 star RT review:  In the second book in the Sisters series, strong characters demonstrate how we should not let fear prevent us from living the life God has planned. Martin is inventive with her offbeat comparison of a family to a puzzle.

Thanks, Gail, for that inspiring interview. QUESTION FOR GIVEAWAY DRAWING. Do you have a lifelong dream? Have you fulfilled it or will you?–Lyn PS: I’ll announce WINNERS from last week on Weds!

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Sweet Romance Author Melinda Curtis & Her Multi-Great Grandma’s Embarrassing Moment

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My guest today is sweet romance author Melinda Curtis who is going to share some family history. And she’s offering a copy of her latest Heartwarming romance Summer Kisses. So be sure to leave a comment. Here’s Melinda:

My mother is a great one for sharing family history.

Although she’s almost 90 and has forgotten some of the details, whenever she hears teenage grandchildren complaining, she still tells the story of her great-great grandmother as a teenager. In the westward movement of pioneers, my multi-great grandmother’s family built a homestead on what they thought was non-Indian territory.  Turns out, it was in Indian territory.

While keeping a shotgun handy,

My multi-great granny spent her teenage years working the homestead.  One day while the men were out hunting, a party of Indian braves rode up.  All the women cradled their shotguns and told the braves the men were inside sleeping.  Uh-huh.  Whether they believed them or not, the braves left.  Soon after tensions rose and the family decided it was safer to move into a nearby settlement.

For Several Ponies

They ended up trading their homestead to the Indians for several ponies.  In true teenage girl fashion, my mulit-great granny had to ride into the settlement bareback on a pony like a tomboy–NOT  the impression she wanted to make.  She claimed it was the most embarrassing moment of her life.  (Teenagers don’t change, do they?)–Melinda

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To purchase, click here. Summer Kisses (A Harmony Valley Novel)

For more info on her latest romance, click the link above or click this link and scroll down.

Read more about Melinda at
www.MelindaCurtis.net
Twitter: @MelCurtisAuthor

QUESTION: Do you have a family story of an embarassing moment? Or one you want to share? Leave a comment to be entered into the book drawing.–Lyn

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