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A Brand New Book by a Friend Merrillee Whren!

booksbylyncote.com Posted on February 6, 2023 by Lyn CoteFebruary 6, 2023

Next I have a BRAND NEW books by an author, MERRILLEE WHREN, I’ve knowN and admired for year. I would like to tell you about today that I highly recommend.

Merrillee seated head shot - Web

I’m Merrillee Whren, an award-winning author of contemporary Christian romance. I love happy endings. That’s why I write romance. When I started writing many years ago, one of my goals was to write a novel set in each of the eleven states where I have lived. That’s right—11!

My new release—available for pre-order until February 7th—is set in Georgia, where I lived for nine years and where I first wrote something for publication, although it took me many years to get a publishing contract. I have fond memories of those years and the great family neighborhood we lived in, where I started seriously playing tennis, which I still play today nearly forty years later. One of the things I remembered from our time in Georgia is a ministry there that served older adults and had children’s homes. 

When I got the idea for The Village of Hope series, I thought of that ministry. I also have friends who served many years at a children’s home in Oklahoma. I expanded on those ministries to create The Village of Hope, a multifaceted ministry, a place that provides hope, love, and a helping hand for those in need. James 1:27 says, “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” This verse fits The Village of Hope perfectly.

 My new release, Melody’s Resolve, is the third book in The Village of Hope series. 

( meme here) Here are the links that will give you more info and let you buy it.

Amazon: https://bit.ly/3XatPir

Apple: http://bit.ly/3ZKi18P

B&N: https://bit.ly/3IvMS2p

Kobo: bit.ly/3QnWuyj

Google Play: http://bit.ly/3ZuTEM7

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What’re You Readin’?

booksbylyncote.com Posted on January 29, 2023 by Lyn CoteJanuary 27, 2023

 

Kav's Best Reads Blog logoFebruary’s Question is the subject line. I’m hoping to find another new author! Need more books! (yes, I have a serious reading problem.:-) I am reading as usual cozy mysteries which are mysteries that are not full of violence but often deal with murder and have amateur sluice trying to help the police —whether the police want it or not! I guess I like to see the guilty exposed and justice done. So  What’re you readin’?

MY 99 cent SALE ENDS Feb 4TH-This Sweet Clean Romance AMY’S FOREVER LOVE asks:

Can a basset hound, two kittens and twin girls succeed as matchmakers?

One frigid evening, single mom Amy and her twin girls rescue two orphaned kittens. Soon she meets Jake the local veterinarian and his basset hound Bummer instantly “adopts” both the kittens and twins. From then on, like it or not, Amy and Jake’s lives intersect with the “help” of Bummer and the girls. 

Yet before love can bloom, both adults must work through a winter of heart-healing as family secrets and past disappointments come unraveled. Will they both give love a second chance? Click here for more info.

I will be gifting a copy of Amy’s Forever Love to at least one commenter–Say share what you’re reading!–Lyn

 

 

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Lyn Reviews Alyssa Maxwell’s A MOST MALICIOUS MURDER!

booksbylyncote.com Posted on January 15, 2023 by Lyn CoteJanuary 15, 2023

Murder Most Malicious (A Lady & Lady's Maid Mystery, #1)Murder Most Malicious by Alyssa Maxwell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was the first book I had read by this author, Alyssa Maxwell. She is an excellent author. Great descriptions, wonderful unique characters, a dastardly murder or should I say a most malicious murder. I love Phoebe and her maid Eva. The only thing is–I am used to a story that moves more quickly. That was my only complaint. It was an intriguing mystery with two wonderful amateur sleuths, Phoebe and Eva, and a wonderful setting. I do enjoy the post World War I era since that was the true beginning of the 20th century. So I’m happy I read it but I wish it moved as quickly as I like books too but that’s just my hangup!.

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CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO. PAID LINK

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We Just Want to Have Fun, right?

booksbylyncote.com Posted on January 7, 2023 by Lyn CoteJanuary 2, 2023

new-years-eve-dawn              DAWN ON NEW YEAR’S DAY–

                       OUT MY WINDOW!

I don’t have to recount to you all the tragedies and stresses of 2022, right? So let’s start this year on an UPBEAT NOTE!

So it’s time to ask the January Question: Do you have any fun plans for 2023? Tell me all about them. PLEASE! I need some ideas!  What do you do for fun? Please Share!–Facing the new year with a smile on my face and my faith in God!–Lyn (One commenter will be offered a free ebook!)

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After Christmas sale – – don’t miss it!

booksbylyncote.com Posted on January 2, 2023 by Lyn CoteJanuary 2, 2023

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AFTER CHRISTMAS SALE! Jan 6-12th REGULAR PRICE $9.99 SALE $0.99

Three gripping mystery and sweet romances in one set-NORTHERN INTRIGUE Books 1-3:  A small town where everyone knows everyone. Or do they? Who is the silent thief in the night? Who is setting fiery surprises and why? Is there a stalker? And more questions of who and why must be solved. Yet in the midst of the danger around them, unlikely couples find the courage to love. And faith to trust God. Welcome to Steadfast, Wisconsin, a small town whose people and mysteries you may never forget. 

“Wonderful Not one boring sentence! This story is sweet and exciting with just the right amount of details! The inspirational parts were precious….Loved it! Can’t wait to start the next one.”

“I really enjoyed reading this. The mystery and romance elements knit well together, along with the Christian faith of the main characters. My only complaint was that I stayed up too late reading it!” Click here for more info.

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Lyn’s Christmas Bargain Book-Ends Dec 31st

booksbylyncote.com Posted on December 18, 2022 by Lyn CoteDecember 18, 2022
Mavis's Forever Christmas

Mavis's Forever Christmas

 

Sweet Holiday Romance with a cute puppy!

 MAVIS’S FOREVER CHRISTMAS

asks:

Is falling in love only for the young? 

Never married, Mavis, a retired college librarian, has made a new life for herself near her “adopted” niece Ellie. Over a year ago, John lost his wife, who was Mavis’s best friend for nearly forty years. He has spent the intervening time traveling with his trailer. When Ellie faces complications of a difficult pregnancy, John and Mavis pull together to help her and her family. But new feelings and attraction come unexpectedly, surprising them both. Is falling in love a betrayal of a wife or best friend? 

Click here to purchase! And add some holiday cheer to the days heading toward Christmas!–Lyn

Puppies for Christmas series

My novella is part of a series of holiday romances featuring puppies and HAPPY HOLIDAY ENDINGS! Click here to see them all–ALL 99 CENTS Each till Dec 31st!

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2022 Christmas Scavenger Hunt Round-Robin: Mavis’s Forever Christmas

booksbylyncote.com Posted on December 4, 2022 by Lyn CoteDecember 5, 2022

 

scavenger hunt books2Another fun scavenger hunt

and lots of new Christmas books to investigate.

Merry Christmas! Welcome to the Christmas Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! START MONDAY DEC 5TH~

Here’s how it works: At each author’s blog post, you will find a question that can be answered by checking out the free Amazon preview of their book. Provide the answer at this form.

Note: You must answer the questions for every author in the round -robin to be considered

to win the $200 first place,

$100 second place

or $75 third place Amazon gift cards.These prizes are USD values.

If you are not a U.S. resident, you will get a gift card from the Amazon store for your country; however, it will be valued at these USD amounts.)

At the end of my post is a link to the next blog, who will provide a link to the next blog, etc., to the very end, creating a circle (a round-robin) visit through all of the authors’ blogs. I think that sounds like FUN! And I think the generous prizes are worth trying for!

Now here’s the scoop about my Christmas story Mavis’s Forever Christmas.

Mavis's Forever Christmas

Is falling in love only for the young? 

Never married, Mavis, a retired college librarian, has made a new life for herself near her “adopted” niece Ellie. Over a year ago, John lost his wife, who was Mavis’s best friend for nearly forty years. He has spent the intervening time traveling with his trailer. When Ellie faces complications of a difficult pregnancy, John and Mavis pull together to help her and her family. But new feelings and attraction come unexpectedly, surprising them both. Is falling in love a betrayal of a wife or best friend? 

I had a lot of fun writing this book with a stray dog and puppies and a family pulling together in a stressful time. Aren’t those the times that pull us together as much as the happy times?

The question you need to discover by going to Amazon and clicking this link to my book. There just above the cover, it wil say LOOK INSIDE. Click those words and the book will open. (This doesn’t cost anything) Begin reading until you find out: WHO IS KERRY ANN? That’s the answer you need to find. (See below for Look Inside.)

When you have the answer, FILL OUT THIS FORM and head on to the next blog!

Thank you so much for visiting! The next author on the tour is my friend Winnie Griggs, who is telling us all about her Christmas book His Christmas Matchmaker. You can find it at this link. Remember that the round-robin will end on December 11th at 11:59 PM EST! I hope you have fun with this and win!–Lyn

 

 

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Lyn Announces her FINAL NEW BOOK for 2022!

booksbylyncote.com Posted on November 21, 2022 by Lyn CoteNovember 21, 2022
Mavis's Forever Christmas

Mavis's Forever Christmas

 

Sweet Holiday Romance with a cute puppy!

 MAVIS’S FOREVER CHRISTMAS

asks:

Is falling in love only for the young? 

Never married, Mavis, a retired college librarian, has made a new life for herself near her “adopted” niece Ellie. Over a year ago, John lost his wife, who was Mavis’s best friend for nearly forty years. He has spent the intervening time traveling with his trailer. When Ellie faces complications of a difficult pregnancy, John and Mavis pull together to help her and her family. But new feelings and attraction come unexpectedly, surprising them both. Is falling in love a betrayal of a wife or best friend? 

Click here to purchase! And add some holiday cheer to the days heading toward Christmas!–Lyn

Puppies for Christmas series

My novella is part of a series of holiday romances featuring puppies and HAPPY HOLIDAY ENDINGS! Click here to see them all–ALL 99 CENTS Each till Dec 31st!

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If You Enjoy Historical Novels based on True Events, this FREE ebook is for you!

booksbylyncote.com Posted on November 13, 2022 by Lyn CoteNovember 13, 2022
HAD TO BE YOU
 ENDS THE 15TH!

A young small town girl finds herself in the shadowy world of WWII espionage~

 

Coming of age in the deep Depression, Bette faces a troubled world. Her parents have taken in Gretel, a Jewish girl her same age sent by her family from Nazi Germany. In the KKK South this is met with animosity. As she finishes high school, Bette falls in love with a young man who applauds her family’s decision. The two become informally engaged and Bette dreams of a future as a wife and mother with him, clipping recipes and living the quiet life. 

 

But Hitler and others who seek world domination interfere with her plans. As her fiance attends college in Georgetown, she works as a secretary in the War Department. And that job leads her into the murky world of espionage. The US, Canada and England have banded together to foil German spies working to gain American military secrets. Bette never considered being a spy even in her wildest dreams. But she will do anything to stop these enemies, those who are persecuting Gretel’s family. But after swearing an oath, she can tell no one–not even the man she loves.

 

The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. War crashes over them all and again Bette and her fiance are separated. And another man enters her life, one who works with her to foil Hitler. A man she resists but who won’t take no for an answer. When the war ends, which will she choose–the young man she fell in love with as a girl or the man who taught her how to be a spy?

 

The Carlyle Women-four generations, 

each facing the challenges of her time 

and each harboring her own painful secret~

 

Once again Lyn Cote’s presentation of an era fills the reader with a new look at an overexposed time of history. CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE.–Lyn Cote


 

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Lyn Asks the December Question

booksbylyncote.com Posted on November 5, 2022 by Lyn CoteNovember 5, 2022
MAVIS'S FOREVER CHRISTMAS

Ornmanet cat

Now for Decembers question. I hope you aren’t bored by the saga of my two little kitty brothers, but they have definitely impacted our Christmas plans. I told my husband we don’t dare have a Christmas tree this year. They are climbers! Fortunately I have a small ceramic tree that lights up and that will have to do this Christmas. When I was a child, one of our cats decided that when the house was quiet and we were all asleep it was his chance—

TO CLIMB THE CHRISTMAS TREE. 

He did it three nights in a row, tumbling the tree and crashing all the glass ornaments. The next morning my mother twisted a cup hook into the wall and tied a slender rope which she secured to the cuphook and the tree trunk. Problem solved; the cat continued to climb the tree but without incident. I don’t think this would work with our little boys since they would want to tear every ornament off and chew it around, chase it, throw it in the air and lose it. So do you have a pet Christmas story,? Please share yours. I will choose a few commenters and offer them a free ebook. I love animal stories!-Lyn

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