Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Book Review and Giveaway - Amish Country Threats by Dana R. Lynn, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

Amish Country Threats JustRead Blog + Review Tour

Welcome to the Blog + Review Tour for Amish Country Threats by Dana R. Lynn, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!

ABOUT THE BOOK

Title: Amish Country Threats

Series: Amish Country Justice #10

Author: Dana R. Lynn

Publisher: Love Inspired Suspense

Release Date: June 29, 2021

Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense

Her brother was murdered. Will she be next?

While searching for proof that her brother’s death was no accident, Lilah Schwartz is almost killed by a sniper in her Amish community. Hiding in Levi Burkholder’s barn is all that keeps her alive. The former soldier will do everything in his power to protect Lilah, but can he and Lilah uncover the evidence her brother hid before she’s the next to die?

From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.

MORE BOOKS IN THIS SERIES

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dana R. Lynn

Dana R. Lynn is a USA Today bestselling author who believes in the power of God to touch people through stories. She met her husband at a wedding and married him nineteen months later. Today, they live in rural Pennsylvania with their three teenaged children and enough pets to open a petting zoo. She is a teacher of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing by day and writes stories of romance and danger at night. Dana is an avid reader, loves cats, and thinks chocolate should be a food group. Dana is a Selah Award winner, a Holt Medallion Finalist, and a New England Reader’s Choice Award winner. She is represented by Tamela Hancock Murray of the Steve Laube Agency. She enjoys engaging with readers and can be found on social media or contacted via her website www.danarlynn.com.

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MY THOUGHTS

Amish Country Threats is written by Dana R. Lynn. This book is part of the Love Inspired Suspense Series. This is also book 10 in the Amish Country Justice series. I have not read all the books in the series, but I have read some of them. They are all standalones. As always, the author starts the book out with the adrenaline pumping.

Lilah Schwartz knows that her brothers death is not an accident. She is very determined to prove it. He woke her up when the fire was started and his last words were important to know. She wants to rebuild her life and start fresh. However, then she is almost taken out by a sniper in her Amish community. She hides out in Levi Burkholder's barn. Levi was Jacob's friends and clients and a former soldier wants to help and protect her. He also has PTSD and this will test everything that he has in him. Will it cost him his life?

Both characters are real feeling. They have baggage. They have hurt and pain.

The book is well written. I loved the characters. I loved the action. I can't wait until the next release.

I received a copy of this book through JustRead Publicity Tours, all thoughts are my own.

TOUR GIVEAWAY

(1) winner will receive a print copy of Amish Country and a $10 Amazon gift card!

Amish Country Threats JustRead Giveaway

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Book Review and Giveaway -Blood Moon Redemption Author: Judy DuCharme On Tour with Celebrate Lit

About the Book

Book: Blood Moon Redemption

Author: Judy DuCharme

Genre: Christian suspense

Release date: October, 2018

An ancient relic, a puzzling prophecy, and a young woman tied together through the ages . . .

It was just a relic, and hers, just a name. Who knew what time it really was?

The blood moons were always surrounded by great persecution and great provision, great trial and great triumph.

When the Jews were expelled from Spain and traveled with Columbus, only a tassel from a prayer shawl remained with them to signify their faith. That tassel, handed down, stolen, and hidden, became a marker of God’s protection and now is the focus of a terrorist scheme and a young woman’s destiny.

Blood Moon Redemption is an end-times thriller that will keep you riveted until the very last moonrise.

Click here to get your copy!

About the Author

Judy DuCharme grew up with Lake Huron next to her back yard and has always loved the water. She, her husband, daughter, and son moved to Door County in 1984. After teaching 5th Grade at Gibraltar School for 22 years, Judy followed the calling that tugged at her all her life to write. Blood Moon Redemption is her 6th or 8 published books and she is the recipient of numerous awards. She also writes for Guideposts Magazine. If you visit Door County, you may find her hiking in the woods, jet skiing on the bay, worshipping at her church, teaching a Bible study, cheering for the Green Bay Packers, playing with her amazing grandson, or sitting outside enjoying the beauty around her.

More from Judy

My brother, a lawyer, is a voracious reader and likes to write reviews. When he wrote of Blood Moon Redemption, he stated: ‘Most novels have pacing that gives you natural places to stop for the night but this one runs right through the stop signs.’ Current, Historical, and Prophetic, Blood Moon Redemption is a riveting novel following the suspenseful and gripping journeys the characters must travel to find their true destinies. My hope is that you are intrigued enough by all the prophecies, history, and stories here-in, that you will further explore the amazing truths that Tassie, her friends and family discovered.

My Thoughts

Blood Moon Redemption is a Christian Suspense book that is written by Judy DuCharme. I have recently been exposed to this author and I am grateful that I have. This is the 2nd book by this author that I have read. It is not often that I read end of the world scenarios, but I liked the way the author wrote this story. This book will jump between past and present times.

Tassie is such a wonderful character. She does not have great taste in men. I loved how the author created a real feeling character. She grows and evolves throughout the story. I enjoyed watching her learn about her family history. I enjoyed learning about the Jewish and Isreal faith. I minored in religion in my undergraduate so it was nice to revisit what I had previously learned, while expanding my knowledge. This is about the bible prophecy that follows an artifact from the night that the Jews fled Spain.

I enjoyed the suspense and mystery that was written into the book. I enjoyed the historical research. I enjoyed the Biblical truth. The author wrote some well written characters. I look forward to more from this author.

I received a copy of this book through the Celebrate Lit blogging program, all thoughts are my own.

Blog Stops

Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, June 23

CarpeDiem, June 23

Texas Book-aholic, June 24

Inklings and notions, June 25

cats in the cradle blog, June 25

For Him and My Family, June 26

Abba’s Prayer Warrior Princess, June 27

Blogging with Carol, June 27

deb’s Book Review, June 28

Locks, Hooks and Books, June 29

Aryn The Libraryan 📚, June 30

Ashley’s Clean Book Reviews, June 30

Because I said so — and other adventures in Parenting, July 1

A Modern Day Fairy Tale, July 2

Musings of a Sassy Bookish Mama, July 3

Mary Hake, July 3

Rebecca Tews, July 4

Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, July 5

Pause for Tales, July 6

Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Judy is giving away the grand prize package of a copy of the book and a $25 Amazon gift card!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.

https://promosimple.com/ps/10e01/blood-moon-redemption-celebration-tour-giveaway

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Book Review and Giveaway - Going South Author: Marsha Moston On Tour with Celebrate Lit

About the Book

Book: Going South

Author: Marsha Moston

Genre: Christian nonfiction—humorous, inspirational, Christian-living memoir

Release date: January 2021

When Bob and Marcia Moston told their friends they were moving south, they meant it as a geographical move. They didn’t expect their plans to go south too.

Trusting his wife’s previously sound judgment, Bob agrees to have Marcia go ahead of him and pick out a house—an efficient, low-maintenance one. It was a good plan. If only Marcia had stuck to it.

But when she veers from the plan, the couple find themselves overwhelmed with the consequences of a seemingly bad decision. Marcia looks for encouragement in the story of Jacob—the patriarchal bad boy, remembered more for the predicaments he got himself into than for his commendable deeds—and the God who is not deterred by our plots, plans, stratagems, and side trips.

Written with heart, humor, and biblical insight, Going South—with the God of Jacob’s and My Mistakes offers hope and encouragement to those who find their lives upturned by a geographical move, a chaotic economy, a backfired dream, or just a plain bad choice.

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About the Author

Marcia Moston, the award-winning author of Call of a Coward—the God of Moses and the Middle-Class Housewife, has contributed to several magazines, anthologies, and newspaper columns. She loves to write about the possibilities of life in the hands of a very real God. Marcia teaches workshops in narrative nonfiction and makes home in South Carolina with her Bob.

More from Marcia

We were no superstar, sledgehammer-wielding, Fixer Upper Chip and Joanna Gaines. But I was confident my husband and I could handle the repairs that the house I had bought needed. After all, we were handy—solid do-it-yourselfers, excited about starting a new phase of life in a part of the country we’d never lived.

Armed with enthusiasm, experience, and degrees, we didn’t anticipate any problems finding jobs or making friends. And I certainly didn’t anticipate I’d be hanging telephone directories on doorknobs or stuffing vending machines to make ends meet. But our ravenous little fixer-upper had a bigger appetite than we expected and was devouring our funds in record time.

Before long we began to realize we’d left life as we knew it somewhere north of the Mason-Dixon Line. I wondered if, instead of running strong to the finish line of our lives, we would be crawling across it, covered in sheetrock dust and regrets.

It’s one thing to suffer for a noble cause, but quite another when you find yourself in messes and muddles of your own making time and time again. Like Jacob, some of us have to wrestle an angel of the Lord all night before we get to the end of ourselves and trust that the Lord can and will orchestrate all he’s appointed for us.

I wrote about our southern saga foibles in Going South with the God of Jacob’s and My Mistakes as an entertaining reminder for all of us trying to find our way home, that even when we make bad decisions and big mistakes, the Carpenter of Nazareth can fashion something beautiful from the dust and debris we trail behind.

My Thoughts

Going South is written by Marsha Moston. This is a humorous book to read. I am a Yankee Transplant. I am originally born and raised in Cleveland Ohio - and now call SE Alabama home. Living in the South, I have learned a bunch of Southern-isms. This book reminded me of a lot of what I hear in my every day life.

This book is a great read to gain wisdom from a woman who has no problem admitting she has made mistakes. The author compares her mistakes to those of Jacob. I love the biblical references that she puts in. Her husband set her out on an adventure to buy a home so they could move south - and she goes through what happens. It does NOT go as planned. The author details her journey of buying, remodeling and selling houses.

The author uses her wit and humor along with solid biblical verses to create this memoir. This is recommended to anyone who likes humorous books or memoirs. I would love to sit down and have coffee with the author - she seems like she would be a hoot to talk to.

I received a copy of this book through the Celebrate Lit blogging program, all thoughts are my own.

Blog Stops

Book Reviews From an Avid Reader, June 28

Musings of a Sassy Bookish Mama, June 29

Because I said so — and other adventures in Parenting, June 30

Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, July 1

Texas Book-aholic, July 2

Mary Hake, July 2

Inklings and notions, July 3

Cats in the Cradle Blog, July 4

For Him and My Family, July 5

deb’s Book Review, July 6

HappyWhenReading, July 6

Locks, Hooks and Books, July 7

Ashley’s Clean Book Reviews, July 8

A Modern Day Fairy Tale, July 9

Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, July 10

Happily Managing a Household of Boys, July 11

Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Marcia is giving away the grand prize package of an All-Things-South gift box!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.

https://promosimple.com/ps/10e09/going-south-celebration-tour-giveaway

Monday, June 28, 2021

Book Review and Giveaway- Faces of Courage Author: Susan K. Beatty on Tour with Celebrate Lit

About the Book

Book: Faces of Courage

Author: Susan K. Beatty

Genre: Christian Woman’s Fiction

Release date: May 11, 2021

Faces of Courage Fear strangles even the faithful sometimes.

Despite every attempt to be brave, fear has defined Olivia Stanford’s life: with each new foster home, when her adopted parents died leaving her all alone again, trusting and marrying her husband, Frank, and coping with his football injuries and career loss.

Without faith, fear only grows in the face of adversity.

When Frank becomes abusive, Olivia enters a terror-filled life in her upscale Southern California home. Common sense demands she dig deep for the courage to confront him–to demand change. Fear and confusion push back.

And just as courage finally blooms within her comes the terrifying diagnosis: breast cancer.

Some say courage is found at the intersection of faith and grit. How will Olivia manage to summon either in the midst of this new battle?

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About the Author

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Susan K. Beatty is passionate about finding courage through faith and grit, particularly through the trials of breast cancer. Her daughter is a metastatic breast cancer “thriver” and has been an inspiration for her writing. Susan retired from a full-time job in 2017 and is now pursuing a novel-writing career. Her first novel, “Faces of Courage,” is in revision. Susan is the author of “An Introduction to Home Education” (AKA “California Homeschool Manual”), was the assistant director of the SoCal Christian Writers’ Conference and is the president of her local ACFW-OC Chapter. She is a professional writer/journalist. Susan is proof you can begin a fiction writing career after age seventy.

More from Susan

The words “You have breast cancer” can drop you to your knees. What’s worse is when those words are spoken to your thirty-one-year-old daughter. And worse yet when they are spoken to her more than once. My daughter Melanie has had three bouts with breast cancer, the second time classified her with stage IV metastatic breast cancer of which there is no cure. Over an eleven-year period, Melanie has undergone twelve surgeries, one removing two-thirds of her sternum to be replaced by a donor bone with titanium clamps.

Melanie’s courage during these battles inspired me to write about courage at the intersection of faith and grit. True-to-life stories follow characters through cancer and other issues confronting women today.

In Faces of Courage, I wanted to tell a story like Melanie’s but not exactly Melanie’s, a story nevertheless filled with growing courage. Melanie’s journey doesn’t include an abusive husband (Praise God!), but our terrorized heroine Olivia suffers from her husband’s mistreatment, confused by her misunderstanding of how God views her, and challenged by her lack of strong faith. Just as her courage matures and strengthen through these problems, she’s thrown by those knee-buckling words, “You have breast cancer.”

It is necessarily a gritty look at domestic abuse and the realities of dealing with cancer and its various treatments. I wanted to show Olivia’s growth as a wife, how she experienced the cancer, and how, with the help of faith and grit, her courage flourished.

In many ways, this novel is a tribute to women who fight these battles with bravery, even if that valor takes time to develop. I pray the reader, by witnessing another’s journey, is strengthened in her own battles.

My Thoughts

Faces of Courage be is Christian Women’s Fiction book that is written by Susan K. Beatty. This book will tug at your heart strings and your heart will break as you read.

Olivia Stanford has had a rough life. She’s had a lot of fear and abandonment. She’s gone through the foster system only to be adopted and her adoptive parents dying and her feeling completely alone.

Olivia marries Frank and all seems well. However then Frank deals with his football injuries and his career loss and life takes a dark turns for Olivia. This story does deal with domestic abuse. Frank does become abusive toward Olivia. One of the things that I loved about Olivia is her unwavering faith in God. No matter what was thrown at her she stood for God.

This story also touches on the rawness and realness of Breast Cancer. It’s written with so much honesty that it’s not horrible. Like all else that Olivia faces she turns it over to God. I hope If ever faced with such trials I’m as strong as Olivia.

I received a copy of this book from the Celebrate Lit Blogging Program. All thoughts are my own.