Book 'Em Danno Blog Hop

UPDATE: Winners!

Congrats to the winner of the $15 Amazon Card.

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Winners of the Cascade Brides Series were:

 Sherry S

Bookaholic Holly

I Heart Me

Congrats!

To everyone else--thank you so much for participating. Stop back by for the next giveaway, or join my blog list so you never miss another contest!

Welcome to the Book'em Danno Book Hop

This event is hosted by The Review Wire and is dedicated to book lovers everywhere. Whether it's hardback, paperback, eBooks or gift cards to buy a book each blog participating is offering you some kind of reading adventure! After you enter my giveaway make sure to hop on down the list to see what each blogger has to offer. 

On this blog, sign up for a chance to win one of four other prizes: a $15 AMAZON CARD and three copies of my Christian romance series CASCADE BRIDES: THREE NOVELS OF FAITH, HOPE & CHARITY.

To enter, leave a comment WITH your email address and commenters will be randomly selected July 27th. Winners will be contacted directly and listed in an update post. Don't forget to sign up for my email list so you never miss a giveaway!

Also, you can enter The Grand Prize over at The Review Wire. Two prize packs will be offered to two winners that include all children's titles and both valued at over $110 dollars! 

 

Just In Time For Summer--FREE Christian Romance!

From July 7 to July 10, my Christian romance novel Project Love is free for Kindle. Project Love is the third book in the Cascade Brides series. 

The Three Sisters Mountains are part of the Cascade Mountain Range near the town of Sisters, Oregon. The peaks were named Faith, Hope, and Charity by early settlers. In Oregon Cascade Brides, three estranged siblings named for the mountains, each in the far-flung reaches of the state, are drawn back to their childhood home by men who ultimately make the sisters realize what they have in each other. Christian romance. 

In Project Love (Book Three) barista Charity Conrad enjoys her adoring customers and the caffeine that keeps her personality perking. Next to her job, she stays involved in good causes and can rarely say no to community involvement. So when coffee shop patron Daniel Tabor begins coming in to her shop, she makes it her personal goal to get the handsome but taciturn man to smile. But Daniel resists becoming just another 'project' and instead challenges Charity to take a risk not only with him--but with her sisters.

So grab your freebie today. And don't forget to check out Faith's and Hope's stories as well.

Happy reading!

Earth Day Blog Hop Plus Save A Tree Buy An Ebook!

UPDATE: WE HAVE WINNERS!

Congrats to Amy S. who won the gift card and Kat R. who won the swag pack!

Thanks to call who participated. To keep up to date with the latest giveaway or contest, join my mailing list!

Earth Day usually makes us think of 'saving the Earth' or 'life in a dystopian world'. Heavy stuff!

To lighten things up, my focus will be on recycling and reducing.

In my Christian romance Restorations, my heroine doesn't build a new house--she recycles one! Well, she hires a cutie from her past to remodel it. That counts, right??

And to focus on reducing use, we Candlelight Reads authors are encouraging you to Save a Tree! Buy 2 eBooks, get the 3rd one FREE! Simply choose any of the 99-cent eBooks on this blog and the other in the Linky at the end of the post.

Sometimes saving what's in your wallet is the best 'reducing' of all! Can I get an amen? :) (And if your wallet is a little light, we're also offering a $43 Amazon gift card!)

  
Restorations is FREE for Kindle for the duration of this hop. And the two follow up books in the loosely-linked series have been reduced from $2.99 to just 99 cents a pop. Book 2 is Lights & Shadows and book 3 is Milagro For Miranda.

On top of saving all that money, we're offering entries for a chance to win a fun Swag pack from the CandleLight Reads authors. Check it out!

So celebrate Earth Day by recycling, reducing, and reading!

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Feed Your Reader, Deals, and Freebies!

Inspired Kathy from I Am A Reader, Not A Writer has launched a new site aimed at bringing you the best Kindle Ebook Deals and Steals.

Each day on feedyourreader.com you'll find a new list of available ebook deals (most for under $3).

And of course there will be lots of  Featured Freebies too!

To celebrate the launch of the new site she is giving away a Kindle Fire, Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash.


Win a 7" Kindle Fire (US only)




Or $100 Amazon.com Gift Card (International)

Or $100 in Paypal Cash (International)

Giveaway Details 
1 winner will receive their choice of a Kindle Fire 7" (US Only), $100 Amazon Gift Card or $100 in Paypal Cash (International).
Ends 5/5/13

Open only to those who can legally enter, receive and use an Amazon.com Gift Code or Paypal Cash. Winning Entry will be verified prior to prize being awarded. No purchase necessary. You must be 18 or older to enter or have your parent enter for you. The winner will be chosen by rafflecopter and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is in no way associated with Facebook, Twitter, Rafflecopter or any other entity unless otherwise specified. The number of eligible entries received determines the odds of winning. Giveaway was organized by Kathy from I Am A Reader, Not A Writer http://iamareader.com. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. Prize value $100-$159 US.

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Je Suis Ici & Pure Romance

Je suis ici is French for I am here--and since everything sounds better in French, I thought I'd impress the blogosphere at large with one of the six or seven phrases I remember from two years of high school French.

But it is great to occupy my little corner of the 'net to talk about Christian romance novels--why I read them and why I enjoy reading them.

Romance is not something thought up by Hollywood or Madison Avenue to give a skewed perspective on life--not that those entities haven't left their marks. But romance is from the 'Father of heavenly lights who does not change like shifting shadows' (James 1:7).

After all believers are called the bride of Christ, and Christ is her Groom. Sounds kinda weddingish if you ask me. And how does a believer believe in the first place? By the wooing of God. He draws us with 'cords of kindness, with the bands of love' (Hosea 11:4) and loved us before we ever knew about Him (I John 4:19).

And one day, the Bride and Groom will no longer be separated as by a glass darkly, but we will see face to face I Corinthians 13:12).

I believe God reveals Himself  to us by how He designed us and the world around us. Because most people want to find the One, fall in love, get married, and have kidlets is all a fingerprint of God's design. We can understand our marital relationships by how we relate to Him.

Ergo God made romance :)

It's fun to write about romantic events because it echoes something uplifting and hopeful in a crazy world where few things make sense. When I say I write 'Pure Romance' I mean that it's from a Christian worldview and also that romance is the main theme--not just a subplot. I kinda like the mushy stuff. And if you do, too, check out my titles at Amazon and Smashwords. I often have freebies available, and if you leave a review where you picked it up, let me know and I'll gift you with another of my titles for free. And nothing makes the heart beat faster and cheeks bloom pinker than scooping up a deal.

Romance and free stuff--now there's a match made in heaven :)