Reader's Choice - Amish Fiction

GIVEAWAY

Spring has sprung! (at least in the climates south of me!) And that means publishers are getting ready to shower us with new releases! Everybody --- SQUEEEPP -- together. I am so excited!

So here's how this thing works: You recommend Christian Fiction with release dates in April, May or June 2018 (up to 3 a day) and you have a chance at winning one of your recommendations! BUT it's a little more complicated than that so be sure to read ALL the details before entering.

PLEASE NOTE: email entries are not eligible this week. :-(

IT'S AMISH FICTION GIVEAWAY DAY!

To be entered in the draw just leave a comment (or 3) below including the title(s) of the book(s) in the Amish Fiction genre you would like to win.

Amish Fiction

A full-length story or novella collection where the hero or heroine (or both) are Amish OR the story has significant Amish involvement with Amish secondary characters and Amish community. Can be historical or contemporary and cross genres such as YA, suspense, or dual timelines.

How does it work?

Easy peasy! Make recommendations in the comment section each day and if you win, you win the book you suggested.

BUT YOU GOTTA FOLLOW THE RULES!

Publication dates must be

April, May or June 2018

Each day is genre specific so

only submit books from that genre

Christian Fiction only please!

You can offer up to 3 suggestions a day

BUT

they need to be made in

three separate comments

(easier for me to tally)

No email entries this week

(too hard to keep track of

due to # of responses)

NEW -- entrants must submit their own selections 

(not piggyback on somebody else's logon) - NEW

Offer open to International Readers

I'm all about spreading the good news about

Christian Fiction all over the globe!!!

It's helpful if you include your email (using AT and DOT instead of @ and . to protect yourself from spammers) but you only need to add it to one comment (per day) If you choose not to include your email it is up to the winner to contact me with their mailing address.

Draw will be held and winner announced on

Sunday March 25 2018

Reader's Choice - Romantic Suspense/Mystery

GIVEAWAY

Spring has sprung!!! (in climates south of me, at least.) And that means publishers are getting ready to shower us with new releases. Everybody --SQUEEEP -- together! I am so excited.

So here's how this thing works: you recommend Christian Fiction with release dates of April, May or June 2018 (up to 3 a day) and you have a chance at winning one of your recommendations! BUT it's a little more complicated than that so be sure to read ALL the details below before entering.

PLEASE NOTE: email entries are not eligible this week

IT'S ROMANTIC SUSPENSE/MYSTERY GIVEAWAY DAY!

To be entered the draw just leave a comment (or 3) below, including the title(s) of the book(s) in the Romantic Suspense/Mystery genre you would like to win.

Romantic Suspense/Mystery

A full-length story or novella collection where mystery is an important part of the plot. The hero or heroine (or both) are often in peril (more so in suspense). Can be set in any time period -- contemporary or historical. May cross genres such as YA, Amish and dual timelines.

Please note: Susan May Warren has another book in her Mountain Rescue series coming out in May and this is NOT considered romantic suspense. It's considered adventure fiction where the peril comes from natural causes as opposed to nefarious villains. :-) 

How does it work?

Easy Peasy! Make suggestions in the comment section each day and if you win, you win the book you suggested.

BUT YOU GOTTA FOLLOW THE RULES

Publication dates must be

April, May or June 2018

Each day is genre specific so

only submit books from that genre

Christian Fiction books only please!

You can offer up to 3 suggestions a day

BUT

they need to be made in

3 separate comments

(makes it easier to tally)

No email entries this week

(too hard to keep track of

due to # of responses)

NEW - entrants must submit their own selections

(not piggyback on somebody else's logon) - NEW

Open to International Readers

I'm all about spreading the good news about

Christian Fiction all over the world!!!

It's helpful if you include your email (using @ and . instead of AT and . to protect against spammers) but you only need to add it to one comment (per day). If you choose not to include your email it's up to you to contact me with your mailing address if you are a winner.

Draw will be held and winner announced on

Sunday March 25 2018

Reader's Choice - Contemporary Romance

GIVEAWAY

Spring has sprung! (in climates south of me, at least.) And that means publishers are getting ready to shower us with new releases. Everybody -- SQUEEEPPP -- together! I'm so excited!

So here's how this thing works: You recommend Christian Fiction with release dates in April, May or June 2018 (up to three a day) and you have a chance at winning one of your recommendations! BUT it's a little more complicated than that so be sure to read ALL the details before entering.

PLEASE NOTE: email entries are not eligible this week. :-(

IT'S CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE GIVEAWAY DAY!

To be entered in the draw just leave a comment (or 3) below, including the title(s) of the book(s) in the Contemporary Romance genre you would like to win.

Contemporary Romance

A full-length story or novella collection set in present day (1980 up). May cross genres such as YA, suspense, Amish including dual timelines.

How does it work?

Easy peasy! Make recommendations in the comment section each day and if you win, you win the book you suggested.

BUT YOU GOTTA FOLLOW THE RULES

Publication dates must be

April, May or June 2018

Each day is genre specific so

only submit books from that genre

Christian Fiction books only please!

You can offer up to 3 suggestions a day

BUT

they need to be made in

three separate comments

(makes it easier for me to tally)

No email entries this week

(too hard to keep track of 

due ot # of responses)

NEW - entrants must submit their own selections

(not piggyback on somebody else's logon) - NEW

Open to International Readers

I'm all about spreading the good news about 

Christian Fictionall over the globe!!!!

It's helpful if you include your email (using AT and DOT instead of @ and . to protect yourself from spammers) but you only need to add it to one comment (per day) If you choose not to include your email it is up to you to contact me if you are a winner.

Draw will be held and winner announced on

Sunday March 25 2018

Reader's Choice -- Historical Romance/Fiction

GIVEAWAY

Spring has sprung! (in climates south of me, at least.) And that means publishers are getting ready to shower us with new releases. Everybody -- SQUEEEEPPPP - together!  I'm so excited! 

So here's how this thing works: You recommend Christian fiction with release dates in April, May or June 2018 (up to three a day) and you have a chance to win one of your recommendations! BUT it's a little more complicated than that so be sure to read ALL the details before entering.

PLEASE NOTE: email entries are not eligible this week. :-(

IT'S HISTORICAL ROMANCE/FICTION GIVEAWAY DAY!

To be entered in the draw just leave a comment (or 3) below, including the title(s) of the book(s) in the Historical Romance/Fiction genre you would like to win.

Historical Romance/Fiction

A full-length story OR novella collection set in any time period before the 1970s . May cross genres such as YA, suspense, Amish and may include dual timelines.

How does it work?

Easy peasy! Make recommendations in the comment section each day and if you win, you win the book you suggested.

BUT YOU GOTTA FOLLOW THE RULES!

Publication dates must be

April, May or June 2018

Each day is genre specific so

only submit books from that genre

Christian Fiction books only please!

You can offer up to 3 suggestions a day

BUT

they need to be made in

three separate comments

(makes it easier for me to tally)

No email entries this week

(too hard to keep track of due to

# of responses)

NEW - entrants must submit their own selections

(not piggyback on someone else's  logon) - NEW

Open to International Readers

I'm all about spreading the good news about Christian Fiction

all over the globe!!!!!

It's helpful if you include your email (using AT and DOT instead of @ and . to protect yourself from spammers) but you only need to add it to one of your comments (per day). If you choose not to include your email then it's up to you to contact me if you're a winner.

Draw will held and winner announced on 

Sunday March 25 2018

March Giveaway -- Week Three

WON BY KIM HANSEN

WON BY FREDA MANS

WON BY MARK

WON BY FAITH CREECH

WON BY JERIKA

WON BY LUCY REYNOLDS

You know the drill -- I will notify the winners if they included their email. If not, it's up to a winner to contact me at kavluvstoreadATyahooDOTca with their snail mail info. If I can't connect with a winner within a month, the win is forfeited. Books are usually sent out within a week of receiving a winner's mailing address but give it a month before inquiring about deliveries to allow for processing and shipping times.

LOOKING AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK'S GIVEAWAYS:

So I've been feeling pretty smug about my January, February and March New Releases wishlist. I've managed to either buy, request my library to purchase or receive review copies for a good chunk of them. But then I turned to the month of April and...GASP!...there's not a single book listed there. In fact, the rest of my reading pages are blank. Do you feel the same shot of cold fear shivering up your spine that I do? Shudder. And I know for a fact that there are a TON of fantastic new books coming out this spring. I have even scribbled down a few titles on scraps of paper which seem to have been swallowed whole by study clutter. Double Gasp! You know what that means, right?

IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER 

READER'S CHOICE GIVEAWAY WEEK!

WOOHOO -- I'm so excited! I need your collective research skills to help me fill out my Spring Reading Wishlist -- Christian Fiction to be released in April, May or June 2018. As usual with these giveaways, please make sure to read the rules which will be posted each day. Basically, the week is divided into genre days where y'all can offer up to three book selections per day. Name/book combos will be entered in a draw and if you win it's an IOU for the book on release day.

Please note: because this is such a busy week and keeping on top of the comments pretty much takes up all my free time (blissfully so), this week's giveaways are closed to email entries. Sorry! But I have to sleep sometime. And read.

Here's the week's schedule:

Monday March 19 : Historical Romance or Historical Fiction - a full-length story OR novella collection set in any time period before the 1970s. May cross genres such as YA, suspense, Amish and includes dual timelines.

Tuesday March 20 : Contemporary Romance Fiction - a full-length story OR novella collection set in present day (1980 up). May cross genres such as YA, suspense, Amish and includes dual timelines.

Wednesday March 21 : Romantic Suspense/Mystery Fiction -- a full-length story OR novella collection where mystery is an important part of the plot. The hero or heroine (or both) are often in peril (more so in suspense). Can be set in any time period -- contemporary or historical. May cross genres such as YA, Amish or dual timeline.

Thursday March 22 : Amish Fiction -- a full-length story OR novella collection where the hero or heroine or both are Amish OR the story has significant Amish content with Amish secondary characters and an Amish community. Can be contemporary or historical and can have a mystery or suspense element.

Friday March 23 : Christian Fiction -- any genre including previous selections you've made on other days and also for specific genres not covered yet this week such as Women's Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative etc.

Saturday March 24 : Retro Reads! - any Christian Fiction novel published 2017 or earlier. Here's your chance to catch the one that got away! Just make sure it's still in print...or in ebook format if you're okay with that. 

True confession: I'm a tad shy of giddy over what's to come. Let the book sharing begin!!!!!!  (well, starting Monday!)

Dark Road Home

GIVEAWAY

LUDWIG, ELIZABETH
DARK ROAD HOME

Ana Kavanagh's memories of Ireland are mostly of fire and pain. As a girl she survived a blaze that left her an orphan, left her scarred, and left her angry at God. Now in New York, Ana finds a kindred spirit in Eoghan Hamilton, who's struggling with his own anger. His twin sister, Cara, betrayed him by falling in love with his enemy.

Cast aside by everyone, Eoghan hopes to rejoin the Finians, an organization pushing for change back in Ireland, by securing infromation against Rourke, the man his sister married. Ana, Cara's friend, may be his best source, and despite the attraction he feels, Eoghan determines to use the girl's sweet nature to his advantage.

Adding to the danger is a specter from Eoghan's own past, one whose thirst for vengeance knows no bounds. Eoghan must choose which road to follow -- bitterness or forgiveness -- and where to finally place his trust.

My Review:

published in 2013

Happy St.Patrick's Day. This Irish / Canadian reader loves to find a wee bit o'home inside a novel so I was thrilled to catch up on Elizabeth Ludwig's Edge of Freedom series. Oddly enough I've read book one and three but missed this one completely! Very sloppy of me, I know! But how opportune to be able to share an Irish tale on an Irish holiday. :-)

Dark Road Home does carry a dark thread within it's covers. We're talking about the Irish rebellion, after all. And the Finians are a complicated -- and dangerous -- group of men. Sinister sabotage and buried secrets threaten to blot out the hope of new opportunities in a new country.

Ana has come to America to escape her past. Eoghan is in New York to pursue the ghosts of his past.  These two have been battered by circumstance and balance on the precipice between bitterness and forgiveness. So much heartache and pain. And, honestly, I never wanted to simultaneously box ears and hug-smother a character more than I did chip-on-his-shoulder Eoghan! Gah! Stubborn Irishman. Of course, he complicates what could have been a fanciful boy-meets-girl tale into something so much edgier. And the suspense plot just sweetens the deal. If you enjoy a blend of danger and suspense with your historical romance, Dark Road Home might just be the perfect next read.

The only issue I have with this story is the author's tendency to confuse Scottish sayings with Irish. Contrary to popular belief, they are not interchangeable. :-)

GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY:

If you would like a chance to win a copy of Dark Road Home, leave a comment below or email me at kavluvstoreadATyahooDOTca. If you add your email to a comment, remember to use AT and DOT instead of @ and . in order to protect yourself from spammers. If you enter the draw via email, please add the title to the subject line so it's easy to spot your entry. Draw will be held and winner announced on Sunday March 18 2018. Offer open to International Readers. Good luck.

Frontier Matchmaker Bride

GIVEAWAY

SCOTT, REGINA
FRONTIER MATCHMAKER BRIDE

The lawman meets his match

Successful Seattle matchmaker Beth Wallin has her most challenging assignment yet -- find Deputy Hart McCormick a bride. Beth's still smarting after the handsome lawman spurned her affections a year ago. But if she finds Hart a wife, Beth will gain favor with the city's most influential women...and perhaps free her own heart, as well.

Marriage is the last thing on the deputy's mind. After tragically losing his sweetheart, he vowed never to love again. But as sweet, spunky Beth introduces him to potential fiancees, Hart finally feels a spark...for her! The stubborn bachelor will be Beth's first matchmaking miss, unless they can both admit that she ust might be his perfect match.

Frontier Bachelors: bold, rugged -- and bound to be grooms

My Review:

Love it when a matchmaker gets caught in a web of her own making! And Beth is a force to be reckoned with but she's so vibrant and sweet and cheerful it's hard for Hart to hold a grudge. Or even dissuade her. He's held a certain regard for the feisty matchmaker since her audacious declaration months ago. His unkind rebuff was meant to spurn...and protect...Beth. And while he still feels confirmed bachelorhood is the decent thing to do, Beth has stirred foreign longings that are proving hard to fight.

In addition to all the fun and sniping this deputy and his matchmaker bring to the story, there's a suspense plot that stirs everything up into an exciting frenzy. And Scott has dedicated some satisfying page time to the heroes and heroines of previous books in the series. Namely Beth's brothers -- all happily married but still trying to run her life anyway. So much fun! Each book reads well as a standalone but this is a great series that you'll want to catch up with if you enjoy historical romance with sass and humour and a hard-won happily ever after.

GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY:

If you would like a chance to win a copy of Frontier Matchmaker Bride, leave a comment below or email me at kavluvstoreadATyahooDOTca. If you add your email to a comment, remember to use AT and DOT instead of @ and . in order to protect yourself from spammers. If you enter the draw via email, please add the title to the subject line so it's easy to spot your entry. Draw will be held and winner announced on Sunday March 18 2018. Offer open to International Readers. Good luck!