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A month ago I received a call that I was Genesis semi-finalist. It was a time of great celebration since a Genesis award is considered one of the highest awards for unpublished authors in Christian fiction. Joy threw me into hyperdrive as I jumped into new edits on my work-in-progress. Over the next month, I… Continue reading Sometimes the answer is… Not Yet.
There are events in life we do not have control over. One of those events is death. A close friend passed into heaven this morning. She courageously battled cancer for over four years. She didn't complain and ALWAYS greeted me with a huge smile. I will always remember her laugh, we could laugh about anything. I'm… Continue reading Life Lessons with Jen
War Room opens this coming weekend (8/28)! Go see it! Opening weekend is the most important weekend to see a new movie. Take the time to support this film. My thoughts: We saw Courageous a few years ago, so when I heard the same guys (the Kendrick Brothers) made another movie I was interested. Especially… Continue reading Movie Review: War Room
Sent away for protection, hotel heiress Estella Everstone finds herself living undercover as a lady’s companion named Elle Stoneburner at one of her father’s opulent hotels in the mountains of Maine—the one she'd always loved best and always hoped to own one day, Everston. The one thing she doesn't like about the situation is that… Continue reading Book Review/Giveaway: The Captive Imposter
From bestselling author Angie Smith comes her second children’s book, For Such a Time as This, a Bible storybook for girls that features 40 biblical retellings from prominent women in both the Old and New Testament. Illustrated once more by Breezy Brookshire, For Such A Time As This is the pair’s second children’s book together… Continue reading Review/Giveaway: For Such a Time as This PLUS $10 Gift Certificate to Family Christian
"Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves." Philippians 2:3 While attending a women's church retreat this past weekend I was challenged to ask myself, "What is my identity?" To be honest, I thought it was a simple question. Mentally I answered... "a wife, mother, and writer." Done. I… Continue reading Identity: Who are you REALLY?
Child of the Appalachian mountains, Tess Spencer has experienced more than her share of heartache. The Glock-wielding, knife-carrying housewife knows how to survive whatever life throws at her. But when an anonymous warning note shows up in her best friend Miranda’s mailbox—a note written in a dead woman’s handwriting—Tess quickly discovers that ghosts are alive… Continue reading Book Review/Giveaway: Miranda Warning
Crown Princess Adeline of Montevaro has her life planned out for her: get her Master's in international relations, marry nobility, produce an heir, inherit the throne. There's no room for romance with the single father she meets when their cars collide on an icy winter night. Parliament - and her father - would never approve.… Continue reading Review/Giveaway: Good Enough for a Princess
Daughters of Hampshire, Book 1 In the first of a brand-new series set in Victorian England, a young woman returns home from India after the death of her family to discover her identity and inheritance are challenged by the man who holds her future in his hands. Rebecca Ravenshaw, daughter of missionaries, spent most of… Continue reading Review/Giveaway: Mist of Midnight
Book Club Just Got Real. Jeanine Phelps is tired of reading about other women who grab life and have epiphanies. She challenges her book club to live like the heroines in the books they love. At first, seizing the day is pure fun until it generates an upset in each of their lives: Jeanine’s… Continue reading Review/Giveaway: The Secret Life of Book Club
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