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Friday Giveaway: Betrayed
But before I get to this week’s giveaway, I need to announce the winner of For Pete’s Sake, last week’s giveaway! Random.org picked #1, and the first commenter last week was Penny G.! Congratulations, Penny! I’ll be contacting you by email to get your mailing address, and I’ll get your book right out to you!
This week I’m giving away my once read copy of Betrayed by J.M. Windle. I really, really loved this book! Suspense, intrigue, a little (but not too much) romance. To read my full review of Betrayed, click here.
All you have to do to win is leave a comment. To make it fun, when you comment, tell me what your favorite book of all time is!
I will close comments at noon next Friday, April 4, 2008 and draw a winner using Random.org. Please only comment once, as duplicates will be deleted. Because of high shipping costs, this giveaway is only open to residents of the U.S.
I think that covers it! Have fun, and let me know what your favorite books are!
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Review: Betrayed by J.M. Windle
Anthropologist Vicki Andrews arrives in Guatemala to research the suitability of Casa de Esperanza for a grant from Children at Risk. No sooner has she arrived in Guatemala than she runs into her younger sister, environmentalist Holly Andrews.
Holly seems troubled about something, but before Vicki can get to the cause of Holly’s worries, Holly turns up dead. When the Guatemalan government dismisses Holly’s death as a street crime, Vicki is determined to get to the truth.
What follows is a mystery that connects Holly’s murder to a recent massacre in a Mayan village to the death of Vicki’s biological parents long ago.
I must admit that I couldn’t put this book down. J.M. Windle, who grew up in Columbia as the daughter of missionary parents, obviously knows a great deal about Guatemalan culture.
It was easy to imaging the events in Betrayed happening in present day. As someone who’s hardly been out of the United States, my eyes were opened to a whole new world.
J.M Windle paints such a picture of the Guatemalan cities, villages, and rainforests, that I could imagine myself right there in the midst of the action.
Perhaps my favorite part of the book was the spiritual undertones. The lessons Vicki learned and reiterated throughout the book are appropriate to anyone, in any walk of life.
If you like a good suspense novel, I highly recommend Betrayed! It will capture your attention and keep you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end!
Five out of five stars is not enough for this book!
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Betrayed by Jeanette Windle
This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Tyndale House Publishers (February 6, 2008)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
As the child of missionary parents, award-winning author and journalist Jeanette Windle grew up in the rural villages, jungles, and mountains of Colombia, now guerrilla hot zones. Her detailed research and writing is so realistic that it has prompted government agencies to question her to determine if she has received classified information.
Currently based in Lancaster, PA, Jeanette has lived in six countries and traveled in more than twenty. She has more than a dozen books in print, including political/suspense best-seller CrossFire and the Parker Twins series.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Fires smolder endlessly below the dangerous surface of Guatemala City’s municipal dump.
Deadlier fires seethe beneath the tenuous calm of a nation recovering from brutal civil war.
Anthropologist Vicki Andrews is researching Guatemala’s “garbage people” when she stumbles across a human body. Curiosity turns to horror as she uncovers no stranger, but an American environmentalist—Vicki’s only sister, Holly.
With authorities dismissing the death as another street crime, Vicki begins tracing Holly’s last steps, a pilgrimage leading from slum squalor to the breathtaking and endangered cloud forests of the Sierra de las Minas Biosphere. But every unraveled thread raises more questions. What betrayal connects Holly’s murder, the recent massacre of a Mayan village, and the long-ago deaths of Vicki’s own parents?
Nor is Vicki the only one demanding answers. Before her search reaches its startling end, the conflagration has spilled across international borders to threaten an American administration and the current war on terror. With no one turning out to be who they’d seemed, who can Vicki trust and who should she fear?
A politically relevant tale of international intrigue and God’s redemptive beauty and hope.
To buy your own copy of Betrayed, click here.
Watch for my review and a giveaway coming soon!
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For Pete’s Sake by Linda Windsor
This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Book Two of the Piper Cove Chronicles
(Avon Inspire - April 1, 2008)
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Maryland author Linda Windsor has written some twenty-nine historical and contemporary novels for both the secular and inspirational markets, but she is most noted for delivering “The Lift of Laughter and Spirit” in her modern inspirational romances.
A Christy finalist and winner of numerous industry awards, Linda has written for Multnomah Publishing (historical fiction and contemporary romances), Barbour Publishing (romcom novella), and Westbow Press (the Moonstruck romantic comedy trilogy). Wedding Bell Blues the first book in her new The Piper Cove Chronicles series, is featured on Avon Inspire’s launch list.
In addition to writing and doing fiction-writing workshops at conferences across the country, Linda continues a music and lay speaking ministry started by her and her late husband, and she is a part-time financial analyst. She also works on “as desperately needed” home improvement projects on the 18th-century-plus house that she and her husband began restoring in 1986. Wallpaper and paint are definitely in her near future.
LINDA WINDSOR LOCAL APPEARANCES:
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Jack’s Religious Gift Shop
701 Snow Hill Road
Salisbury, MD 21804
2:00PM
Saturday, April 12, 2008
The Gospel Shop
800 South Salisbury Blvd
Salisbury, MD 21801
11:00 AM
ABOUT THE BOOK:
For Pete’s Sake is a remarkable story about the unlikely live between a grown-up tomboy and the millionaire next door.
Ellen Brittingham isn’t sure true live exists until she contracts to do the landscaping of the estate of the sophisticated widower next door, Adrian Sinclair. Adrian has it all—at least on the surface, He’s engaged to a beautiful woman who helped him build a successful business and he’ll soon have a mom for his troubled son Pete.
Yet, from the moment Ellen rescues a stranded Adrian on her Harley, his well-ordered world turns upside down, cracking his thin façade of happiness and revealing the void of faith and love behind it. Even more, his son seems to have his own sites set on Ellen – as his new mom.
As Ellen’s friendship grows with Pete, she realizes that his father is about to marry the wrong woman for the right reasons. And despite her resolve to remain “neighbors only” with the dad, the precocious boy works his way into her heart, drawing Ellen and Adrian closer. Close enough for heartbreak, for Pete’s sake!
But how can her heart think that Adrian Sinclair is the one when he’s engaged to a sophisticated beauty who is everything Ellen isn’t. When Ellen’s three best friends see she’s been bitten by the love bug, they jump into action and submit her to a makeover that reveals the woman underneath her rough exterior and puts her in contention for Adrian’s love.
But Ellen must ask herself whether she’s ready to risk the heart that she’s always held close. Will Ellen be able to trust that God brought this family into her life for a reason? Or will her fear of getting hurt cause her to turn away from God’s plan and her one true chance at love?
To read my review, click here. To buy a copy for yourself, click here. To enter my giveaway for this book, click here.
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The Winners & Another Giveaway!
The time to announce the winners from the book giveaways earlier this week has come. I used the Random.org integer generator to draw winners from the comments. And the winners are: *drumroll*
The winner of the book, Your Money or Your Life is commenter #4, Kacie from Sense to Save! Congratulations, Kacie!
The winner of the book Stuck in the Middle is commenter #9, Marilyn! Congratulations, Marilyn!
Finally, the winner of the book Truffles by the Sea is commeter #11, Lindsie! Congratulations, Lindsie!
All winners have been contacted by email. If I do not hear back from them within two weeks (I’m giving extra time, due to spring break), I will draw another winner.
On to the next giveaway! So far my giveaways have been pretty haphazard, so I’ve decided to start holding my giveaways on Fridays. That way you’ll always know when to stop by to comment.
I know you’re all waiting to see what I’m giving away next. Wait no longer. The next book I’m giving away is For Pete’s Sake by Linda Windsor. I reviewed For Pete’s Sake yesterday, so if you’re not sure about whether you’d like to read it, read my review.
If you’d like to enter the giveaway, just leave a comment on this post. Please only one comment per person. Duplicates will be deleted. Due to the cost of shipping, this giveaway is only open to residents of the U.S. I’ll be closing comments next Friday, March 28 at noon PST and drawing a winner using Random.org.
I’ll contact the winners by email, and it is your responsibility to contact me within one week, or I will draw another winner. Good luck!
I think that covers it! Congratulations again to the winners!
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