Janette Oke!

Here I am with Janette Oke at a retirement bash. Nice lady.

a couple romances for the summer

Here's a bit about this week's Chapter-a-Week selections:
Washington's Lady
by Nancy Moser

The Martha you never knew…

Who is this woman who captured the heart of our country's founder? While still a young woman, Martha Custis is a widow with two children. As the richest widow in Virginia she has many suitors. But one man, a striking French and Indian War hero, steps into her life and makes her realize she is ready to love again.
Yet will this man, George Washington, who is accustomed to courageous military exploits, settle down to a simple life of farming and being a father to her children? Even as Martha longs for domestic bliss, she realizes she will have to risk everything to find the courage to get behind a dream much larger than her own. United in their Glorious Cause, the love of the Washingtons deepens until he calls her "My other self."

It is said that without George Washington there would be no United States.
But without Martha there would be no George Washington.
BEYOND THE NIGHT
By Marlo Schalesky

They say love is blind.
This time, they’re right . . .

A poignant love story . . .
A shocking twist . . .
Come, experience a love that will not die.

A Nicolas Sparks (The Notebook) type love story meets a M. Night Shymalan (The Sixth Sense) twist in this moving story of two people trying to find love in the dark. A woman going blind, a man who loves her but can’t tell her so, a car crash, a hospital room, and an ending that has to be experienced to be believed.

To read an excerpt of these new titles go to Chapter-a-Week.

I'm heading to Ocean City, New Jersey, soon for a week on the beach so have fun without me!
Hugs,
Traci

Tamera Alexander and Robin Lee Hatcher

Two great authors have releases worth a mention:
From a Distance
by
Tamera Alexander

What happens when dreams aren’t what you imagined,
And secrets you’ve spent a lifetime guarding are finally laid bare?
Determined to become one of the country’s premier newspaper photographers, Elizabeth Westbrook travels to the Colorado Territory to capture the grandeur of the mountains surrounding the remote town of Timber Ridge. She hopes, too, that the cool, dry air of Colorado, and its renowned hot springs, will cure the mysterious illness that threatens her career, and her life.
Daniel Ranslett, a former Confederate sharpshooter, is a man shackled by his past, and he’ll do anything to protect his land and his solitude. When an outspoken Yankee photographer captures an image that appears key to solving a murder, putting herself in danger, Daniel is called upon to repay a debt. He’s a man of his word, but repaying that debt will bring secrets from his past to light.
Forced on a perilous journey together, Daniel and Elizabeth’s lives intertwine in ways neither could have imagined when first they met . . . from a distance.

WAGERED HEART
by Robin Lee Hatcher
Zondervan, June 2008

Bethany Silverton can’t resist the challenge of charming a rough cowboy. But when she makes an innocent wager, unexpected results could turn a little flirtation into a lifetime of love. A sheltered preacher’s daughter stakes her heart on love in this action-filled romance in the wild west of 1880s Montana.

"Hawk and Bethany's journey is fraught with misunderstandings, personal tragedy and the schemes of a treacherous man adding excitement to a tale that overflows with simmering attraction and blossoming love. Interspersed with humour and electrifying dialogue, Wagered Heart is a summer treat not to be missed."-- Relz Reviews

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The Guardians
Jack Cavanaugh
David C. Cook, 2008


“Jack Cavanaugh, the acknowledged master of historical fiction, welcome to the present! The Guardians is a seat-belt-mandatory page-turning conclusion to the Morgan family series.”
—John Culea, Emmy-award winning news anchor



A cop on the wrong side of a crime scene, Ethan Morgan is left with nothing but his brother’s widow, a missing family heirloom, and a heart filled with rage. The search for his brother’s killer uncovers an evil that threatens the spiritual foundations of America.

Fatal Deduction
by Gayle Roper

Libby Keating is forced to share a Colonial era row house in Philadelphia with her estranged twin Tori. Instead of the renewed relationship she hopes for, she finds a body on the doorstep with a cryptic warning embedded in a crossword puzzle.

“Roper’s dialogue and character development are spot-on…this novel is a pleasure from start to finish.” -Publisher’s Weekly

To read an excerpt of these new titles go to Chapter-a-Week and to join our deeper discussion go to Chapter-a-Week Chat at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAWChat/ where authors and readers discuss new titles together.

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Carolyne Aarsen and Athol Dickson

There's only one more week to sign up for the Chapter-a-Week Summer Reading Book Giveaway—check out all the details here.

Here's a bit about this week's selections on Chapter-a-Week:

Finally a Family
Carolyne Aarsen
Love Inspired – June, 2008

A Farm – A desire to atone for past wrongs – And two people caught in the middle.

This is MY Farm:
Arrogant Ethan Westerveld could scream that from the barn roof if he wanted, but half the place was now Hannah Kristoferson's. Not that she wanted one inch of the farm that reminded her of the only father she'd ever known- and his heartbreaking betrayal. Yet according to the terms of his will, she had to spend six months at Riverbend or forfeit the inheritance. Six months butting heads with too-handsome Ethan in order to make a quick sale and a new life far away? She'd do it. But Hannah didn't count on Ethan feeling like family…or that she'd want to stay forever.

Top Pick – Romantic Times:
. . .Carolyne Aarsen delivers a spunky heroine who keeps the story fun while a warm romance brews at just the right temperature. You'll be glad to read Finally A Family (4 ½)"

WINTER HAVEN by Athol Dickson
Christy Award-winning author of River Rising and The Cure
Romantic Times: "Top Pick!"
Library Journal: Starred Review
Christian Fiction Review: Five Stars

Athol Dickson's writing has been favorably compared to the work of
Octavia Butler (by Publishers Weekly), Daphne du Maurier (by Cindy Crosby of FaithfulReader.com) and Flannery O'Connor (by the New York Times).

To read an excerpt of these new titles go to Chapter-a-Week and to join our deeper discussion go to Chapter-a-Week Chat at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAWChat/ where authors and readers discuss new titles together.
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Summer Reading Book Giveaway!

At Chapter-a-Week we had such a great response to our last book giveaway that we’ve decided to make it a regular event! So we are giving away a ten-pound box of autographed Chapter-a-Week books to one Chapter-a-Week member for summer reading fun. All the details are at the Chapter-a-Week web site.

The deadline for signing up is June 6th and the winner will be announced June 13th. Get your entries in and be sure to tell your friends to sign up for Chapter-a-Week!

To qualify, the return email address must be on the Chapter-a-Week membership list. Continental U. S. residents only, please. Industry professionals should refrain from entering, and though we'd love you to share our books with your friends, these books are not for resale.
Thanks and happy reading!

Head over there to check it out!

Warmly,

Traci DePree

Colleen Coble and Terri Blackstock have new releases!

Here they are, new titles by two great novelists:

Anathema
By Colleen Coble

Welcome to Parke County, Indiana,
land of peaceful farms and covered bridges,
Amish quilts and horse drawn buggies . . . and murder.

After years of running, Hannah Schwartz has finally built a life for herself. Far from the insecure husband who bullied and abused her. Far from the close-knit Amish community who raised her, then shunned her. Still haunted by nightmare memories of her parents’ murder . . . and the guilty secret that made her an anathema—a true outcast—from her friends and family.

Only love can bring her home again. Love for a child she had feared was lost forever.
And love for the peaceful people who shaped her life. But can love heal old wounds . . . or keep the community safe from a deadly danger?

DAWN’S LIGHT
Restoration Series—Book 4
Terri Blackstock

Book 4 in Terri Blackstock's popular Restoration Series is in stores now!

As the Pulses that caused the massive global power outage are finally coming to an end, thirteen-year-old Beth Branning witnesses a murder. Threatened by the killer, she keeps the matter to herself. But her silence could cost her life. Will technology return to normal in time to save the Brannings from their worst crisis yet?

To read an excerpt of these new titles go to Chapter-a-Week and to join our deeper discussion go to Chapter-a-Week Chat at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAWChat/ where authors and readers discuss new titles together.

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