This week Sherri Wilson Johnson, Sharon Dunn, Ann H. Gabhart and Therese Stenzel

» Posted on Jul 23, 2012 in Blog | Comments Off on This week Sherri Wilson Johnson, Sharon Dunn, Ann H. Gabhart and Therese Stenzel

Congratulations to Abi for winning Sibella Giorella’s The Stars Shine Bright and to Amy for winning Cathy Richmond’s Through Rushing Water.

This week I’m hosting Sherri Wilson Johnson with Song of the Meadowlark, Sharon Dunn with Zero Visibility, Ann H. Gabhart with The Gifted, and Therese Stenzel with Blue Africa (giving away 3 ebooks). If you want to enter the drawings for the books, please leave a comment on one of the post during the week with your email address. I will not enter you without an email address (my way to contact you if you win). If you don’t want to leave an email address, another way you can enter is to email me at margaretdaley@gmail.com. The drawings end Sunday (July  29th) evening.

Bio for Sherri Wilson Johnson:

Sherri Wilson Johnson – Where Faith and Fiction Collide. Sherri is a former homeschooling mother, writer and speaker who loves to share her life with others.
http://sherriwilsonjohnson.com

Book blurb for Song of the Meadowlark by Sherri Wilson Johnson: 
When trusting others causes nothing but pain and rejection, and loving ends only in loss, what will it take to restore hope again?

Shamed by the uncovered truth about her missing husband’s secret life, Cora Buchanan sets out on a road trip for home to mend her broken relationship with her parents. While traveling through Georgia—through a town experiencing missing and murdered women—her car breaks down leaving her stranded. Cora stays at the struggling Southern Hope Ranch until she can get back on the road. While there, a bond develops between Cora and little Susie O’Reilly, who unexpectedly fills a void in Cora’s heart. Cora is abducted and then soon after learns the news of her absent husband’s murder. She finally journeys home but wants to return to Georgia to help save the ranch and to aid the family when the crimes hit too close to home. Will Rex O’Reilly, the bitter widower angry with God—and father to Susie—stand in her way?

Bio for Sharon Dunn:

Sharon Dunn writes both humorous mysteries and romantic suspense. Her book Night Prey (Love Inspired Suspense) won a Carol award for 2011. Her first book Romance Rustlers and Thunderbird Thieves was a Romantic Times top pick and finalist in the inspirational Novel of the Year. Sassy Cinderella and the Valiant Vigilante, the second book in that same series (The Ruby Taylor mysteries) was voted book of the year by ACFW. Zero Visibility is her fifth Love Inspired Suspense with another one scheduled for release in March 2013 titled Guard Duty. When she is not writing, Sharon spends time with her husband, three children, two cats and a nervous little border collie named Bart. 

Blurb for Zero Visibility by Sharon Dunn:

Two strangers find themselves stranded on a mountain during a freak storm pursued by thieves who are bent on killing them.   

Bio for Ann H. Gabhart:

Living just thirty miles from a restored Shaker village in Kentucky, Ann H. Gabhart has walked the same paths her character might have walked in generations past. Her thorough research provides a colorful backdrop for her Shaker novels. Ann is the author of several bestselling novels, including The Outsider, The Believer, The Seeker, The Blessed, and Angel Sister. The Gifted is the fifth book set in her Shaker village of Harmony Hill.

Ann lives on a farm with her husband, Darrell. They have three children, three in-law children, and nine grandchildren. To find out more about Ann or her books visit www.annhgabhart.com. Check out her blog, One Writer’s Journal, www.annhgabhart.blogspot.com or follow her on Facebook, www.facebook.com/AnnGabhart , Twitter (user name annhgabhart) or Pinterest, http://pinterest.com/annhgabhart/.   



Book Blurb for THE GIFTED:

Some dreams were meant to come true. Jessamine Brady has been in the Shaker Village for half her young life, but in spite of how she loves her sisters there, she struggles to conform to the strict rules. Instead she entertains dreams of the world outside. When Tristan Cooper seems to step out of those dreams to entice her into the forbidden realm beyond the Shaker Village, her life turns upside down.

Will Jessamine be able to survive the storms of the world? Or will she retreat back to the peace of Harmony Hill?

Bio for Therese Stenzel:

Obsessed with all things British, Therese Stenzel’s latest e-book is Blue Africa, is set in turn-of-the-century British East Africa. Her other books are, A Bride By Christmas, Christmas Mail Order Brides and, God’s Little Devotional Book for Grandparents. Her writing has appeared in Women’s Day, Family Fun, and Time Magazines. 

In love with English history, English tea, and reading historical novels, she is currently working on her eighth historical manuscript. She and her husband Neal keep busy raising their three kids. She is also the founder of British Missives, a blog for those who love all things British. Sign up http://britishmissives.blogspot.com/ her website is http://theresestenzel.com  

Blurb for Blue Africa:

BLUE AFRICA a historical romance set in British East Africa, 1897. Miss Cassandra Littlemen has grown up in London, sharing her brother’s passion for butterflies. She is determined to prove to the world that women can become entomologists, but the English scientific community and her father do not approve of female scientists. Intent on fulfilling her lifelong dream of capturing rare African butterflies and sending them back to England, she sneaks onto a royally-sponsored African expedition posing as her brother. Expecting to find the doddering Mr. John Keep in charge, she is dismayed to discover his bachelor son, William Keep, in his place. Can her disguise fool this exceptional scientist?

Newly knighted and secretly engaged to Queen Victoria’s granddaughter, Sir William Keep, has been sent to Africa to prove his worth to the English scientific community, the royal aristocracy, and his own family. William is unwavering in his desire to achieve great scientific findings like his famous father who works for the Prince Albert Museum in London. And to please the father he so admires. Although this desire has lead him to agree to a royal match and a royal life he’s not sure he is fit for. But first, William must get this headstrong Miss Littlemen back to England before the Queen finds out. But can he do it before he loses his heart to this lovely blue butterfly catcher?