Congratulation to Susan for winning Terri Reed’s Treacherous Slopes.
This week I’m hosting Marta Perry with Susanna’s Dream, Veronica Heley with False Diamond (pdf file for giveaway) and Linda Clare with A Sky Without Stars. 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 (Feb. 16th) evening.
A lifetime spent in rural Pennsylvania, where she still lives, and her own Pennsylvania Dutch roots led Marta Perry to write about the Plain People and their rich heritage in her current fiction series for Berkley Books and HQN Books. Marta is the author of over fifty books, with another eight books scheduled to be released over the next two years. The three-time Rita finalist has over six million copies of her books in print.
Marta is a member of RWA, ACFW, Novelists, Inc. and Pennwriters. When she’s not writing, she and her husband enjoy traveling, gardening, and spending time with their six beautiful grandchildren.
Blurb for Susanna’s Dream by Marta Perry:
As young girls, three Amish sisters were separated and told nothing about each other. When the long-held secret of their parentage came to light many years later, two of the grown women reconnected. Now they reach out to the third…
Susanna Bitler’s life is in complete turmoil. Still reeling from the death of her mother, she is further disheartened when her business partner hints that she is going to quit the gift shop they run together near Pleasant Valley. But the biggest revelation is yet to come.
Grateful for their own hard-won relationship, Lydia Beachy and Chloe Wentworth are eager to reveal themselves to Susanna as her long-lost sisters. But their news utterly distresses Susanna, who is heartbroken to learn that the woman she’s been mourning was not actually her mother. Despite Lydia and Chloe’s best efforts to make amends, Susanna resolves to keep them at arm’s length. It may take a force of nature to sweep away her fears. Will that storm demolish all that the three women most value…or unite them in bonds of deep and abiding affection?
Veronica Heley celebrated the publication of her 72nd book in November 2013, having been in the business for forty. She lives in Gt Britain and is currently writing two gentle crime series set in different areas of London. She also produces the occasional short story. She’s involved with her local church and community affairs, likes to break for coffee with friends and does the garden when she has time. She has been a member of a book reading club for 40 years, but has decided that life is too short to read depressing literature any more.
Blurb for False Diamond, by Veronica Heley (pub Severn House Nov 2013 UK, March 2014, USA):
This story sees Bea drawn into the questionable doings of the members of the multi-billionaire Holland family, which include an engagement with a fake diamond ring, an alleged suicide attempt, an abusive man who tries to put the frighteners on Bea, and the ambiguous behaviour of the black sheep of the family, who turns out to be the joker in the pack. ISBN 978 0 7278 8298 1.
Linda S. Clare is an award-winning author of books, essays, short stories, and poems. She edits and mentors writers and is a frequent conference speaker and church retreat leader. She and her husband have four grown children. They live in Eugene, Oregon, with their three wayward cats.
Blurb for A Sky Without Stars by Linda Clare:
Would love to win one of the books. I like Marta Perry’s books, the others would be new to me, but love to meet new authors too. Thank you.
I look forward to catching up with all of these books.
marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com
I would love to be entered to win any of these books this week. Thank you for the chance Margaret.
🙂 Smiles & Blessings,
Cindy W.
countrybear52 AT yahoo DOT com
Would love to win the Marta Perry, jsisrm4607@aol.com
Would love to win Marta Perry’s or Linda Claire’s book. Thx so much!!
Sorry for misspelling Linda Clare’s name. :/
Hey Diana,
No sweat on misspelling my last name. My husband is English and his first name is Bradford–you wouldn’t believe how much I get called Mrs. Clare Bradford! Good Luck on the drawings!
would love to win.
What a trio of great books. Thank you for sharing and the giveaway.
melback at cebridge dot net
It’s so nice to see all the nice comments. And I’m glad to be in such company–I love Veronica Heley’s books, and Linda’s looks great.
Marta
Marta,
Yup I guess I’m the new girl here. But so honored to be such fine company!
I’d love to win Susanna’s Dream.
Thanks for a chance to win.
Carolyn J.
I would love to win Marta Perry’s book. I’ve read all of her other books and love them. Thanks for giving me a chance to win!!
I read all of Marta Perry’s books. They are inspiring from cover to cover.
I love to read!! It would be really nice to win any one of these books by the great authors who wrote them!!
Interesting books
bn100candg at hotmail dot com
I’ve been wanting this book – really badly! Hope to win! Her books are GREAT!!!
susanlulu@yahoo.com
What a great week to look forward to! I would love to win one of these wonderful books! Thank you for the opportunity!
texaggs2000 at gmail dot com
another wonderful selection of novels, Margaret 🙂
All the books sounds great. I would love to win Susanna Dream by Marta Perry. Thank you and Blessings to you.
Norma
I would love to win one of Marty Perry’s book . Thanks for the give away .
lizd225(at)gmail(dot)com
Please include me in this week’s drawings, each looks awesome.
worthy2bpraised at gmail dot com
I would love to read Marta Perrys book or Linda Clares book. I have not ready any of the Quilts of Love books before. This sounds like a good series that I would enjoy reading.
marypopmom (at) yahoo (dot) com
Merry,
Trust me, you’re going to LOVE The Quilts of Love series: there’s something for everyone! See all the books @ https://www.facebook.com/quiltsoflovebooks.
Happy Reading! ~Linda Clare
Any Christian book is a good book to read. Have read some of Marta’s and have been keeping up with the Quilts of Love books.
Martha
josieringer(at)gmail(dot)com
I would love to win “A Sky Without Stars” since I’ve been looking forward to reading it! I’ve really enjoyed the Quilts of Love books.
Marta Perry with Susanna’s Dream, Veronica Heley with False Diamond and Linda Clare with A Sky Without Stars all sounds wonderful. Please enter me in contest. Thank you for the opportunity to win.augustlily06(at)aim(dot)com.Have a wonderful weekend.
I have 4 of the Quilts of Love books, but not Linda Clare’s A SKY WITHOUT STARS. I do want to read it.
But really, all 3 of these books sound like good ones. I like Amish / Plain stories, and Marta Perry is one to tell really good ones. I ‘m not familiar with Veronica Heley though.
donna(dot)durnell(at)sbcglobal(dot)net
A Sky Without Stars is on my wish list to read, but all of these books sound like good reads that I’d enjoy.
SewCalGal
http://www.sewcalgal.blogspot.com