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ARC/Review Copies of:
The Choice by Suzanne Woods Fisher
received for blog tour on January 22, 2010 from Revell Books
With a vibrant, fresh style Suzanne Woods Fisher brings readers into the world of a young Amish woman torn between following the man she loves--or joining the community of faith that sustains her, even as she questions some of the decisions of her elders. Her choice begins a torrent of change for her and her family, including a marriage of convenience to silent Daniel Miller. Both bring broken hearts into their arrangement--and secrets that have been held too long. Filled with gentle romance, The Choice opens the world of the Amish--their strong communities, their simple life, and their willingness to put each other first. Combined with Fisher's exceptional gift for character development, this novel, the first in a series, is a welcome reminder that it is never too late to find your way back to God.
Terror by Night by Terry Caffey with James H.Pence
Received for a blog tour from the author for Kathy Carlton-Willis next week
At 3:00 a.m. on March 1, 2008, Terry Caffey awoke to find his daughter’s boyfriend standing in his bedroom with a gun. An instant later the teen opened fire, killing Terry’s wife, his two sons, and wounding him 12 times, before setting the house ablaze. Terry fell into deep depression and planned to kill himself, but God intervened. Upon visiting his burned-out property, Terry noticed a scorched scrap of paper from one of his wife’s books leaning against a tree trunk. The page read: “[God,] I couldn’t understand why You would take my family and leave me behind to struggle along without them. And I guess I still don’t totally understand that part of it. But I do believe that You’re sovereign; You’re in control.” That page was like a direct message from God, and it turned Terry’s life around. Now, one year later, Terry is remarried, the adoptive father of two young sons, and working to rebuild his relationship with his 17-year-old daughter, who is currently serving two life sentences in a Texas state penitentiary for her involvement in the crimes.
Terror by Night tells the compelling story of how Terry Caffey found peace after his wife and sons were brutally murdered and his teenage daughter implicated in the crime. Sharing never-before-told details about the night of the crime and subsequent murder trial, it explains how Terry was able to forgive the men who murdered his family, and how he even interceded with the prosecutors on their behalf. A powerful example of how the power of forgiveness can bring healing after tragedy and great loss, it shows how God can bring good out of even the darkest tragedies.
Faith That Works: A Topical Study on the Book of James by Anne Fortenberry
received from Hannibal Books for a FIRST Wild Card Tour on January 4, 2010
What does a person's faith look like if it's acted out in daily life?
Our faith in God saves us; the Bible testifies to that. But what
difference does that faith make in our lives? If works don't insure our
salvation, what's the purpose of right Christian behavior? If we have
transformed lives in Christ, what specific works represent an outgrowth
of our belief? Anne Fortenberry tackles all these questions in her
nine-week interactive Bible study, "Faith that Works." In a
warmhearted, personal approach, Anne reveals fresh insights into the
Book of James that will strengthen participants' faith, enrich their
walk with the Lord, and challenge them to apply well-known scriptural
principles. Participants in a "Faith that Works" small group will learn
how to cope with trails and temptations, how to develop characteristics
such as obedience, tongue control, wisdom, and trust in God, how to
endure suffering, and how to restore wandering believers, among other
topics.
Seduced by a Rogue by Amanda Scott
Received from Anna Balasi at Forever/Hachette Books for a tour date January 19th and I will also post a giveaway for this in the next few weeks.
A fair-haired beauty at 19, Lady Mairi is heiress apparent to her
father Lord Dunwythie's rich barony. He has carefully taught her how to
manage their estates, but a feud between his clan and the Maxwell clan
is brewing as the two families edge toward a clan war - their dispute
over money owed. Mairi's father believes he owes nothing, and of course
Mairi sides with him.
When the impulsive and blue-eyed Rob
Maxwell chances to meet Mairi in a barley field, they feel instant
attraction, despite their families' antagonisms. Knowing he must put
his clan first, Rob enacts a plan to force Dunwythie to pay his debt:
Rob kidnaps Mairi, making the abduction appear the work of a stranger;
then he and his sheriff-brother offer to help Dunwythis rescue his
daughter IF, and only if, he will pay them the monies due. Yet after
Rob captures Mairi's body, she captures his heart. When Dunwythie
summons the aid of the most powerful clan in all Scotland (the
Douglases), clan-tensions rise to a fever pitch. Love takes its own
feverish course, as Mairi and Rob join forces to prevent a clash
between hot-headed clans, and to protect their budding love.
Denise's Daily Dozen by Denise Austin
I received this from Hachette books for a tour date in January. I will also have a giveaway starting for this in January.
From Denise Austin comes the perfect health book for anyone who wants
to live better but just can't seem to find the time. Much more than
just another excercise book, Denise's Daily Dozen covers a
whole range of health and diet related concepts yet manages it all in a
no-stress, time-conscious program of 12's. At it's core, this book
contains the minimum daily requirements to keep the reader flexible,
strong and trim. Organized simply into seven chapters, which equal the
seven days of the week, it covers a full week in daily allotments. Each
day will have it's own focus from Monday being "fat burning day" to
Sunday's "recharge and rejuvenate."
Denise has created a total
body program, including a 7-day balanced meal plan that includes
healthy recipes, and a workout that encompasses 12 exercises done in 12
minutes each day. Everyone can take just 12 minutes, at whatever time
of the day works for them, and turn it over to these simple and fun
exercises. Cardio, toning, yoga and breathing exercises...they're all
here but in a way the maximizes effect while minimizing time.
Beyond a dozen exercises for each day of the week this book will include many other of Denises dozens for each day.
The Dark Divine by Bree Despain and a cute little bottle of Dark Divine nail polish from Egmont the publisher
Release - December 22, 2009
Grace Divine, daughter of the local pastor, always knew something
terrible happened the night Daniel Kalbi disappeared--the night she
found her brother Jude collapsed on the porch, covered in his own
blood--but she has no idea what a truly monstrous secret that night
held.
The memories her family has tried to bury resurface when
Daniel returns, three years later, and enrolls in Grace and Jude's high
school. Despite promising Jude she'll stay away, Grace cannot deny her
attraction to Daniel's shocking artistic abilities, his way of getting
her to look at the world from new angles, and the strange, hungry glint
in his eyes.
The closer Grace gets to Daniel, the more she
jeopardizes her life, as her actions stir resentment in Jude and drive
him to embrace the ancient evil Daniel unleashed that horrific night.
Grace must discover the truth behind the boy's dark secret...and the
cure that can save the ones she loves. But she may have to lay down the
ultimate sacrifice to do it--her soul.
Wins I received:
Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
Dr. Peter Brown is an intern at Manhattan's worst hospital, with a
talent for medicine, a shift from hell, and a past he'd prefer to keep
hidden. Whether it's a blocked circumflex artery or a plan to land a
massive malpractice suit, he knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men.
Pietro
"Bearclaw" Brnwna is a hitman for the mob, with a genius for violence,
a well-earned fear of sharks, and an overly close relationship with the
Federal Witness Relocation Program. More likely to leave a trail of
dead gangsters than a molecule of evidence, he's the last person you
want to see in your hospital room.
Nicholas LoBrutto, aka Eddy
Squillante, is Dr. Brown's new patient, with three months to live and a
very strange idea: that Peter Brown and Pietro Brnwa might-just
might-be the same person ...
Now, with the mob, the government,
and death itself descending on the hospital, Peter has to buy time and
do whatever it takes to keep his patients, himself, and his last shot
at redemption alive. To get through the next eight hours-and somehow
beat the reaper.
Spattered in adrenaline-fueled action and
bone-saw-sharp dialogue, BEAT THE REAPER is a debut thriller so utterly
original you won't be able to guess what happens next, and so
shockingly entertaining you won't be able to put it down.
What the Dog Saw by Malcolm Gladwell - won at J. Kaye's Book Blog
What is the difference between choking and panicking? Why are there
dozens of varieties of mustard-but only one variety of ketchup? What do
football players teach us about how to hire teachers? What does hair
dye tell us about the history of the 20th century?
In the past decade, Malcolm Gladwell has written three books that
have radically changed how we understand our world and ourselves:
The Tipping Point;
Blink; and
Outliers. Now, in
What the Dog Saw, he brings together, for the first time, the best of his writing from
TheNew Yorker over the same period.
Here is the bittersweet tale of the inventor of the birth control
pill, and the dazzling inventions of the pasta sauce pioneer Howard
Moscowitz. Gladwell sits with Ron Popeil, the king of the American
kitchen, as he sells rotisserie ovens, and divines the secrets of Cesar
Millan, the "dog whisperer" who can calm savage animals with the touch
of his hand. He explores intelligence tests and ethnic profiling and
"hindsight bias" and why it was that everyone in Silicon Valley once
tripped over themselves to hire the same college graduate.
"Good writing," Gladwell says in his preface, "does not succeed or
fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails
on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to
give you a glimpse into someone else's head."
What the Dog Saw is
yet another example of the buoyant spirit and unflagging curiosity that
have made Malcolm Gladwell our most brilliant investigator of the
hidden extraordinary.
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