Holiday Extravaganza recap

For a chance to win a $200 Amazon gift card, between December 1 and December 16, 2013, enter the John 3:16 Marketing Network Rafflecopter drawing at: http://bit.ly/Christian_Books

 

To recap, the books and authors were featured during this special holiday promotion at these links:

 

Brother Half Angel

 

The Redemption of Carolynne Hayman

 

Hobbits, You and the Spiritual World

 

The Donkey and the King

 

Green Leaf, The Potowatomi Boy (Amazon purchase link)

 

Spiralling Out of Control

 

Warning Signs

 

 

For another last chance to visit and comment on The Potawatomi Boy Excerpt Tour, here's the list. Comment to win a copy of The German Girl.

 

Kim Payne: 1, http://bit.ly/1bU0nTc

Kara Howell: 1, http://bit.ly/1dhTLfD

Kara Howell: 2, Dec 6 - http://bit.ly/1cwRsDW

Lorilyn Roberts: 3, December 4 http://bit.ly/1bj4BiK

Emma Right: 4, December 5 http://bit.ly/1bJtme5

Carol A. Brown: 5, December 7 http://bit.ly/18RbY4k

Janis Cox : 6, December 16  http://wp.me/p2yfqH-1ag
 

 

And a very big thank you to these lovely folks who hosted me these past weeks:

 

Anne Evans, My Mommy the Writer blog: http://annegarboczievans.blogspot.com/

Cherie Burbach - http://workingwritersandbloggers.com/2013/11/21/green-leaf-the-potawatomi-boy/

Susan Craft – Dece 1 - http://historicalfictionalightintime.blogspot.com

Sharon Lavy – Dec 1 - http://www.sharonalavy.com/2013/12/green-leaf-potawatomi-boy.html

Patty Wysong – Dec 3 http://www.pattywysong.com/2013/12/childrens-book-potowatomi-boy.html

Kimberely Payne, December 8^th on Books for Book Lovers blog at http://www.kimpayne.wordpress.com

Carole Brown - Dec 10 http://connectwithcarolbrown.blogspot.com/2013/12/introducing-lisa-lickel.html

Joanne Sher – Wed Dec 11 - http://www.joannesher.com/2013/12/lisa-lickel-and-potawanomi-boy.html

Karla Akins – Dec 16 http://karlaakins.com/featuring-the-potawatomi-boy-by-lisa-j-lickel/

Jill Richardson - Dec 16 - http://jill-theimperfectjourney.blogspot.com/2013/12/new-childrens-title-for-christmas.html

 



 

Today, December 16, is the last day to enter and win...and a very happy holiday season to you all.

Special Holiday Book Tour with Lorilyn Roberts and Prize Drawing

For a chance to win a $200 Amazon gift card, between December 1 and December 16, 2013, enter the John 3:16 Marketing Network Rafflecopter drawing at: http://bit.ly/Christian_Books

 

 

Five Favorites with Lorilyn Roberts, author of The Donkey and the King, a children's picture book.

 

QUESTION:  Favorite city you have visited?
LORILYN:  Jerusalem. I will never forget approaching the city and seeing a modern street sign that said “Jerusalem.”  Tears welled up in my eyes, but the lack of sleep made my eyes burn so much I had to quit crying. The juxtaposition of a modern sign with an ancient city seemed anachronistic. I couldn’t believe I was there.

QUESTION:  Favorite food?

LORILYN:   Chocolate – in any form except ice cream.

QUESTION:  Favorite authors?

LORILYN:  Randy Alcorn, C.S. Lewis, and Max Lucado

QUESTION:  Favorite book you’ve read in the last three months?

LORILYN:  On Writing, A Memoir of the Craft, by Stephen King

QUESTION:  Favorite historical person?

LORILYN:  Corrie Ten Boom

~*~*~*~*

 

About the Book:

 

The Kindle version of  The Donkey and the King is all new and updated. The artwork has been rescanned from the original drawings, and the text can be resized for young readers. Click on the artwork on each page, and enlarge the drawing to look for the hidden word “good.” The Donkey and the King will entertain young ones and help them to become lifelong lovers of books and reading, all while teaching them about Jesus and redemption.







Be sure and pick up your Kindle version of The Donkey and the King for 99 cents at http://bit.ly/Donkey_Kindle

 

About the Author:

 

Lorilyn graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Alabama in 1991. Her studies included spending two weeks in Israel at the start of the Gulf War and touring England, Australia, New Zealand, and several countries in Europe. She later attended the Institute of Children’s Literature and earned her Master of Arts in Creative Writing from Perelandra College.

Lorilyn has two daughters whom she adopted from Nepal and Vietnam as a single mother. She homeschooled both of them, the older one through high school, and believes that the hope of the United States may rest on the conservative values homeschooling families instill in their offspring.

“If we fail to teach our children how to live out their Christian faith practically, we will have lost an opportunity to impact the world for good. It only takes one generation to forget the past. As JRR Tolkien said, ‘There is some good in this world and it’s worth fighting for.’”

To learn more about Lorilyn, you can visit her website  and blog.

You can follow her on twitter and Facebook.

 

 

 

 

 



Support Operation All the Way Home with a great book, Room Four

AJ Knauss returns with a special request to support

Operation All the Way Home.

I introduced AJ and her book Room Four at Wisconsin Author Review. Read the post.

 Recently she sent this request:

Hi Lisa,

I have partnered with Operation All the Way Home to donate all my book proceeds until the end of my current army tour to their organization.  OATH is a group of high school students who are building an accessible home for SPC Jerral Hancock. On his birthday, he became paralyzed, burned and lost his left arm in Iraq.  He has two young kids and an indomitable spirit.

As a physician I know too well that the acute trauma care we provide is only a small part, the long road after is everything.  kids and Mr. Hancock are truly inspiring.

They are over halfway there in fundraising and I think they could get there so quickly if word spread.

Thank you again for your support of Wisconsin authors!

MAJ Anne Johnson MD

Camp Arifjan, Kuwait

author of ROOM FOUR, AJ Knauss

 

 

 

Mission Statement

    OATH is a grass-roots, community effort created and organized by the Pride of the Nation students of Lancaster High School.  
    The mission of Operation All The Way Home (OATH) is to assist veterans of the United States Armed Forces with the acquisition of housing, both permanent and transitional. OATH also assists veterans with other needs as they relate to assimilating into civilian life after completion of their service.
    OATH's current mission is to raise funds and break ground for construction of a new home for wounded warrior, Jerral Hancock, within one year. Committed to working from June 1, 2013 to June 1, 2014, the students have enlisted for a one-year "tour of duty" to make this happen.  


About the book:

It's just after Christmas and Alan Fries, hapless accountant, wonders why nurses with antler hats are hovering over him. He endures a three day coma stuck with only Jerry for company, an 87-year-old crank who died in the same room earlier but is waiting for someone to sign the death certificate. Jerry and Alan becomes dead flies on the wall of an aging Chicago hospital and observe the staff...the doctor who leaves his sperm sample in the work fridge, the veteran nurse putting the kibosh on an intern's crush, the holiday hamfork injuries and the various nutcases who file through the ER doors. When they uncover a billing scandal and the truth about the corrupt CEO who is bankrupting the hospital they get to work. But can they put the proof in front of the eyes of the living in time? Can they save the hospital before driving each other crazy? Will Alan get resuscitated and start the bucket list he never had? A grouchy, laugh-out-loud, heartwarming tale of how tough love shines through the crustiest exterior.

ISBN: 978-1477572436
$11.95 Print
$3.79 E-book

Connect with AJ:

Amazon Author Page
Website

 

Book launch with $200 prize drawing - Martin Roth and Brother Half Angel

Welcome Martin Roth to our special Book Promotion

 

For a chance to win a $200 Amazon gift card, between December 1 and December 16, 2013, enter the John 3:16 Marketing Network Rafflecopter drawing at: http://bit.ly/Christian_Books

About the Book:Brother Half Angel is the leader of a secret new church military order, dedicated to helping Christians under attack around the world. In this book, the first in the Brother Half Angel series, he is dispatched urgently to China, where an underground seminary is under siege from fanatical sword-wielding members of a local cult who still pay homage to the bloodthirsty extremists who tried to expel all foreigners from China in the nineteenth century.



Buy here.

About the Author:

Martin Roth is a veteran journalist and foreign correspondent whose reports from Asia have appeared in leading publications around the world, including the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun and The Guardian. He is the author of many books. His Brother Half Angel international thrillers focus on the persecuted church. They feature Brother Half Angel, an abrasive former military man who heads a clandestine new military order that is dedicated to fighting for the rights of persecuted Christians around the world. He lives in Australia with his Korean wife and three sons.

5 Favs with Martin:

Favorite city you’ve visited – Tokyo. I lived there for 17 years, and wouldn’t have stayed if I didn’t love the place. They say that when you visit Rome or Paris you feel like you’re living in the past, when you visit New York you feel like you’re living in the present and when you visit Tokyo you feel like you’re living in the future. It’s true.

Favorite food – just about anything Japanese, unless it’s still wriggling (which in Japan it occasionally is).

Favorite authors – I write thrillers and I love reading them. Raymond Chandler, who wrote “The Big Sleep” and “Farewell My Lovely” is the master. I read and re-read him, wondering how he manages to create all that atmosphere.

Favorite book you’ve read in the last three months – a Scottish friend has just left Australia (where I live) and has moved with his family back to the UK. Before he went he gave me his collection of Ian Rankin detective mysteries, and I’m reading the series now. They’re great – excellent writing, marvelous characters and a gritty, very atmospheric Edinburgh locale. 

Favorite historical person (fiction or non) - as a strong Christian I should probably answer that it is Jesus. But I have just started some intensive reading of the Old Testament, so right now my favorite historical person is that passionate man of God - and man of action - David.

Avon Calling! with Cindy Duvel

I'd like to introduce my cousin Cindy Duvel

who is an Avon Representative.

If you still need some gifts for the holidays,

I recommend Avon from Cindy.

Cindy, and her number one fan, my cousin Tom.

 

Lisa:  How did you get started, Cindy?

Cindy: This March I will be selling AVON for 5 years. In 2008 I was unemployed I heard about selling AVON. I gave it a try and AVON is so much fun.

Lisa: Tell us about selling Avon, Cindy.

Cindy: I know what my customers like. I tell the when the specials come. I always give them the best deal. Here are some specials for Dec. 6- through Dec. 17th.


Kissing Mickey & Minnie mug $14.99 807-570
Disney sweet smooth watch $24.99 094-418,
Mickey kisses Minnie tote bag $19.99 115-558
Betty Boop wine glass $16.99 122-580
Sweet Odyssey cologne spray $7.00 979=734
Secrets toilet spray $10.00 125-282
Iron man spray $16.50 011=076

Lisa: How does it work?

Cindy: Here is my website. www.youravon.com/cduvel I will receive credit when they use my website. 
You will need to use your credit card.

Thanks so much! Cindy

Lisa: You're welcome, and Merry Christmas!

Holiday Extravaganza! $200 Amazon card, prizes, with Katy Lee and Warning Signs

Katy Lee! Warning Signs, a Love Inspired Suspense

For a chance to win a $200 Amazon gift card, between December 1 and December 16, 2013, enter the John 3:16 Marketing Network Rafflecopter drawing at: http://bit.ly/Christian_Books

Five Favorites with Katy Lee:

Favorite city you’ve visited –

I love to travel, but I would have to say my favorite city I visited was Venice, Italy. We spent three nights in Venice, and they were the most wonderful days, filled with water taxi rides and gondolas, bird feeding in the square, and colorful glassblowing demonstrations.

 

Favorite food –

I look forward to my corned beef and cabbage dinner at St. Patrick’s Day more than any other dinner throughout the year.

 

Favorite authors –

I’ve always been a huge Catherine Anderson fan. Her stories are so character driven, and I love when they become my friends by the end.

Favorite book you’ve read in the last three months –

I really enjoy reading the Love Inspired series from Harlequin each month. The stories are well written, clean, and short enough to be a quick and easy read, but in depth enough to make an impact.

Favorite historical person (fiction or non) –

Helen Keller. She was my inspiration for my latest book, WARNING SIGNS. I watched a Youtube video of Helen speaking her first words aloud. I cried…and then, started writing Miriam’s story. Click if you would like to watch Helen speak.

 

About the Book:

When a drug-smuggling ring rocks a small coastal town, the DEA sends Agent Owen Matthews to shut it down. A single father with a deaf son, Owen senses that the town's number one suspect—the high school's new principal—doesn't fit the profile. Miriam Hunter hoped to shrug off the stigma of her hearing impairment when she returned to Stepping Stones, Maine. But her recurring nightmares dredge up old memories that could prove her innocence—and uncover the truth behind a decades-old murder. Yet Owen's help may not be enough when someone decides to keep Miriam silenced—permanently.

 

Katy says: In my latest romantic-suspense story, WARNING SIGNS, my heroine, Miriam Hunter, is deaf. Owen, my hero, has some misconceptions of people with hearing impairments, but can Miriam change his way of thinking before she goes to jail? Or worse, killed?  WARNING SIGNS is the first story in my inspirational series that takes place on a fishing island in Maine. Stop by the Island of Stepping Stones, where the lobster traps are always full and romance awaits even the hardest of hearts. 

RT Book Reviews gave WARNING SIGNS 4 ½ Stars, making it a keeper. "Miriam is a strong character who is not held back by what others may perceive as a weakness. Acceptance is a key theme as Lee dispels some misconceptions regarding people with hearing impairments." ~RT Magazine

To read an excerpt, please visit Amazon

 

About the Author:

As an Inspirational Romantic Suspense author, Katy Lee writes higher-purpose stories in high-speed worlds. Through her writing, ministries, and teaching, she dedicates her life to sharing tales of love, from the “greatest love story ever told” to those sweet romantic stories of falling in love. Katy and her husband are born New Englanders and love to travel with their three adventuresome homeschooled children. You can connect with Katy anytime at her website, www.KatyLeeBooks.com. There you will find links to Facebook and Twitter.  Please look her up!

 

To purchase the WARNING SIGNS Kindle version, you can go to:  http://tinyurl.com/o446oqw

B.O.G.O. Sale: If you purchase WARNING SIGNS between 12/1/13 -12/16/13 from any retailer, contact Katy at her website at www.KatyLeeBooks.com for directions to claim your FREE ecopy of REAL VIRTUE. If you would like to see the details on REAL VIRTUE, go here: But remember to contact Katy directly at her website to claim your ecopy!

Bonus Giveaway: For a chance to win a $200 Amazon gift card, between December 1 and December 16, 2013, enter the John 3:16 Marketing Network Rafflecopter drawing at: http://bit.ly/Christian_Books You get a free entry just for stopping by!

 

Holiday book launch and prize drawing with Michelle Dennis Evans

 

For a chance to win a $200 Amazon gift card, between December 1 and December 16, 2013, enter the John 3:16 Marketing Network Rafflecopter drawing at: http://bit.ly/Christian_Books

Introducing Michelle Dennis Evans!

 

Five Favorites:

Favorite city you’ve visited - Sydney - I love the views of the harbour - but my favourite city is the one I live in - the Gold Coast

Favorite food - Cheese! Avocado, Mango ... I love food! 

Favorite authors – God - it's my cop out answer because if I start naming authors I love I'll never stop and even then I might miss someone! Maybe check out my 5* ratings on Goodreads

Favorite book you’ve read in the last three months - Treasures of Darkness: A Prison Journey by Trish Jenkins

Favorite historical person (fiction or non) - Jesus - so many wow moments that are still talked about over 2000 years later

 

About the Book:

Temptation, depression, seduction, betrayal ... Not what Stephanie was expecting at fifteen years of age. Uprooted from her happy, all-girl high school life with a dream filled future and thrown into an unfriendly co-ed school, Stephanie spirals into depression. When charismatic high school senior, Jason notices her, Stephanie jumps in feet first and willingly puts all her faith and trust in him, a boy she barely knows. Every choice she makes and turn she takes leads her towards a dangerous path. Her best friend is never far away and ready to catch her … but will she push Tabbie too far away when she needs her most? 

Set in Australia, this novel contains adult themes. 
Recommended reading audiences 15+ 
Purchase Spiralling Out of Control.

 

 

About the Author:

Michelle writes to inspire, take people on a journey and escape their world. She believes you can find healing or hope when you read about someone else’s story – fiction or truth. Michelle is married to an awesome man. She spends most of her days educating, socialising and sporting their four children and her nights writing. Her life is full and at times overflowing but she wouldn’t have it any other way.