Reader Excerpt ~ In Every Heartbeat by Kim Vogel Sawyer

Chapter 1.Pete pressed his elbow against his ribcage, resisting Libby’s tug on his arm. “Hold on. I want to give Jackson and Maelle a decent farewell.” Libby let out a little huff of displeasure, but Pete ignored it. He was used to Libby’s huffs. It was the only girlish thing she did, and it was harmless. He stood watching until Jackson and Maelle reached the tall rock walls...

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Author Interview ~ Kim Vogel Sawyer

Kim Vogel Sawyer is the author of fifteen novels, including several CBA and ECPA bestsellers. Her books have won several awards including the ACFW Book of the Year Award, the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence, and the Inspirational Readers Choice Award. Kim is active in her church, where she leads women's fellowship and participates in both voice and bell choirs. In her spare...

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What A Character

You've done it--read a book, seen a movie, gone to a family reunion--where you come away thinking this very thought, "What A Character." You can say it disparagingly or positively, but whichever way you intend the comment, that person--real or fictional--has made a mark on you. They've charmed you, or perhaps left you shuddering with revulsion. Or fear.For our next teaching segment we'll delve into what makes a character good, bad, or mediocre....

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Book Spotlight ~ Good Girls Don't Have to Dress Bad by Shari Braendel

In Good Girls Don’t Have to Dress Bad, Shari Braendel teaches you how to appreciate the body God gave you and how to always look your best-from conquering the battle of finding the right swimsuit, to choosing how many bangles you should wear or how big your purse should be, to wearing the right style jeans that will best flatter your thighs or hips, to finding the best places...

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Sunday Devotional

I have a full time job, which means for a large part of the day Max is alone. . .with the cat. While not ideal, the situation worked for a while, but gradually I started coming to home to more and more messes—a trash can turned over, things scattered around the floor, not to mention the little gifts Max sometimes left behind. You know what I mean. All of that was inconvenient,...

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Winners!

Winners!!It's always so much fun to give away great books!! Congratulations to this week's lucky winner:Marjorie – Hemlock Lake by Carolyn Rose . Winner, please use the button in the upper right side of this page to email me with your mailing address so I can forward your information to the authors. Then, sit back and wait for your book to arrive.Thank you all so much for stopping by The Borrowed Boo...

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Weekly Drawing

Entering our weekly drawing is easy:1. Leave a comment on Fridays or...2. Sign up to follow The Borrowed Book. Followers will automatically be entered for a chance to win that week's drawing!This week, The Borrowed Book is giving away:Hemlock Lake by Carolyn J. Rose ~ For generations only a few families held title to land in the isolated Catskill Mountain community of Hemlock...

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Reader Excerpt ~ Hemlock Lake by Carolyn J. Rose

The SUV rocked onto two wheels as I took a sharp curve below Bobcat Hollow at fifty miles an hour. As I fought the wheel, I saw something shift beneath the jacket I’d flung across the passenger seat. Unconsciously I reached for it. One edge of the jacket rose. I jerked my hand back. An ugly triangular head appeared. Two eyes glittered in the green light from the dashboard....

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Author Interview ~ Travis Thrasher

“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.” .This quote from Stephen King’s novella, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, sums up the goal of every single one of Travis Thrasher’s novels: providing hope. As the novelist of twelve works of fiction, Travis has spent a decade fighting against being typecast and labeled.“It’s a natural thing for novelists...

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Too Many Interview Requests, Not Enough Time?

You're published. Now what? You market, of course. And marketing means interviews. As in requests for interviews. Bittersweet.Sweet because it marks the culmination of all your hard work to get published. Sweet because you can share your excitement and encouragement to others who aren’t quite as far down the path. But after the first few, they can become yet another thing to juggle as you work on edits for your contracted manuscript and write toward...

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Author Interview ~ Carolyn J. Rose

Carolyn J. Rose grew up in New York’s Catskill Mountains, graduated from the University of Arizona, logged two years in Arkansas with Volunteers in Service to America, and spent 25 years as a television news researcher, writer, producer, and assignment editor in Arkansas, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington. She teaches novel-writing in Vancouver, Washington, and founded the...

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Sunday Devotional

I’ve always thought Max was a smart dog, but he really impressed me one day when my husband pulled out the treadmill do his running.Determined to get in shape for a ski trip we are planning over spring break, my husband has been running faithfully for about three weeks. Each time he turns on the treadmill, Max sits next to him, watching the belt speed by. Worried that he...

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Winners!!

It's always so much fun to give away great books!! Congratulations to this week's lucky winners:rbooth45 – Nudge by Leonard Sweet . Winners of this week's books, please use the button in the upper right side of this page to email me with your mailing address so I can forward your information to the authors. Then, sit back and wait for your book to arrive.Thank you all so much for stopping by The Borrowed Boo...

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Winners!!

Entering our weekly drawing is easy:1. Leave a comment on Fridays or...2. Sign up to follow The Borrowed Book. Followers will automatically be entered for a chance to win that week's drawing!This week, The Borrowed Book is giving away: Nudge by Leonard Sweet ~ Evangelism is about reaching out to others. Really? You think?Brace yourself. In Nudge, author Leonard Sweet sets...

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Reader Excerpt ~ Nudge by Leonard Sweet

Every bush burns with revelations. Are you alert to the shining? Are you able to see the shining? Can you read the shining? Rest assured, the fire does not burn berserk.Evangelism for too long has been disconnected from discipleship. In Nudge, evangelism is discipleship. What yokes evangelism to discipleship, I propose, is the art of attention, attending to life and attending...

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Book Spotlight ~ Nudge by Leonard Sweet

Evangelism is about reaching out to others.Really? You think?In Nudge, author Leonard Sweet sets out to revolutionize our understanding of evangelism. He defines evangelism as “nudge”—awakening each other to the God who is already there. Sweet’s revolution promises to affect your encounters with others, and shake the very roots of your own faith.Interacting fully with Jesus...

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Backstory 101 ~ Get a LIFE!

Everyone has one. A life, that is. It might not be a great life, but it's yours. Or maybe your life has been nearly perfect. Congrats and please consider adopting me. Most of us would say that we have experienced ups and downs throughout our lives. We have learned better who we are and what we are capable of, and, especially if you have procreated, your eyes have been opened...

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Author Interview ~ Don Brown

DON BROWN graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1982, and after finishing law school, continued his post-graduate studies through the Naval War College, earning the Navy’s nonresident certificate in International Law.During his five years on active duty in the Navy, Don served in the Pentagon, was published in the Naval Law Review, and was also a recipient of...

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Sunday Devotional

Max is not a people person kind of dog. There four people in his life that he loves—me, my husband, my son, and my daughter. Oh, he tolerates a few others—my son’s girlfriend, a couple of my daughter’s friends, and the cat. But on the whole, Max pretty much believes in the old saying, “my four and no more.”That was made evident the day we invited the varsity football team...

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Winners!!

It's always so much fun to give away great books!! Congratulations to this week's lucky winners:Holly (2 Kids and Tired)– Tender Vow by Sharlene MacLaren . lostinbelieving – High-Stakes Inheritance by Susan SleemanCindy W. - Nipped in the Bud by Susan Sleeman . Winners of this week's books, please use the button in the upper right side of this page to email me with your mailing address so I can forward your information to the authors. Then, sit...

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Weekly Drawing

Entering our weekly drawing is easy:1. Leave a comment on Fridays or...2. Sign up to follow The Borrowed Book. Followers will automatically be entered for a chance to win that week's drawing!This week, The Borrowed Book is giving away three great books: Tender Vow by Sharlene MacLaren ~ Tender Vow is a heartwarming story about unexpected love amidst tragedy. All of my novels...

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Reader Excerpt ~ High-Stakes Inheritance by Susan Sleeman

Pinetree will never be yours. Leave Logan Lake now or you will pay.Mia Blackburn stared at the cutout magazine letters glued to stark white paper.Was this some kind of a joke? Did someone really plan to hurt her for honoring her late uncle's wishes? To meet the terms of his will, she had agreed to live at Pinetree for the next year in order to inherit the resort. Yet nothing...

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