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:Mistletoe Prayers by Marta Perry and Betsy St. Amant ~THE BODINE FAMILY CHRISTMAS By Marta PerryLeft at the altar on Christmas Eve, Annabel...

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Christmas Interview ~ Myra Johnson

Award-winning author Myra Johnson writes what she likes to call “romantic women’s fiction”—emotionally gripping stories about love, life, and faith. Her first novel, One Imperfect Christmas, debuted from Abingdon Press in September 2009. She also writes for Barbour’s Heartsong Presents line. Her romance Autumn Rains (November 2009) was named a 2010 finalist in the Short Contemporary...

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Christmas Interview ~ Betsy St. Amant

Betsy St. Amant lives in Louisiana and is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers group. Betsy is multi-published through Steeple Hill and has been published in Christian Communicator magazine and Praise Reports: Inspiring Real Life Stories of How God Answers Prayer. One of her short stories, “Kickboxing or Chocolate‚” appears in a Tyndale compilation book, and...

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Journey into 2011

Another year is wrapping up. Reflections of the year 2010 will abound and be posted everywhere you look. Tech sites will review the emergence of the tablet computer, while celeb sites will regurgitate every divorce and birth, award and embarrassing moment. And let's not forget the Best and Worst of 2010 articles that will abound in all manner of magazines. For me, I'm more interested in the spiritual side. What have I learned? What area has God...

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A Social Network Christmas

Just in case you haven't already seen this...May you carry the message of Christmas with you throughout the New Year. God's blessings to you and yours from all of us here at The Borrowed Boo...

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Sunday Devotional

My husband has given me many nice gifts over the years, the best one being a tiny dog that fit into the palm of my hand. The first time I laid on eyes on him I proclaimed, “Max is here!”And just like that, he was Max.Max has proved to be a lot of things over the years, loyal buddy, compassionate friend. Not once has he failed to forgive my every fault. In his eyes, I am perfect....

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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

It's always so much fun to give away great books!! Congratulations to this week's lucky winners:Lisa Nelson - Cowboy Christmas by Mary ConnealyChristina - A Door County Christmas by Becky Melby, Cynthia Ruchti, Eileen Key, and Rachael PhillipsAmber S. - Christmas Love at Lake Tahoe by Lena Nelson Dooley, Jeanie Smith Cash, Jean Kincaid, and Jeri OdellWinners of this week’s books, please use the button in the upper right side of this page to email...

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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:Cowboy Christmas by Mary Connealy ~ Get ready for a fun and suspenseful Christmastime romance. Trouble follows singer Annette...

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Reader Excerpt ~ Cowboy Christmas by Mary Connealy

Annie hoarded her pay, pinching every penny, working her way home. Now she was almost there. One more leg to this centipede of a journey.She climbed the steps of the stage. The familiar blackness that plagued her circled in. It always passed, but, until it did, the world swam around. She groped for the door frame and it wasn’t where it should be. Just when the darkness was...

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Christmas Interview ~ Mary Connealy

Mary Connealy writes romantic comedy with cowboys. She is a Carol Award Winner for today's featured book Cowboy Christmas and a Christy Award and IRCC Finalist. She is the author of the Lassoed in Texas series, the Montana Marriages series and a new series—Sophie's Daughters, has begun with Doctor in Petticoats and Wrangler in Petticoats. Book #3 in this series, Sharpshooter...

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Christmas Interview ~ Becky Melby, Cynthia Ruchti, Eileen Key, and Rachael Phillips

Becky Melby has been married to Bill, her high school sweetheart, for 38 years. They have four married sons and eleven fabulous grandchildren. Becky has co-authored nine books for Heartsong Presents and a Barbour Publishing novella. She is currently working on a contemporary fiction series with a historical thread for Barbour. Her favorite pastimes are spoiling grandkids...

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Christmas Interview ~ Lena Nelson Dooley

Award-winning author, Lena Nelson Dooley, has more than 675,000 books in print. She is a member of ACFW and president of the local chapter.Lena loves James, her children, grandchildren, and great grandson. She loves chocolate, cherries, chocolate-covered cherries, and spending time with friends. Travel is always on her horizon. Cruising, Galveston, the Ozark Mountains of...

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Sunday Devotional

Ever since Max was a puppy, he and our other dog, Newly, have had a strained relationship. The moment Max catches sight of Newly, he starts growling and barking, carrying on as though he’d like to tear Newly apart if he could. Newly, on the other hand, just ignores Max, choosing to behave as though he doesn’t even exist.I watched them both with interest the other day as I...

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Winners!!

It's always so much fun to give away great books!! Congratulations to this week's lucky winners:katy (legacy1992) - A Prairie Christmas Collection by Deborah Raney (and others)Savannah Rose - Christmas Homecoming by Elizabeth Ludwig, Debby Mayne, Paige Winship Dooly and Elizabeth GoddardWinners 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...

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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: A Prairie Christmas Collection by Deborah Raney (and others) ~ Experience Christmas on the historical American Great Plains as retold by nine...

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Christmas Interview ~ Elizabeth Ludwig

Elizabeth Ludwig’s first novel, Where the Truth Lies, which she co-authored with Janelle Mowery, was released in spring of 2008 from Heartsong Presents: Mysteries, an imprint of Barbour Publishing. This was followed in 2009 by “I’ll Be Home for Christmas,” part of a Christmas anthology collection called Christmas Homecoming, also from Barbour Publishing.In 2010, her first...

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