Winners!!

It's always so much fun to give away great books!! Congratulations to this week's lucky winner:Eva – Marrying Miss Marshal by Lacy WilliamsEva, 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 author. Then, sit back and wait for your book to arrive.Thank you all so much for stopping by The Borrowed Book and thank you, Lacy Williams, for your generosity in providing...

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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:Marrying Miss Marshal by Lacy Williams ~ A Woman in a Mans JobFilling the shoes of her late husband as town marshal hasn't been easy for...

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Goodbye to an Old Friend

This week Barbour Publishing announced the company had decided to discontinue their Heartsong Presents Romance line. Editor Becky Germany broke the news to authors who are currently writing for the line or who have written for it in the past. In her email she said:In October 1992 a wonderful thing was born – Heartsong Presents Inspirational Book Club. I joined the team the...

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Video Interview ~ Lacy Williams

Born in Oklahoma City, Lacy Williams grew up near Calumet, Oklahoma, but her family moved to Edmond when she was twelve. Homeschooled K-12 grades, Lacy graduated cum laude from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2006. After working in the banking and public accounting fields, Lacy elected to stay home with her daughter. She and her husband are expecting baby #2—a boy—in...

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POLL: How will bookstores do up against ebooks?

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The Gift-Getting Season

Since childhood I've been a big fan of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and all their friends. For those other die-hard fans out there, perhaps you recall the movie, It's The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown. When the group heads to the mall around Easter time, they discover that the countdown to Christmas has already begun, and huge sales are advertised everywhere (complete with Christmas...

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Winners!!

It's always so much fun to give away great books!! Congratulations to this week's lucky winners:Lydia (pumpkinbabyjane/at/gmail/dot/com) - Wolfsbane by Ronie Kendigtwiga92 - May on the Way: How I became a K9 Spy by KC Frantzen 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 books to arrive.Thank...

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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: Wolfsbane by Ronie Kendig ~ Embark upon a danger-laden mission within the pages of Ronie Kendig’s riveting Wolfsbane. Demolitions expert Danielle...

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Congratulations to S. Dionne Moore and Sandra Robbins

Last week in Atlanta at ICRS, a news conference hosted by American Christian Fiction Writers and CBA, ACFW proudly announced the finalists in the Carol Awards. The Carol Awards, formerly Book of the Year, honor the highest achievement for published authors of Christian fiction.  The Borrowed Book is proud to announce that two of its contributors, S. Dionne...

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Author Interview ~ Ronie Kendig

Ronie Kendig grew up an Army brat and married a veteran. Together, she and her husband have four children, a Golden Retriever, and a Maltese Menace. She has a BS in Psychology, speaks to various groups, volunteers with the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), and mentors new writers. Rapid-Fire Fiction, her brand, is exemplified through her novels Dead Reckoning, a...

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Poll: As a Writer, What Do You Most Wish for Besides a Contract?

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Meet a K9 Spy and Her Author Mom!

May the K9 Spy is the star of a new book series by author KC Frantzen! Here's a little more about KC and May:"KC Frantzen learned to speak critter at a young age, which helped her tell May's story. The family lives in the Tennessee hills - two humans, two horses, and several rescued dogs, including May."Amber: Thank you so much for joining us today, KC! To start, could you...

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Winners!!

It's always so much fun to give away great books!! Congratulations to this week's lucky winners:Linda Maendel - The Promise of an Angel by Ruth ReidCarla Gade - Love Letters in the Sand by Diann HuntWinners 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...

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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:The Promise of an Angel by Ruth Reid ~ Interrupting the ordered routine of the Mecosta County Amish settlement, an angelic visitor awakens...

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Meet Christa Allan

I’m happy to have my friend Christa Allan as a guest today at The Borrowed Book. Christa describes herself as a true Southern woman who knows that any cook worth her gumbo always starts with a roux and who never wears white after Labor Day. Christa is a writer of not your usual Christian Fiction. She weaves stories of unscripted grace and redemption with threads of hope,...

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Author Interview ~ Diann Hunt

Best-selling author Diann Hunt writes romantic comedy and heartwarming women’s fiction. Since 2001, she has published three novellas, eighteen novels, and co-authored a devotional for the CBA market.Diann lives in Indiana with her real-life hero-husband of 36 years who continually lavishes her with chocolate—well, she can imagine it, can’t she? She’s a fiction writer, after...

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Opinions Wanted: Contest Quandry

I read an interesting article last week. It was all about contest entries and how to pimp them in order to win. You see, there’s a whole lot of people who have analyzed writing contests and their entries to discern what makes an entry a "winner." The author of the article I read was a case in point. Once she pinpointed the elements judges most wanted to see, she pimped her entries to meet the researched “must-have” elements, and entered them. Guess...

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Author Interview ~ Ruth Reid

Ruth Reid is a full-time pharmacist who lives in Dade City, Florida with her husband and three children. Her fascination for the Amish began twenty-years ago when she skipped college classes to watch a barn-raising. Today, she’s still captivated by the simple ways of the Amish lifestyle, and in her debut novel, The Promise of an Angel, she writes about what started her curiosity...

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Winners!!

It's always so much fun to give away great books!! Congratulations to this week's lucky winner:Bonnie R. Paulson - The Daddy Surprise by Ginny AikenBonnie, 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 author. Then, sit back and wait for your book to arrive.Thank you all so much for stopping by The Borrowed Book and thank you, Ginny Aiken (via publicist)...

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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: The Daddy Surprise by Ginny Aiken ~ Matthew "Ryder" Lyndon has just learned he's the father of a five-year-old girl. A girl who suddenly appears...

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Blues Along the River

Last week I posted about the release of my Love Inspired Suspense Dangerous Reunion. This week I want to let you know about a very different story of mine that has recently released from Barbour’s Heartsong Presents Romance line. Blues Along the River is the third book in my Alabama Brides series. These books are set in the Black Belt of Alabama in the fictional town of Willow...

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Book Spotlight ~ The Daddy Surprise by Ginny Aiken

Matthew "Ryder" Lyndon has just learned he's the father of a five-year-old girl. A girl who suddenly appears in his life with her mother, Lucie Adams—and Lucie is everything Ryder remembers. Beautiful, sun-washed, a free spirit who made him smile. But she'd trampled his heart with her sudden disappearance six years ago. Coming face-to-face with each other again, both Ryder...

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