Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter!! He is RISEN! He is RISEN indeed! :)

A new historical...

Book Info

About Love in the Balance:  Handsome Cowboy or Debonair Tycoon. How's a Girl to Choose? Molly Lovelace dreams of a life without cares in Lockhart, Texas. She also dreams of handsome wrangler Bailey Garner, her ardent but inconsistent beau. The problem is, with Bailey's poor prospects, she just can't fit the two dreams together. Then mysterious stranger Edward Pierrepont sweeps into town-and her life-and for the first time Molly wonders if she's met the man who can give her everything. But he won't be in Lockhart long and while it certainly seems like he talks about their glorious future together, she can't quite get Bailey out of her mind. What's a girl to do with all these decisions when love is in the balance?  Link to buy the book: http://ow.ly/iTdiA           Meet Regina:      Regina Jennings is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University with a degree in English and a history minor. She has worked at The Mustang News and First Baptist Church of Mustang, along with time at the Oklahoma National Stockyards and various livestock shows. She now lives outside Oklahoma City with her husband and four children.  Find out more about Regina at  http://www.reginajennings.com/. PS - Don't you seriously love the cover of this book??? :)  Blog Tour Schedule Landing page:  http://litfusegroup.com/author/rjennings  MY REVIEW: I have to admit, I haven't been able to read this one yet, but needed to post because of a scheduled day on the blog tour. I have to admit, as well - it looks fabulous and as soon as I'm done with a project I have to read to endorse, I'm jumping on this one. I hope you will give it a chance too!! :)  It sounds great. I never thought I'd devour historical romance as I've been doing the past two years, but if you've never given the genre a try, I hope you let this novel by Regina attempt to win you over!!! CHECK OUT THE BELOW COOL STUFF!!! Win a Kindle Fire Regina Jennings is celebrating the release ofLove in the Balance with a Kindle Fire Giveaway and a Facebook Author Chat Party on 4/4!One "lovely" winner will receive: A Kindle Fire A copy of Regina's Sixty Acres and a Bride and Love in the Balance Enter today by clicking one of the icons below. But hurry, the giveaway ends on April 3rd. Winner will be announced at the "Love in the Balance" Author Chat Party on April 4th. Connect with Regina, get a sneak peek of her next book, try your hand at a trivia contest, and chat with readers just like you. There will also be many fun giveaways -- gift certificates, books, and more!So grab your copy of Love in the Balance and join Regina on the evening of April 4th for a chance to connect and make some new friends. (If you haven't read the book, don't let that stop you from coming!) Don't miss a moment of the fun,RSVPtoday. Tell your friends viaFACEBOOKorTWITTERand increase your chances of winning. Hope to see you on the 4th!

Whatcha reading?

Whatcha reading this week?

I just finished Julie Klassen's new novel THE TUTOR'S DAUGHTER, which was fabulous!! I'll be reviewing it soon. Now I'm working on Beautiful Outlaw by John Eldredge, which is nonfiction. Also fabulous. What are you reading?

Guess what? My new release comes out April 1st - THE RANCHER NEXT DOOR - yet some people have already seen it on the shelves at Wal-mart! Cool! Hope you find one :)

Here's the first few paragraphs of the story! :)

Caley Foster really wanted to put out a fire.

Or, for that matter, do anything more exciting than unload the rest of the boxes secured in the back of her beat-up red truck.

But that wasn't going to happen today. With a resigned sigh, Caley hiked one booted foot on the tire, shimmied over the edge of the truck and landed with a thump in the bed crammed full of boxes and tubs. She'd have thought after living in nine different cities in the past three years that she'd be used to moving by now—but this time felt different. Maybe because this time, she had to stay awhile.

Too bad whoever said you can't go home again hadn't meant it literally.

Caley's two-year-old black Labrador barked at her from the driveway as she began to shove yet another box across the rusted bed toward the open tailgate. "Scooter, like I told you before, it's going to take me a while to find the dog biscuits." She grunted as the box caught on an exposed bolt, and pushed again. Some days she almost regretted rescuing the hyper stray from a warehouse fire. But it was nice to take a friendly face along on her many travels, one who actually seemed to understand her.

Scooter barked again, and she wrinkled her nose at him. "Be patient, unless you want to do this work yourself."

A sudden giggle floated on the breeze toward Caley and wrapped around her ears like a cozy set of muffs. She glanced up with surprise, midpush, just in time to see a young blonde girl perched on the fence dividing her meager property from the sprawling acres of the Double C Ranch next door—and just in time to send her cardboard box tumbling over the edge of the tailgate.

Caley winced. Hopefully that wasn't the kitchenware, though it wouldn't have been the first time after a move that she ended up at the discount store searching for dinner plates. She slid her petite frame off the tailgate and righted the box on the ground.

The girl timidly hopped off the fence and approached her. "Do you need help? Did anything break?" Her blue eyes widened with worry, and she twisted a long strand of hair anxiously around one finger as if she thought the accident was her fault.

Caley straightened and smiled at the girl, who looked about ten or eleven years old. The golden years. It was sweet of her to be concerned. "It's all good. Thankfully, this was a box of pillows." She rummaged through it one more time to be sure. "And apparently an apron. And a bird feeder." She winked. "No wonder the box wasn't labeled."

Scribble Chicks!

Have you visited SCRIBBLE CHICKS lately? :)

www.scribblechicks.blogspot.com

NO more lemons

I posted yesterday at www.girlsgodgoodlife.blogspot.com  on the topic of when you shouldn't make lemonade from your lemons...

Encouragement

Visit me today at www.writergetsreal.blogspot.com! and be encouraged!

Peek a boo!!

Visit me today at www.scribblechicks.blogspot.com  - we're talking about hiding behind our characters!

Yep!

Ch-ch-chaaaanges

I'm going to be a little hit and miss this week blogging, because I'm getting ready to start a new job next week and there's a lot of prep. Prayers appreciated :)

That said, there WILL be a fun announcement made sometime soon....so stay tuned!

Hope you have a great Monday! (they're really not THAT bad. and um, Starbucks helps...)

PS....

I guest blogged today over at God Is Love on the topic of DREAMS! http://capturingtheidea.blogspot.com/2013/03/guest-post-by-published-author-betsy-st.html

More wrong than right...

I posted today at www.writergetsreal.blogspot.com on the recent episode of History channel's "The Bible" and all the ways they got Samson and Delilah wrong. Did you notice too? What are your thoughts?

The End?

Secrets to a great "The End" at www.scribblechicks.blogspot.com  today :)

I'm back!

I'm back from my long weekend in Colorado, where I attended the Captivating event hosted by Stasi Eldredge (www.ransomedheart.com) It was fabulous! And it snowed - we were deep in the mountains in the middle of nowhere (2 hoursish from Denver Airport) and it was beautiful. Absolutely breathtaking.

I'll be blogging over the next few days some of the invaluable things I gleaned from the retreat over at www.writergetsreal.blogspot.com  so please come check it out :)

Scribblin'

Visit me today at www.scribblechicks.blogspot.com and talk about storyboarding! :)

Don't miss this!

I blogged in a two day series on my thoughts and questions regarding the popular BIBLE show on the History channel. I'd love to get your opinions! Come comment.

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Pray much?

Worldwide Day of Prayer USA

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