Giveaway winners

As usual I find it difficult to give just one book away. This giveaway is no different so I have two winners:

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elizabeth@ bookattict.com and
rickimc@aol.com.

I want to thank all who stopped by my blog and entered to win a copy of my book. Please come again. Thank you.

Summer Giveaway!!!!

Yes! another fun giveaway. One to Splash into Summer with. As always my giveaways are simple.  Today I'm giving away a copy of "Prince Etcheon and the Secret of the Ancients



Etcheon always believed he would live and die in his small village that he moved to with his grandmother, Granna Fela - safe, loved and protected.
But with Granna's death comes new information about Etcheon's royal heritage and destiny, which suddenly throws him in the middle of a battle against a wicked king. On the run from hideous beasts sent to kill him, Etcheon is saved by a mysterious girl, a tree with magical powers, and several amazing animals. With his new friends to protect and teach him, Etcheon undertakes a journey that will challenge his abilities and define who he needs to become - a warrior-prince charged to save his people.

I couldn't help it, I just had to add a few of my paintings so . . . so . . . heck I don't know why, it just sounded creative.

Below is the list of all the authors who have participated in the giveaway. Visit them all just for fun.

At Season's End by Eric Hendershot

Last week I read "At Season's End" . . . No . . . let me rephrase that. Saturday I read "At Season's End." Because once I started,  I couldn't put it down. It took me on an amazing journey with Paw and Maw, Sal and Tim, during the years of the great depression.

This is a story of a family who have to walk away from almost everything they own--because the depression has taken it from them. What little they have left, they load into their old Buick, making the car their home as they travel from state to state, living the lives of migrant workers--or cherry pickers--depending on which state they are in, at the time. They have little money. In fact, there are times when they have no money, at all. But they always seem to make it through each day.

Paw is a steady, creative, intelligent, man, who leads his family with solid faith. He teaches his son and daughter, by his own example, the value of work and family, which proves to be a great blessing in both of their lives.

I could go on and on but I don't want to say too much because it's a story that tells itself without any help from me. It's a story that wraps itself around the reader and keeps them warm until the last page.

The novel, "At Season's End," written by Eric Hendershot, will be out on May 8th.

And the Winner is (or winners are)

I want to thank all of you who participated in the giveaway and hope that you will continue to visit and participate. As Always I pick one more winner than I should but that makes it more fun so I'll now announce the two

Tamar  and Lilian are the winners. Oh shucks, I think I'll give away another set to Timmi. If you will send me your addresses I will have your books in the mail right away.

Thank you, again.
sincerely,
Joann

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The Happy Easter Eggstravaganza Giveaway Hop

Hi. I hope everyone has a Happy Easter. I know I will because I get to participate in the Happy Easter Eggstravanza Giveaway. I have two books I was to share. The first, "Pages From the Past" and it's sequel, "The Silent Patriots"

After the sudden death of her husband, John, Betsy struggles to find meaning in her life. With help from her mother and a lovable golden retriever named Dorado, she slowly works her way through her loss.                                                   

                                                                                                         

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But it's what happens next, when Dorado discovers her husband's watch in the woods--a distinct clue that  his death was not an accident. More clues surface until the truth is found and what the truth really is.           

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 John's death  drew her into a world she didn't  know existed--A world of secrets where good and evil are constantly at war over America's  freedom. A world that longs for her integrity, her loyalty to her country, and her willingness  to sacrifice for what she knows is right. When she is called upon to help expose a  
idden research centers, and   technology so advanced that it has the  power to change the world.

                                                                 

group who have created something so evil, so deadly that it could destroy the freedom of  the United States.Betsy and her family uncover  mysterious deaths, hidden research centers, and   technology so advanced that it has the  power to change the world.                                                                   

  

                                                        

                

Hope you have time to hop to the next name and check out what is given away there. 

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Family by Design

I have read a well-written, and emotional book titled, "Family by Design"  by Heather Justesen,  and I think you might like to read it, also.

This is a story of Rena, a  woman, just over 30 years old, who wants to think she has everything she always dreamed of. She's a great success as an interior decorator. She's single, with no family responsibility though she does have a pleasant boyfriend. It's not that she doesn't care about this boyfriend, but she wouldn't mind if someone would come along and simply sweep her off her feet. Up until now the most exciting thing that has happened in her adult life is helping her best friend, Tucker, redecorate his flip home.

Tucker is a Marine waiting for his next deployment when he receives a call explaining that his brother and sister-in-law were killed in an automobile accident, leaving behind two young children. Tucker finds that his brother's dying wish was to have Tucker raise the children to which he totally agrees. But, he is reminded by the social worker in charge of the children that he could be deployed at any time, leaving the children without a guardian.

Knowing this, Tucker finds himself willing to do anything to keep the children, so he comes up with, what he thinks to be, a brilliant idea. . . one that involves Rena. He tells her about the children then he awkwardly proposes in a less than romantic way.  Rena immediately sees through his proposal, recognizing it to mean marriage of convenience, not of love.

But what happens in the process of  finally falling in love, is a story within itself, so I won't tell you any more   I will only leave you to find out for yourself. Believe me, you won't be disappointed.