A Season for Tending by Cindy Woodsmall

A Season for Tending

by Cindy Woodsmall

 

 

First book in the Amish Vines and Orchards series

 

***** 5 Stars Out of 5 *****

 

Cindy Woodsmall's books are always a satisfying read and this is no exception!  Stories of the Amish and fiction novels concerning them are quite popular today. This book, however, gives a new twist and interesting story as it addresses situations atypical of the Amish.

 

Rhoda wants to tend her garden and when the community casts shadows on how she spends her time, she chooses her work over the favor of her community. Through a freak accident, she meets someone who needs her skills. This book addresses gender issues, handling adversity and hope in the mist of despair and isolation.

 

I'll pleased this is the first book of a series. That means more of Cindy's stories are to come!

Read the first chapter at http://www.amazon.com/Season-Tending-Amish-Orchards-Series/dp/0307730026/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1364401715&sr=8-2&keywords=a+season+for+tending
 

From Blogging for Books

Redeeming Grace by Ward Tanneberg

 

Redeeming Grace Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas;
1st edition (February 28, 2013) by

Ward Tanneberg
 

ABOUT THE BOOK

Seven years ago, Grace Grafton died in a boating accident while partying on the Georgia, South Carolina coast. Was her death the result of alcohol and drugs or something more sinister? Nobody knows: her body was never recovered. Now years later, a woman reads in disbelief the note addressed to her: Hello Grace, did you think we wouldn't find you?

Those nine chilling words end Grafton's self-imposed sanctuary of witness protection. Now she and everyone she loves are in grave danger. Long believed dead, she has a secret that can change the world. She knows the man running for president is guilty of a double murder! But who will believe her?

 

 

If you would like to read the first chapter of Redeeming Grace, go HERE.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Ward Tanneberg is a pastor/writer/novelist who has given more than 50 years to evangelism, youth, college and pastoral ministry, including two Pacific Northwest churches and 23 years as the senior pastor at Valley Christian Center in Dublin, CA. In 2008, he was named President/Executive Director of The CASA Network. Ward speaks extensively at 50+ retreats and ministry leadership events in the USA and elsewhere. When at home he meets weekly with a group of business and professional leaders. He and Dixie have 2 children, 3 grandchildren, 4 step-grandchildren and a great grandson.

 Buy at amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1938499476

 

 

A Thousand Sleepless Nights

Realms (October 16, 2012) by Michael King  

Kay's Comments: I'm deviating from my usual format and listing the author's information before the book. Why? Read "About the Author."  You will see the motivation behind the writing drives the story.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

When Mike Dellosso won a one-year battle with colon cancer he set out to help readers of his books discover it before they had to go through what he experienced.

“I want others to avoid what I had to go through,” he says. “It was an experience that taught me a lot about myself, others, and God, but one I wouldn’t want to repeat. If I can help even one person battling this disease, it would have been worth it.”

Mike set about writing a novel quite different from what his fan base had come to expect from him. Not a thriller, but a character-driven novel, so he wrote it under a pen name, Michael King, and entitled it A Thousand Sleepless Nights. His publisher, Charisma Media, went for it and the first copies went on sale in October.

Mike’s next step was to determine whether a partnership between him, Charisma Media, and the Colon Cancer Alliance was possible. This month both announced their cooperative fundraising venture, with Charisma Media making a significant contribution to CCA and Mike committing a portion of the proceeds from the book through December to CCA.

Speaking about A Thousand Sleepless Nights Mike says, “I want people to see colon cancer (and all the other cancers) for the monster it is, but also to show it does not need to defeat us. There is hope, there is strength, and there is courage and love. And though cancer may rob us of our physical vitality, it has no power over our spirit.”

ABOUT THE BOOK

In the 1970s, escaping a home where he knew nothing but violence and hate, Jim Harding found work, and love, on the largest horse ranch in Virginia. The object of his affections, Nena St. Claire, is the daughter of the owner—a man who ruled his ranch with an iron fist and would do whatever it took to keep Nena and Jim apart.

Against the wishes of her family, Nena marries Jim, and after her father dies, she sacrifices everything—including her family—to keep the ranch alive. Now their three grown children have lives of their own and want nothing to do with Nena. She was never the mother they needed.

When cancer strikes and Nena is given a devastating diagnosis, can Jim reconcile the family before it is too late?

If you would like to read the first chapter of A Thousand Sleepless Nights, go HERE.