tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8595253056821440982024-03-27T16:53:45.312-07:00Hope-Inspired SuspenseHope-Inspired SuspensePat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-90296751266065673012024-01-16T15:57:00.000-08:002024-01-17T22:07:39.393-08:00Janice Cantore ~ One Final Target <div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: white;"><i>...Stories of Hope, Intrigue, and the sharp edge of</i><i> Suspense.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times; font-size: large;">For the last two weeks of January on Hope~Inspired Suspense--a</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span>welcome to author Janice Cantore </span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;">with her latest release, </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><i>One Final Target</i></b></span><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>,</i></span><span style="font-size: large;"> a gripping, action-packed chiller</span></span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">❄</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVuH22ymXk4zW1wOJNnljrfnMj7EHwlR5_-qDoRBRCpRu5R7MkTgJMJGR356vKy3RGKwqEJa8tW6TX9MXkOGQx2fc4GbBITY8YfqY3foAlCvjPOeqIpnQLNOq6i8lOvVr9Cexhw-3xTd_Yi-YNNG1SKZdQB-L9DR1VAGK8suu93l2ZvnJOrsaIIH4i7o/s1500/one%20final%20target.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEVuH22ymXk4zW1wOJNnljrfnMj7EHwlR5_-qDoRBRCpRu5R7MkTgJMJGR356vKy3RGKwqEJa8tW6TX9MXkOGQx2fc4GbBITY8YfqY3foAlCvjPOeqIpnQLNOq6i8lOvVr9Cexhw-3xTd_Yi-YNNG1SKZdQB-L9DR1VAGK8suu93l2ZvnJOrsaIIH4i7o/w426-h640/one%20final%20target.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div><div><ul class="a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 1px 18px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Publisher: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Tyndale House Publishers (February 13, 2024)</b></span></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">Two wounded heroes shattered by tragedy and paralyzed by guilt must find their footing and </span><span style="color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">work together to catch a killer.</span></span></div><div><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">A warrant service in the San Bernardino Mountains goes horribly wrong when an IED blast kills four police officers. Devastated by the loss of her team, the lone survivor, Long Beach sergeant Jodie King, struggles with her guilt and grief, especially as the case remains open with no clear leads or suspects. Weeks after the explosion, Jodie retires from the police department and returns to the mountain bomb site seeking peace and resolution . . . only to find herself in the crosshairs once again.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sam Gresham just happens to be in the right place at the right time when shots are fired at Jodie. The newest detective for the county sheriff’s department, Sam is assigned to work the IED, his first case back after his own traumatic loss. While Sam sees an opportunity to help Jodie heal from her lingering scars, Jodie hopes fresh eyes will bring new insight to the investigation. Because after this latest shooting, one thing seems clear: Jodie has always been the intended target―and the threat may be much closer to her than anyone wants to admit.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Janice Cantore delivers another pulse-pounding contemporary romantic suspense novel about overcoming grief and learning to trust again.</b></div></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xx-large;">❄</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqI4QlFBzpbySw2jn5MxpVXEUwsan7BTiL4j0zRjTLu759dXaLuNsKZKhVfZE9Dc-fc7MguG__yDjGpDvyye7a8IEZsTjb03Vv0Gf1qepATFXIk4r0xdzwOgz7V63Hk0GraFTqo2FtP5o6mfy7SWqw5vwV49S_UhtDgdCnlwYx8L3DbmM-9hL33HDr8js/s400/janice.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="266" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqI4QlFBzpbySw2jn5MxpVXEUwsan7BTiL4j0zRjTLu759dXaLuNsKZKhVfZE9Dc-fc7MguG__yDjGpDvyye7a8IEZsTjb03Vv0Gf1qepATFXIk4r0xdzwOgz7V63Hk0GraFTqo2FtP5o6mfy7SWqw5vwV49S_UhtDgdCnlwYx8L3DbmM-9hL33HDr8js/s320/janice.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b>Author ~ Janice Cantore</b></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">❄</span></span></span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xx-large;">Prizes from Hope-Inspired Suspense!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Do you enjoy reading romantic suspense? Have you read other books by Janice Cantore? Leave a comment about her upcoming release, become a follower and you could win a 50.00 Amazon gift card and a copy of <b>One Final Target</b>! </span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: times; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Thank you...and may you all be blessed and inspired!</span><span style="font-family: times; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bAJKI6q3Xq_B5DEOhaALoZc2v0ARS6dLrNfEmYyzwMxlOwEj2T7Mjgmzqwn-yo-rIWuFL1Rihg43GqQZ5HIAKmyBErbdN2TCCmVqAAZtFxcmX7nNfZwV8UPE8l6cTwJN8cow-jO54Hj7V8HgShGb7WblcWkW2FzPgIIMInZQypy38FMFVpwhrHuTB8k/s1145/unnamed.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="820" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bAJKI6q3Xq_B5DEOhaALoZc2v0ARS6dLrNfEmYyzwMxlOwEj2T7Mjgmzqwn-yo-rIWuFL1Rihg43GqQZ5HIAKmyBErbdN2TCCmVqAAZtFxcmX7nNfZwV8UPE8l6cTwJN8cow-jO54Hj7V8HgShGb7WblcWkW2FzPgIIMInZQypy38FMFVpwhrHuTB8k/w143-h200/unnamed.png" width="143" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: white;">We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. </i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: white;">Hewbrews 6:19</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: white;"><br /></i></b></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">(</span></span></i></span></span><i style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Drawings for U.S. addresses only)</span></span></i></span></p></div></div></div>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-84668213781078058442023-12-31T14:28:00.000-08:002024-01-16T16:15:23.990-08:00Double Take ~ Lynette Eason <div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b style="background-color: white;"><i>...Stories of Hope, Intrigue, and the sharp edge of</i><i> Suspense.</i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Starting off the first two weeks of the new year</span><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"> on Hope~Inspired Suspense is author Lynette Eason with her latest release, </span><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Double Take,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> an action-filled, spine-tingling suspense</span></span><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">❄</span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPbPRc0onPqr-g24EmK1_f3wZ4AnKMLYzFCiTfVxT2CAmlbO_4sDa7oRKjfq4JMwJH6nxVwK3FZgzeV0S2Ca1KucpWiZDRtWUIzh4uRorAiVPbNMdOt6b5XAOPUnro-ddcfPkimVQllXpXgli2BJqj8daXPa83iaD2wP7Ek8WZ_3jaq-XBlZqYFWS3v4/s1500/double%20take%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="971" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVPbPRc0onPqr-g24EmK1_f3wZ4AnKMLYzFCiTfVxT2CAmlbO_4sDa7oRKjfq4JMwJH6nxVwK3FZgzeV0S2Ca1KucpWiZDRtWUIzh4uRorAiVPbNMdOt6b5XAOPUnro-ddcfPkimVQllXpXgli2BJqj8daXPa83iaD2wP7Ek8WZ_3jaq-XBlZqYFWS3v4/w414-h640/double%20take%20cover.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">❄</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: times; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">Publisher: </span><span style="font-family: times; text-align: left;"></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: times; text-align: left;">Revell (January 9, 2024)</span></span></div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><i style="background-color: white;">Double Take </i></span></b></span><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Detective James Cross has been honorably discharged from the Army Criminal Investigation Division due to wounds sustained when an IED blew up near him. Now with the Lake City Police Department, he's rooming with this good buddy and partner, Cole, while he figures out his family dynamics.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Physician Assistant Lainie Jackson is eighteen months out from an attempted murder perpetrated by her ex, which ended when she managed to grab the weapon and shoot him. When he appears to have survived and is back to finish the job he started, Lainie insists it's not possible. But someone keeps trying to kill her, and she keeps seeing his face.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Together, Lainie and James must work together to find out who, exactly, is after her and why he wants her dead. And failure is not an option.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-italic" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">USA Today </span><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">bestselling author Lynette Eason will leave you breathless with this fast-</span></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;">paced</span></span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> first book in a brand-new series.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xx-large; text-align: center;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="473" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEp1SD6Be-btB6HTGTJ5lrGDed-F4HVT9NN5yKVjNT2UIyVAcs72wjaCcVfq0aQ_Z-zkQy_CusR-XYIrdSnw4c3luYbhDwfKjF37QbZ2cG2B5mWJx1fx-z-YIpg9WkvpV9ftCGaJILHqmtMFCwMPfjjmIjTsbLKEL7c0iAtRxyRIZ3qyt3hGPuqLuqfLA/s320/lynette.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="252" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Author: Lynette Eason</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xx-large;">Prizes from Hope-Inspired Suspense!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Become a follower and leave a comment this month-- and you could win a 50.00 Amazon gift card and a copy of Lynette's new release! </span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: times; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Thank you...and may you all be blessed and inspired!</span><span style="font-family: times; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bAJKI6q3Xq_B5DEOhaALoZc2v0ARS6dLrNfEmYyzwMxlOwEj2T7Mjgmzqwn-yo-rIWuFL1Rihg43GqQZ5HIAKmyBErbdN2TCCmVqAAZtFxcmX7nNfZwV8UPE8l6cTwJN8cow-jO54Hj7V8HgShGb7WblcWkW2FzPgIIMInZQypy38FMFVpwhrHuTB8k/s1145/unnamed.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="820" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bAJKI6q3Xq_B5DEOhaALoZc2v0ARS6dLrNfEmYyzwMxlOwEj2T7Mjgmzqwn-yo-rIWuFL1Rihg43GqQZ5HIAKmyBErbdN2TCCmVqAAZtFxcmX7nNfZwV8UPE8l6cTwJN8cow-jO54Hj7V8HgShGb7WblcWkW2FzPgIIMInZQypy38FMFVpwhrHuTB8k/w143-h200/unnamed.png" width="143" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: white;">We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. </i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: white;">Hewbrews 6:19</i></b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: white;"><br /></i></b></span></span></div><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">(</span></span></i></span></span><i style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">Drawings for U.S. addresses only)</span></span></i></span></p><p><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-9712808768497522072023-12-09T20:22:00.000-08:002023-12-10T16:48:23.283-08:00Hope Welborn & Terri Weldon ~ Holiday Menace <div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of</i><i style="background-color: black;"> Suspense. </i></b></span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div style="color: black;"><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">For the last tw</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">o weeks of September through December 2023, Hope~Inspired Suspense will host these ten authors and their stories.</span></span></div><div><br /></div></div><div><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;">My final guests in the <b>Holiday Menace</b> series</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> are </span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Hope Welborn</span><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">with </span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">her novella, <i><b>Hidden, </b></i>and</span><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Terri Weldon's <i><b>Murdered by Christmas</b></i></span><span style="background-color: black; color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">...</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">❄</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHO1Uai9cW0uK-2pFnsxSmMpzuVvTJ3YpZRn2O_9tzNJwhKlF1Glz4FLj0tN_9K3sJ-uz5SWHakpB9Wi76D-qBCSk4-DHeeS4UIe8s6P-bDVPLtAomUT8dNDXLXKPt-e6gLM46OrnwGUqkkBSxRJBJ6fCpYrh8anRDFRg2tHGJHLiCym_dFKMPRFGRpyM/s450/h.%20welborn.jpg" style="background-color: black; font-family: times; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHO1Uai9cW0uK-2pFnsxSmMpzuVvTJ3YpZRn2O_9tzNJwhKlF1Glz4FLj0tN_9K3sJ-uz5SWHakpB9Wi76D-qBCSk4-DHeeS4UIe8s6P-bDVPLtAomUT8dNDXLXKPt-e6gLM46OrnwGUqkkBSxRJBJ6fCpYrh8anRDFRg2tHGJHLiCym_dFKMPRFGRpyM/w200-h200/h.%20welborn.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Author: Hope Welborn</span></span></span></div></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div style="color: black;"><br /></div></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; text-align: start;"><b>Hidden</b></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"> by Hope Welborn<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Trapped by a relentless Christmas snowstorm, an unknown threat shadows her every move. To survive, she must rely on the one man she swore never to trust again.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5sQg5HORnX2LcK3zUAfx2rcsX5RE4PLELYZVBi8wo_cHnwrPmvzcDxzLIdjfaBlRqK2u_LAAsyWm0ctfIuGLy0DqIxaUFaFS2JXvZK8rHjpvH1sRJqcH-crEscutCfrMxIk_CgtrRiIpOZASMhF_HLBANPEqh-c9DC22-a0l2szPYYG9LnEPpquKxkE/s224/terri%20w.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5sQg5HORnX2LcK3zUAfx2rcsX5RE4PLELYZVBi8wo_cHnwrPmvzcDxzLIdjfaBlRqK2u_LAAsyWm0ctfIuGLy0DqIxaUFaFS2JXvZK8rHjpvH1sRJqcH-crEscutCfrMxIk_CgtrRiIpOZASMhF_HLBANPEqh-c9DC22-a0l2szPYYG9LnEPpquKxkE/s16000/terri%20w.png" /></a></div>Author: Terri Weldon<br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; text-align: start;"><b>Murdered by Christmas</b></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"> by Terri Weldon<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />A serial killer has targeted Wynter Blakely and the only man who can protect her is her first love, Detective Max Holloway. Can they set aside the past long enough to keep Wynter from being Murdered by Christmas?</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpyCZez3k3bzTPkxrr3wJURCRx-ZmIwwzcLGbZt_oGy8BNL6OiPeXDg48XAIZD2rz6Oh3JnMGWu6lDhUg6jm79MUGvrX37Ips1Duq7IwRo3AWVdrMAzwbFXGCAWGWpwL9RDL4ODuIqy8M31yHJRD8mh-n3bR6PucwaxzJsZ-jJC5_CdqUIuqFDOT-sRc/s1500/my%20holiday%20menace.jpg" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="938" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBpyCZez3k3bzTPkxrr3wJURCRx-ZmIwwzcLGbZt_oGy8BNL6OiPeXDg48XAIZD2rz6Oh3JnMGWu6lDhUg6jm79MUGvrX37Ips1Duq7IwRo3AWVdrMAzwbFXGCAWGWpwL9RDL4ODuIqy8M31yHJRD8mh-n3bR6PucwaxzJsZ-jJC5_CdqUIuqFDOT-sRc/w400-h640/my%20holiday%20menace.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white;">Will Christmas be merry and bright? Lives are in danger when menacing pressures threaten to derail Christmas in this heart-pounding suspense—plus a little romance—collection of 10 brand-new novellas from some of the genre's most popular Christian romantic suspense authors in...</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><i><b style="background-color: black;">Holiday Menace</b></i></span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The HOLIDAY MENACE Collection on YouTube-- See story highlights in action!</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div></div>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-84658053999070143642023-11-19T12:51:00.000-08:002023-12-09T16:26:09.310-08:00Holiday Menace Highlight ~ Pat O'Brien<p><br /></p><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of</i><i style="background-color: black;"> Suspense. </i></b></span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="color: white; font-family: Tinos;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white;">Will Christmas be merry and bright? Lives are in danger when menacing pressures threaten to derail Christmas in this heart-pounding suspense—plus a little romance—collection of 10 brand-new novellas from some of the genre's most popular Christian romantic suspense authors in...</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><i><b style="background-color: black;">Holiday Menace</b></i></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">For the last tw</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">o weeks of September through December 2023, Hope~Inspired Suspense will host these ten authors and their stories.</span></span></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">My next guest in the Holiday Menace series</span><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">is...me! Pat O'Brien-- with my novella...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b><i>Deadly School Break</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><i>An art teacher is drawn into a deadly trap with a man she once trusted. A story charged with suspense, romance, and forgiveness.</i></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: times;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: times;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikx-ztsRIzmwO7Qha3awYyxjQGld0EfI636QVZUuJnoEvd1b5-iU9tWvizi-ahvsVZ1S62xO5p67E-G6WKdKM0MXyAIBbPljFhvxW5mETa13ipI_bQqg0lKr1w8IoKE_ftbSHdzeJmx5mTkFcAINx30c2-PKGpsETjTyXbGf-0jtZQerVohVS_hPGlhxA/s2560/pat%20pic.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikx-ztsRIzmwO7Qha3awYyxjQGld0EfI636QVZUuJnoEvd1b5-iU9tWvizi-ahvsVZ1S62xO5p67E-G6WKdKM0MXyAIBbPljFhvxW5mETa13ipI_bQqg0lKr1w8IoKE_ftbSHdzeJmx5mTkFcAINx30c2-PKGpsETjTyXbGf-0jtZQerVohVS_hPGlhxA/w400-h640/pat%20pic.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8zFBnf6U23RiKox1hOdBtoIn37TqkawfbuTN8WMhvVBNzFSVxggUHlZ9om07IRQQnYQb3ig2KJAGskqH1K-CUZ0_mMJ3WblM8LnXHwV1ILHBLtV51sO4M8iyLjgGWaUG6oe1fLGYfsXslU-5JPQPtqcLtTVu-RCTZ8Cp8r4MCTZ_DI7AKrcOhAgOnFQ/s113/small%20photo-me.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="113" data-original-width="113" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8zFBnf6U23RiKox1hOdBtoIn37TqkawfbuTN8WMhvVBNzFSVxggUHlZ9om07IRQQnYQb3ig2KJAGskqH1K-CUZ0_mMJ3WblM8LnXHwV1ILHBLtV51sO4M8iyLjgGWaUG6oe1fLGYfsXslU-5JPQPtqcLtTVu-RCTZ8Cp8r4MCTZ_DI7AKrcOhAgOnFQ/w200-h200/small%20photo-me.png" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">Author Pat O'Brien</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0iRo8unEEU2FWrMtPFiLncfg9jJQER4WH22g2OeMT59p9cgldDlNr8I4LfgJnmRHUjEZuQcvWSpFSGkThX-JkbvcrzCrQXmTjytasxrYmIbv70Bl79A99quE7PTxKl-uMYvjDjVFQtn8MKsAfJoqrF7SUws9EEJIMSCkQk4rEgAkpM6YGPY94wBHRX3c/s500/holiday%20menace.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="313" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0iRo8unEEU2FWrMtPFiLncfg9jJQER4WH22g2OeMT59p9cgldDlNr8I4LfgJnmRHUjEZuQcvWSpFSGkThX-JkbvcrzCrQXmTjytasxrYmIbv70Bl79A99quE7PTxKl-uMYvjDjVFQtn8MKsAfJoqrF7SUws9EEJIMSCkQk4rEgAkpM6YGPY94wBHRX3c/w400-h640/holiday%20menace.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: xx-large; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The HOLIDAY MENACE Collection on YouTube-- See story highlights in action!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P-IoC9G5gw4" width="320" youtube-src-id="P-IoC9G5gw4"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">And for the coming winter season, win a Christmas ~ Winter Wreath by Sarah Lockerby!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAjVvhK8RkPu_PFPrWrxr7fOh2Vcx_yyJ8FfzIO-vUQnHflk-HVh3iw0k1bbCG2SgBA7vaFh9O62N9Uyl9Z15atLwW81IbKMlUQeFjLRbNzk1kkNC9rUK7Gbz7F034Y9vBXUEQ32Rhkkc-aRlZL6a8f7WZmGEBPbFnDxxaRxlJkuV4olQQR0oNXC8nzo/s917/deer%20wreath%20with%20lights.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: times; font-size: large;">!</span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Become a follower and leave a comment to be included in a drawing for a 50.00 Amazon gift card, an e-<i><span><span>copy of Holiday Menace--and Sarah's latest wreath for the season. </span></span></i></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">(</span></span></i></span></span><i style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Drawings for U.S. addresses only)</span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure." </i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Hewbrews 6:19</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTkitMoMffIvApLLRlvOmBVzyUHF7B45bL48kaDcbV835Km931LgqKi8uDO8GyVWRogrcmukovGLnIBCmBGdLKpd_OPzqf_q6cYNYhrQ6uFXtFtyqi_JbCYj42wsJZS9o0ns7xqzOVEVI5Qx_-N5vRkMd93ExTIbCFcDaUOgLymvwscG_Iig181fbklvc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="143" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTkitMoMffIvApLLRlvOmBVzyUHF7B45bL48kaDcbV835Km931LgqKi8uDO8GyVWRogrcmukovGLnIBCmBGdLKpd_OPzqf_q6cYNYhrQ6uFXtFtyqi_JbCYj42wsJZS9o0ns7xqzOVEVI5Qx_-N5vRkMd93ExTIbCFcDaUOgLymvwscG_Iig181fbklvc=w143-h200" width="143" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div></div></div></div><p><span><b style="text-align: left;"></b></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif;"><span><i><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Thank you...May you all be blessed and inspired!</span></i></span></span></div></div></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: times;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: times;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: times;"><span><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></div>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-10377921460027383272023-11-12T23:43:00.000-08:002023-11-12T23:43:21.527-08:00Holiday Menace Highlight ~ Karen Kirst<p><br /></p><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of</i><i style="background-color: black;"> Suspense. </i></b></span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="color: white; font-family: Tinos;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white;">Will Christmas be merry and bright? Lives are in danger when menacing pressures threaten to derail Christmas in this heart-pounding suspense—plus a little romance—collection of 10 brand-new novellas from some of the genre's most popular Christian romantic suspense authors in...</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><i><b style="background-color: black;">Holiday Menace</b></i></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">For the last tw</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">o weeks of September through December 2023, Hope~Inspired Suspense will host these authors and their stories.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">My seventh guest in the Holiday Menace series</span><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">is Karen Kirst--with her novella...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b><i>Smoky Mountain Rescue</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: times;"><span><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;">Jasper's brother is missing, and the one person who can identify his abductor is the very woman he promised to stay away from. Can Jasper and Natalie overcome their differences to bring Nick home for Christmas?</span></span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="background-color: black; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: black; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLR98sCLRfXFvRYnMhh8seflvA3MhY4A0FLwRfveRxLaMvMBnhdpJnh3yXQ3Y-9wj4lFnj1LToMkVEzMEaOR11zmRY7QzFdT7jACrrwAIIDccxDzj269515VfWx7HSuBM_bjzb6SGxyDgRhCXqTgZBbhjs1ODYg0NR2S8Wo-0RkgohEPyIgwiqFp6YMw/s2048/kirst%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1280" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLR98sCLRfXFvRYnMhh8seflvA3MhY4A0FLwRfveRxLaMvMBnhdpJnh3yXQ3Y-9wj4lFnj1LToMkVEzMEaOR11zmRY7QzFdT7jACrrwAIIDccxDzj269515VfWx7HSuBM_bjzb6SGxyDgRhCXqTgZBbhjs1ODYg0NR2S8Wo-0RkgohEPyIgwiqFp6YMw/w400-h640/kirst%20cover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: black; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: black; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div><br /></b><b style="background-color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxGXu7AHKX9FEV5zG1yTekjkocqJjOu3rOM-4FjPOFj-9JBnpvxwXJ2eMTRlpm77wvzDY322Hu_EypH7iiX77sIoZGXJaziuK0xQu5lLdacYRFl_Jtml71d6Re-cB_7FcLiXoUjIQDvMJvs7NbYTLoytUVgsZ1JQP7yzMOP8_mW51ixLc9vmqFXy9-6i4/s600/k.%20kirst.jpg" style="background-color: transparent; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxGXu7AHKX9FEV5zG1yTekjkocqJjOu3rOM-4FjPOFj-9JBnpvxwXJ2eMTRlpm77wvzDY322Hu_EypH7iiX77sIoZGXJaziuK0xQu5lLdacYRFl_Jtml71d6Re-cB_7FcLiXoUjIQDvMJvs7NbYTLoytUVgsZ1JQP7yzMOP8_mW51ixLc9vmqFXy9-6i4/s320/k.%20kirst.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: black;">Author Karen Kirst</span><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><br /></div><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Tinos; font-size: large; text-align: center;">Philippians 4:7...</span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><i><span style="text-align: left;">And the peace of God,</span><span style="text-align: left;"> which transcends all understanding,</span></i><span style="text-align: left;"><i> will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus</i></span></span></div></div></span></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; 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font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></p><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;">HOLIDAY MENACE Collection on YouTube-- See story highlights in action!</span></p><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P-IoC9G5gw4" width="320" youtube-src-id="P-IoC9G5gw4"></iframe></p><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><i>Prizes...</i></span></span></p><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"> from Hope-Inspired Suspense</span></span><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">!</span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Become a follower and leave a comment to be included in this month's drawing for a 50.00 Amazon gift card and an e-<i><span><span>copy of Holiday Menace. </span></span></i></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">(</span></span></i></span></span><i style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Drawings for U.S. addresses only)</span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure." </i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Hewbrews 6:19</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;">Thank you...May you all be blessed and inspired!</span></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif;"><span><i><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div></div></div></span></span></div>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-60533563976821875962023-10-31T21:36:00.003-07:002023-10-31T21:36:49.214-07:00Holiday Menace Hi-light: Kendall Hoxsey<p><br /></p><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of</i><i style="background-color: black;"> Suspense. </i></b></span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="color: white; font-family: Tinos;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white;">Will Christmas be merry and bright? Lives are in danger when menacing pressures threaten to derail Christmas in this heart-pounding suspense—plus a little romance—collection of 10 brand-new novellas from some of the genre's most popular Christian romantic suspense authors in...</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><i><b style="background-color: black;">Holiday Menace</b></i></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div></div><div style="color: white;"><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">For the last tw</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">o weeks of September through December 2023, Hope~Inspired Suspense will host these authors and their stories.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div><div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">My sixth guest in the Holiday Menace series</span><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">is Kendall Hoxsey--with her novella...</span></span></span></div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><i><b>An Imminent Christmas Threat</b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: times;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Claiming a family legacy is not for the faint of heart...</i></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjCqqJvJxE6MVLH1wy3lkqsvHPHqXmVGGuyef03h4ypACcTm-X_H_ssQ7uK1Ze6aG-b-wrAz93mtnzQfwcvH5F37LJ3RRh8iseuvU_T8Fte8INezyiPtCwVzpdO3OFr55ucgZTs86BLyqjkZB2LSOkGbwIk6Wu3gTaZunEOWFIwafVRFSin6EiBXZVSo/s2250/An%20Imminent%20Christmas%20Threat%20cover%20lores.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="2250" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmjCqqJvJxE6MVLH1wy3lkqsvHPHqXmVGGuyef03h4ypACcTm-X_H_ssQ7uK1Ze6aG-b-wrAz93mtnzQfwcvH5F37LJ3RRh8iseuvU_T8Fte8INezyiPtCwVzpdO3OFr55ucgZTs86BLyqjkZB2LSOkGbwIk6Wu3gTaZunEOWFIwafVRFSin6EiBXZVSo/w426-h640/An%20Imminent%20Christmas%20Threat%20cover%20lores.png" width="426" /></i></a></div></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><b><div class="separator" style="background-color: black; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheHnsTn-wj-_ckUBilVO_CagdBZRdjhB3EXn-wCMOjHGEX2s8fxu3fpGbESjRCifHLhwAMMjDuJmT2YFEiT9YyWCArJW_93L5aaHxHimbWPpzdPLirwjtBphlqcdByqiX9IlyxZnOI3y7V6a2eUtgoOCd8S8aNtJ4d0TPYcoD0dynThmC4N-KnMvmB98/s2000/Hoxsey%20headshot.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1331" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheHnsTn-wj-_ckUBilVO_CagdBZRdjhB3EXn-wCMOjHGEX2s8fxu3fpGbESjRCifHLhwAMMjDuJmT2YFEiT9YyWCArJW_93L5aaHxHimbWPpzdPLirwjtBphlqcdByqiX9IlyxZnOI3y7V6a2eUtgoOCd8S8aNtJ4d0TPYcoD0dynThmC4N-KnMvmB98/s320/Hoxsey%20headshot.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: black;">Author Kendall Hoxsey</span><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="ltr" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Psalm 30:5 "For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning."</span></span></div></span></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: times;"><span><div style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; text-align: center;"><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div><div style="background-color: black;"><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk2KXa51zHZ50PnGr_32dmvsFuGUmAaR82Hbj8AyVxXXJmzjwQvG-2FEvoZ9PY8sjdDL9kFIw73vLNWa663mI1HWc_j0zHi-VXMPujpGztBstUfpNcD4XgtX8eMJIjTktHidfLr4uz9NKohgYUwYBFY2QV418ajrV_weF51mJN4ue3LcWtNh4gfg_yQI/s1500/my%20holiday%20menace.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="938" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk2KXa51zHZ50PnGr_32dmvsFuGUmAaR82Hbj8AyVxXXJmzjwQvG-2FEvoZ9PY8sjdDL9kFIw73vLNWa663mI1HWc_j0zHi-VXMPujpGztBstUfpNcD4XgtX8eMJIjTktHidfLr4uz9NKohgYUwYBFY2QV418ajrV_weF51mJN4ue3LcWtNh4gfg_yQI/w400-h640/my%20holiday%20menace.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></p><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;">HOLIDAY MENACE Collection on YouTube-- See story highlights in action!</span></p><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P-IoC9G5gw4" width="320" youtube-src-id="P-IoC9G5gw4"></iframe></p><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Prizes...</span></span></p><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"> from Hope-Inspired Suspense</span></span><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">Become a follower and leave a comment to be included in the October drawing for a 50.00 Amazon gift card and an e-<i style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">copy of Holiday Menace. </span></span></i></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">(</span></span></i></span></span><i style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Drawings for U.S. addresses only)</span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure." </i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Hewbrews 6:19</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTkitMoMffIvApLLRlvOmBVzyUHF7B45bL48kaDcbV835Km931LgqKi8uDO8GyVWRogrcmukovGLnIBCmBGdLKpd_OPzqf_q6cYNYhrQ6uFXtFtyqi_JbCYj42wsJZS9o0ns7xqzOVEVI5Qx_-N5vRkMd93ExTIbCFcDaUOgLymvwscG_Iig181fbklvc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="143" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTkitMoMffIvApLLRlvOmBVzyUHF7B45bL48kaDcbV835Km931LgqKi8uDO8GyVWRogrcmukovGLnIBCmBGdLKpd_OPzqf_q6cYNYhrQ6uFXtFtyqi_JbCYj42wsJZS9o0ns7xqzOVEVI5Qx_-N5vRkMd93ExTIbCFcDaUOgLymvwscG_Iig181fbklvc=w143-h200" width="143" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div></div></div></div><p><span><b style="text-align: left;"></b></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif;"><span><i><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Thank you...May you all be blessed and inspired!</span></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif;"><span><i><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div></div></div></span></span></div>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-548044567881749352023-10-17T21:25:00.022-07:002023-10-19T22:11:45.897-07:00Holiday Menace Hi-light: Sarah Hamaker<p><br /></p><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of</i><i style="background-color: black;"> Suspense. </i></b></span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="color: white; font-family: Tinos;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white;">Will Christmas be merry and bright? Lives are in danger when menacing pressures threaten to derail Christmas in this heart-pounding suspense—plus a little romance—collection of 10 brand-new novellas from some of the genre's most popular Christian romantic suspense authors in...</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><i><b style="background-color: black;">Holiday Menace</b></i></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div></div><div style="color: white;"><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">For the last tw</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">o weeks of September through December 2023, Hope~Inspired Suspense will host these authors and their stories.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div><div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">My fifth guest--and the lady I'm grateful to for including my story in the Holiday Menace series</span><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">is best-selling author--and originator of this collection-- Sarah Hamaker with her novella...</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><i><b>Christmas Cold Case</b></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT714FgTiNHyyKSiHyRNGv2MrXT6Vtmt4cuB-RnL8IaoF_bdeq7ZUS3PNbDuXibt9vMn9kUwPNInquG-0omDxfp7NyOmE6U9UgJoAaiCA1eDwnMmCcUbFuWOxbxC9gX2w4QzP-VI4UjOEIcHWn9RVSoEeUiwHjuyDmLO8YMoi1rANaaVNHBEtgf_UBB3o/s842/sarah's%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT714FgTiNHyyKSiHyRNGv2MrXT6Vtmt4cuB-RnL8IaoF_bdeq7ZUS3PNbDuXibt9vMn9kUwPNInquG-0omDxfp7NyOmE6U9UgJoAaiCA1eDwnMmCcUbFuWOxbxC9gX2w4QzP-VI4UjOEIcHWn9RVSoEeUiwHjuyDmLO8YMoi1rANaaVNHBEtgf_UBB3o/w400-h640/sarah's%20cover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div><div style="background-color: black;"><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk2KXa51zHZ50PnGr_32dmvsFuGUmAaR82Hbj8AyVxXXJmzjwQvG-2FEvoZ9PY8sjdDL9kFIw73vLNWa663mI1HWc_j0zHi-VXMPujpGztBstUfpNcD4XgtX8eMJIjTktHidfLr4uz9NKohgYUwYBFY2QV418ajrV_weF51mJN4ue3LcWtNh4gfg_yQI/s1500/my%20holiday%20menace.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="938" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk2KXa51zHZ50PnGr_32dmvsFuGUmAaR82Hbj8AyVxXXJmzjwQvG-2FEvoZ9PY8sjdDL9kFIw73vLNWa663mI1HWc_j0zHi-VXMPujpGztBstUfpNcD4XgtX8eMJIjTktHidfLr4uz9NKohgYUwYBFY2QV418ajrV_weF51mJN4ue3LcWtNh4gfg_yQI/w400-h640/my%20holiday%20menace.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></p><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;">HOLIDAY MENACE Collection on YouTube-- See story highlights in action!</span></p><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P-IoC9G5gw4" width="320" youtube-src-id="P-IoC9G5gw4"></iframe></p><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Prizes...</span></span></p><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"> from Hope-Inspired Suspense</span></span><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">Become a follower and leave a comment to be included in the October drawing for a 50.00 Amazon gift card and an e-<i style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">copy of Holiday Menace. </span></span></i></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;">(</span></span></i></span></span><i style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Drawings for U.S. addresses only)</span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure." </i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>Hewbrews 6:19</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTkitMoMffIvApLLRlvOmBVzyUHF7B45bL48kaDcbV835Km931LgqKi8uDO8GyVWRogrcmukovGLnIBCmBGdLKpd_OPzqf_q6cYNYhrQ6uFXtFtyqi_JbCYj42wsJZS9o0ns7xqzOVEVI5Qx_-N5vRkMd93ExTIbCFcDaUOgLymvwscG_Iig181fbklvc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="143" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTkitMoMffIvApLLRlvOmBVzyUHF7B45bL48kaDcbV835Km931LgqKi8uDO8GyVWRogrcmukovGLnIBCmBGdLKpd_OPzqf_q6cYNYhrQ6uFXtFtyqi_JbCYj42wsJZS9o0ns7xqzOVEVI5Qx_-N5vRkMd93ExTIbCFcDaUOgLymvwscG_Iig181fbklvc=w143-h200" width="143" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div></div></div></div><p><span><b style="text-align: left;"></b></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif;"><span><i><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Thank you...May you all be blessed and inspired!</span></i></span></span></div><div style="color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif;"><span><i style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div></div></div></span></span></div>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-63752731602916046492023-10-10T15:43:00.027-07:002023-10-12T13:47:16.812-07:00 Holiday Menace Hi-Light ~ Lori Altebaumer<p><br /></p><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of</i><i style="background-color: black;"> Suspense. </i></b></span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="color: white; font-family: Tinos;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white;">Will Christmas be merry and bright? Lives are in danger when menacing pressures threaten to derail Christmas in this heart-pounding suspense—plus a little romance—collection of 10 brand-new novellas from some of the genre's most popular Christian romantic suspense authors in...</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><i><b style="background-color: black;">Holiday Menace</b></i></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div></div><div style="color: white;"><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">For the last tw</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">o weeks of September through December 2023, Hope~Inspired Suspense will host these authors and their stories.</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div><div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">My third guest in the Holdiay Menace series</span><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">is best-selling author Lori Altebaumer with her novella...</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><i>Silenced Night</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xx-large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzI-g12Lntc34W8tJWv69XNCsZquDanUwILG8Ng__O1dG4JW1yXZmqLZtDqS-Csq9s5Nf0FFvPMasf-BRZSgL55TG8JfrU7ICkBoK3qtf5xxMcceY2QHMmc-yLaINPPDq9DW8lzwFTA_Qf97XOMDKgMFEKOGLki45fSwCPJVwL7Gu2-BriPKNGgCm-hZc/s2048/lori's%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1283" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzI-g12Lntc34W8tJWv69XNCsZquDanUwILG8Ng__O1dG4JW1yXZmqLZtDqS-Csq9s5Nf0FFvPMasf-BRZSgL55TG8JfrU7ICkBoK3qtf5xxMcceY2QHMmc-yLaINPPDq9DW8lzwFTA_Qf97XOMDKgMFEKOGLki45fSwCPJVwL7Gu2-BriPKNGgCm-hZc/w400-h640/lori's%20cover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">No one thinks of murder on Christmas Eve. Now Everleigh Greene has seen too much and someone wants to wish her a silenced night.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjboNAW3Ab5UqJEU5m-_lOBjyxO7HtfH0d8bd7BkhCWpxrZGFq4iidLdZo7mklYxbvsUW8GPpSb3pcfP_7O__1-B56dhGvbxwwnzq9CwSL4dKAriuqP4eqUvNCaprJapqKPjEgWNE16kJK-pnOYooYkYDm59V4z-nLsztUbZNNhffAaz4ZEkoE-dzhhMwQ/s300/lori%20alt.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjboNAW3Ab5UqJEU5m-_lOBjyxO7HtfH0d8bd7BkhCWpxrZGFq4iidLdZo7mklYxbvsUW8GPpSb3pcfP_7O__1-B56dhGvbxwwnzq9CwSL4dKAriuqP4eqUvNCaprJapqKPjEgWNE16kJK-pnOYooYkYDm59V4z-nLsztUbZNNhffAaz4ZEkoE-dzhhMwQ/s1600/lori%20alt.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">Author: Lori Altebaumer</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div><div><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk2KXa51zHZ50PnGr_32dmvsFuGUmAaR82Hbj8AyVxXXJmzjwQvG-2FEvoZ9PY8sjdDL9kFIw73vLNWa663mI1HWc_j0zHi-VXMPujpGztBstUfpNcD4XgtX8eMJIjTktHidfLr4uz9NKohgYUwYBFY2QV418ajrV_weF51mJN4ue3LcWtNh4gfg_yQI/s1500/my%20holiday%20menace.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="938" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk2KXa51zHZ50PnGr_32dmvsFuGUmAaR82Hbj8AyVxXXJmzjwQvG-2FEvoZ9PY8sjdDL9kFIw73vLNWa663mI1HWc_j0zHi-VXMPujpGztBstUfpNcD4XgtX8eMJIjTktHidfLr4uz9NKohgYUwYBFY2QV418ajrV_weF51mJN4ue3LcWtNh4gfg_yQI/w400-h640/my%20holiday%20menace.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></p><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: x-large; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;">HOLIDAY MENACE collection on YouTube! See story highlights in action!</span></p><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P-IoC9G5gw4" width="320" youtube-src-id="P-IoC9G5gw4"></iframe></p><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prizes...</span></span></p><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;"> from Hope-Inspired Suspense</span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">Become a follower and leave a comment to be included in the October drawing for a 50.00 Amazon gift card, and an e-<i style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">copy of Holiday Menace! </span></span></i></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;"><i style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></span></span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;"><i style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">(</span></span></i></span></span></i></span></span><i style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: medium;">Drawings for U.S. addresses only)</span></span></i></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: black;">"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure." </i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: black;">Hewbrews 6:19</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: black;"><br /></i></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTkitMoMffIvApLLRlvOmBVzyUHF7B45bL48kaDcbV835Km931LgqKi8uDO8GyVWRogrcmukovGLnIBCmBGdLKpd_OPzqf_q6cYNYhrQ6uFXtFtyqi_JbCYj42wsJZS9o0ns7xqzOVEVI5Qx_-N5vRkMd93ExTIbCFcDaUOgLymvwscG_Iig181fbklvc" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="143" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTkitMoMffIvApLLRlvOmBVzyUHF7B45bL48kaDcbV835Km931LgqKi8uDO8GyVWRogrcmukovGLnIBCmBGdLKpd_OPzqf_q6cYNYhrQ6uFXtFtyqi_JbCYj42wsJZS9o0ns7xqzOVEVI5Qx_-N5vRkMd93ExTIbCFcDaUOgLymvwscG_Iig181fbklvc=w143-h200" width="143" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><p><span style="background-color: black;"><b style="text-align: left;"></b></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif;"><span><i style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Thank you...May you all be blessed and inspired!</span></i></span></span></div><div style="color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif;"><span><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-89198412426601767922023-10-01T20:08:00.000-07:002023-10-01T20:08:23.107-07:00Holiday Menace Hi-Light ~ Mary Alford<p><br /></p><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of</i><i style="background-color: black;"> Suspense. </i></b></span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div style="color: white; font-family: Tinos;"><div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white;">Will Christmas be merry and bright? Lives are in danger when menacing pressures threaten to derail Christmas in this heart-pounding suspense—plus a little romance—collection of 10 brand-new novellas from some of the genre's most popular Christian romantic suspense authors in...</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>Holiday Menace</b></i></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div></div></div><div style="color: white;"><br /></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">For the last tw</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">o weeks of September through December 2023, Hope~Inspired Suspense will host these authors and their stories </span></span></div><div style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xx-large;">❄</span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">My next guest in the Holdiay Menace Hi-light</span><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">is best-selling author Mary Alford with her novella...</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Christmas</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">in the Crosshairs</span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7S_NYTahBAvcw0uicT86V0dQ1AELC3UmGuTuWunl8aj2U2tXTBq2vj4q0oLcnRI-Pq4A1IlbTU7pzeLVP44YqVnzrzqvBOlZI6K9Wuiev2qVW1U43_g4SDE8a1EF3t9BSRSHIIZ7GsRKZN2KZUXwHNHQ1yjDXzvqEcS4PFnNA_0GiwUzph7m1hcsHnWo/s2048/alford%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1283" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7S_NYTahBAvcw0uicT86V0dQ1AELC3UmGuTuWunl8aj2U2tXTBq2vj4q0oLcnRI-Pq4A1IlbTU7pzeLVP44YqVnzrzqvBOlZI6K9Wuiev2qVW1U43_g4SDE8a1EF3t9BSRSHIIZ7GsRKZN2KZUXwHNHQ1yjDXzvqEcS4PFnNA_0GiwUzph7m1hcsHnWo/w400-h640/alford%20cover.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i>This Christmas, Hailey Lansing is caught in the crosshairs of a deadly terrorist plot and must turn to the man who broke her heart to save her life. CIA Scorpion Team Officer Gray Beaumont never expected a second chance with Hailey, but he’ll risk everything to bring them through the threat to rebuild the love he once shattered.</i><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhY2ESVWxQd9rZYJXMLwRficZWMOej99xGbAiYCnM0QX-5VvPEQTXLEirQ3ost-zkg4ofGfx94G8e6sRj4G3kinFplapzwj6BiFpCn6dOSNjFGPkz5dsY7SZQOlTXrF_NYoulCYY0y1lD4Z-BSoq4o0FF1zcNzCuZ1LFF1VBtOXetT5oODouaFGhlN2_Mo" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhY2ESVWxQd9rZYJXMLwRficZWMOej99xGbAiYCnM0QX-5VvPEQTXLEirQ3ost-zkg4ofGfx94G8e6sRj4G3kinFplapzwj6BiFpCn6dOSNjFGPkz5dsY7SZQOlTXrF_NYoulCYY0y1lD4Z-BSoq4o0FF1zcNzCuZ1LFF1VBtOXetT5oODouaFGhlN2_Mo" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Author Mary Alford</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><p style="color: white;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk2KXa51zHZ50PnGr_32dmvsFuGUmAaR82Hbj8AyVxXXJmzjwQvG-2FEvoZ9PY8sjdDL9kFIw73vLNWa663mI1HWc_j0zHi-VXMPujpGztBstUfpNcD4XgtX8eMJIjTktHidfLr4uz9NKohgYUwYBFY2QV418ajrV_weF51mJN4ue3LcWtNh4gfg_yQI/s1500/my%20holiday%20menace.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="938" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk2KXa51zHZ50PnGr_32dmvsFuGUmAaR82Hbj8AyVxXXJmzjwQvG-2FEvoZ9PY8sjdDL9kFIw73vLNWa663mI1HWc_j0zHi-VXMPujpGztBstUfpNcD4XgtX8eMJIjTktHidfLr4uz9NKohgYUwYBFY2QV418ajrV_weF51mJN4ue3LcWtNh4gfg_yQI/w400-h640/my%20holiday%20menace.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></p><p style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prizes from Hope-Inspired Suspense</span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">Become a follower and leave a comment this month--win a 50.00 Amazon gift card, and an e-<i style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">copy of Holiday Menace when it's released on October 4! (</span></span></i></span></span></i></span></span><i style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: medium;">Drawings for U.S. addresses only)</span></span></i></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><i style="background-color: white; font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: red; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div></div></div></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: black;">"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure." </i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: black;">Hewbrews 6:19</i></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;"><br /></i></b></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTkitMoMffIvApLLRlvOmBVzyUHF7B45bL48kaDcbV835Km931LgqKi8uDO8GyVWRogrcmukovGLnIBCmBGdLKpd_OPzqf_q6cYNYhrQ6uFXtFtyqi_JbCYj42wsJZS9o0ns7xqzOVEVI5Qx_-N5vRkMd93ExTIbCFcDaUOgLymvwscG_Iig181fbklvc" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="143" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTkitMoMffIvApLLRlvOmBVzyUHF7B45bL48kaDcbV835Km931LgqKi8uDO8GyVWRogrcmukovGLnIBCmBGdLKpd_OPzqf_q6cYNYhrQ6uFXtFtyqi_JbCYj42wsJZS9o0ns7xqzOVEVI5Qx_-N5vRkMd93ExTIbCFcDaUOgLymvwscG_Iig181fbklvc=w143-h200" width="143" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><p><span style="background-color: black;"><b style="text-align: left;"></b></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif;"><span><i style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Thank you...May you all be blessed and inspired!</span></i></span></span></div><div style="color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif;"><span><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-1294130420736099722023-09-18T22:33:00.000-07:002023-09-20T22:19:16.666-07:00MIDNIGHT CLEAR~ Jerusha Agen<p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></p><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of</i><i style="background-color: black;"> Suspense. </i></b></span></div><div style="color: white; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="color: white;">Will Christmas be merry and bright? Lives are in danger when menacing pressures threaten to derail Christmas in this heart-pounding suspense—plus a little romance—collection of 10 brand-new novellas from some of the genre's most popular Christian romantic suspense authors!</span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div><div><br /></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk2KXa51zHZ50PnGr_32dmvsFuGUmAaR82Hbj8AyVxXXJmzjwQvG-2FEvoZ9PY8sjdDL9kFIw73vLNWa663mI1HWc_j0zHi-VXMPujpGztBstUfpNcD4XgtX8eMJIjTktHidfLr4uz9NKohgYUwYBFY2QV418ajrV_weF51mJN4ue3LcWtNh4gfg_yQI/s1500/my%20holiday%20menace.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="938" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk2KXa51zHZ50PnGr_32dmvsFuGUmAaR82Hbj8AyVxXXJmzjwQvG-2FEvoZ9PY8sjdDL9kFIw73vLNWa663mI1HWc_j0zHi-VXMPujpGztBstUfpNcD4XgtX8eMJIjTktHidfLr4uz9NKohgYUwYBFY2QV418ajrV_weF51mJN4ue3LcWtNh4gfg_yQI/w400-h640/my%20holiday%20menace.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /></div></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></span></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">For the last tw</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">o weeks of September--through December 2023, </span><span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">I'll be</span><span style="color: #fcff01;"> </span><span style="color: white;">presenting </span></span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">stories from</span><span style="font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;"> <b>Holiday Menace</b></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">--</span></span><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">a thrilling collection of ten romantic suspense novellas</span></span></span><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;">. </span><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">My first guest</span><span style="color: white;"> from the</span><span style="color: #fcff01;"> </span><span style="color: white;">collection</span><span style="color: #fcff01;"> </span><span style="color: white;">is USA Today's best-selling author Jerusha Agen with her latest story of suspense, danger,</span></span></span><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times;"> and faith </span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; text-align: start;">entitled </span></span><i style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Midnight Clear.</span></i></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xx-large;">❄</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;">Her worst fear is another Christmas alone. Until she isn’t alone...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPOG51ei06rEQ7lqBLyaGiGnFstnBxEqMh9iMJs7h-deTxF-8r-BRWXN04DPV6dN_yh7ShzNgAjMaXN2sL0-5t48tOzwhroG5wX_ZKdgAQbTyCN4dPD0yC7qXtn8K3Ba5BDiiMtgcxQagk_LdCIqgI6GLtWi-ss6nEZuHl1o_tP73RB7B4WfivZ4-MXg/s2048/jerusha's%20book.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1338" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzPOG51ei06rEQ7lqBLyaGiGnFstnBxEqMh9iMJs7h-deTxF-8r-BRWXN04DPV6dN_yh7ShzNgAjMaXN2sL0-5t48tOzwhroG5wX_ZKdgAQbTyCN4dPD0yC7qXtn8K3Ba5BDiiMtgcxQagk_LdCIqgI6GLtWi-ss6nEZuHl1o_tP73RB7B4WfivZ4-MXg/w418-h640/jerusha's%20book.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">❄</span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQeP6wblFlCzYJPwfHczY1uf365esiF5YX2RuY1-9FjhNExrcu08knd4N2kdMh_thXRebNN1llKO9izgEFvt9bNU3kASLKDF9gP9evw9UmLS2HbVR7yZjIJbxhr1y_y6I00lW5rlM6nNjS5YxjBb_Aqm0RYiOcf0asQQpEq3q6Hp06684K2dG3udw3iMA/s600/jerusha.jpg" style="font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="462" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQeP6wblFlCzYJPwfHczY1uf365esiF5YX2RuY1-9FjhNExrcu08knd4N2kdMh_thXRebNN1llKO9izgEFvt9bNU3kASLKDF9gP9evw9UmLS2HbVR7yZjIJbxhr1y_y6I00lW5rlM6nNjS5YxjBb_Aqm0RYiOcf0asQQpEq3q6Hp06684K2dG3udw3iMA/s320/jerusha.jpg" width="246" /></a></div></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Author </div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Jerusha Agen</span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: xxx-large;">❄</span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prizes from Hope-Inspired Suspense</span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">Become a follower and leave a comment this month--win a 50.00 Amazon gift card, an e-<i style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">copy of Holiday Menace when it's released--and</span></span></i> Sarah Lockerby's latest autumn wreath! Yes--it's a wreath! </span></span></i></span></span><i style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: medium;">(Drawings for U.S. addresses only)</span></span></i></div></div></div></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32W6LrPGvVTFA2dLn-q-_s_hysjOowq9GxfVpU3wVISJ6l5kGn6BLIlA_5AJXZG4XJQ_A6xKDlTF2sJykej9sLCgAUQuJG5P-J0yypgPZ3mlZkLFDx8Al_lgPQAYdOVgCpH099reqkj427RAn897ZofzreUXoS3F-353nwBUdvz-xUjZT75AFq5DBJDU/s1000/autumn%20wreath.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi32W6LrPGvVTFA2dLn-q-_s_hysjOowq9GxfVpU3wVISJ6l5kGn6BLIlA_5AJXZG4XJQ_A6xKDlTF2sJykej9sLCgAUQuJG5P-J0yypgPZ3mlZkLFDx8Al_lgPQAYdOVgCpH099reqkj427RAn897ZofzreUXoS3F-353nwBUdvz-xUjZT75AFq5DBJDU/s320/autumn%20wreath.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Autumn Door Decor ~ Sarah Lockerby</span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">For other chances to win prizes, visit... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">hopeinspiredstories.blogspot.com</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">hopeinspiredromance.blogspot.com</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: black;">"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure." </i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: black;">Hewbrews 6:19</i></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;"><br /></i></b></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTkitMoMffIvApLLRlvOmBVzyUHF7B45bL48kaDcbV835Km931LgqKi8uDO8GyVWRogrcmukovGLnIBCmBGdLKpd_OPzqf_q6cYNYhrQ6uFXtFtyqi_JbCYj42wsJZS9o0ns7xqzOVEVI5Qx_-N5vRkMd93ExTIbCFcDaUOgLymvwscG_Iig181fbklvc" style="background-color: black; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="143" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTkitMoMffIvApLLRlvOmBVzyUHF7B45bL48kaDcbV835Km931LgqKi8uDO8GyVWRogrcmukovGLnIBCmBGdLKpd_OPzqf_q6cYNYhrQ6uFXtFtyqi_JbCYj42wsJZS9o0ns7xqzOVEVI5Qx_-N5vRkMd93ExTIbCFcDaUOgLymvwscG_Iig181fbklvc=w143-h200" width="143" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><p><span style="background-color: black;"><b style="text-align: left;"></b></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif;"><span><i style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">Thank you...May you all be blessed and inspired!</span></i></span></span></div><div style="color: #111111; font-size: 13px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif;"><span><i style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div></div><p><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></p><p><br style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; text-align: left;" /></p></div>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-66635331209924748742023-08-31T00:49:00.006-07:002023-09-18T20:12:14.373-07:00ONE FINAL TARGET ~ Janice Cantore<p> </p><p><br /></p><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of</i><i style="background-color: black;"> Suspense. </i></b></span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;">My guest for the month of September</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> 2023 on Hope Inspired Suspense is award-winning and best-selling author Janice Cantore, with her latest story of suspense, danger,</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> and faith...</span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5nif7kHVHlsDyt-1YBx2EuYtmpwmcLlCftModcRCkBOllwJFyvu_wd0Ek4jm-H7adSTH4G4W-ZgT9qiOWKk7oBpazHpapbWZHjNN4Eq7Ue5oeq4V1SY0JrtlIm1eT4I1epMhNDbNroQO8HFPQl3oQ9Z84WvH-sRfBz4lb_fmJkSWhkyW5mdAVxJCLco/s789/janice's%20latest.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="526" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz5nif7kHVHlsDyt-1YBx2EuYtmpwmcLlCftModcRCkBOllwJFyvu_wd0Ek4jm-H7adSTH4G4W-ZgT9qiOWKk7oBpazHpapbWZHjNN4Eq7Ue5oeq4V1SY0JrtlIm1eT4I1epMhNDbNroQO8HFPQl3oQ9Z84WvH-sRfBz4lb_fmJkSWhkyW5mdAVxJCLco/w426-h640/janice's%20latest.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Publisher: </span><span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Tyndale House Publishers (February 13, 2024)</span></span></b></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Two wounded heroes shattered by tragedy and paralyzed by guilt must find their footing and work together to catch a killer.</span></b></i></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><i style="font-size: x-large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></i><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="font-size: large;">A warrant service in the San Bernardino Mountains goes horribly wrong when an IED blast kills four police officers. Devastated by the loss of her team, the lone survivor, Long Beach sergeant Jodie King, struggles with her guilt and grief, especially as the case remains open with no clear leads or suspects. Weeks after the explosion, Jodie retires from the police department and returns to the mountain bomb site seeking peace and resolution . . . only to find herself in the crosshairs once again.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="font-size: large;">Sam Gresham just happens to be in the right place at the right time when shots are fired at Jodie. The newest detective for the county sheriff’s department, Sam is assigned to work the IED, his first case back after his own traumatic loss. While Sam sees an opportunity to help Jodie heal from her lingering scars, Jodie hopes fresh eyes will bring new insight to the investigation. Because after this latest shooting, one thing seems clear: Jodie has always been the intended target―and the threat may be much closer to her than anyone wants to admit.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="font-size: large;">Janice Cantore delivers another pulse-pounding contemporary romantic suspense novel about overcoming grief and learning to trust again.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span style="font-size: medium;">*Contemporary romantic suspense</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">*Discussion questions for book clubs</span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">*Police drama</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieHNVYcErG8V2Zt4RLdCgOzGL9K_9r5PcMGWhrqm8WZ-DTzhiW3peDiVXWpypJ-66gu-67gzrH5Ma6CHIyhodyGlPnwGHrBvJ1zCjh18KJwkvLjVTGyDYYJJ1wpI2uz4oeF1dfZt9aV8XGb0_fvggkgMUudNStxCFy3Re0TXxFpl1ocTVsJlDSO5uRKU/s400/janice.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="266" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhieHNVYcErG8V2Zt4RLdCgOzGL9K_9r5PcMGWhrqm8WZ-DTzhiW3peDiVXWpypJ-66gu-67gzrH5Ma6CHIyhodyGlPnwGHrBvJ1zCjh18KJwkvLjVTGyDYYJJ1wpI2uz4oeF1dfZt9aV8XGb0_fvggkgMUudNStxCFy3Re0TXxFpl1ocTVsJlDSO5uRKU/s320/janice.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">Author ~ Janice Cantore</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><b>https://www.janicecantore.com/</b></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">Prizes from Hope-Inspired Suspense</span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">Become a follower and leave a comment this month--win a 50.00 Amazon gift card, a <i style="font-size: medium;"><span><span style="font-size: medium;">copy of Janice's book when it's released--and</span></span></i> Sarah Lockerby's latest autumn wreath! 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text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">"We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure." </i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">Hewbrews 6:19</i></b></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;"><br /></i></b></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiTkitMoMffIvApLLRlvOmBVzyUHF7B45bL48kaDcbV835Km931LgqKi8uDO8GyVWRogrcmukovGLnIBCmBGdLKpd_OPzqf_q6cYNYhrQ6uFXtFtyqi_JbCYj42wsJZS9o0ns7xqzOVEVI5Qx_-N5vRkMd93ExTIbCFcDaUOgLymvwscG_Iig181fbklvc" style="background-color: black; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div></div><p><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-1712600538544230962023-08-16T19:14:00.031-07:002023-08-16T22:22:29.107-07:00Robin Patchen ~ A Mountain Too Steep<div class="ii gt adO" id=":10a" jslog="20277; u014N:xr6bB; 1:WyIjdGhyZWFkLWY6MTc3Mzk4Mjc0NzYzMzY3ODU3MSIsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLG51bGwsW11d; 4:WyIjbXNnLWY6MTc3NDAzMDYxMjM1MDE3MTgyNyIsbnVsbCxbXV0." style="direction: ltr; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="a3s aiL msg-4179138051291367951" id=":109" style="font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: hidden;"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" vlink="purple"><div class="m_-4179138051291367951WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></p><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of</i><i style="background-color: black;"> Suspense. </i></b></span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;">My guest for the last tw</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;">o weeks of August 2023 on Hope Inspired Suspense is USA Today best-selling author Robin Patchen, with her latest story of suspense, danger,</span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;"> and faith...</span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6BtIxzVl9GYDg2b0h9t_RFvNWROGMyatVrlgSWlwpBXRqpH73bPMvFD-7qPI-KbkAU8kAxS9dhHjx5HxRxann8GYKAndfeKgZ4n7yXquiMKG3_Lu4VYqRD5JPfu1nMcx4s1jpU8KkBY0qQa_hab39t69aEuFf25V0iSMz_JvbX_W2nZYTiHjNUZfOdS0/s500/a%20mountain%20too%20steep.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="329" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6BtIxzVl9GYDg2b0h9t_RFvNWROGMyatVrlgSWlwpBXRqpH73bPMvFD-7qPI-KbkAU8kAxS9dhHjx5HxRxann8GYKAndfeKgZ4n7yXquiMKG3_Lu4VYqRD5JPfu1nMcx4s1jpU8KkBY0qQa_hab39t69aEuFf25V0iSMz_JvbX_W2nZYTiHjNUZfOdS0/w422-h640/a%20mountain%20too%20steep.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><b><br /></b><p></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1px 18px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Publisher : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Independently published (July 1, 2023)</span></span></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">A car accident might not be an accident at all. A murderer bent on revenge. And a woman desperate to keep her family together.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">She’s already lost her soul mate. She’ll do anything to protect her children.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">For the sake of her kids, Camilla Wright managed to survive after her husband's murder. When she’s awakened in the night with the news that her teenage son and nephew have been in a horrific car accident, she rushes to the hospital in a haze of shock and panic.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The boys were supposed to be skiing in the mountains east of Salt Lake City. What were they doing so far west? More alarming, the wreck might not have been an accident at all.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">While Jeremy fights for his life, Camilla is running out of time to discover who lured her son and her nephew into the desert. With each new clue, the terrifying truth becomes clearer.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Her husband’s killers are closing in…</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-z3cEWV77OTW1lE0L6my_VT9oE-65ltu8FDYZh6womkmnNtOMDl68fmgWMCZDhHvT6SoIeWmvj3ld94_pupxxm_nGh8orKKbnXjpiHeqj7ESFNfv4mlUnfD5zATrbGFnNJoMGeAiUD4AyxAYCxucV7YMwmEF27mSmWVXKEf7kmajbg-IyJ18AqpZyBEU/s300/robin.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-z3cEWV77OTW1lE0L6my_VT9oE-65ltu8FDYZh6womkmnNtOMDl68fmgWMCZDhHvT6SoIeWmvj3ld94_pupxxm_nGh8orKKbnXjpiHeqj7ESFNfv4mlUnfD5zATrbGFnNJoMGeAiUD4AyxAYCxucV7YMwmEF27mSmWVXKEf7kmajbg-IyJ18AqpZyBEU/s1600/robin.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: white;">Author: Robin Patchen</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div></span><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Robin's Favorite Hymn:</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">"How Great Thou Art"</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Yf6C0L_7-CA" width="320" youtube-src-id="Yf6C0L_7-CA"></iframe></span></div><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">...and Robin's favorite Bible verse:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Right now, because I just became a grandmother, I think... <i>Psalm 102:28: “The children of your servants will live in your presence; their descendants will be established before you.”</i></span></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Prizes from Hope-Inspired Sto</span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">ries!</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;">Become a follower and leave a comment this month-- and you could be the winner of a 50.00 Amazon gift card, and a copy of Robin's new release! </span></span></i></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">For other chances to win, visit... </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="820" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bAJKI6q3Xq_B5DEOhaALoZc2v0ARS6dLrNfEmYyzwMxlOwEj2T7Mjgmzqwn-yo-rIWuFL1Rihg43GqQZ5HIAKmyBErbdN2TCCmVqAAZtFxcmX7nNfZwV8UPE8l6cTwJN8cow-jO54Hj7V8HgShGb7WblcWkW2FzPgIIMInZQypy38FMFVpwhrHuTB8k/w143-h200/unnamed.png" width="143" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. </i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">Hewbrews 6:19</i></b></span></span></div><div><span><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;"><br /></i></b></span></span></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times;"><i><br /></i></span></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times;"><i><br /></i></span></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times;"><i><br /></i></span></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times;"><i><br /></i></span></b></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times;"><i><br /><br /></i></span></b></p></div></div></div></div>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-73636180924096081792023-07-27T12:14:00.002-07:002023-08-01T13:38:54.844-07:00Lynette Eason ~ "Countdown"<p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of Suspense.</i></b></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><span><span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">My guest for the first two weeks of August 2023 on Hope Inspired Suspense is author, Lynette Eason, with her latest story of suspense, danger, and faith-</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOIJjXmviefGsMvrhHNDxfuXDxMGc9VUXq161OpiCjj94qfMY1pk8DN27iyMCeVpZDRP7nAD9mejsWuSM5H1ifwgtvrkNjW4O7In7MxQfZWG5NG7tJLrGtw_j7H9r1HRN4YOMRIHX8BvCJcKYEGUZovydI7C3M-iDjSAYRhpxhZs9qT1h3YrJGJjuEBlw/s648/better%20countdown.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="420" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOIJjXmviefGsMvrhHNDxfuXDxMGc9VUXq161OpiCjj94qfMY1pk8DN27iyMCeVpZDRP7nAD9mejsWuSM5H1ifwgtvrkNjW4O7In7MxQfZWG5NG7tJLrGtw_j7H9r1HRN4YOMRIHX8BvCJcKYEGUZovydI7C3M-iDjSAYRhpxhZs9qT1h3YrJGJjuEBlw/w414-h640/better%20countdown.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: times; font-size: x-large; font-weight: 700;">Publisher: </span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Revell (August 1, 2023)</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: black;">A stalker who wants to finish what he started. A US Marshal who's vowed to protect his charge. And one woman who is determined to put the past in the past.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: large;">Flight paramedic Raina Price has been running so long it's hard to stop. To escape a dangerous stalker, she changed her name and disappeared, building a new life with the help of a friend from her time in juvie. It feels good to put her energies into saving people's lives, but because her stalker was never found, she's never stopped looking over her shoulder. And one can only run so far before the past finally catches up.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />US Marshal Vincent Corelli's job is to hunt down fugitives and protect those who are assigned to him. When Raina is almost killed right in front of him, he vows to protect her at all costs--whether it's his job or not. Together they work to solve the mystery of Raina's past. But someone is out to make sure Raina doesn't live long enough to do it.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Countdown</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">is the breathless conclusion to</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: large; font-style: italic;">USA Today</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: large;"> bestselling author Lynette Eason's thrilling Extreme Measures series.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdrSdTwUmF4i4Twvk8RYG41fAv3FvjdnYN0XcHxH9MXNPQwBVkoNZimH5p3mrmtLYLahvEXn_Xrv83ULCnQ1YJMMkYH7y0oGI6fmw_rx5osMog1xQ1G_9CwuxujfXVFpziA3sCjnPyRkerrMVnzya2AdkOFYEr41R9WCzS_dOrHGa328SrUxOnkOdmjSU/s606/lynette.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="606" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdrSdTwUmF4i4Twvk8RYG41fAv3FvjdnYN0XcHxH9MXNPQwBVkoNZimH5p3mrmtLYLahvEXn_Xrv83ULCnQ1YJMMkYH7y0oGI6fmw_rx5osMog1xQ1G_9CwuxujfXVFpziA3sCjnPyRkerrMVnzya2AdkOFYEr41R9WCzS_dOrHGa328SrUxOnkOdmjSU/s320/lynette.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;">Author ~ Lynette Eason</span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black;">Prizes from Hope-Inspired Stories!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black;">Become a follower and leave a comment this month-- and you could be the winner of a 50.00 Amazon gift card, a copy of Lynette's new release! </span></span></i></span></span></div><div><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: times; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Thank you...and may you all be blessed and inspired!</span><span style="font-family: times; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bAJKI6q3Xq_B5DEOhaALoZc2v0ARS6dLrNfEmYyzwMxlOwEj2T7Mjgmzqwn-yo-rIWuFL1Rihg43GqQZ5HIAKmyBErbdN2TCCmVqAAZtFxcmX7nNfZwV8UPE8l6cTwJN8cow-jO54Hj7V8HgShGb7WblcWkW2FzPgIIMInZQypy38FMFVpwhrHuTB8k/s1145/unnamed.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="820" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bAJKI6q3Xq_B5DEOhaALoZc2v0ARS6dLrNfEmYyzwMxlOwEj2T7Mjgmzqwn-yo-rIWuFL1Rihg43GqQZ5HIAKmyBErbdN2TCCmVqAAZtFxcmX7nNfZwV8UPE8l6cTwJN8cow-jO54Hj7V8HgShGb7WblcWkW2FzPgIIMInZQypy38FMFVpwhrHuTB8k/w143-h200/unnamed.png" width="143" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. </i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">Hewbrews 6:19</i></b></span></span></div><div><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;"><br /></i></b></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></span></p>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-48303916881911092652023-07-19T06:42:00.000-07:002023-07-19T06:42:40.430-07:00Amish Country Ransom ~ Mary Alford <p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of Suspense.</i></b></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><span><span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">My guest for Part II of Aug. 2023 on Hope Inspired Suspense is author Mary Alford, with her latest story of courage, danger, and faith-</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-s6IrQ6HObDiReBRXazmQsvGhisCSS5ooJegO7u6aySxHBBCdVCvJ4ntXSHrThSfIy_vx0M5dZa1KlRP2CRXQYl6-B23UPcBwigXITN1thqRnLxupsXu1e_Ud_GkFUF-MJFE2UPzq-teHY6yXPthWWb6wooujjFgScIwFpeYAnQp3_9I6PL7XmhV0/s2560/amish%20country%20ransom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1627" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-s6IrQ6HObDiReBRXazmQsvGhisCSS5ooJegO7u6aySxHBBCdVCvJ4ntXSHrThSfIy_vx0M5dZa1KlRP2CRXQYl6-B23UPcBwigXITN1thqRnLxupsXu1e_Ud_GkFUF-MJFE2UPzq-teHY6yXPthWWb6wooujjFgScIwFpeYAnQp3_9I6PL7XmhV0/w407-h640/amish%20country%20ransom.jpg" width="407" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">Publisher: </span><span style="text-align: left;"></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;">Love Inspired Suspense </span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">(Aug. 22,</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> 2023)</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">A winter storm turns a fight for justice</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">into a struggle for survival…<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />After FBI agent Jade Powell’s sister is abducted, K-9 trainer Ethan Connors is determined to help the woman who once saved his life. But an enemy from Jade’s past will stop at nothing to keep his agenda hidden. With a storm brewing and a killer hunting them deep into Amish country, can Jade and Ethan survive the treacherous weather long enough to bring a criminal mastermind to justice?</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: x-large; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">From Love Inspired Suspense: Courage. Danger. Faith.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6OE8Zv0llmF2LS_k5Ootebn4G4UhexaHN359KKeH5sMNzE5CRZ0Le8jRXUy3atSSTeAr9RQgLeqdFe1olVzSUngRUtVqWN-H3PCt_o4-6Vk2kGvAenzStdOUowIdKdA0-t9VdmbOrlOgAnsWZwbr9u0DIEjD8GF4S-8pZi0f6mwwrq0eZIodgZHQa/s545/mary%20a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="545" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6OE8Zv0llmF2LS_k5Ootebn4G4UhexaHN359KKeH5sMNzE5CRZ0Le8jRXUy3atSSTeAr9RQgLeqdFe1olVzSUngRUtVqWN-H3PCt_o4-6Vk2kGvAenzStdOUowIdKdA0-t9VdmbOrlOgAnsWZwbr9u0DIEjD8GF4S-8pZi0f6mwwrq0eZIodgZHQa/w320-h320/mary%20a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Author ~ Mary Alford</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black;">Prizes from Hope-Inspired Stories!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black;">Become a follower and leave a comment this month-- and you could be the winner of a 50.00 Amazon gift card, a copy of Mary's new release... </span></span></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black;">and the lovely </span></span></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black;">"American Pioneer" wreath </span></span></i></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black;">by Sarah Lockerby!</span></span></i></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhzLYhRF5MjTs6NPuJWdWcR74iAV7dGijFC8Ypjycaw0yUnXbL30FIthMpNuQP_VLux1lh2aoB6g7Rb70j8vopyWTiQrl7ojiy_6mW2bqdvUj8jAwbmXefwticbz22G_k4Jio8XnBF-vw_lHXS_oYvs-RqBOc1GCmzeaHgcHagdNi7WvrjY4c2ZVZPCQ/s1068/wreath.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="1068" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRhzLYhRF5MjTs6NPuJWdWcR74iAV7dGijFC8Ypjycaw0yUnXbL30FIthMpNuQP_VLux1lh2aoB6g7Rb70j8vopyWTiQrl7ojiy_6mW2bqdvUj8jAwbmXefwticbz22G_k4Jio8XnBF-vw_lHXS_oYvs-RqBOc1GCmzeaHgcHagdNi7WvrjY4c2ZVZPCQ/w400-h365/wreath.png" width="400" /></a></div></span></i></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you...and may you all be blessed and inspired!</span><span style="font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqTuqjyr8RCfyReyg6cjxYgGzTM0GGHntk4c4U8nBSM4vi-rgZHzhC0CCWNxxxaqUzi5QiFfDywFTEN0H3vWCuuLIVvfpwSmhAdN7lUqN4tyVbuL9PQHJS1umCXQmrPBehkDWS4DSS3dbY5pRgTXV67KxX_4icXcvyyI4IBAZsFAZG1LcaF9QCrp1y/s216/czech%20anchor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="181" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqTuqjyr8RCfyReyg6cjxYgGzTM0GGHntk4c4U8nBSM4vi-rgZHzhC0CCWNxxxaqUzi5QiFfDywFTEN0H3vWCuuLIVvfpwSmhAdN7lUqN4tyVbuL9PQHJS1umCXQmrPBehkDWS4DSS3dbY5pRgTXV67KxX_4icXcvyyI4IBAZsFAZG1LcaF9QCrp1y/w168-h200/czech%20anchor.jpg" width="168" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. </i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">Hewbrews 6:19</i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-11912532075683607862023-06-29T22:43:00.000-07:002023-07-01T00:10:59.559-07:00<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of Suspense.</i></b></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><span><span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">My guest for the first two weeks of July 2023 on Hope Inspired Suspense is author Christina Rost, with her latest stories of courage, danger, and faith-</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht8b0yctpKELUewv79h_H1P-b5EUqKPGy-daFVoBkuUeZts0ZuPOrc3cBmsrGtMCqjgiyLIsjPsYY6hNLiLmCqLDqc-NOQ8o3a3Gpjf59ZZhPcNMxtB8XgAcywt0DEZ_sH_DpIAl8vZLO02QldjZA1suXP1yxwFVO222aDLA2UoxMF5Wuphedg6Y-iGS0/s1360/decison.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="880" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht8b0yctpKELUewv79h_H1P-b5EUqKPGy-daFVoBkuUeZts0ZuPOrc3cBmsrGtMCqjgiyLIsjPsYY6hNLiLmCqLDqc-NOQ8o3a3Gpjf59ZZhPcNMxtB8XgAcywt0DEZ_sH_DpIAl8vZLO02QldjZA1suXP1yxwFVO222aDLA2UoxMF5Wuphedg6Y-iGS0/w414-h640/decison.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><ul class="a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1px 18px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Publisher: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Scrivenings Press LLC ~ May 30, 2023</span></span></span></li></ul><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">Running from her grief, interior designer Ava Stewart makes a hasty decision to join a missionary group heading to Uganda. She’s in the country only a few days before tragedy strikes and a mistaken identity leaves her with an uncertain outcome.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Special Operator Blake Martin is assigned to a humanitarian mission when he’s captured by a group of armed men. Wounded and miles away from his team, Blake’s brought to Ava, and she’s ordered to care for him.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Thrown together in chaos, with the threat of danger pressing in from all sides, Ava and Blake are forced to rely on each other—and God—to escape. An undeniable bond is formed during their flight to safety, but opening their hearts to love carries its own risk. A risk they aren’t sure they’re willing to take.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Now, miles apart and living separate lives, they need to decide if the connection they shared in the untamed, wilds of Uganda is strong enough to confront the future. A future where Ava’s fragile heart and Blake’s hazardous job collide, and only God knows the outcome.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipwFj3VKGdbLSLMr6IHUFdofWLJ6XIZV0RRlqzRuwn9LI59_tyQ-RxSpyJ-zPlb1a88AcU7nFyzY-skG6L9h2YT67PuZDk1y5ypAXM9MgC0DOGtF0B4uQWksD26HhzqQLfepV2igwHmS2DoUeAgseKArdUmvMSsuAQRPw5Fxvf9MVRVUheQpz0AqAAOBk/s1080/rost.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipwFj3VKGdbLSLMr6IHUFdofWLJ6XIZV0RRlqzRuwn9LI59_tyQ-RxSpyJ-zPlb1a88AcU7nFyzY-skG6L9h2YT67PuZDk1y5ypAXM9MgC0DOGtF0B4uQWksD26HhzqQLfepV2igwHmS2DoUeAgseKArdUmvMSsuAQRPw5Fxvf9MVRVUheQpz0AqAAOBk/s320/rost.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Christina Rost ~ Author</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBy5w_e7NNm4y8gQrJsrd4yo1vBHhHKH37eFaDGV6JjFXGtvfRIsxPiqvP3RgSKiln2Blk88P1lQHl9WvcPSHdK8uhz4ciHWmrCi0ivDi4E51duIjsSYiO4XPbW5rfk36qWnBxaDT5y_no0ZKRoe6ibt8gQ_rUV8fUyeh0vAmgX5XK0Ba2SJRcOAAwHY/s1068/wreath.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="1068" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBy5w_e7NNm4y8gQrJsrd4yo1vBHhHKH37eFaDGV6JjFXGtvfRIsxPiqvP3RgSKiln2Blk88P1lQHl9WvcPSHdK8uhz4ciHWmrCi0ivDi4E51duIjsSYiO4XPbW5rfk36qWnBxaDT5y_no0ZKRoe6ibt8gQ_rUV8fUyeh0vAmgX5XK0Ba2SJRcOAAwHY/w400-h365/wreath.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"><i>"American Pioneer"</i> </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">Summer Wreath </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">by </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">Sarah Lockerby</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><b style="background-color: black;">Happy Independence Day! </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Win a celebration prize..</span><span style="font-size: medium;">.</span></i><span style="font-size: medium;"> from </span></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">Hope-Inspired Suspense and Hope-Inspired Stories this month: </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Become a follower & leave a comment on BOTH sites to win </b></span></i></span></span><i style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>a 50.00 Amazon gift card, a copy of Christina's new release, and </b></span></i><b>Sarah's beautiful Summer "American Pioneer" Wreath!</b></span></i></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4qOzcRnhBOiQ2jKxLzuBUBhm6H7pptpkopIQLQotX94XLE-T_wk5vE4_sE69UTeZRlVfuan5Kfxm8a574eTuhw1XKtJcLQdLgEDlwq_auUo8CUpgOKl87Dwokr0AmINM0tUHYRA_dAG3wujNhEszTyZ-AVRW4QrdaVpRhMFXZD1AhH2KEHXC9AbyHPQ/s1145/unnamed.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="820" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4qOzcRnhBOiQ2jKxLzuBUBhm6H7pptpkopIQLQotX94XLE-T_wk5vE4_sE69UTeZRlVfuan5Kfxm8a574eTuhw1XKtJcLQdLgEDlwq_auUo8CUpgOKl87Dwokr0AmINM0tUHYRA_dAG3wujNhEszTyZ-AVRW4QrdaVpRhMFXZD1AhH2KEHXC9AbyHPQ/w143-h200/unnamed.png" width="143" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. </i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">Hebrews 6:19</i></b></span></span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Thank you...and may you all be blessed and inspired!</span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span></span></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-17347022823112152462023-06-06T23:48:00.006-07:002023-06-13T11:12:21.653-07:00Danielle Grandinetti ~ Author<p><br /></p><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of Suspense.</i></b></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><span><span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">My guest for the month of June 2023 on Hope Inspired Suspense is author Danielle Grandinetti, with her latest stories of courage, danger and faith-</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi29D0-ZIzCrAIUdRPfpWjVorgugEONpLY8T8jbhHvekmneBgv63kwluS-B88ulCI1bnOfWzVuZ_CfxV4fsqdyD_qFiCCjBz2jjC3c4tvngO3_1Igt5CpTLf0_s6iwGW39H0fTzbNh-F9ShHkkruFfi1ZF1vitnGAi00E4PtPWAp5vemxQp_ONgjwpf/s1360/conf%20stranger.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="880" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi29D0-ZIzCrAIUdRPfpWjVorgugEONpLY8T8jbhHvekmneBgv63kwluS-B88ulCI1bnOfWzVuZ_CfxV4fsqdyD_qFiCCjBz2jjC3c4tvngO3_1Igt5CpTLf0_s6iwGW39H0fTzbNh-F9ShHkkruFfi1ZF1vitnGAi00E4PtPWAp5vemxQp_ONgjwpf/w414-h640/conf%20stranger.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: large; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Publisher: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Hearth Spot Press (February 11, 2023)</b></span></span></div><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: black; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: black; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">She’s lost her future. He’s sacrificed his. Now they have a chance to reclaim it—together.</span></span></div><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: black; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: black; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Wisconsin, 1930—While fleeing for her life, Adaleigh Sirland’s rescue of a child introduces her to a family who provides her safe harbor. When her identity comes under threat of exposure, she must choose between running once more or helping the man who teaches her to hope again.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">First mate David Martins is intrigued by the mysterious woman taken in by his grandmother, but she wrestles with a troubled past. When his estranged father is arrested for murder, can David put aside his own struggles in time to discern which secret threatens Adaleigh before it kills them both?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Welcome to Crow’s Nest, where danger and romance meet at the water’s edge.</span></span></p></div><div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></p></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGwOHBgQo6x6kofUfzFtiKaOJJYt8Yxm5ZIrUX-AOX9y7DqpQWJoaFhX-Jrdlj_r0IiZnKlllbOWC4qiEk7ObLcRs5WOmUsKD_eEAoUo9fQAt04M86JwW8Q-w3tXMOihN5XGUO_m7WY6UjyTARsrEA6StLNaytHRP9L-6ExijOP8BToyPD5BH1V6h1/s1360/refuge-owen.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="880" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGwOHBgQo6x6kofUfzFtiKaOJJYt8Yxm5ZIrUX-AOX9y7DqpQWJoaFhX-Jrdlj_r0IiZnKlllbOWC4qiEk7ObLcRs5WOmUsKD_eEAoUo9fQAt04M86JwW8Q-w3tXMOihN5XGUO_m7WY6UjyTARsrEA6StLNaytHRP9L-6ExijOP8BToyPD5BH1V6h1/w414-h640/refuge-owen.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><div><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="a-text-bold" face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Publisher: </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Hearth Spot Press (July 18, 2023)</b></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face="Amazon Ember, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><i>Will uncovering the truth set them free or destroy what they hold most dear?</i></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">Wisconsin, 1930--With her health in shambles and her archaeological career on the line, Cora Davis retreats to Crow's Nest and the home of her great aunt to heal. She doesn't think much of the missing memories from between the earthquake that caused her dizzy spells and her trip home. Until she begins remembering the danger that sent her fleeing her last dig and the person responsible.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white;">After a decade as a ranch hand, Silas Ward returned to Crow's Nest to provide for the women in his life. That same protective instinct propels him to Cora's aid. But when finances dwindle, the lies and greed of others threaten to ruin his family. Unless Silas can walk the thin line of compromise. A choice that might cost him Cora's affection.</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">As winter's chill threatens, will Crow's Nest prove a refuge, or will both Cora and Silas have no choice but to sacrifice their chance at happiness to save those they love?</span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Welcome to Crow's Nest... where danger and romance meet at the water's edge.</span></span></p></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBugNL7f6OlsNk5VpupqlDu6kF5G8lk4w96wI2sjgMjm6n6mPzyCKd_3cRTg4kFf-yWb_A3hOJhwy4Xijj5KAyIhqE0Pd_NuT3BfvNSF7ZLzstdGr0s-tELI6zoVKapOXl54S9x-mOB1WiXzWHOuEMKV9ub2GdJ-49G1frrnUvDkpvcBOu3PQka86/s767/dani%20g..jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="767" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUBugNL7f6OlsNk5VpupqlDu6kF5G8lk4w96wI2sjgMjm6n6mPzyCKd_3cRTg4kFf-yWb_A3hOJhwy4Xijj5KAyIhqE0Pd_NuT3BfvNSF7ZLzstdGr0s-tELI6zoVKapOXl54S9x-mOB1WiXzWHOuEMKV9ub2GdJ-49G1frrnUvDkpvcBOu3PQka86/s320/dani%20g..jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">Danielle Grandinetti ~ Author</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black;">Prizes from Hope-Inspired Stories!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: black;">Become a follower and leave a comment this month-- and win a 50.00 Amazon gift card and a copy of one of Danielle's new releases...</span></span></i></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you...and may you all be blessed and inspired!</span><span style="font-family: times; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57je5C9c-OkfHskfZvdCFFGahyi7ez-EC_CLzWTQrD1BSrwADaMNSG_wuTPuYlgWUOr78FNLWR4BeNPILNMJUGYw3_Yz0HgQIja44oMC81cn2fVhd8QyqvZdndGWOWSc4vGqE5hvqKGRqZt1m0lm9ZmMI-mcoFcL82JxwS3U0DiqYBNeyewOWxqBo/s768/canchor%20&%20cross.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="572" data-original-width="768" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg57je5C9c-OkfHskfZvdCFFGahyi7ez-EC_CLzWTQrD1BSrwADaMNSG_wuTPuYlgWUOr78FNLWR4BeNPILNMJUGYw3_Yz0HgQIja44oMC81cn2fVhd8QyqvZdndGWOWSc4vGqE5hvqKGRqZt1m0lm9ZmMI-mcoFcL82JxwS3U0DiqYBNeyewOWxqBo/s320/canchor%20&%20cross.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><i style="background-color: black;">We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. </i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><i style="background-color: black;">Hebrews 6:19</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;"><br /></i></b></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large; font-style: italic; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">The dramatic night time photo of the Charlotte Lighthouse in Rochester, N.Y. was taken by sister-in-Christ, Ginger Strom.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-40936861062596534512023-03-14T19:37:00.065-07:002023-03-16T00:05:23.047-07:00Karen Kirst<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of Suspense.</i></b></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><span><span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">My guest for the last two weeks of March 2023 on Hope Inspired Suspense is author Karen Kirst, with her latest story of courage, danger and faith-</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5iFVCPG9fsNhXLobyx73vz7Q1imtphZzZdwAr46YbZGEKjHm8fyNkJfx7ZXx6Ib-FBmEw1c8OfZpIPhrzcFvpU4GuWsrDy1hipKhs_qJ7LYWQON5kSSsUO_T_DaQ5daVW9MsnC7UmYgZzyUgu_YC9hyRAlBDbyTufq2Gz6O8NfCUYJgI3uFFbNOO/s2560/kirst%20book.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1627" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-5iFVCPG9fsNhXLobyx73vz7Q1imtphZzZdwAr46YbZGEKjHm8fyNkJfx7ZXx6Ib-FBmEw1c8OfZpIPhrzcFvpU4GuWsrDy1hipKhs_qJ7LYWQON5kSSsUO_T_DaQ5daVW9MsnC7UmYgZzyUgu_YC9hyRAlBDbyTufq2Gz6O8NfCUYJgI3uFFbNOO/w406-h640/kirst%20book.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;"><i>From Love Inspired Suspense...a story of Courage, Danger and Faith.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">(Feb, 2023)</span></p><ul class="a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1px 18px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box; color: white; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></li></ul><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">He’s in a killer’s sights…</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />But it’s not just </span><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; text-align: start;">his </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;">life in danger.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Rancher Nash Wilder is just coming to terms with his surprise fatherhood when bullets start flying. His child’s mother has been murdered, and he’ll have to trust his nemesis, Deputy Skye Saddler, to keep them from following in her fate. Is the killer out for revenge or after his daughter? Can Nash and Skye put their differences aside to make sure they all live to see tomorrow?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrPUIjHJ57AqecpJ-d6iUGMYS5eTzsYK7Sju2qJJ418Vr6Pnt6OpepGTUan05I2k1gYyFlyggiBT9eRBvrU7hmYsndAo5GzYLNwsBe9gV_kOktRVs-CUsHPf6GcKeEzKXoMEKFpCpdnDRiEmGA1WDp3vBmFtk06sRpsdWKfC1qfg_fEcbdBoLOXNK/s300/kirst%20pic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijrPUIjHJ57AqecpJ-d6iUGMYS5eTzsYK7Sju2qJJ418Vr6Pnt6OpepGTUan05I2k1gYyFlyggiBT9eRBvrU7hmYsndAo5GzYLNwsBe9gV_kOktRVs-CUsHPf6GcKeEzKXoMEKFpCpdnDRiEmGA1WDp3vBmFtk06sRpsdWKfC1qfg_fEcbdBoLOXNK/s1600/kirst%20pic.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;">Author: Karen Kirst</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">Philippians 4:7...</span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><span style="text-align: left;">And the peace of God,</span><span style="text-align: left;"> which transcends all understanding,</span></i><span style="text-align: left;"><i> will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus</i>.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: xx-large; text-align: left;">Karen's Favorite hymn... <i><b>Cornerstone</b></i></span><i style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: xx-large; text-align: left;"><b> </b></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: x-large;">❤</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/QvLxZEU02uI" width="320" youtube-src-id="QvLxZEU02uI"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">As with my other blog,</span><span style="color: #fcff01;"> </span><span style="color: #ffa400;">hopeinspiredstories.blogspot.com</span><span style="color: white;"> I will be offering a comment winner's choice of books featured this month, and in memory of my mother, a 50.00 amazon gift card.</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-size: large; font-style: italic; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you...and may you all be blessed and inspired! </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">The dramatic night time photo of the Charlotte Lighthouse in Rochester, N.Y. was taken by sister-in-Christ, Ginger Strom.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-3129920418756116822023-02-24T20:57:00.003-08:002023-03-01T13:42:57.989-08:00<p><br /></p><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of Suspense.</i></b></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><span><span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">My guest for the first two weeks of March 2023 on Hope Inspired Suspense is author Michael Garrett, with his latest spell-binding release-</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAIvIUDBeAKPuZuo7zTuXBYdwnUZMAgD0aqAfIhhZuuSaA1IlwZIGEVWzBOrj5T8lUxbSsiNSuFWDl2bQJ0iryWI6Qa3db_uIUvMKwvjwt6-nFavuR70Kn4KQuzL8HYSlMB0HA8dHn4xntDWAySvE4td4nOj-QG3fLsq2kdGN79qj8XPN0Fq5H4UH/s1500/cover%20garrett.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAIvIUDBeAKPuZuo7zTuXBYdwnUZMAgD0aqAfIhhZuuSaA1IlwZIGEVWzBOrj5T8lUxbSsiNSuFWDl2bQJ0iryWI6Qa3db_uIUvMKwvjwt6-nFavuR70Kn4KQuzL8HYSlMB0HA8dHn4xntDWAySvE4td4nOj-QG3fLsq2kdGN79qj8XPN0Fq5H4UH/w426-h640/cover%20garrett.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><b>Publisher: Soncoast Publishing (Jan. 2023)</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">When David faced Goliath, he at least had a rock.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Larissa Baxter didn't even have that.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />On the run from the FBI for a crime she didn't commit, Arizona socialite Larissa Baxter faces an unexpected threat. The secret life she's been living is about to be exposed, and even though all charges have been dropped, her life remains in danger.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Texas bounty hunter Clyde Hopkins is in way over his head, having been duped by the false promise of a million dollar reward for Larissa's capture and return. With a target now on his own back, his nerves now tight as a drum, Hopkins knows too much. A simple bounty apprehension turns into a kidnapping, and Hopkins, a previously law-abiding citizen, faces a terrible choice—kill or be killed.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />With potential death now facing Larissa from opposite directions, she's defenseless but for the strength of her faith.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguh9GUmw6lEmTcGW0sJ25kUmcxyPNhHqPmX8Sf4BcHWFP3le_bRLticr8664hXaY9ytMtibISRJo4dzIrKu3KLDCXb7-O3b7g3fcCVmT3zSQXIlQQRt8YTmu05AvHf04i8k0DPvsAP-eJsLmZ_hm6MEOwNAna6hN08Tc69w-ybK-UsVayalzIvrREH/s300/garrett.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguh9GUmw6lEmTcGW0sJ25kUmcxyPNhHqPmX8Sf4BcHWFP3le_bRLticr8664hXaY9ytMtibISRJo4dzIrKu3KLDCXb7-O3b7g3fcCVmT3zSQXIlQQRt8YTmu05AvHf04i8k0DPvsAP-eJsLmZ_hm6MEOwNAna6hN08Tc69w-ybK-UsVayalzIvrREH/s1600/garrett.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Michael Garrett ~ Author </span></div><span face=""Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif" style="color: white;"><div style="background-color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Mike says...</span></div><div style="background-color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></span><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px 0px 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">"I feel like I've been a writer my whole life, inspired by my grandmother telling me stories as I sat on her lap as a child.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">The most significant influences on my writing have been Rod Serling and Richard Matheson. I write in the style that I love to read--a strong opening line with fast pacing throughout. I always try not to let my stories lag anywhere by not belaboring my reader with insignificant detail. I've heard more than once from readers who finished my novel in one sitting. </span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">One novel in particular has been a huge influence on me -is A KISS BEFORE DYING by Ira Levin. It's what I try to emulate in my books.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">As for my life, I tend to think of myself as someone with an average life, but then I realize that:</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I've seen both a ghost and a UFO and didn't believe in either of them before.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I've been lost in a cave.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I've experienced being charged at by two biker-gang types leveling shotguns at me.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I've been involved in a car chase when someone tried to run me off the road.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I've saved someone's life.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I've been questioned in a murder investigation (not as a suspect -- as a witness)</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">I've stood face-to-face with a poisonous snake.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 12px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Someday I might base a story on one of those!"</span></p><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">I<span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"> asked Mike if he actually did these things--and he has!</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Where to find Mike: Amazon and everywhere!</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times;">His favorite Bible verse? John 8:7 "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times;">And Mike's favorite hymn...<i>"Amazing Grace."</i></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times;"><i>...Sung by one of my favorite groups--Celtic Woman!</i></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HsCp5LG_zNE" width="320" youtube-src-id="HsCp5LG_zNE"></iframe></div><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">As with my other blog,</span><span style="color: #fcff01;"> </span><span style="color: #ffa400;">hopeinspiredstories.blogspot.com</span><span style="color: white;"> I will be offering a comment winner's choice of books featured this month, and in memory of my mother's birthday, a 50.00 amazon gift card.</span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-size: large; font-style: italic; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you...and may you all be blessed and inspired! </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium; font-style: italic; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">The dramatic night time photo of the Charlotte Lighthouse in Rochester, N.Y. was taken by sister-in-Christ, Ginger Strom.</span></div></div>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-56258643425020596272023-02-15T21:13:00.002-08:002023-02-15T21:17:32.189-08:00Lori Steele Altebaumer<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-FwvWx06E-SrmQIsfsXM8S2A75HqjhNxsqoZAIg8U2_sQ99SvZE-TgipHcQjwEVZQRm9b6W8Hxd-Uvbs-xE3W8rnmulas-7X9OR3A3iejVL2G4vfXbi-HdeDME7UUauYUw3KJb6CMRsYsEq-YNiXv5DGU50VXOnxxa_j7aUpjWLr-yC0AHcu78bPD/s293/altebaumer%202.webp" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></a><div class="gmail_default" style="color: black; font-family: georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of Suspense.</i></b></span></div><p style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: center;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><span><span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">My guest for the last two weeks of February 2023 on Hope Inspired Suspense is author Lori Altebaumer, with her latest exciting release-</span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Rc_6_KSnSXDAXPKywXz2cNm-J0dOnhnSUJldu5bsn1GH0nUr97ukN7NEedfsO_OjcgTyVea4-eixes1Wnjkd1GLjOxuyfzQC_C4wZXbJ84gineyxkQeS9sD1IiGwwxjbL9CSPVFqYoCz2TbKrsZBem9kfgMcTVb3ZKNU9UaA5oYSfvINO8P2AOyS/s1000/altebaumer-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="667" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Rc_6_KSnSXDAXPKywXz2cNm-J0dOnhnSUJldu5bsn1GH0nUr97ukN7NEedfsO_OjcgTyVea4-eixes1Wnjkd1GLjOxuyfzQC_C4wZXbJ84gineyxkQeS9sD1IiGwwxjbL9CSPVFqYoCz2TbKrsZBem9kfgMcTVb3ZKNU9UaA5oYSfvINO8P2AOyS/w426-h640/altebaumer-2.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ul class="a-unordered-list a-nostyle a-vertical a-spacing-none detail-bullet-list" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1px 18px; padding: 0px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><br /></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Publisher : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">LSA Word Solutions (May, 2022)</span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">"A Far Way to Run" is a compelling story about overcoming the past to discover your purpose. This novel chronicles what happens when a woman traumatized by a violent sexual assault must make a life-defining choice to continue hiding, or stand up in the face of evil to save a stranger.</span></li></ul></div></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: black; text-align: start;">Shayne Wright returns to the Texas town where she grew up for a funeral and accidentally gets caught in a human trafficking scheme gone wrong. When she stops to render aid at an accident, she ends up with a gunshot wound to her shoulder and a target on her back when the trafficker believes she stole his money.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: black; text-align: start;">Her plan to stay the night at the old family farm becomes complicated when she finds it has been leased to a man working through some past demons of his own. Former military sniper Ethan McGregor is here on a reconnaissance mission for an organization that fights human trafficking. The complications keep coming when her prodigal brother shows up. When he tells Shayne and Ethan he saw a woman being held against her will, Ethan's interest intensifies, thinking this might be the human trafficking he's here to uncover. Shayne, on the other hand, wrestles with trusting her brother.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="background-color: black; text-align: start;">Her conscience propels her to search for a way to help, but knowing the woman is being held at the place where she'd been assaulted makes her wary. It doesn't help that she's kept the attack a secret. The one person who knows her secret is also obsessed with her. When he abducts her, she finds out her strength to face evil is stronger than the shame she fears.</span><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfITHDm3sqGzfuM0ByQXJbfdbIg6a-IfM32Hzcfn_nxOt_r3Pu4ImR4iJLpoaClpDkDECYNpHdPM8pHseyMTq1ShUJ8IkmYK-cOAAHAzEZXJDSAc3r_RRXqjyHgaLpThghlK2LAaLH8hl8dWe88BPTWEjcaqdtSXQqx8mFChDRGSmwcL7XwtJJ9k5o/s1080/lori%20photo.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfITHDm3sqGzfuM0ByQXJbfdbIg6a-IfM32Hzcfn_nxOt_r3Pu4ImR4iJLpoaClpDkDECYNpHdPM8pHseyMTq1ShUJ8IkmYK-cOAAHAzEZXJDSAc3r_RRXqjyHgaLpThghlK2LAaLH8hl8dWe88BPTWEjcaqdtSXQqx8mFChDRGSmwcL7XwtJJ9k5o/s320/lori%20photo.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times;">Author: Lori Altebaumer </span><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4dp8xRsqHPm4VW106Qxu3_Cx6oAMvxQ5_pKlqXrARVlzXq2taqu4_GQ0EZjv3PEYYbiItdvq68bqfiMgAWcoNl9xt-h8CWLZziW9FR418gH5-tVYibKeZ7YC-lgyyYI9H93Cn4LtCgbQLOX-mzhhLtA8KTGR-5plnTqj6gJJ9b-ShviYKTuUjY_y/s293/altebaumer%202.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="196" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4dp8xRsqHPm4VW106Qxu3_Cx6oAMvxQ5_pKlqXrARVlzXq2taqu4_GQ0EZjv3PEYYbiItdvq68bqfiMgAWcoNl9xt-h8CWLZziW9FR418gH5-tVYibKeZ7YC-lgyyYI9H93Cn4LtCgbQLOX-mzhhLtA8KTGR-5plnTqj6gJJ9b-ShviYKTuUjY_y/w428-h640/altebaumer%202.webp" width="428" /></a></div><br /></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></span></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 5.5px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span class="a-list-item" style="background-color: black; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="color: white;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Publisher : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">BookBaby (January, 2020)</span></span></span></li><li style="color: #0f1111;"></li></div><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">She blames herself for the suicide of a teenage boy. Now Maribel Montgomery is either being stalked or losing her mind.</span></span><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">A job at a camp in the rustic and often rugged landscape of West Texas offers Maribel Montgomery a chance to escape both, especially if she makes sure no one knows she's there.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">But when the body of a woman washes up in the river on her first morning, her hope of a safe place to start over is swept away.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Circumstances force her into the acquaintance of Conner Pierce―a man with secrets of his own. Conner's interest in Maribel is more than just a physical attraction. But his determination to rescue her from herself only pushes her farther away.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">A troubled teenage girl needs Maribel's help. The terminally ill woman she works for needs her protection almost as much as she needs her company. And somewhere out there, another girl has gone missing and no one but Maribel seems to care. A growing sense of duty born of a selfless love keeps her from running again when the familiar feeling she's being watched returns.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">When the attacks get personal she'll have to decide who she can trust, starting with herself. But before she can trust herself, she'll have to learn how to forgive herself.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">It'll take the persistence of a man she'd rather avoid, the sage wisdom of a dying woman, and the desperate needs of a lonely girl to make her realize the power of forgiveness. Lingering self doubt from past mistakes threaten to cripple her until she finds out that love is the remedy for fear.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Does she have the courage to face the danger stirring at the Pool of Siloam Camp?</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">If she doesn't, another girl might die.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">If she tries and fails, it could be her.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Can Maribel risk working with him in order to save the next victim and find a missing girl?</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Or is he the killer?</span></span></span></span><br /><br /><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium;">Where to find Lori...https://www.facebook.com/lorialtebaumerwrites/</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 19.2px;"><b><i>Lori's favorite Bible verse:</i> "</b></span><span style="font-size: 16px;">You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"> so that you might go and bear fruit</span><span style="font-size: 16px;">—fruit that will last—and so that whatever you ask in my name the Father will give you. " <b><i>John 15:16</i></b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times;">Her favorite hymn: "How Great Thou Art" </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9bnSX5W57yg" width="320" youtube-src-id="9bnSX5W57yg"></iframe></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">As with my other blog,</span><span style="color: #fcff01;"> </span><span style="color: #ffa400;">hopeinspiredstories.blogspot.com</span><span style="color: white;"> I will be offering a comment winner's choice of books featured this month and a 25.00 amazon gift card each month.</span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-size: large; font-style: italic; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you...and may you all be blessed and inspired! </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: medium; font-style: italic; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium; font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;">The dramatic night time photo of the Charlotte Lighthouse in Rochester, N.Y. was taken by sister-in-Christ, Ginger Strom.</span></div></div>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-14553303673948362082023-01-31T11:16:00.038-08:002023-01-31T11:38:13.881-08:00<p><br /></p><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;"><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of Suspense.</i></b></span></div><p style="font-family: Tinos; text-align: center;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><span><span><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">My first guest for the month of February 2023 on Hope Inspired Suspense is author Deena Alexander, with her exciting Love-Inspired Suspense-</span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7u-sZ5RNC2oO2QF9dH3gthZIcfLZnZyUnSuRVfznwVjMmAxxYVfAxdbfzwzARKhpkH1OvFbM4qTxbpYEmSFWGVuiem2StVWa_uySfT_EcZWArzR94tx8jgvfumYfTYoT6RRbabUzBrMkVQszW_CgL73SlWJBSW0tyAJWnrlxKjZXeOlHPt0kUcI_f/s2560/tiny%20target.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1627" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7u-sZ5RNC2oO2QF9dH3gthZIcfLZnZyUnSuRVfznwVjMmAxxYVfAxdbfzwzARKhpkH1OvFbM4qTxbpYEmSFWGVuiem2StVWa_uySfT_EcZWArzR94tx8jgvfumYfTYoT6RRbabUzBrMkVQszW_CgL73SlWJBSW0tyAJWnrlxKjZXeOlHPt0kUcI_f/w406-h640/tiny%20target.jpg" width="406" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">Publisher : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;">Love Inspired Suspense; July 26, 2022</span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><span style="text-align: start;">A little girl in peril…</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">And a killer in pursuit</span></i><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Accepting help from Jack Moretta is widow Ava Colburn’s last chance after her late husband’s killers track her down and target her little girl. But after years on the run, it’s hard to trust anyone else with their lives—and even harder to trust Jack with her secrets. Could he be just what this little family needs to put the deadly past behind them?</span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">🌲🌲🌲</span></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-large; white-space: pre-wrap;">And coming soon...</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlMBhJPEmRhdLk62e8XGSbw3Ag3EbVzVH94nZK9JrwLGhJcpJeBm0m9K03t1jZW-UPCXe5UB-1fUOK45JQgHQsRChxZ21YQPelLB9yaElPzOxWKpfyKEw1jtrAUkIgYS39o9h_HkTjSWuR4XCYvpO2qsuABN-xSXgc7bfDxGIfmvTAE4j9x1_lpjl/s500/deena%20book.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="318" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRlMBhJPEmRhdLk62e8XGSbw3Ag3EbVzVH94nZK9JrwLGhJcpJeBm0m9K03t1jZW-UPCXe5UB-1fUOK45JQgHQsRChxZ21YQPelLB9yaElPzOxWKpfyKEw1jtrAUkIgYS39o9h_HkTjSWuR4XCYvpO2qsuABN-xSXgc7bfDxGIfmvTAE4j9x1_lpjl/w408-h640/deena%20book.png" width="408" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">Publisher : </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: left;">Love Inspired Suspense, June 27, 2023</span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;"><br /></div><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span class="a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;"><div style="background-color: black; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">To solve a kidnapping case</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;">they’ll become the hunted.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;"><br /></span></div></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times;">Firefighter Pat Ryan is stunned when he hears gunfire and two strangers crash through his door. An anonymous tip led journalist Rachel Davenport to a ramshackle cabin, where she helped an abducted teen escape. With Pat and his K-9 rescue dog’s help, they go on the run with deadly kidnappers in pursuit. But with innocent lives at stake, Rachel and Pat must battle foes and fears to live through the night. </span></div></span></span><div class="gmail_default" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default"><div style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSc2h_Zy6mRMW2pZBNrJN2aX2ciGsgT5qZTRHG9oLnInevne9RgybuSGciGrhG9faB6AXnKfwllvWPWXM5Srto03z5fTvCD7CeTb4-dYyQYZ2hZ6aVmjzKKTRWJlnGbr2ZuP85vgDPgOkgvM8l6sZ6n6Bukvz3YwHjWAlA8OaHTW2VtWX79xecgrDe/s2448/deena.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSc2h_Zy6mRMW2pZBNrJN2aX2ciGsgT5qZTRHG9oLnInevne9RgybuSGciGrhG9faB6AXnKfwllvWPWXM5Srto03z5fTvCD7CeTb4-dYyQYZ2hZ6aVmjzKKTRWJlnGbr2ZuP85vgDPgOkgvM8l6sZ6n6Bukvz3YwHjWAlA8OaHTW2VtWX79xecgrDe/s320/deena.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Author: Deena Alexander</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small;"><span face="Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;">Where to find Deena's books:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: small; text-align: center;"><a class="d-ib fz-20 lh-26 td-hu tc va-bot mxw-100p" data-317="63d968cc37cfd" data-matarget="algo" href="https://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=AwrEZ_zLaNlj9HEAeQMPxQt.;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Ny/RV=2/RE=1675221324/RO=10/RU=http%3a%2f%2fdeenaalexander.com%2findex.html/RK=2/RS=c2mAyhBUzulxQikQ.1pFnVRnxfw-" referrerpolicy="origin" style="background-color: white; 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color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">Her favorite hymn is "Here I am Lord"...beautiful! </span></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UBQlctSb3W8" width="320" youtube-src-id="UBQlctSb3W8"></iframe></div><br /><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family: georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">As with my other blog,</span><span style="color: #fcff01;"> </span><span style="color: #ffa400;">hopeinspiredstories.blogspot.com</span><span style="color: white;"> I will be offering a comment winner's choice of books featured here and a 25.00 amazon gift card each month.</span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-size: large; font-style: italic; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you...and may you all be blessed and inspired! </span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-size: large; font-style: italic; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Tinos;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large; font-style: italic; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">The dramatic night time photo of the Charlotte Lighthouse in Rochester, N.Y. was taken by sister-in-Christ, Ginger Strom.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large; font-style: italic; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div></div>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-35112685080202971252023-01-11T15:00:00.076-08:002023-01-15T19:41:43.739-08:00<p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i style="background-color: black;">...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of Suspense.</i></b></span></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><span><span><span style="color: white; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">My next guest for January 2023 on Hope Inspired Suspense is author Darlene L. Turner, with her exciting Love-Inspired Suspense-- </span></span><b style="font-family: times;"><span><i><span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">"Alaskan Avalanche Escape"</span></span><span style="color: white; font-size: 14px;">.</span></span></i><span style="color: white; font-size: 14px;"> </span></span></b></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i><span>Jayla Hoyt and her search-and-rescue K-9</span><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"> </span><span> are forced to work with </span></i></span><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><i>Bryson Clarke, a man she doesn’t trust..</i><i>.</i></span></span></span></span></p><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: white; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEETrVH0RvZBgv097IpatIsswpjWcDd8bdD6W78lLSc4FQdkjz6BlE2khiQYqF9o7xnedRkTeARepEtOKhzi4IW-b-0R1kc3wL7v9YMn2LXWogmmRFAc4URtPfsepDoL8YAM3vmIDri59JGqisVsXSF_aXlTZGlpdwZ4ui0SdlrBgzcN8f_-9Mq6HB/s499/AAEscape.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="318" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEETrVH0RvZBgv097IpatIsswpjWcDd8bdD6W78lLSc4FQdkjz6BlE2khiQYqF9o7xnedRkTeARepEtOKhzi4IW-b-0R1kc3wL7v9YMn2LXWogmmRFAc4URtPfsepDoL8YAM3vmIDri59JGqisVsXSF_aXlTZGlpdwZ4ui0SdlrBgzcN8f_-9Mq6HB/w408-h640/AAEscape.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><span style="text-align: start;"><div style="color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times;"><div><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">Publisher: Harlequin Love Inspired Suspense </span></span></div><div style="font-size: xx-large;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sabotage in the mountains…</span></span></span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Can this K-9 sniff out the truth?</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">After surviving a sudden avalanche, mountain survival expert Jayla Hoyt and her search-and-rescue K-9 discover that it was no accident—someone deliberately triggered the mountain explosion. To uncover the culprit, she’ll have to partner with Alaska park ranger Bryson Clarke, a man she doesn’t trust. But when the investigators become targets, can they capture the criminal mastermind…before they’re buried alive?</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJtWCwLhXHxwoW58d-67A1djCclrrwwTrW-6H6DYuCZQ8jRyAu5v3C_KaSL8lUwNwCWVquFrYzpFvx4hLjcEnNbEAQQ8LhfP2jZXxrxpy7vElNhqTZEbMAMvogYaxSgZrxf3qYZORzm_l54yvqziOb30A3ZVUHvcqe9j-p2w1ZYx_ud8IC9xd__r_/s1024/darlene.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJtWCwLhXHxwoW58d-67A1djCclrrwwTrW-6H6DYuCZQ8jRyAu5v3C_KaSL8lUwNwCWVquFrYzpFvx4hLjcEnNbEAQQ8LhfP2jZXxrxpy7vElNhqTZEbMAMvogYaxSgZrxf3qYZORzm_l54yvqziOb30A3ZVUHvcqe9j-p2w1ZYx_ud8IC9xd__r_/s320/darlene.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></span></div></div><p style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Author: Darlene L. Turner </span></b></p><div><span><div style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div><div style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">Where to find Darlene: </span></div><div style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;">Amazon </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">https://darlenelturner.com/</span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">https<span style="background-color: black;">facebook.com/groups/191544598913684</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">https://twitter.com/darlenelturner</span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">https://www.instagram.com/darlenel.turner/</span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;">https://www.pinterest.com/darlenelturner/</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19553274.Darlene_L_Turne</span><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;">r</span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times;">Darlene's favorite Bible verse</span>...</span></span><span style="color: white; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Tinos;">Psalm 91</span><b style="background-color: black; font-family: Tinos;">:4</b><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Tinos;"> ~ "</span><i><span style="background-color: black;"><span class="text Ps-91-4" id="en-NIV-15400" style="position: relative; text-align: start;">He will cover you with his feathers,</span></span></i></span></div><div><div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-color: black;"><span class="indent-1" style="text-align: start;"><span class="text Ps-91-4" style="position: relative;">and under his wings you will find refuge;</span></span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span class="indent-1" style="text-align: start;"><span class="text Ps-91-4" style="position: relative;">his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.</span></span></span><span style="background-color: black;">"</span></i></span></span></span></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="background-color: black;">Her favorite hymn..."Victory in Jesus"</span></i></span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: white; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/jqoVpJF9leE" width="320" youtube-src-id="jqoVpJF9leE"></iframe></div><br /></i></span></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="background-color: black; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">As with my other blog,</span><span style="color: #fcff01;"> </span><span style="color: #ffa400;">hopeinspiredstories.blogspot.com</span><span style="color: white;"> I will be offering a comment winner's choice of books featured here and a 25.00 amazon gift card each month.</span></i></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-size: large; font-style: italic; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you...and may you all be blessed and inspired! </span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-size: large; font-style: italic; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Tinos; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large; font-style: italic; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">The dramatic night time photo of the Charlotte Lighthouse in Rochester, N.Y. was taken by sister-in-Christ, Ginger Strom.</span></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: black; font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div></div></div></span></div></div></div>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-859525305682144098.post-62065250393281330442022-12-30T14:54:00.596-08:002023-01-09T20:38:59.527-08:00<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: x-large;"><b><i>...Stories of Hope, Intrigue and the sharp edge of Suspense.</i></b></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><span><span><span><span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;">My first guest on Hope Inspired Suspense is author Sue LeDoux, presenting her mystery-suspense-thriller... </span></span><b style="font-family: times;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><i><span>"The Divine Meddler."</span></i><span> </span></span></b></span></span></span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Sue says she's called <i>"to write what He wants me to write, so it goes where He wants it to go, and does what He wants it to do."</i></span></span></p><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkizpomdB47PNuOQA38R-7kqwkAAEOMt5PDaoWbBmrPadFZ8BbyOhCdhvJvEB7Y0ixDv-zy2yLL6EBURNaYfDdljHJwcnclIzssGlStarh0P7zyY4Kl4jirOvuOl0q0K4wwFpyUD3zemzs7eVSF4lhY5eXQIOpLUXwFpYUk1flnICuTqPriH6XLIh/s1500/div.%20med.%20small.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKkizpomdB47PNuOQA38R-7kqwkAAEOMt5PDaoWbBmrPadFZ8BbyOhCdhvJvEB7Y0ixDv-zy2yLL6EBURNaYfDdljHJwcnclIzssGlStarh0P7zyY4Kl4jirOvuOl0q0K4wwFpyUD3zemzs7eVSF4lhY5eXQIOpLUXwFpYUk1flnICuTqPriH6XLIh/w427-h640/div.%20med.%20small.jpg" width="427" /></a></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: start;">After his daughter is found dead, Lou Skalney murders the man he believes is responsible. Unrepentant, Lou faces the death penalty, only to wake up the morning after his execution, very much alive and locked within the walls of a hidden monastery.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Surrounded by monks and murderers, Lou vows to escape what he believes is a living hell. What kind of monks have black belts in Krav Maga? Are they truly the spiritual guides the Abbot claims they are? And why do people disappear from the monastery during the night?</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">He is not the only one with questions. His oldest friend, Rudy Kowalski, is a newspaper reporter who suspects Lou Skalney wasn't executed. Rudy stops at nothing to find answers, despite putting his life at risk. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: start;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: start;"><i>Can Lou find redemption and save his friend at the same time?</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; font-size: large;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span>Publisher: </span></span><span><span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">DartFrog Books (December 9, 2022)</span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: times; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkOOBmsqtfzK0Y47d89oi8l7WnP5JKcTRzGfN6A8gXBTLSfQXRcy6TnCqaOFSZewspq4bW9upS-Y7iFEmOeM5qAmmVOUbNDU2lG4hra_g9fBryK4FOh7eiRJblCW87WYz0xmZYTfGuGoaxBKIGiM_tf6Ehr5EK9fpigL-B3ccIckTRcIY79SNxS8O5/s600/sue.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkOOBmsqtfzK0Y47d89oi8l7WnP5JKcTRzGfN6A8gXBTLSfQXRcy6TnCqaOFSZewspq4bW9upS-Y7iFEmOeM5qAmmVOUbNDU2lG4hra_g9fBryK4FOh7eiRJblCW87WYz0xmZYTfGuGoaxBKIGiM_tf6Ehr5EK9fpigL-B3ccIckTRcIY79SNxS8O5/s320/sue.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: times; font-size: large;">Author: Sue LeDoux</span></b></p><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: large;">Fueled by coffee and an overactive imagination, Sue LeDoux creates fiction</span></span></span></div><span><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">that draws from her years as a nurse and wife of a CSI chemist. She blends her</span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">fascination about church history with life’s raw experiences. Her flawed characters</span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;">navigate messy lives. She does not write for the spiritually comfortable.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Her f</span><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">avorite Hymn:<b> "</b><i>I love, hands down, <b>Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring</b>."</i></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: large;">Where to find Sue: </span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amazon </span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;">www.sueledoux.us</span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h0UJgsLBj08" width="320" youtube-src-id="h0UJgsLBj08"></iframe><span style="color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: center;">Sue's favorite Bible verse</span><span style="text-align: center;">: <b>Romans 8:38</b> </span><i style="text-align: center;">And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him who have been called according to his purpose.</i><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><span style="text-align: center;">"I like this verse because every single one of His children has a divine purpose...even if He sometimes has to meddle to get us to fulfill our purposes."</span></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="text-align: center;"><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">As with my other blog,</span><span style="color: #fcff01;"> </span><span style="color: #ffa400;">hopeinspiredstories.blogspot.com</span><span style="color: white;"> I will be offering a comment winner's choice of books featured here and a 25.00 amazon gift card each month.</span></i></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span><i style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large; font-style: italic; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">Thank you...and may you all be blessed and inspired! </span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: large; font-style: italic; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; font-family: times; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-size: large; font-style: italic; text-align: center; white-space: pre-wrap;">The dramatic night time photo of the Charlotte Lighthouse in Rochester, N.Y. was taken by sister-in-Christ, Ginger Strom.</span></span></div><div style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: times;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: times;"></div></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: times; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: black;"><br /></i></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: black;"><br /></i></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: times; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><i style="background-color: black;"><br /></i></div><div style="font-family: times; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></div></div></span></div></div>Pat O'Brien Iacuzzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01095371999082847400noreply@blogger.com3