tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28286088627689253112024-03-13T15:32:04.938+02:00Not Just Romance but a Love Story...Ruth Axtell shares her take on books, movies, and the writing lifeRuth Axtellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14792344925778428818noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828608862768925311.post-56339981177514013292012-09-20T02:40:00.001+02:002012-09-20T02:40:41.293+02:00New Blog, New Website, New Look<h2>
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character Spotlight on <i>Her Good Name. </i>She's also giving away a free copy courtesy of Wynn Media. <br />
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Stop by the Book Club Network's Finding Hope In Reading Groups blog: <a href="http://www.bookfun.org/group/tbcnfeaturedauthors/forum/topics/august-2012-her-good-name-by-ruth-axtell-10-book-giveaway?xg_source=activity">The Book Club Network Inc</a> for a chance to win a copy of my August book, <i>Her Good Name. </i>Just leave a comment regarding your thoughts on the Cinderella theme in <i>Her Good Name.</i> The Book Club Network is hosting a month long birthday bash featuring 10 Christian novel giveaways each day!</div>
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My new single title Maine historical, <i>Her Good Name,</i> is now available, as both a print and e-book.<br />
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<br />Ruth Axtellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14792344925778428818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828608862768925311.post-74982624496344899752012-07-25T17:00:00.001+01:002012-07-25T17:04:16.371+01:00INTERVIEW AND CHANCE TO WIN A BOOK WITH REGENCY AUTHOR REGINA SCOTT<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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cousin can speak several languages, keep complex accounts, write on
tablets of clay, and solve mysteries. Her accomplishments catapult her
into the center of the Persian co<span class="text_exposed_show">urt—working long hours, rubbing elbows with royalty, and becoming the queen’s favorite scribe.<br /> Not bad for a woman living in a man’s world: so why does Sarah feel like a failure?<br />
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measure she can never quite live up to.<br /> Darius Pasargadae is
accustomed to having his way. A wealthy and admired aristocrat, the last
thing he expects is a wife who scorns him.<br /> Can two such different people help one another overcome the idols that bind them?</span>Ruth Axtellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14792344925778428818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828608862768925311.post-72418794845744609562012-03-09T19:37:00.000+02:002012-03-09T19:39:02.430+02:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My first single title in a couple of years will soon be out. Moody Publisher's new River North fiction imprint will release <i>Her Good Name</i> in August. </div>
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Portuguese immigrant fisherman and a local woman, lives on the
wrong side of town, surrounded by a brood of brothers and sisters
and a careworn mother. She is unable to pretend she is anything but “one
of those Estradas.” When she overhears of a position to clean house at a
local high school teacher’s home on Elm Street, she jumps at the
opportunity—to be able to run into Warren Brentwood now and again, but
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faith in her causes Espy to give up without a fight. She leaves her
family and hometown for the nearest city with little money and no
acquaintances and is forced to spend the night on the street. A man who
heads a mission for the homeless finds Espy and offers her shelter.
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be able to forgive the townspeople and return home?</span>Ruth Axtellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14792344925778428818noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828608862768925311.post-41471649657905281032012-02-14T03:57:00.001+02:002012-02-14T03:57:14.084+02:00<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">C</span></i></span>ome read about the history of Valentine's Day in the regency period.<br />
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<br />Ruth Axtellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14792344925778428818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828608862768925311.post-77775147026266890962012-01-12T17:40:00.000+02:002012-01-12T17:40:00.085+02:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WBkYTb2LIVg/Tw7-HJpNAdI/AAAAAAAAAU8/_xKfWxtGGJg/s1600/regency+fashion+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WBkYTb2LIVg/Tw7-HJpNAdI/AAAAAAAAAU8/_xKfWxtGGJg/s200/regency+fashion+1.jpg" width="95" /></a> <span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've just discovered a great blog for lovers of regencies, particularly those with an inspirational bent. Right now there's a vote on for favorite books. Just take a look at all the beautiful covers and vote on your favorite! </span><a href="http://www.christianregency.com/" style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">http://www.christianregency.com/</a></span>Ruth Axtellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14792344925778428818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828608862768925311.post-25221828749173205682011-12-24T20:27:00.001+02:002011-12-24T20:27:38.113+02:00<div style="color: #274e13;">
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Impression, another strong romance by Tamera Alexander, takes the reader from her Western settings to the war-torn state of Tennessee a year after the Civil War.<br />Plenty of conflict abounds in this absorbing novel, from the young lawyer who has lost everything from fighting on the wrong side to the young heroine who dreams of painting masterpieces, but who must hide her sordid past of painting forgeries once she begins a new life.<br />Claire Laurent, the heroine is saved from penury and worse when she gets the job of personal assistant to the wealthy owner of Belmont, where she seems to be given a new chance at life.<br />Sutton Munroe, the hero, fighting to regain his family's lands and his father's good name, cannot begin rebuilding his life as long as he carries around the guilt of having prevented his father from signing the Oath of Allegiance (to the Union). He is haunted by the knowledge that he caused his father's death and sentence of treason.<br />As the two hide their growing attraction, Claire knows time is against her. The past finally catches up with her and it is only by coming to the knowledge that God is on her side and cares for her that she is able to own up to it and face the consequences. The spiritual thread is deftly woven into the love story.<br />I would have enjoyed seeing Claire come clean sooner and read about the developing relationship between Sutton and Claire once he knew the truth than have a relationship built on her hiding so much of her past from him. That said, Alexander writes a powerful story about a young woman whose self-esteem has been badly destroyed by her father and who gradually comes to the knowledge of the Savior's love for her and that her talent is God-given.</p>Ruth Axtellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14792344925778428818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828608862768925311.post-35134000666370634202011-11-10T20:34:00.000+02:002011-11-10T20:34:03.072+02:00Highlights from "A Kiss Is Not Just a Kiss" Workshop at ACFW (St. Louis) by Ruth Axtell Morren and Julie Lessman WITH a BOOK GIVEAWAY!!<a href="http://rittywrites.blogspot.com/2011/11/highlights-from-kiss-is-not-just-kiss.html?mid=52154#.TrwZDFwqApo.blogger">Highlights from "A Kiss Is Not Just a Kiss" Workshop at ACFW (St. Louis) by Ruth Axtell Morren and Julie Lessman WITH a BOOK GIVEAWAY!!</a>Ruth Axtellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14792344925778428818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828608862768925311.post-55719592100110703442011-11-09T19:14:00.003+02:002011-11-09T19:19:28.534+02:00Wonderful Fairytale Romance<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jkYS6F8hz0k/Trq14qxuo3I/AAAAAAAAAS4/oCAezngW8cQ/s1600/healer%2527s%2Bapprentice.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jkYS6F8hz0k/Trq14qxuo3I/AAAAAAAAAS4/oCAezngW8cQ/s320/healer%2527s%2Bapprentice.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5673046665786729330" border="0" /></a><br />I have a feeling Melanie Dickerson will become a new favorite author of mine. I loved this story; it had a wonderful fairytale quality to it, while at the same time sounding up-to-date enough for the contemporary reader. While technically a Young Adult book, it's the kind of romance that will appeal to any age. Dickerson has a heroine who appeals to the reader because she is a mixture of quiet/shy yet feisty. It's that underlying feistiness that catches the prince's eye. It's a medieval tale loosely based on Sleeping Beauty, and has an authentic feel to it. I especially enjoyed the hero and heroine's spiritual journey as each one is forced to grow in their faith. Wonderful ending. Some great *sigh* moments. Can't wait to read the next fairytale! 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bedtime—each time you want to put it down, you tell yourself, just one more page, just one more page…</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">Lindsay has written of two characters, Major Geoff Richards and Abby Fraser, who grab you from the beginning and don’t let go until the last page. They are in an impossible situation which only gets more difficult, but the reader roots for them from the moment they meet on board a ship bound for India, he to take up his old post after surviving the horrors of World War I and she to return to her childhood home.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">You’ll fall in love with Geoff—the strong, silent hero with a tragic past, who proves to be a wonderful surrogate father to Abby’s young son, and a quiet protector to Abby when she is faced by more danger than she knows.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">And you’ll feel for Abby, trying to do what’s right when her life seems to have ended before it has a chance to begin and coming finally to that place of acknowledging that she can’t do it on her own.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">There’s a wonderful set of secondary characters, especially those Indian Christians who endure the loss of everything for their newfound faith.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in">The Indian backdrop with its sights, smells and sounds and the increasing turmoil under the British <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">raj </i>only add to the allure of this story. For those who love <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Far Pavilions</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">The Jewel in the Crown,</i> with the addition of a strong Christian theme and a wonderful romance, this book is for you!</p>Ruth Axtellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14792344925778428818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828608862768925311.post-29117118282815987532011-03-24T14:59:00.004+02:002011-03-27T00:06:54.578+02:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lgO0CXtj_Q0/TY5jbjAAAYI/AAAAAAAAAOg/obndIxRoRC4/s1600/lady%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bmist.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lgO0CXtj_Q0/TY5jbjAAAYI/AAAAAAAAAOg/obndIxRoRC4/s320/lady%2Bin%2Bthe%2Bmist.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588513512516223362" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="readable reviewText"><span id="freeTextreview156350029" style="">Wonderful story set on the mid-coast of America right before the War of 1812. Eakes knows her historical period as well as sailing. You can just imagine yourself in that time period, feel the spray on your cheeks as you skim the waves on a fishing sailboat.<br />You also get a good view of what led up to the war from the American side. I'm so used to studying it from the British and French perspectives.<br />But most of all, you get to read about a wonderfully charming British hero and his growing fascination with a tart, no-nonsense midwife, who, nevertheless, is enough of a free spirit that he finds himself falling in love before he knows it.<br />But it's a hopeless love as they see it, since he is not from her world, and she can never fit in his. Throw in a mystery plot, which the two join forces to solve, and you have the ingredients of a great suspenseful romance.</span></span>Ruth Axtellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14792344925778428818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828608862768925311.post-84158233646104706272011-03-07T00:47:00.002+02:002011-03-07T00:51:21.639+02:00New Book<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oRh_bnySV60/TXQPttJC9uI/AAAAAAAAAOY/U53nHv0sx1w/s1600/a%2Bgentleman%2527s%2Bhomecoming.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 101px; height: 160px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oRh_bnySV60/TXQPttJC9uI/AAAAAAAAAOY/U53nHv0sx1w/s320/a%2Bgentleman%2527s%2Bhomecoming.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581103116104955618" border="0" /></a><br />My fourth Love Inspired Historical is out this month. <span style="font-style: italic;">A Gentleman's Homecoming</span> is set in one of my favorite periods, Victorian England. I delved into the field of engineering for this one. I was interested in all the great projects being built in the second half of the 19th century: railroad bridges, tunnels, the first subways, skyscrapers, etc.<br />So, what if you have a prominent male engineer and a female who's always dreamed of being an engineer, an old crush, a child...<br />Mix it all up and you have <span style="font-style: italic;">A Gentleman's Homecoming.</span>Ruth Axtellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14792344925778428818noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828608862768925311.post-22725870844970488832010-11-08T02:29:00.004+02:002010-11-08T02:38:38.156+02:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0AOoBt8Nrfo/TNdGLNes6JI/AAAAAAAAAOA/roCT9VA5Iew/s1600/The+Master%27s+Wall.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 299px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0AOoBt8Nrfo/TNdGLNes6JI/AAAAAAAAAOA/roCT9VA5Iew/s320/The+Master%27s+Wall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536971425286252690" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Masters-Wall-Sandi-Rog/dp/1936341026/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289139595&sr=8-1">The Master's Wall</a><br /><br />Sandi Rog has written an action-packed story taking place in the First Century. She creates a fascinating look at both the slave and upper level Roman world, Christian and pagan. I really enjoyed the young slave's interaction with his new mentor and trainer, fellow slave, Titus, who teaches him to fight.<br />Rog makes it seem like she was really there in ancient Rome, detailing all kinds of fascinating everyday details (especially the food) sprinkled with references to politics and things going on in the outside world (to the villa, where most of the action takes place).<br />I think the story between 11-yr. old Alethea and 15 yr. old David is great for Y/A's. Lots of emotion and character growth (especially for the heroine). <br />Nice, romantic development as the hero and heroine grow up.Ruth Axtellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14792344925778428818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828608862768925311.post-62839805244862423562010-05-07T15:08:00.007+01:002010-05-07T15:29:24.230+01:00New Book in Dutch<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0AOoBt8Nrfo/S-QiO6IhjqI/AAAAAAAAANw/ztCtOzFoof0/s1600/De+Zee+in+Je+Ogen.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 140px; height: 222px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0AOoBt8Nrfo/S-QiO6IhjqI/AAAAAAAAANw/ztCtOzFoof0/s320/De+Zee+in+Je+Ogen.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468533487053147810" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I just found the cover of my newest book--a book that for now is only published in Dutch.<br /> <br />Originally titled <span style="font-style: italic;">In Your Eyes,</span> this is a story of love, revenge and intrigue in the Golden era of the Netherlands, a time when great fortunes were made in the East Indies in the spice trade and at home on the newly created stock exchange. Tulips were the rage, and the painters of the Lowlands were beginning to vie with the Italian masters for preeminence.<br /> <br />Orphaned Francesca di Paolo dreams of becoming a portrait painter when mysterious, dashing, larger-than-life Dirk Vredeman walks into her life--a subject she longs to capture on her canvas--and who threatens to capture her carefully guarded heart.<br /><br />But does he love her--or is she only a means to an end for him?<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"> <br />In Your Eyes</span> translated to <span style="font-style: italic;">De Zee in Je Ogen </span>will be available to Dutch readers in June.<br /><br />This story was a finalist in Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart contest, the premier contest for unpublished romance writers.<br /><br />Here's a glimpse of the write-up from Dutch publisher Mozaeik : <a href="http://www.uitgeverijmozaiek.nl/boeken/Ruth-Axtell-Morren/De-zee-in-je-ogen/23181"><span style="font-style: italic;">De Zee in Je Ogen</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.uitgeverijmozaiek.nl/boeken/Ruth-Axtell-Morren/De-zee-in-je-ogen/23181"></a>Ruth Axtellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14792344925778428818noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828608862768925311.post-33222160637406048622010-04-25T21:28:00.003+01:002010-04-25T21:34:45.348+01:00Medieval Time Travel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0AOoBt8Nrfo/S9SmXwMRMvI/AAAAAAAAANg/rKPnoPA8itY/s1600/Seasons+in+the+Mist.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 299px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0AOoBt8Nrfo/S9SmXwMRMvI/AAAAAAAAANg/rKPnoPA8itY/s320/Seasons+in+the+Mist.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5464175174910817010" border="0" /></a><br />Want to travel back to mid-fourteenth century England?<br /><br />You'll have a great visit and meet some very interesting people in Deb Kinnard's new book, <span style="font-style: italic;">Seasons in the Mist.</span> Her heroine, Bethany, stumbles through some kind of time portal into a manor house in Cornwall. Luckily for her, she is a medieval scholar, so she can quickly make herself understood in Middle English. Explaining her jeans and t-shirt are a bit more challenging.<br /><br />Once she has satisfied her hosts that she has lost her memory and was most likely set upon by thieves, she is taken to the nearby lord, Baron Michael Veryan, whom she must convince she is legit.<br /><br />When the two lay eyes on each other, they don't realize it yet, but 21st century Bethany has met her destiny...Ruth Axtellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14792344925778428818noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828608862768925311.post-83605220882950192072010-04-13T16:04:00.007+01:002010-04-13T16:12:06.678+01:00Medieval Scottish Romance<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0AOoBt8Nrfo/S8SJASZZrdI/AAAAAAAAANQ/aTZ0ApZsDE0/s1600/Highland+Blessings.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 194px; height: 299px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0AOoBt8Nrfo/S8SJASZZrdI/AAAAAAAAANQ/aTZ0ApZsDE0/s320/Highland+Blessings.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459639286311267794" border="0" /></a><br />For those medieval lovers, there will soon be a great Scottish highland romance out on the shelves: <span style="font-style: italic;">Highland Blessings</span> by Jennifer Hudson Taylor. This is her debut novel. It features a great brawny hero and a petite heroine who is more than his match. He starts out quite insensitive and brutish but ends up putty in her artful hands. She is a strong woman of faith, a faith that she'll need when she is snatched from her home by the hero and taken away to his castle.<br />If you'd like to pre-order, you can do so on Amazon or Barnes and Noble.<br />Here's the link to the Amazon page: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1426702264/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=10AM0NSR8APG6H5T8FFC&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846"><span style="font-style: italic;">Highland Blessings</span></a>.Ruth Axtellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14792344925778428818noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828608862768925311.post-28003188619382228542010-02-13T16:38:00.005+02:002010-02-13T16:48:08.326+02:00Jane Austen Country<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0AOoBt8Nrfo/S3a7AvvimeI/AAAAAAAAANI/TU_WJ8MUuNg/s1600-h/Country+House+Courtship.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0AOoBt8Nrfo/S3a7AvvimeI/AAAAAAAAANI/TU_WJ8MUuNg/s320/Country+House+Courtship.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437739221586713058" border="0" /></a><br />I just wanted to let all of you know about a regency I just finished reading titled <span style="font-style: italic;">The Country House Courtship </span>by Linore rose Burkard.<br /><br />It was a very enjoyable read. So Jane Austen-esque! Burkard really knows her period and has a talent for making the characters sound like they are from the era. Not so much the regency which Georgette Heyer created or that of Pierce Egan's regency bucks, Tom and Jerry. Much more the gentle world of Jane Austen's gentry.<br />So many of today's regencies focus on the higher echelons of the dukes and marquises. This story is probably the more realistic sphere of gently bred ladies and gentlemen, squires and vicars.<br />There's lots of period detail and a wide circle of characters. A delightful curate who is very self-effacing yet endearing nonetheless. The heroine, Beatrice, has a lot of growing up to do. At 17, that's natural, so I was a little disappointed that she had to marry so young. She didn't "have" to, but she did end up falling in love and settling her future by the book's end.<br />Even though I hadn't read the two novels preceding this one, those characters reappeared and it was nice getting to know them. Makes me want to read their journey as well. I got caught up in the different story threads and found myself looking forward to taking up this book each evening adn it didn't take me long to finish.Ruth Axtellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14792344925778428818noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2828608862768925311.post-73957729833727969812009-10-14T15:54:00.002+02:002009-10-14T15:58:16.793+02:00A Bride of HonorIf anyone's interested in reading an interview of me, head on over to author Lena Nelson Dooley's blog and look at Monday's post <a href="http://lenanelsondooley.blogspot.com/">http://lenanelsondooley.blogspot.com/</a><br />You still have a chance to win a copy of <span style="font-style: italic;">A Bride of Honor </span>if you leave a comment<span style="font-style: italic;">.</span>Ruth Axtellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14792344925778428818noreply@blogger.com1