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Tuesday, October 22, 2019

One Wrong Turn by Deanna Lynn Sletten ~ Re-release With a New Cover! #OneWrongTurn

Happy Release Day!!

One Wrong Turn by [Sletten, Deanna Lynn]

Congratulations Deanna

on the re-release today of

One Wrong Turn!

One Wrong Turn by Deanna Lynn Sletten

Print and e-book, 173 pages
Published October 22, 2019 by Deanna Lynn Sletten

Tragedy brought him home, but love made him stay.

When his estranged wife, Jess, has a terrible accident leaving her lying in a coma, Clay Connors returns to his family to care for his two daughters. He has been separated from his family for nearly two years and his eldest daughter, Maddie, is resentful over his being absent. Sadly, his youngest daughter, Jilly, barely remembers him. Clay’s reasons for staying away now seem self-serving in the light of their family’s tragedy. The past washes over Clay as the memories of what led up to their separation envelope him and his future hangs in the balance over whether or not his wife will wake up. Can they be a family again, or is he too late?

One Wrong Turn is a story of time lost and redemption as Clay and his daughters struggle to reconnect and learn to trust again in the wake of a tragedy.

(This is a re-release of the book by the same title: One Wrong Turn)

I read One Wrong Turn when it was released in 2017 and loved it. You can read my thoughts here. I'm so excited that Deanna released it again with this beautiful new cover, designed by Tugboat Design. Isn't it amazing?

About the author

Deanna Lynn Sletten is the author of Maggie's Turn, Finding Libbie, One Wrong Turn, Miss Etta, and several other titles. She writes heartwarming women's fiction and romance novels with unforgettable characters. She has also written one middle-grade novel that takes you on the adventure of a lifetime. Deanna believes in fate, destiny, love at first sight, soul mates, second chances, and happily ever after, and her novels reflect that.

Deanna is married and has two grown children. When not writing, she enjoys walking the wooded trails around her home with her beautiful Australian Shepherd or relaxing on the lake in the summer.

Deanna loves hearing from her readers.

Connect with her here—

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Release Day! Before and After by Judy Christie & Lisa Wingate #BeforeAndAfter

Happy Release Day!

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Congrats Judy and Lisa

on the release today of

Before and After!

Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society by Judy Christie and Lisa Wingate

Print and e-book, 320 pages
Published October 22nd 2019 by Ballantine Books

The compelling, poignant true stories of victims of a notorious adoption scandal--some of whom learned the truth from Lisa Wingate's bestselling novel Before We Were Yours and were reunited with birth family members as a result of its wide reach.

From the 1920s to 1950, Georgia Tann ran a black-market baby business at the Tennessee Children's Home Society in Memphis. She offered up more than 5,000 orphans tailored to the wish lists of eager parents--hiding the fact that many weren't orphans at all, but stolen sons and daughters of poor families, desperate single mothers, and women told in maternity wards that their babies had died.

The publication of Lisa Wingate's novel Before We Were Yours brought new awareness of Tann's lucrative career in child trafficking. Adoptees who knew little about their pasts gained insight into the startling facts behind their family histories. Encouraged by their contact with Wingate and award-winning journalist Judy Christie, who documented the stories of fifteen adoptees in this book, many determined Tann survivors set out to trace their roots and find their birth families.

Before and After includes moving and sometimes shocking accounts of the ways in which adoptees were separated from their first families. Often raised as only children, many have joyfully reunited with siblings in the final decades of their lives. Christie and Wingate tell of first meetings that are all the sweeter and more intense for time missed and of families from very different social backgrounds reaching out to embrace better-late-than-never brothers, sisters, and cousins. In a poignant culmination of art meeting life, many of the long-silent victims of the tragically corrupt system return to Memphis with the authors to reclaim their stories at a Tennessee Children's Home Society reunion . . . with extraordinary results.

I read Lisa' book, Before We Were Yours and loved it! Before and After touches on some of the real-life stories of the children who were affected by living at the Tennessee Children's Home Society. I started reading Before and After yesterday and I've read half of it already. I love it—the stories of the children are heartbreaking but so touching.

About the authors

Judy Christie is an author and consultant who lives in Northwest Louisiana.

She writes inspirational fiction and nonfiction. Her popular Green series chronicles the goings-on in the small Louisiana town of Green and is part of Abingdon Press’s new inspirational fiction line.

Judy is also the author of the popular Hurry Less, Worry Less nonfiction series, published by Abingdon Press.

Wreath, published in October 2011, is Judy’s first young adult book. Look for it and a free download on her books page!

Judy was a journalist for many years and is a frequent speaker at retreats and workshops. She works with clients around the country on how to slow down and enjoy each day more and how ~ Goodreads

Connect with Judy

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Lisa Wingate is a former journalist, an inspirational speaker, and the bestselling author of more than thirty books. Her blockbuster Before We Were Yours was on the NYT best seller list for over one year. Her work has won or been nominated for many awards, including the Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize, the Oklahoma Book Award, the Utah Library Award, the Carol Award, the Christy Award, and the RT Reviewers’ Choice Award. Lisa believes stories can change the world. ~ Goodreads

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Monday, October 21, 2019

Two Truths and a Lie by H.A. Price ~ My Thoughts #TwoTruthsAndALie

Two Truths and a Lie

Two Truths and a Lie by H.A. Price
Kindle Edition, 155 pages
Published September 6th 2019

Why do we cheat?

What are the countless ways in which we cheat others, even those we love?

Beth is a woman who (unbeknownst to her family and friends) has given up a free ride to Yale, rejecting her peers and instead marrying Mark, an unpretentious computer technician. Beth wanted salt-of-the-earth. She feared ending up erudite and alone, like Emily Dickinson. Yet she finds herself more isolated than ever as Mark’s wife.

Brad is a man who has married Kara, a promiscuous woman who is upfront about her past. They have a daughter, Katlin. Brad thinks he has outsmarted the competition who wrote Kara off as a common floozy. Eventually he realizes that he has been grading her on a curve--giving her bonus points just to make himself feel superior and wise.

Beth and Brad meet at a party, and their affinity is immediate. A few days later, Brad calls her, and their affair soon begins. As it progresses, they begin to take more risks to see each other.

It soon becomes clear that the events Beth and Brad have set in motion have much more serious ramifications than they could have ever realized.

My thoughts about Two Truths and a Lie ~~

(I love to note the first lines of the books I'm reading. First lines can really grab a reader's attention and I love seeing where the author takes the reader after their first lines.)

First line—"If Beth had known that such small things, a bathing suit or a pair of glasses, could change a life, she might have done things differently."

Two Truths and a Lie is an interesting look at the lives of two people who find themselves attracted to each other, and who eventually act on their attraction. As the affair progresses, it no longer becomes just a lark between two people, it affects all of those around them.

There's a nice variety of characters in this story, some who will touch your heart and then others you just want to throttle. As the story comes to an end, the reader can't help but understand the true cost of an innocent flirtation that turns into so much more.

Two Truths and a Lie is a great story about relationships, with believable characters, about a topic that is very real in our society. I look forward to reading more of this author's stories.

Thank you to H.A. Price for a copy of Two Truths and a Lie. This is my honest review.

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About the author

H.A. Price is the author of several novels, including Two Truths and a Lie and A Night at the Movies. Price loves enjoys writing dialogue that rings true. ~ Amazon

Goodreads | Amazon

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Release Day! Mistletoe Mishap by Tracy Krimmer #MistletoeMishap

Happy Release Day!

Congrats Tracy

on the release today of

Mistletoe Mishap!

Mistletoe Mishap by Tracy Krimmer

Print and e-book, 200 pages
Published October 21st 2019 by Amazon Digital Services

What was meant to be a fling turns into a love they both thought they'd never have or deserved….

Alexis Paige did not make a habit of drunkenly booking travel for herself on the internet. But after the worst breakup ever, she's going wherever the wind, and her widowed dad, urges her to go. Now Alexis is on a plane to Colorado and Mistletoe Manor. The guy seated next to her is easy on the eyes, and oddly charming, but he's also obnoxious. She's relieved she never has to see Grayson Wells again. She's had enough of indecipherable men.

Until she walks into Mistletoe Manor. Grayson's aunt runs the rustic bed and breakfast, and it's his annual holiday spot. He knows the town well and wants to show Alexis all it has to offer. She's leery, especially of a guy like Grayson who's a little too smooth, but she can't find a reason to say no. One kiss under the famed mistletoe and it's almost too easy to say yes. She tells herself that Grayson is a fling, but it hurts to say goodbye only a few short weeks later. Darn that mistletoe…

Back at home, Alexis finds everything shifting—career, her childhood home on the market, and oh yeah, her dad's marital status. She's thrilled her father has found love, but it's too much at once, especially when she's still missing her mom and feeling like her romantic life is doomed. When her dad announces the nuptials will take place at Mistletoe Manor, she fears the trip will just make her sad over what might have been. But when Grayson turns up and puts it all on the line, will Alexis give in to love or will she regret that mistletoe kiss?

About the author

Tracy Krimmer loves penning chick lit and Women's Fiction as well as reading the same genre. Her passion for the written word began at a young age and her favorite place as a child was the library.

When she's not writing, she enjoys fitness, crushing candy, and napping. She lives in the Midwest with her family. ~ Goodreads

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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? October 21, 2019

It's Monday! What Are You Reading? is a place to meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week. It's an opportunity to visit other blogs and to comment on their reads. And ... you can add to that ever growing TBR pile! So welcome everyone. This meme started with J Kaye's Blog and then was taken up by Sheila from Book Journey. Sheila then passed it on to Kathryn at the Book Date. And here we are!

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Thanks for stopping by. I hope you all have a good week. Happy reading!

What I'm currently reading

Before and After: The Incredible Real-Life Stories of Orphans Who Survived the Tennessee Children's Home Society
by Judy Christie, Lisa Wingate

Pub date 10/22