I’m participating in this year’s Grace Filled Christmas Blog Tour, which is hosting a whole slew of awesome Christian fiction and runs through December 22nd.
If this is your first time here, thank you so much for stopping by!
My debut novel, Wildflowers from Winter, released this past May:
A young architect at a prestigious Chicago firm, Bethany Quinn has built a life far removed from her trailer park teen years. Until an interruption from her estranged mother reveals that tragedy has struck in her hometown and a reluctant Bethany is called back to rural Iowa. Determined to pay her respects while avoiding any emotional entanglements, she vows not to stay long. But the unexpected inheritance of farmland and a startling turn of events in Chicago forces Bethany to come up with a new plan.
Handsome farmhand Evan Price has taken care of the Quinn farm for years. So when Bethany is left the land, he must fight her decisions to realize his dreams. But even as he disagrees with Bethany’s vision, Evan feels drawn to her and the pain she keeps so carefully locked away.
For Bethany, making peace with her past and the God of her childhood doesn’t seem like the path to freedom. Is letting go the only way to new life, love and a peace she’s not even sure exists?
What makes this a good book for Christmas?
At it’s core, this is a story about God’s ability to bring new life and hope from those dead, winter seasons so many of us experience in life. I’m not sure there’s a greater example of this truth than celebrating Jesus’ birth in wintertime, the darkest days of the year.
Plus the novel, while not a Christmas story, does include its fair share of the holiday season.
If this sounds like a story you’d want to read or give as a gift this Christmas season, please visit my Wildflowers from Winter page, where you will find a list of retail links. If you’d like to try a sample first, feel free to check out the first three chapters.
Let’s Talk: Do you give books as Christmas gifts? If so, how do you go about choosing the perfect one?
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There are plenty of books under our tree. They make excellent gifts.
Knowing that persons interests is how I decide.
It was great to be introduced to you and your book. I like giving and receiving books for Christmas. It’s almost a tradition that everyone gets at least one. Blessings
Yes! It is one of my favorite things to give people!
Oh, yes, I love to give books for Christmas. My children get one (or more) every year, and although my husband is not a reader, I gift one in hoping he will catch the bug. Books make wonderful gifts–and yours is fantastic–highly recommend it!
I do give books to some friends for Christmas! I’m always tempted to give books to everyone–especially the people I know who aren’t big readers, as if I can somehow turn them into a reader by sheer will. Haha!