Sunday, July 27, 2014

Cover reveal...To Win Her Favor coming April 2015

Have you seen the cover for my next novel yet? 


It's TO WIN HER FAVOR, the second standalone novel in the Belle Meade Plantation series which releases April 2015. Thanks, friends, for reading and for always asking about what I'm writing next. Appreciate you! What do you think about the cover?

ABOUT To Win Her Favor: 

A gifted rider in a world where ladies never race, Maggie Linden is determined that her horse be a champion. But the one man who can help her has vowed to stay away from thoroughbred racing for good.

An Irishborn son far from home, Cullen McGrath left a once prosperous life in England because of a horse racing scandal that nearly ruined him. He’s come to Nashville for a fresh start, hoping to buy land and start a farm. Yet starting over proves harder than he’d wagered, especially when Maggie Linden’s father makes him an offer he doesn’t dare accept. Yet, cannot possibly refuse.

Maggie is certain that her mare, Bourbon Belle, can take the top purse in the annual Drayton Stakes at Nashville’s racetrack––the richest race run in America. Maggie only needs the chance to prove it. To give her that chance, and to save Linden Downs from being sold to the highest bidder, Maggie’s father––aging, yet wily as ever––makes a barter. His agreement includes one tiny, troublesome detail––Maggie must marry a man she’s never met. A man she never would have chosen for herself.
  

Cullen and Maggie need each other in order to achieve their dreams. But their stubborn, wounded hearts––and the escalating violence from a "secret society" responsible for lynchings and midnight raids––may prove too much for even two such determined souls.

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Fun video chat today on Innovate4Jesus

Check out the fun chat I had today with Justin Blaney, Suzanne Woods Fisher, and Beth Guckenberger on Innovate 4 Jesus as we talked 'storytelling.'#I4JLIVE 






Are you familiar with Innovate4Jesus? If not, check it out. It's a fabulous source of information and encouragement. 

Saturday, July 5, 2014

Join me on Innovate4Jesus on Tuesday, July 8th

Join me on Innovate4Jesus on Tuesday, July 8, at 1PM Central as fellow authors Suzanne Woods Fisher, Beth Guckenberger, and I chat with Justin Blaney about what we've learned about effective storytelling.





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Hope to see you on Tuesday, July 8th, on Innovate4Jesus! 

Be sure and send a question in before time and we'll do our best to answer it.

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

"Jesus with skin" people in your life

Hey friends, I'm writing from Atlanta.

I drove down on Sunday to be with my sweet dad who's been suffering from TIAs (mini-strokes) and other related issues. It's so hard to see those you love hurting.

On Sunday when I arrived, he was not doing well at all, but what a difference the past 24 hours and YOUR PRAYERS have made! Thank you for offering prayers for his strength and healing.

The TIAs seem to have stopped (though, as many of you know, there's really no way to stop them completely, they're the body's warning sign of blood clots), and his issues of dizziness, nausea, and splitting headaches are subsiding as well. He's actually eating again and took three shorts walks yesterday. His balance and mobility are improving each time. He might be coming home today, we'll see.

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This pic is of him on Monday afternoon talking on the phone with a fellow retiree and former co-worker from Life of Georgia (where Dad worked for 36 years). I love that he still has these friendships in his life all these years later. Doesn't he look great for what he's been through in recent days?


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The three of us last night before I went back to their house

I'll likely head back to Nashville today. Esta (Dad's sweet wife) will take excellent care of him, I know. I have a first draft due next Friday and can hear the clock majorly ticking inside me. But I'm so grateful to have had this precious time with my dad. I've thanked my Heavenly Father repeatedly for giving me an earthly father who looks so much like him. It's made such a difference in my faith walk to have had Godly parents. I'm so grateful.

I'm also grateful, friends, that (as Eleanor says in A Beauty So Rare) our together forever started here. I appreciate you!

Who in your life has been a reflection of God the father and of Jesus for you? 

Tammy

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