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Hidden Away at Promise Lodge

  This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions . Charlotte Hubbard will be awarding a $15 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour. Returning to the fan-favorite world of the closeknit Amish community of Promise Lodge, the small-town Missouri setting of her beloved Amish inspirational romance novels, Charlotte Hubbard continues to delight readers with uplifting tales of faith, family, and the blessings and happiness of true love and caring partnership. There are no secrets among Missouri’s Amish community of Promise Lodge, as they share their joys, burdens, and blessings. But two visitors with a hidden agenda bring some surprising revelations—and unexpected saving graces… When Karen Mercer and Andi Swann come to Promise Lodge for a week’s stay, the Kuhn sisters quickly detect the guests are not Plain folk, despite their kapps and homemade dresses. Ent

Teaser Tuesday--Will

  If It Feels Good, Book 3 Women's Fiction / Paranormal Date Published: July 21, 2023     Sarah collects and sells antiques, and she lives in a fantasy world of her own creation. When she’s transported to another universe, she meets the man of her dreams, but he wants to teach her how to find pleasure in her “real” life. Will Loudon is Sarah’s pleasure trainer. He’s also an honest-to-God English earl -- the exact sort of man Sarah reads about in her forbidden books. He does such a good job of teaching her to find real pleasure, neither of them wants her to go home.     EXCERPT Copyright ©2023 Alice Gaines   The dust in the old attic made Sarah Meadows sneeze, but she wouldn’t have been happier anywhere else in the world. “You sure you want to look through this ancient stuff?” Mr. Gamble, the owner of the house, asked from where he stood on a ladder behind her, his head poking out of the

A Family for Sam Chapter Two

  Image by  juan grullon  from  Pixabay   A free read. Introducing the hero, Sam Morgan.  Here's a link to Chapter One . I'm thinking of self publishing. Chapter Two  Sam Morgan stood at the opened gate of the corral, staring at the activity around him. Cowboys of every shape and size, older men with wisp of gray hair flying around their ears and younger men with old cowboy hats crammed a top their heads raced around the area. Excited young horses leaped up onto their hind legs and backed away from the approaching men, relaxing easily when one of the cowboys reached for their dangling reins. One beautiful black and white stallion stood like royalty in the center of the pen, ignoring the yelling voices around him. The animal firmed up as one of the younger cowboy's moved carefully toward him, and then side-stepped a few feet before the man snatched the trailing reins and led him into the barn. Winterwind was a credit to his linage. Even if the stallion did belong to the Hunt

Just Messing Around

I'm waiting for my edits to come back on Benefits of Friendship, so I've been messing around on BookBrush . It's fun.

Book Blast--Bad Henry

  This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions . The author will be awarding a $20 Amazon/BN GC to a randomly drawn winner. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour. Henry Louis Wallace terrorized Charlotte, North Carolina, from May 1992 to March 1994. Wallace preyed on lower economic class Black women between 17 and 35 years old. He knew most of his victims, some through his job at Taco Bell, and gained their trust with his friendly demeanor and gentle nature-concealing a monster fueled by drug abuse and rage against women.   Read an Excerpt Aubrey Spain Murder Wallace needed money and knew Spain was a shift manager at the Taco Bell with access to the store’s safe. He was angry with her because he believed she had helped get him fired from his job. He found out Spain was on vacation and waited for her return. Upon her return, Wallace went over to her apartment. Without a thought, she let her friend, Wallace, into the ap

A Family for Sam Chapter One

A free chapter. This is a rewrite of one of my once published romance novels. Originally, it was the fourth book in a five books series called The Sisters Callaway. Now, after a major change to the characters and story A Family for Sam is the first book in a three-book series I'm calling Home to Hendersonville. The second book will be a completely different story with one of the sisters, and the third will be Kayla's story. After revisions, of course. I've introduced that heroine in the first chapter here. Enjoy! A Family for Sam Chapter One   "I need you to take your shirt off, Mr. Wilson." Dr. Allison Anderson   glanced at the elderly man. Thank God he was the last scheduled patient. "I can't tell if the cream I gave you on Monday is helping if you won't let me examine your back." "Where's Doc Sanders?" The gentleman backed away from the exam table, bumping into a storage cabinet. "Doc knows how to take care of me." Alli

Just Another Writer

 Just another writer trying to get my name out there.  The excerpt below is a follow up story from Without Love . The main character was a secondary character in the first story named Becca. Tentatively calling this book Without Trust. Chapter One A gaggle of children’s voices and laughter filtered through the chilly early morning air. Dr. Becca Greenlee leaned from the porch swing and looked across the street to her right. A big yellow school bus stopped at the foot of the drive and three noisy boys leaped into it. A few second later two quieter girls followed suit. The children’s very pregnant mother stood near the fence, waving goodbye. Five children, with one more on the way? Should any one woman have that many offspring? “Morning, Carrie.” Damn. She refused to look at the newer arrival. Why the hell was she still standing on the porch anyway? “Hi, Wolfe.” The pregnant lady yelled back. “Off to solve another case?” “If only.” Both of their laughs filled the air. “Wel