Grace Awards Christmas Book Bash ~ day three
REVENGE by Paula Rose
WATERS OF SEPARATION by Carol McClain
Another child will haunt you this Christmas. In Waters of Separation, Africa’s secrets resurrect the despair physician assistant Anna Haas though she buried in America. She uncovers child slavery, and her own pregnancy threatens her mission and her life in the Ivory Coast. Waters of Separation is an evocative tale that will haunt you and then lift you up with God’s beautiful gift of redemption. It transpires between New York and Africa—a tale of faith and courage and salvation, both physical and spiritual. Its themes are redolent of Christ’s Christmas gift, and will make a treasured gift to those you care about. Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Desert Breeze
DWF: DIVORCED WHITE FEMALE by Carol McClain
DWF will have you ho-ho-hoing this Christmas season with its humor and eternal themes displaying those elements of life that most matter to humans. If you think you’ve experienced a mid-life crisis, Cheryl Chandler will prove you wrong. Ditched by a philandering husband, rearing three weird teens (and a toddler—her failed attempt to save her marriage), she knows only one thing will redeem her life: a man—any man so long as he’s hot. But how does a forty-something divorcé do that? The kids have the answer. Go online. When she knows online dating is doomed, she meets the man of her dreams. Smart, witty and enchanting, Carleton Seymour sweeps her off her feet, but he’s got to meet the kids. Cheryl refuses to hide them—although the thought is tempting. First there’s New Age Andi who changes college majors more frequently than a yogi changes poses. Bobbie’s OCD could drive Mother Teresa nuts. Taylor, once an adolescent drug mule and now a born again teen, fears all will forget they’re sinners. And of course, Marina, the toddler, will make her presence known. In DW, an inspiration woman’s fiction, you will laugh and love with the characters and come away transformed and transported by Cheryl’s antics. Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Desert Breeze
DESERT DUET by Debra E. Marvin, a Christmas novella
Merry Christmas from Humbug. AZ. Wish You Were Here! It’s 1933 in the good old US of A. In the midst of drought, the Depression, and gangsters on the lam, America finds solace in Hollywood’s Golden Age. Ex-pilot Eugene Tanner, determined to pen the lyrics for the movie industry’s first “Best Song” award, books a rushed December stay at the remote Humbug Creek Guest Ranch. (A Gold Mine of a Getaway!) Where better to find inspiration for an epic Western, than amid all that trail dust and burnt coffee? Thea Knight gives up her short holiday break from the studio’s costume department to play cowgirl hostess at her family’s struggling guest ranch. But instead of helping their witty and handsome guest, she becomes his biggest distraction. Old flames and past regrets take a backseat when the pair become embroiled in a ghost town mystery marring Humbug, Arizona’s rustic Christmas. Thankfully, the cowgirl is as fast with her Winchester as she is with her comebacks. Now 99 cents. Amazon, website