We have a winner...
in last month's book drawing contest. Valerie Comer has won a copy of A Great Catch by Lorna Seilstad. I have contacted her and will mail it after receiving her mailing address. Everyone with a US mailing address except Valerie is eligible for this month's drawing which is for a copy of Gail Sattler's Love by the Yard. And please leave an email address to make it easy to contact you.

I love Gail Sattler and I love her writing! Love by the Yard did not disappoint. Shanna McPherson is a widow trying to raise two kids and a dog. Her dog makes Brenden Gafferty's job of landscaping her yard a lot harder.  As the back cover asks: "When Shanna receives menacing threats from an angry relative, can she trust Brendan enough to turn to him for help--and maybe even another chance at love?"

Leave a comment anytime this month to be placed in the drawing held on August 1st. And come back on Monday for my special guest Amanda Stephan.

Winner of goodness gracious green is...cheryl linn martin

I am waiting to hear from her. If I do not hear back by next Sunday night, I will have my husband pick another name.

My apologies for being a couple days late posting this month. My hubby and I just returned from a week in Florida yesterday afternoon. We came from temps in the high 80s to the low 40s. Brrr! No big trips planned for the rest of the year, so leave a post anytime in Oct. and check back on Nov. 1st to see who wins an ARC copy of The Narrow Path by Gail Sattler.

I just saw Gail in Indianapolis a couple weeks ago at the ACFW conference and her dark hair had streaks of red this year. Wonder what color it will be the next time I see her!?! You never know with Gail! She is also a mean bass guitar player who helps lead worship for our ACFW conferences.

Gail Sattler has written 21 novels, and 12 novellas, numerous giftbooks and cookbooks and short pieces in other anthologies. She is a member of a Mennonite Brethren church. In The Narrow Path her characters struggle to find a way to make peace in order to meet their goal of opening the doors of the hero's Old Order Mennonite church. This story deals with a universal question--Can two people from different worlds find love somewhere in the middle?

I hope you will want to read this story and find out. If you don't win, you can always order a copy from Abingdon Press or your local Christian bookstore or online.

This copy was provided by Abingdon Press for promotional/review purposes.