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Hello Friends and Readers! My book, River Whispers, has been nominated for a RONE Award at InD’Tale Magazine in the mystery category. Please help it go on to the next round by voting HERE. Voting is for this week only (May 21 thru May 27, 2018). You MUST be registered on the site to vote and you must verify the link that will be sent to you via email for it to be valid. Thank you so much for your continued support!
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Each novel stands alone in the Power of the Matchmaker series, but incorporates a gifted matchmaker. And all of these books are clean reads! You can pick them up without worrying about content. You can read the novella now or any time between the novels. I highly recommend the novella.This beautiful novella packed a powerfully moving story in a short form. I was happily surprised at the emotional depth in this story. Heather is a master storyteller! I loved the setting of China moving through the ages that brought this story to life. I’m so impressed at the fine details she incorporates in such a way that immerses the reader in the story.
If the rest of the novels in this series are even close to this good, I know I’ll be in for a decadent reading treat!
Here’s more about the book:
A prequel novella to the POWER OF THE MATCHMAKER Series
Mystical . . . Beautiful . . . Romantic . . .
Read the matchmaker’s story to find out where it all starts . . .
Mae Li has been in love with Chen Zhu for years, and he with her. But when the matchmaker arrives at the Zhu family home, she recommends another village girl for Chen.
Heartbroken, Mae Li watches as Chen does his duty by marrying another. Mae flees her village with the clothes on her back and her only possession-a pearl embedded comb, given to her as a goodbye gift from Chen Zhu.
Upon Mae’s arrival in Shanghai, she quickly learns that she’ll starve within days unless she sells her prized comb or joins a courtesan house. She goes to the Huangpu River and promises the River God that she’ll always be selfless if he will save her from becoming a prostitute. There isn’t anything wrong with being one, or in being an escort (like those on https://www.escortdirectory.com/escorts-dusseldorf-196), but it is not a path she wishes to take. . . Her wish is granted when Ms. Tan, the matchmaker of Shanghai, finds Mae. But Mae must completely change her future and her name if she is to become the next matchmaker.
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Today I’m reviewing the new book, Love is a Choice, by Lynn G. Robbins. This book started out great and continued on to WOW me with the incredible insight Robbins teaches. There were ideas that I hadn’t thought about before that really connected with me and I feel has helped me over the past few weeks as I’ve been reading this book to improve the interaction with my family.
I love the chapter on Agency and Responsibility–that is 100% responsibility. Robbins nixes the prevailing attitude that naturally occurs when we sidestep our full responsibility for our own actions. He explains how idioms like “He made me mad.” are totally incorrect and why. That sounds really simple but the way Robbins taught this concept created a shift in my paradigm. It has helped me when I’ve been disciplining my kids and they are doing the kid thing– whining, no sir, but, But, BUT! I’ve said, “Please just accept responsibility for what you did. Say that you’re sorry and let’s see how we can fix this.”
The other part I really love is how Robbins teaches about the love of Christ and our Heavenly Father, it is so pure in everything that they do–especially discipline. He explained that the root word of discipline is disciple and if we think of that–Christ’s disciples it turns everything on its end when we think of how we want to discipline our children. This helped dispel the myths of old which still prevail among my parents and grandparents that you need to be physical or harsh to teach your child how to behave. Christ never taught in this way, so why do we think we need to treat our children in a manner less than Christ would have.
This book is really amazing. I mean it. I have marked so many passages and sections and I’ve told lots of people about it because I feel like it has helped me so much. This would be a perfect book for ANYONE, and excellent wedding gift, a book for any occasion. You should read this book. I hope you do and that you find nuggets of wisdom to improve the way you live your life with the motto that LOVE really is a CHOICE.
Here’s more about the book:
We all know that actions speak louder than words. We may say “I love you,” but do our actions back up that claim? Elder Lynn G. Robbins teaches us that love is more than a feeling—it is a commitment, a promise to be responsible, respectful, and responsive to the needs and experiences of other. And like any other action we undertake, perfecting the act of love requires a lifetime of practice and good choices.
As Elder Robbins teaches, the daily choices we make in our marriages and families are what shape lasting love. He helps us to recognize the role that our agency plays in developing forgiveness, patience, kindness, responsibility, and other virtuous traits. We come to see that as we actively try to do things differently, Christ helps us to be the people He wants us to be—people like Him.
Whether you’re engaged to be married, a newlywed, or someone with decades of marriage under your belt, this counsel from an inspired leader will help you develop more Christlike love for those around you. As you draw closer to the Savior through your daily choices and actions, His love will fill your home.
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This book is well-researched and full of incredible facts from the time of the first World War. The storyline is indicative of Lund’s talents as he creates characters that we are compelled to care for. That said, I need to warn you that this book is the epitome of historical fiction. There is a lot of historical facts woven into the story and sometimes it felt a little bit text bookish. Sometimes the characters would spout off essays about historical facts, figures, and landmarks that although Lund worked to interweave, it still felt like an information dump at times. That said, I’m really grateful that I have the opportunity to read and review so many books, in some cases it stretches me and encourages me to give books more of a chance than I would have otherwise. That’s how I feel about Fire & Steel: A Generation Rising. I’m glad that I kept reading because it gave me a great appreciation for that time of history and what real people went through who lived at the time.
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The strongest steel is forged in the hottest flames. From master storyteller Gerald N. Lund comes a new blockbuster series chronicling the lives of two families who will face some of the most turbulent times in history, living in Germany at the onset of WWI, as they are tried to their very cores. Will they be tempered and strengthened by the hammering blows, will they bend to the point of breaking, or will they completely shatter?
From master storyteller Gerald N. Lund comes the next blockbuster historical fiction series, Fire and Steel, blending the powerful stories of two families on different continents. While their circumstances are as divergent as their geography, each family must cope with trials that test their courage and fortitude. Spanning more than sixty years, the series follows a German family and an American family through some of the most turbulent times in history, including World War I, the Great Depression, the rise of Nazi Germany, and the Second World War with its devastating aftermath.
In volume one, A Generation Rising, life could not be more promising for the Eckhardts. They finally have a son, Hans Otto Eckhardt—the male heir they have longed for and a child of such brilliance and promise that his success seems certain. But as youthful Hans’s ambition takes him away from his family and their small Bavarian village, the winds of unrest in Europe are about to erupt into the greatest war the world has ever known.
United by their determination to weather the storms of life together with their loved ones, the Eckhardts are destined to ultimately cross paths with an American family and become inextricably intertwined in the newest series.
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I’m excited to be hosting a Mother’s Day Book Promo! To celebrate Mother’s Day, all of these titles will be $0.99 from May 11th to May 15th, so take advantage of the prices while they lasts. You can find books in Women’s Fiction, Historical Fiction, Contemporary/Sweet Romance, and Mystery/Suspense HERE. All of these books are clean in content, so stock up, and enjoy!
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