tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55375957642898959492024-03-26T19:33:24.764-05:00Rachel SkatvoldFollower of Jesus, Author of inspirational romance, devotions, and encouraging blogs. Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.comBlogger154125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-84976587080192472612024-03-26T06:00:00.001-05:002024-03-26T06:00:00.139-05:00Treasured Keepsakes Release Week<p> <b><span style="font-size: medium;">The day is here!</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m excited to announce the release of Treasured Keepsakes.
This book is the second installment in the Suamalie Islands Year Two Series. To
celebrate, this week all the authors in the series are participating in a fun
blog hop with a giveaway. Look below for more giveaway information. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Have you ever had a time in your life when you felt
accident prone?</span><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQf2DHRkU9jaJYHkgSTq85GJVoiBLND85h3_fVk9F3_hoZpcf1FzCgLaaUCnwOZlfrQ603v9EaobjE3vqosKwQv4LlfNR-I3F0BX4siJ8Gd7guq9iVKU4iEzNE62NyyP_kNfe3w09xQzd_zsxBHtSIDoW7chmkpFYylDdj0cTZuHGJhyphenhyphenTanzT5Emfgio/s2000/Depositphotos_235596612_L.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcQf2DHRkU9jaJYHkgSTq85GJVoiBLND85h3_fVk9F3_hoZpcf1FzCgLaaUCnwOZlfrQ603v9EaobjE3vqosKwQv4LlfNR-I3F0BX4siJ8Gd7guq9iVKU4iEzNE62NyyP_kNfe3w09xQzd_zsxBHtSIDoW7chmkpFYylDdj0cTZuHGJhyphenhyphenTanzT5Emfgio/s320/Depositphotos_235596612_L.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><o:p> </o:p></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In Treasured Keepsakes, Jayson is going through a bit of a midlife crisis, leaving him absent minded and accident prone. Because of this, he finds himself in several precarious and humorous situations. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I can relate to this character’s accident-prone nature. I
have had times in my life where I’ve had mishaps. They were not very funny at
the time, but looking back, I can laugh at the situations I’ve gotten myself
into. One particular day, I was outside gardening with my kids. We were emptying
the old ceramic pots so we could put in new potting soil and seeds.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We were almost finished when I noticed one pot at the top of
the hill by our house so I went and got it. Halfway down the hill, I noticed
there was a spider in the pot, so I watched it carefully. However, while the
spider had me distracted, I didn’t notice the mole hole in the ground. My foot
landed in the hole, my ankle twisted, and I rolled down the hill. The pot flew
out of my hands and dirt flew out of it. When I landed, I sat right in the pile
of dirt. I’m not sure where the spider ended up. After twisting my ankle, I was
in too much pain to care!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Embarrassed and covered in dirt, I managed to hobble back
inside and put ice on my ankle. It hurt for a few days but felt better by the
end of the week. Now, I can look back at that day and chuckle. I must have
looked pretty silly rolling down the hill with dirt flying everywhere. All that
chaos caused by a silly spider!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do you have a story about a silly mishap? I’d love to hear
about it in the comments.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">More About Treasured Keepsakes…</span><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>It doesn’t always end with a happily ever after.<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Feeling unappreciated by her husband and burnt out at her
job, Leah Kamuela needs to clear her head. Traveling to Laumua Island, she
stays with her cousin, Sabrina, for a fresh start and to finally heal old
wounds she’s covered up for years.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jayson Kamuela has spent his life climbing the corporate
ladder and his upcoming promotion will give him the life of his dreams, but at
what cost? His wife has left him. He’s hit rock bottom. Maybe it’s time for him
to change.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">When Jayson is forced to go on sabbatical, he goes to search
for his wife. Leah, however, after seeing Sabrina’s business success, believes
she could also have a successful business on the Suamalie Islands.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With Leah needing to start on a new path and Jayson finally
seeing the errors in his ways, how will the two of them work it out to finally
have a happily ever after?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Take a trip to the Suamalie Islands where palm trees sway,
the sand and sea pulse with life, and the people will steal your heart.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Follow the Tour…<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Rachel Skatvold</b>: March 26<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="https://heidigraymcgill.com/2024/03/27/being-accident-prone-means-learning-to-laugh-at-yourself/">Heidi
Gray Mcgill</a></b>: March 27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jenniferpiercewrites.com%2Fsuamalie-island-series.html%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0QT3zf2876_7bgMmJU5vvw6v_TOil2VFZMF56D6Ak3kt57eXFE2CJzlPg&h=AT1IsRNIyO29hgqpGHNQeJwau42C4fVVwMh2CJz9GqB34VBxj2peg9-u8Bcz6rUZG7Q9Ypr2Ix8Iqrdjk8RwE82pqSZSOT68APvT1CNJhf06qHxajE8ubiA5BnpCNcgi7nJb&__tn__=R%5d-R&c%5b0%5d=AT1WPR_5EqPjn6PVsP9e1sNPICu2cJuVTTehN8hgtOY0LAxSGjT7v9CLoQkGFZHnqwjxH2oWP5IFYJ2RVblVUBbkJYdDnF0hcpawE3ZtU2Xv0W_7EtQeQ75A8mwhiqJX1ZItvEJ8vNPpHUBe9rBtbXkobNyX8QpztoOVbvQ9uvDE3NNv7cUvCUMHfv_qEUc-w3-dkZPOs5XRNElf">Jennifer
Pierce</a></b>: March 28<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmargueritemartingray.com%2F2024%2F03%2F29%2Ftreasured-keepsakes-release-fun-week%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2zF7tK4m6IK9wn50uWPI9pQBTwS5MIoe7G8ofmGmFJEW6Khjbeag_jY9k&h=AT32jbug-N0mM9TTcOFdfBEKAosWB2nv907eObppOKnDrCF90E2jkJqsZO1resQ3RA1nuSMleszaJx1m9uu1O8ukh8xwjMViegojlpxNuzr7JMEVJ209bGV0FyRJN_KGppTr&__tn__=R%5d-R&c%5b0%5d=AT1WPR_5EqPjn6PVsP9e1sNPICu2cJuVTTehN8hgtOY0LAxSGjT7v9CLoQkGFZHnqwjxH2oWP5IFYJ2RVblVUBbkJYdDnF0hcpawE3ZtU2Xv0W_7EtQeQ75A8mwhiqJX1ZItvEJ8vNPpHUBe9rBtbXkobNyX8QpztoOVbvQ9uvDE3NNv7cUvCUMHfv_qEUc-w3-dkZPOs5XRNElf">Marguerite
Martin Gray</a></b>: March 29<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmelissawardwell.com%2Ftreasured-keepsakes-release-week-of-fun%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1jwAt0wtXBa2itER1Gy-QAfkJ0mQWaeuc7GI0ga91ZU5QNw9p5Q3TNOIA&h=AT20VAUiCfYc8nLLc-rB71cyH2_zkUFyXB7WKn7KKtxSutHGzxtuoBBYY3u5OxaWs3s2YX08gvwDYlYVh6nlLtK_uFnGfMHEZZv_cfRzHKdT6-YUrx_WZxFRxqTe7OU5uRTR&__tn__=R%5d-R&c%5b0%5d=AT1WPR_5EqPjn6PVsP9e1sNPICu2cJuVTTehN8hgtOY0LAxSGjT7v9CLoQkGFZHnqwjxH2oWP5IFYJ2RVblVUBbkJYdDnF0hcpawE3ZtU2Xv0W_7EtQeQ75A8mwhiqJX1ZItvEJ8vNPpHUBe9rBtbXkobNyX8QpztoOVbvQ9uvDE3NNv7cUvCUMHfv_qEUc-w3-dkZPOs5XRNElf">Melissa
Wardwell</a>:</b> March 30<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftabithabouldinauthor.home.blog%2F2024%2F03%2F31%2Ftreasured-keepsakes-release-week%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2-SG16kwalG9QOHEVWvqQx2jdYNgNJvNc7ZCU_8i1HCCPEv9CRneb34Wo&h=AT0nuX59KRMSE8Cr7H-YLDxesbHMAm5EIeGuojo0wXl7Pbuo5DmYMQ_M4XdvUalxdOiir5-Rz-45z9Nx1Su5LN2ntTZ0pNa8IfcwkWyx3BtQoGVGvCnu-EVKgUjFw1dql0j2&__tn__=R%5d-R&c%5b0%5d=AT1WPR_5EqPjn6PVsP9e1sNPICu2cJuVTTehN8hgtOY0LAxSGjT7v9CLoQkGFZHnqwjxH2oWP5IFYJ2RVblVUBbkJYdDnF0hcpawE3ZtU2Xv0W_7EtQeQ75A8mwhiqJX1ZItvEJ8vNPpHUBe9rBtbXkobNyX8QpztoOVbvQ9uvDE3NNv7cUvCUMHfv_qEUc-w3-dkZPOs5XRNElf">Tabitha
Bouldin</a>:</b> March 31<o:p></o:p></p>
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Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-79888614632250018992023-11-02T01:35:00.001-05:002023-11-02T01:35:37.118-05:00A Deeper Love Release Week Fun<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKNt19xLuqdh7HYbIs0JqIeDsXkSf0qBd8_M7-54zf7x3peLMdVs6e1Lsd5xMX5yxaF9Gb2EeCp3k9nibSxpKewG3rTWtFdy16BXFaprG4SSlRn3NxnZ11dbj4WJHhuunkGyKmz9QeOofQACdl1yvroK5c9E0bw_J20z3HEHI26_KsB4-gR7-56bI9Vg/s1080/381015846_822446373215564_5736749675369973341_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKNt19xLuqdh7HYbIs0JqIeDsXkSf0qBd8_M7-54zf7x3peLMdVs6e1Lsd5xMX5yxaF9Gb2EeCp3k9nibSxpKewG3rTWtFdy16BXFaprG4SSlRn3NxnZ11dbj4WJHhuunkGyKmz9QeOofQACdl1yvroK5c9E0bw_J20z3HEHI26_KsB4-gR7-56bI9Vg/s320/381015846_822446373215564_5736749675369973341_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A New Release</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's hard to believe, year one of the Suamalie Islands Series is complete. This week we are celebrating Heidi Gray McGill's new release, A Deeper Love. All the authors in the series are sharing their favorite family friendly dad jokes. The tour stops are all listed below, along with an awesome giveaway!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>My Favorite Dad Joke</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've been blessed to have a wonderful dad. Besides being a great dad and Godly role model for me, he is also very funny. He's always telling some kind of joke or telling a funny story. One of my favorite dad jokes is one about snowplows.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwHEnHosWpk-tU3StONYc-c6mUJ9WfHeeuDbL5TmekpjYuFGGRX8bzLCu1-x0YEpH0s2NolMo0jzxQZ6LMFOQT61ec2zi65knGZjruhFHvXPKIY98fszspJumDdpS4Ul6t9OlkZuwiUrYsAV-FHIci_ASJAS5juCUlaYFJn4GLXEdeP0zuDX0NDGqGbJU/s1999/Depositphotos_138432162_L.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1999" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwHEnHosWpk-tU3StONYc-c6mUJ9WfHeeuDbL5TmekpjYuFGGRX8bzLCu1-x0YEpH0s2NolMo0jzxQZ6LMFOQT61ec2zi65knGZjruhFHvXPKIY98fszspJumDdpS4Ul6t9OlkZuwiUrYsAV-FHIci_ASJAS5juCUlaYFJn4GLXEdeP0zuDX0NDGqGbJU/s320/Depositphotos_138432162_L.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One night during a snowstorm, a young woman was trying to travel home from out of town. When the snow was too thick to see through, she remembered some advice her dad told her about driving in a snowstorm. "Always follow the snowplows and it will keep you from getting lost."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The girl followed the advice of her father and followed the first snowplow she saw. After an hour of the girl following the plow, it stopped. The driver got out and walked toward her car.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Embarrassed, the young woman rolled down the window to talk to him. "I'm sorry about following, you. I hope you don't mind." She told him all about her dad's advice.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When she finished talking, the plow driver smiled. "That's good advice and I don't mind if you follow me at all. I just stopped to let you know I'm done with the Walmart parking lot now, but I'm headed over to plow at Kmart now. You can follow me over there if you want." 🤣</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">More About A Deeper Love</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOmwKj1QL-4k4aMYP0T5JmM65mlRs-MOIlugU5TokONBLQHlnkNOS4SLnhyphenhyphenlCEgBN1vZQlD-67cdY7wwDm1AEyaberNGwH0Tq_c05nJGDnLN5CQvQZqzLTu0UREtbu7UJhv5_ErOcwvb-L0Zb_2twU4r-gsbpgEpOmztUsMEpXcjXaT9Y_QWW6RlGB2g/s1080/392947740_837776598349208_3630616298320202976_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigOmwKj1QL-4k4aMYP0T5JmM65mlRs-MOIlugU5TokONBLQHlnkNOS4SLnhyphenhyphenlCEgBN1vZQlD-67cdY7wwDm1AEyaberNGwH0Tq_c05nJGDnLN5CQvQZqzLTu0UREtbu7UJhv5_ErOcwvb-L0Zb_2twU4r-gsbpgEpOmztUsMEpXcjXaT9Y_QWW6RlGB2g/s320/392947740_837776598349208_3630616298320202976_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Deeper-Love-Year-Suamalie-Islands-ebook/dp/B0BLJ2CSNV/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Now Available on Amazon</span></b></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What was that movie line about relationships built on intense experiences? Oh, yeah. They never work.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I get paid to do my dream job, usually by wealthy men who thrive on adventure. But when their adrenaline rush is gone and vacation is over, I’m still here, on a tropical island, with people who mostly leave me alone. And I like it that way.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Except for this guy. Seriously, Dan is the last man I want to get involved with. If he got Decompression Illness, the doctors would likely call it Mercedes Bends. He’s privileged and entitled and would never leave his city life behind for the challenges of living on a remote island. Which is a total relief, I’m telling you.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Don’t get me wrong—he’s prime shark bait, but I’m not ready to fall deeply in love with someone who won’t stay. There’s no such thing as going “too deep” where spiritual things are concerned. But when it comes to relationships, I’ll stay at the surface and snorkel rather than dive into the depths.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Take a trip to the Suamalie Islands where palm trees sway, the sand and sea pulse with life, and the people will steal your heart.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Follow the Tour</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(750px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><a data-id="https://amandatru.com/a-deeper-love-release" data-type="link" href="https://heidigraymcgill.com/2023/10/31/my-earthly-father-loved-me-deeply-my-heavenly-father-loves-me-deeper-still/?fbclid=IwAR141s7b0kalx-18_TAqup6acaZW5h1vD5kJiB-cZJ4HeBg9D-hDb8ARLWI" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; max-width: unset; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit;">November 1: Amanda Tru</span></a></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #010101; margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(750px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><a data-id="https://rachelskatvold.blogspot.com/2023/11/a-deeper-love-release-week-fun.html" data-type="link" href="https://rachelskatvold.blogspot.com/2023/11/a-deeper-love-release-week-fun.html" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; cursor: pointer; max-width: unset;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">November 2: Rachel Skatvold</span></a></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #010101; margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(750px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><a data-id="https://www.susankbeatty.com/celebrating-the-latest-suamalie-islands-book-a-deeper-love/" data-type="link" href="https://www.susankbeatty.com/celebrating-the-latest-suamalie-islands-book-a-deeper-love/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; cursor: pointer; max-width: unset;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">November 3: Susan K. Beatty</span></a></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #010101; margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(750px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><a data-id="https://tabithabouldinauthor.home.blog/2023/11/04/a-deeper-love/" data-type="link" href="https://tabithabouldinauthor.home.blog/2023/11/04/a-deeper-love/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; cursor: pointer; max-width: unset;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">November 4: Tabitha Bouldin</span></a></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #010101; margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(750px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><a data-id="https://melissawardwell.com/a-deeper-love-release-week-fun/" data-type="link" href="https://melissawardwell.com/a-deeper-love-release-week-fun/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: black; cursor: pointer; max-width: unset;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit;">November 5: Melissa Wardwell</span></a></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #010101; margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(750px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #010101; margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(750px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Enter in the Giveaway</span></b></p></div><p></p>
<div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/28c89/a-deeper-love-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="28c89" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/28c89/a-deeper-love-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/28c89/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div>Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-17569064074138804002023-09-27T11:36:00.001-05:002023-09-27T11:36:25.549-05:00Tropical Target Release Week Fun<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWePUYJiGizdPWj6IiypJlIsjzPXkA83ITYex7utqWCFO2H5_zF6PwT2cXsdfynbwu3c2Bt7L9od6SQnd0LPtDEGN3yIrG9kOAYgbQRXDw0eJpVxdlzNzbFuvt3wZ1m9nuXP3lA14rKex0eNKucwbw5GksnwKaPBa5rASus9az3zcPooo43LNPBzVdNAM/s526/384112830_815917640533527_8192370946829566971_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="526" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWePUYJiGizdPWj6IiypJlIsjzPXkA83ITYex7utqWCFO2H5_zF6PwT2cXsdfynbwu3c2Bt7L9od6SQnd0LPtDEGN3yIrG9kOAYgbQRXDw0eJpVxdlzNzbFuvt3wZ1m9nuXP3lA14rKex0eNKucwbw5GksnwKaPBa5rASus9az3zcPooo43LNPBzVdNAM/s320/384112830_815917640533527_8192370946829566971_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Something New!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm excited to announce the release of another Suamalie Island book! Tropical Target by Jennifer Pierce looks like such a fun and exciting read! To celebrate this new release, the authors of the series ... myself included... are sharing a blog post. This week the theme is family. Look for my story below. Also, don't forget to read more about the book and sign up for the giveaway!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">My Story...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In Tropical Target, Noa's mother cooks meals for her family, even though they're adults. Do you and your family get together regularly? What do you do? Watch a movie? Have a meal?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can relate to having family meals together with my parents and siblings, even as adults. As a kid, we'd always have family night once a week. I had a family of six, plus my grandparents and uncle would come over, too, along with family friends. Sometimes we'd have so many people in the house, we'd barely have enough chairs for them all! I remember helping make the family meals and my dad saying to add extra green beans to the pot because a few more people were coming to dinner. I have a lot of good memories from family nights. We'd eat, play games, share old stories and enjoy plenty of laughter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Today, we still get together when we can. My family is so big that almost every month has a birthday party to attend. We get together to celebrate, often with a big meal. I love my big family!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Do you have any fun family memories to share? If so, I'd love to hear about them in the comments!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>More about the Book...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_jOcL3RL-9_vfCnzoEhmE0cBtEi6NWILlAYe7ge9eauUWDDy9iuR3VE5l_Z5XsMjMZjIXV81x5MCpCounkjRWV-RKBBbFK4YyzdRcSt9r5ay2uVVTkA-fk_zxDwzBzdZSfYkqcwsO_6WTPujJshQ02isxem70SBQw8xTy0qg92AnqX4vsjGWXEYsgD8/s800/Jennifer%20Pierce%20Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="518" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_jOcL3RL-9_vfCnzoEhmE0cBtEi6NWILlAYe7ge9eauUWDDy9iuR3VE5l_Z5XsMjMZjIXV81x5MCpCounkjRWV-RKBBbFK4YyzdRcSt9r5ay2uVVTkA-fk_zxDwzBzdZSfYkqcwsO_6WTPujJshQ02isxem70SBQw8xTy0qg92AnqX4vsjGWXEYsgD8/s320/Jennifer%20Pierce%20Cover.jpg" width="207" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BH84VR2F/" target="_blank">Purchase on Amazon</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Being accused of murdering a client isn’t good for business.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tropical islands are popular for destination weddings. But Le Cadeau Île won’t be a popular destination for long if Detective Noa Tanielu can’t find out who is responsible for a ring of thefts occurring during weddings. When the thefts escalate to the murder of a bridezilla, the most likely suspect is the new wedding photographer.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wedding photographer Haley Marsh moved to the island to nurse her broken heart and start over after being dumped two days before her wedding. When she’s moved from the suspect list to the target list, a little white lie leads to a fake engagement. With Haley’s connections to the wedding business, it’s clear the key to solving this case lies in keeping up the charade.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Noa and Haley must navigate the investigation and Noa’s mother’s attempts to make the engagement all too real…if they survive that is.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>Take a trip to the Suamalie Islands where palm trees sway, the sand and sea pulse with life, and the people will steal your heart.</i></b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Follow the Tour!</b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: inherit; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit; 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Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-840965714510399942023-07-27T08:37:00.000-05:002023-07-27T08:37:03.168-05:00Room for Love Release Fun<p>It's release week for Room for Love by Marguerite Gray! I hope you've all been enjoying the Suamalie Islands Series as much as I have. It's like taking a vacation to an island getaway each month when one releases. This month we are celebrating this new release with a blog hop. All you have to do is go to each blog listed below, read the post and more about the new book. Then enter in the fun giveaway! Mine is below!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgklEkBHSLM2R5ahdkIbaiwmXnKkdKn7bWuR5yOcAX78tLeJNLWL6-KtNsrMWn9tBeg5vtkPEQ10TbPFT54NGgmXPQ2m-6S3MWIZQ1I7-sC-S5exxEhPrKX4ps1N4ZxKjh3bnuUQtnbMGrRJbFO1-DQ4fUDseSyC6pnSCeoJCY26peenxquxp58CyfCr4o/s300/Facebook-Post-36-300x300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgklEkBHSLM2R5ahdkIbaiwmXnKkdKn7bWuR5yOcAX78tLeJNLWL6-KtNsrMWn9tBeg5vtkPEQ10TbPFT54NGgmXPQ2m-6S3MWIZQ1I7-sC-S5exxEhPrKX4ps1N4ZxKjh3bnuUQtnbMGrRJbFO1-DQ4fUDseSyC6pnSCeoJCY26peenxquxp58CyfCr4o/s1600/Facebook-Post-36-300x300.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>My Vacation Story...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This week we are talking about fun vacation experiences. In the book... <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Amy runs a bed and breakfast on Alexandre Island. She pours herself into making the experience memorable for her guests through her delicious recipes and comfortable, inviting accommodations. Do you have a positive (or funny) B & B or Airbnb (a cabin in the woods or a condo on the beach) experience to share? What made it special?”</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;">As a young teen we took a family trip to Canada where we stayed in a little cabin by the lake. It was my first trip out of the United States, so it was interesting to experience something new. For example, the milk came in bags instead of cartons, and they had coins for a one and two dollar bill. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;">We stayed for a week and fished every day. We fished so much that even at night in bed I still felt like I was in the boat! One time I woke up in the middle of the night and was trying to cast an imaginary pole off the side of the bed. Ha ha!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;">We had fish fries almost every night and it was a great vacation. Some memorable moments included spending time with my family, playing games, and reading lots of books. With no TV in the cabin, it made us spend more quality time together without so much distraction. Someday I'd love to go back to the little cabin by the lake.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;">What about you? Do you have any fun vacation stories? Tell me yours in the comments. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b>More About the Book...</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><p></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">God gave her peace then; maybe He’ll do it again.</em></span></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoAkbe_IVa0W1t5Oe04iCkvZEqscmHL89QzRNwKpgzwtCltgi15ibBZmtPONh8T4eDK2jxYDeC__KaqRf4ExjSZsivvKXq189v1uAAv49ztKVY58_EvvDEA1TS15uwbgn7eY3qCi46zgVTzvn7fBTRZdL_VCELhkCbnLkyOp0_9IzkRyJYRx1YP1Gaqk/s300/Facebook-Post-8-300x300.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoAkbe_IVa0W1t5Oe04iCkvZEqscmHL89QzRNwKpgzwtCltgi15ibBZmtPONh8T4eDK2jxYDeC__KaqRf4ExjSZsivvKXq189v1uAAv49ztKVY58_EvvDEA1TS15uwbgn7eY3qCi46zgVTzvn7fBTRZdL_VCELhkCbnLkyOp0_9IzkRyJYRx1YP1Gaqk/s1600/Facebook-Post-8-300x300.jpg" width="300" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /><i><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></i></b>When Amy Lee’s son heads off to college, the bed and breakfast owner finds life even lonelier and emptier than she had after losing her husband. She needs something to occupy her mind and heart while she reinvents her life again. What more could she ask for than an after-school program for local children and a renewed interest in painting?</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Then the arrival of a professor of archeology shakes her world and makes her yearn for the way things were only a few short months ago.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Still grieving the loss of his beloved wife, and ignoring the warnings and protests of his grown children, Professor Walker Standish escapes on a six-month sabbatical. His heart, barely beating these past months, jerks to life again when he finds more than a room at a B & B.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"> Where an ocean meets the shore, love has room for one more.</em></span></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></i></b>Take a trip to the Suamalie Islands where palm trees sway, the sand and sea pulse with life, and the people will steal your heart.</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-size: 16px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7bjXvTcYGtG3a2h0m2vBXfKDi7TG2N22kCxfwpYOv9S-wp9tJLinaBExTOpt-SoKqNGVXk0-KUxMHlsi_2DrXqYpq9p2tUdDN3B5qfDn2rYdXoSM75uWmMweZPHOWrkr4JHS8JYS_hun2-Vi6mNlnSFVkVpF5G0GRw9zs6ZXUAaCq_02kJHp3JH8JoLk/s300/room-for-love-cover-194x300.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="194" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7bjXvTcYGtG3a2h0m2vBXfKDi7TG2N22kCxfwpYOv9S-wp9tJLinaBExTOpt-SoKqNGVXk0-KUxMHlsi_2DrXqYpq9p2tUdDN3B5qfDn2rYdXoSM75uWmMweZPHOWrkr4JHS8JYS_hun2-Vi6mNlnSFVkVpF5G0GRw9zs6ZXUAaCq_02kJHp3JH8JoLk/s1600/room-for-love-cover-194x300.jpg" width="194" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Room-Love-Year-Suamalie-Islands-ebook/dp/B0BH7MHM99/ref" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Purchase here</b></span></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Follow the Tour...</b></span><p></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chautona Havig: July 26 <a href="https://chautona.com/room-for-love-release" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">https://chautona.com/room-for-love-release</a></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rachel Skatvold: July 27 </span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Susan K. Beatty: July 28 <a href="https://www.susankbeatty.com/celebrating-book" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.susankbeatty.com/celebrating-book</a></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tabitha Bouldin: July 29 <a href="https://tabithabouldinauthor.home.blog/2023/07/29/do-you-have-room-for-loves-release-week-party/" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">https://tabithabouldinauthor.home.blog/2023/07/29/do-you-have-room-for-loves-release-week-party/</a></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Amanda Tru: July 30 <a href="https://amandatru.com/room-for-love-release" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;">https://amandatru.com/room-for-love-release</a></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Enter in the Giveaway...</b></span></p></div><p><br /></p>
<div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/275d1/room-for-love-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="275d1" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/275d1/room-for-love-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/275d1/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div>Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-58389703326577100502023-06-02T10:30:00.003-05:002023-06-02T10:30:41.831-05:00A Heart for News Release<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqLk19-Bg5e-05Ck7q1GlAv82tJRxDj1_fkFK0Zl5FTDjz-GDhPWOJ4qAJzOm1KaWrs1MAevmfHeR2Xmp367qvD_Uxqqo6uyeXdRwek3yESy4KYvxmRoJlG-tblOjZaW1QyJ2fTsbYIF3J0ZJIrSku0O57QiVq4LtQjMZau1ChzLHAuqMKRIGzIvdj" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="820" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqLk19-Bg5e-05Ck7q1GlAv82tJRxDj1_fkFK0Zl5FTDjz-GDhPWOJ4qAJzOm1KaWrs1MAevmfHeR2Xmp367qvD_Uxqqo6uyeXdRwek3yESy4KYvxmRoJlG-tblOjZaW1QyJ2fTsbYIF3J0ZJIrSku0O57QiVq4LtQjMZau1ChzLHAuqMKRIGzIvdj=w640-h245" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><span style="font-size: medium;">A Heart for News by Susan K. Beatty is here!</span></b><p></p><p>To celebrate, this week the authors in the Suamalie Islands Series are having a blog tour and sharing our stories of how opposites attract. Look below for my story and please don't forget to follow the rest of the tour this week and enter in the giveaway!</p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Do Opposites Really Attract?</span></b></p><p>I've always heard this saying, but never really thought much of it until meeting my husband. We are the same in many ways. We are both quiet and reserved and share similar hobbies. We also like to watch movies together, but we like different genres. He is a good sport and will sit with me if I want to watch Star Wars, but sc ifi and fantasy aren't really his cup of tea. I will do the same when he likes to watch car racing movies. However, we find a compromise watching a comedy. We laugh together and enjoy the show. I think it's important to find common ground and not be bothered by the differences between us. After all, it would get kind of boring if we were completely the same. I've come to realize our differences complement each other and I wouldn't have it any other way.</p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">More about the Book</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnsjc0d0jGYMzz3BtGs1tA8YBbwOOBo90vIOyjGa03BBVZLuTbGzwgfhYPL1mOuRsT5ES8YbRVOHLvZYduCG5orZEJABKnPWCeXNWD6mKyKPc1XYXnORCV_3rIejyj7EpfTG1WgOD81kJzbjxkupff7jd6uwHIpCSQa5w6rBEMlh-_wBb1AFrrxEk4/s500/517752Mr0yL.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="324" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnsjc0d0jGYMzz3BtGs1tA8YBbwOOBo90vIOyjGa03BBVZLuTbGzwgfhYPL1mOuRsT5ES8YbRVOHLvZYduCG5orZEJABKnPWCeXNWD6mKyKPc1XYXnORCV_3rIejyj7EpfTG1WgOD81kJzbjxkupff7jd6uwHIpCSQa5w6rBEMlh-_wBb1AFrrxEk4/s320/517752Mr0yL.jpg" width="207" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BH8HDXHK/" target="_blank"><b>Purchase on Amazon Here</b></a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Will a heart for news get a scoop on love?</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Though Margo Durand invests her whole heart into working for her family’s newspaper, her father refuses to modernize, and she harbors a secret fear of approaching interviewees and all things dangerous—except riding her Vespa everywhere. But when Margo follows evidence that two government officials are corrupt, Margo discovers danger, intrigue, and a legal sort of blackmail.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Professional race car driver, Steve Grayson, arrives to finish recuperating and overcome his fear of getting back on the track while pursuing his desire to open a race car driving school on Le Cadeau Île. If he can find the money and convince the owner to sell.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When Margo’s best friend sets Margo up with Steve as a tour guide, conveniently forgetting to tell him Margo is a reporter, they tour the islands until Steve is willingly dragged into the investigation. The investigation only opens new questions, creates new trials, and has the potential to destroy their budding romance.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Does pursuing a relationship just before he leaves to take part in one last racing season even make sense?</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Take a trip to the Suamalie Islands where palm trees sway, the sand and sea pulse with life, and the people will steal your heart.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Follow the Tour</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_6 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light" style="animation-duration: 0.2s; animation-timing-function: linear; background: 50% 50% / cover no-repeat rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 23.75px; outline: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="et_pb_text_inner" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><div dir="auto" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.susankbeatty.com/a-heart-for-news-fun-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder" rel="noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ac53d6; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Susan K. Beatty: May 30</span></a></div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://melissawardwell.com/a-heart-for-news/" target="_blank">Melissa Wardwell: May 31</a></span></div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://margueritemartingray.com/2023/06/01/a-heart-for-news-fun-week/?fbclid=IwAR3V-63aXnqsSrqeI4gfK2ipdg8zbN98VkEN5awGMmvhi7ZIDL_xPVu3WwU" rel="noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ac53d6; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Marguerite Martin Gray: June 1</span></a></div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.rachelskatvold.com/aheartfornewsrelease" rel="noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ac53d6; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Rachel Skatvold: June 2</span></a></div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://amandatru.com/a-heart-for-news-release" rel="noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ac53d6; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Amanda Tru: June 3</span></a></div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://chautona.com/a-heart-for-news-release" rel="noopener" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ac53d6; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Chautona Havig: June 4</span></a></div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Enter in the Giveaway</span></b></div><div style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div>
<div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/264ef/a-heart-for-news-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="264ef" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/264ef/a-heart-for-news-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/264ef/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div>Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-2939468002862019822023-04-28T00:20:00.000-05:002023-04-28T00:20:07.219-05:00The Tidal Wave Release Fun<p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">The Title Wave is here!</span></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfipMWD0AvfucbIF94-nRSqlgb0ZUpSmhcYaQ9KUyXPYvJMqONRUxS7TJOrwbia0isgnZjq-rOMpBWAv9SKCGOvfWkJiGDaLZZTws3jKbtOWytrUWyJSv-zMCEcbTqapDZJ34OPqFuHlacJbvWCPc078LJu_YQVfGSWjmBMrDAdR628ew1lhBO-8K2/s1000/343055702_787346476145002_5908852954239203725_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfipMWD0AvfucbIF94-nRSqlgb0ZUpSmhcYaQ9KUyXPYvJMqONRUxS7TJOrwbia0isgnZjq-rOMpBWAv9SKCGOvfWkJiGDaLZZTws3jKbtOWytrUWyJSv-zMCEcbTqapDZJ34OPqFuHlacJbvWCPc078LJu_YQVfGSWjmBMrDAdR628ew1lhBO-8K2/s320/343055702_787346476145002_5908852954239203725_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I've been excited about Chautona Havig's book in this series since seeing the mock up cover over a year ago because it sounded like such an exciting story idea. It has been such a fun series to write in and Ezra sounds like a character full of spunk and an adventurous spirit. This week, some of the authors in the Suamalie Islands Series will be participating in a blog tour and sharing our own stories about friendship. Be sure to look for mine below and don't forget to enter in the giveaway!</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Why the Best Friendships Often Pick Up Where they Left Off...</span></b></p><p>Being an introvert, I often find it difficult to make friends, so I treasure the close friendships I have. Recently I spent time with a friend from church, who I grew up with. Both busy homeschool moms, we don't get to see each other as much as I'd like, but It seems like we are always able to pick up right where we left off. One afternoon I sat in her living room, holding her baby. Our kids played together nearby while we talked and before long, I'd been there for a few hours without even realizing. Her sweet baby boy had fallen asleep in my arms as we talked about kids, homeschool, funny stories from the past, and more.</p><p>We didn't need plan a fancy outing to catch up. Just having some girl talk was exactly what we both needed. It's a blessing to have friends like that in my life.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSbXB8LvU_yRjGikUGs7yVKb5aHacjtU1konIyMFvMha0AkjHUM6js8OcDAqTcnGZQhRqxhCYtVAe90iEve0akH1j4CDu2ZBrLWr-70Axde4MI_61NVcK6Hk4ddAb6m8-7nvYuSgyeA45ixBwkAOqh1ZWdP_rnjtyeA7wM2D8KiIJGZGv9fl58-HI/s1169/341386795_1275423500040253_2342477466769219719_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="1169" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSbXB8LvU_yRjGikUGs7yVKb5aHacjtU1konIyMFvMha0AkjHUM6js8OcDAqTcnGZQhRqxhCYtVAe90iEve0akH1j4CDu2ZBrLWr-70Axde4MI_61NVcK6Hk4ddAb6m8-7nvYuSgyeA45ixBwkAOqh1ZWdP_rnjtyeA7wM2D8KiIJGZGv9fl58-HI/s320/341386795_1275423500040253_2342477466769219719_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">More about The Title Wave...</span></b></p><p>All he wants to do is help people, but local women want to help themselves… to him!</p><p>When Henri Tupuola returned to Suamalie to open his holistic mental health clinic, he had no idea what he was getting into. After ten years in Australia getting his degree and practical experience under his mentor, the locals had all but forgotten the quiet “boy” who had always made them feel like he could see right through them.</p><p>Not anymore! The ladies of Lafoina are eager to meet the island’s therapist and spend hours staring deeply into his eyes on their weekly dates… ahem, sessions.</p><p>Desperate for relief, he hightails it down to The Title Wave and begs Ezra to order him a couple dozen copies of his own book. Yes, author copies would be cheaper, but he needs these things fast. Maybe if he hands out his book like an old-time quack handed out pills, the ladies will get the hint and leave him alone.</p><p>But when he tells his troubles to Ezra (who’s the therapist now?), and she jokes at how much her father would love to have people flocking to his “sessions” so to speak, Henri gets an idea that could save his sanity… if only Ezra will agree.</p><p></p><p><i><b>Take a trip to the Suamalie Islands where palm trees sway, the sand and sea pulse with life, and the people will steal your heart.</b></i></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-style: italic; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtHCmxlc71BiYbhJdVsODFaYkc2tPVFpBZsly8-QxULbFzKkqb1eshv8PLUIAnsEVtVcVt_Hb9kNyzdcXCXYWsoK4dUJzD4V0EyaMF5c3DcvY1psGw2ppvKJL25Ejzv2ffInnystz5LVEVtfFUkMxIeKQGYW0aL-GPEkzXDxpGAkictH1f-sETC4D/s612/Havig-Samale1-The-Title-Wave-sm.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="396" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPtHCmxlc71BiYbhJdVsODFaYkc2tPVFpBZsly8-QxULbFzKkqb1eshv8PLUIAnsEVtVcVt_Hb9kNyzdcXCXYWsoK4dUJzD4V0EyaMF5c3DcvY1psGw2ppvKJL25Ejzv2ffInnystz5LVEVtfFUkMxIeKQGYW0aL-GPEkzXDxpGAkictH1f-sETC4D/s320/Havig-Samale1-The-Title-Wave-sm.jpg" width="207" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BH87K5BV" target="_blank">Available for Purchase on Amazon</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Follow the Tour...</span></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://chautona.com/the-title-wave-release" role="link" style="background-color: transparent; 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<div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/25d99/the-title-wave-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="25d99" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/25d99/the-title-wave-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/25d99/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div>Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-66435211660946250662023-03-28T04:00:00.002-05:002023-03-28T11:40:54.623-05:00Wheeler's Design Release Week!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZAG8Rulu0-noyQvGI0Gp6wWtbR6MfeDeH9JU2jV0Q90NgVUBsotFWWUexzwgeBP7_0NuADgj-HXgpQE1qb2cFswByzx9Hd_-yxOtui9La-doF85Fo8--49rvT3K3BbiZdTqGvmfE9H8S7xI23uyEe4SBq7LXfR2jCdC84iVnJV8UYOjq_fUeJMy5/s1920/Wheeler's%20Design%20Banner%203.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1920" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZAG8Rulu0-noyQvGI0Gp6wWtbR6MfeDeH9JU2jV0Q90NgVUBsotFWWUexzwgeBP7_0NuADgj-HXgpQE1qb2cFswByzx9Hd_-yxOtui9La-doF85Fo8--49rvT3K3BbiZdTqGvmfE9H8S7xI23uyEe4SBq7LXfR2jCdC84iVnJV8UYOjq_fUeJMy5/w400-h188/Wheeler's%20Design%20Banner%203.png" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><b>Today's the day! </b><p></p><p>I'm excited to announce the release of Wheeler's Design, the second installment in the Suamalie Islands Series. Since this is my first book in the series, I would like to start out by thanking Sandra Barela and everyone at Celebrate Lit for making this series possible. Also, thank you to the wonderful authors I've had a chance to work with. It's been an amazing adventure so far.</p><p>To celebrate this new release, some of the other authors and I will be taking turns this to share a special story relating to the book. This week we will be talking about mentors who have inspired us. There will also be a giveaway offered, so don't forget to follow the list of authors on the tour below!</p><p>In Wheeler's Design, Sabrina Wheeler is a talented artist and single mom who runs her own pottery studio. After winning a scholarship, she follows her dream of expanding the business into a mobile studio, so she can travel to the different surrounding islands and teach pottery lessons.</p><p>Sabrina's love of pottery started in school while taking Mr. Dubois' art class. His enthusiasm for teaching art, inspired her to start a career in art. As an adult, she keeps in contact with her teacher and later buys his food truck to renovate it into her mobile studio. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDViZAKAHrHitiS1CaKGFGGQhlAayAsrSeraLkztb7v-Pe0NsP4yCr3NyTUO7NyOOqpWYC0wFIU_WgdJmnEY6S9qE46gw3GYpEO_EzzM5cdjiw2GTuf2rYUoym2nrsE45vJ0uQn3uc0BB93jlZh55946Wq2t-QpBZzAisa7XurEojFwcLNxcNcUGM/s940/Wheeler's%20Design%20Theme%20Quote.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcDViZAKAHrHitiS1CaKGFGGQhlAayAsrSeraLkztb7v-Pe0NsP4yCr3NyTUO7NyOOqpWYC0wFIU_WgdJmnEY6S9qE46gw3GYpEO_EzzM5cdjiw2GTuf2rYUoym2nrsE45vJ0uQn3uc0BB93jlZh55946Wq2t-QpBZzAisa7XurEojFwcLNxcNcUGM/s320/Wheeler's%20Design%20Theme%20Quote.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>My Mentor Story...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Like Sabrina, I have had mentors in my life who've inspired me. There are many I could name, but today I will only mention three. In middle school, a choir teacher named Mr. Shirley sparked my interest in singing. I was a shy kid who barely talked to anyone but being in his class and helped me come out of my shell and enjoy going to school. Later, in high school, another teacher, Mr. Gorman took the extra time to help me learn how to use the pottery wheel and it is a form of art I still enjoy today. Last, Ms. Sodaro's fun teaching style inspired my journey in creative writing. All of these teachers played a unique role in molding the person I am today. I hope one day I can follow their example and pass along inspiration to someone else. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>More about Wheeler's Design...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCz2vL-VuDBVPS22aJvplLd0679eGXN2Z9j42oeq08JElxJSh-26LVRKVnJRFGQDfQHv5B9VW06jC_l5hhA_U-sR_kOIFElsX6PAFLkU77bINtWWMixZmuuNJ5Ho5ACOQXjWf3Fl9j30xsX_7JUOPzrPR433ADjy9tACnWGq23GSkA71Xdz7SbYRp/s2048/Wheeler's%20Design%20Cover.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCz2vL-VuDBVPS22aJvplLd0679eGXN2Z9j42oeq08JElxJSh-26LVRKVnJRFGQDfQHv5B9VW06jC_l5hhA_U-sR_kOIFElsX6PAFLkU77bINtWWMixZmuuNJ5Ho5ACOQXjWf3Fl9j30xsX_7JUOPzrPR433ADjy9tACnWGq23GSkA71Xdz7SbYRp/s320/Wheeler's%20Design%20Cover.jpg" width="207" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BH8F2XXV" target="_blank"><b>Purchase on Amazon</b></a></td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Clay is messy and so is Sabrina’s life sometimes, but will God mold it into a work of art?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sabrina Wheeler, single mom and business owner, won a scholarship to expand her pottery studio on Luamua Island. Now, she can finally have the career and life she’s been praying for. The scholarship includes a mentor, and Sabrina is anxious to make a good impression.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">For Chad Berkley, an impromptu business trip to the Suamalie Islands couldn’t have happened at a worse time. Aside from it triggering his OCD personality, he also has important obligations in Yorkshire, and being absent for a month was not in his plans. The new assignment is an honor, however, and a huge step up in his career. He can’t risk disappointing his boss now.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But then he sees Sabrina. After their brief meeting at the business conference, he hasn’t stopped thinking of her. How had he missed that she is the business owner he’s been sent to mentor? Talk about distractions on his first big assignment. Will he be able to push his personal feelings aside and keep his focus on business?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKcfdIrSdKXsTia922T8SuqqYcHECLTeoapCzjmrqvqIdAJ6nfaFK8ltRix7Eu45uu9KAnPFAhSMhH6_r3wayhox75S0xQExE7z0Z5I4egTOYDLitKFMkqM_v1npk_F5v5kU5tVCteLGppCBJdatPepXo5GZdqPekDi6im-rbC1Mz7fEa4OVi_kPC0/s1980/Suamalie%20Covers%20Year%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1980" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKcfdIrSdKXsTia922T8SuqqYcHECLTeoapCzjmrqvqIdAJ6nfaFK8ltRix7Eu45uu9KAnPFAhSMhH6_r3wayhox75S0xQExE7z0Z5I4egTOYDLitKFMkqM_v1npk_F5v5kU5tVCteLGppCBJdatPepXo5GZdqPekDi6im-rbC1Mz7fEa4OVi_kPC0/w400-h248/Suamalie%20Covers%20Year%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><i>Take a trip to the Suamalie Islands where palm trees sway, the sand and sea pulse with life, and the people will steal your heart.</i></b></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Follow the Tour...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">March 28: Rachel Skatvold</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">March 29: <a href="https://heidimcgill822089357.wordpress.com/2023/03/29/age-or-experience-are-not-always-the-definers-of-being-an-excellent-mentor/?fbclid=IwAR0KgdEiEIW64J8dnwONw4xUrUd6V0V1QnPHrgvtMnrsQDhCeZilRpvmIfc" target="_blank">Heidi Gray McGill</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">March 30: <a href="https://www.jenniferpiercewrites.com/suamalie-island-series.html?fbclid=IwAR18ero2G6DxnT6defq3gw4UkXs8-iuNuj91dSyYLPV_qvfKqMQPD4Iwbro" target="_blank">Jennifer Pierce</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">March 31: <a href="https://margueritemartingray.com/2023/03/31/wheelers-design-fun-week/?fbclid=IwAR0WuPO6HYV3xMo8Vnjcne6jSZOTZMLH16YFHGDsU74sHwll5NQcd38IxR4" target="_blank">Marguerite Gray</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">April 1: <a href="https://melissawardwell.com/wheelers-designs-release-week/?fbclid=IwAR0KgdEiEIW64J8dnwONw4xUrUd6V0V1QnPHrgvtMnrsQDhCeZilRpvmIfc" target="_blank">Melissa McKay Wardwell</a></div></span></b><b><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">April 2: <a href="https://tabithabouldinauthor.home.blog/2023/04/02/wheelers-design/?fbclid=IwAR2Sp7lJC9xZAOChP2zoz5N4mJrleU9QixZEMPKv9UROsW_PYKWgZK4QGAw" target="_blank">Tabitha Bouldin</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Enter in the Giveaway...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div>
<div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/254a4/wheeler-s-design-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="254a4" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/254a4/wheeler-s-design-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/254a4/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div>Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-29892881668680683362022-12-09T20:46:00.001-06:002022-12-10T15:11:14.254-06:00Refining Josie Release Fun<p><b>Refining Josie is here!</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhavZtCAc5HNy6Z5KfX_BugbuoOKwhwJ0EnW9GugLx5mujTHuPVuOG-0JDzVPBDjBbDbaUM-7vehjj36PqjBeE726gmdRMXXQi9lS_pEpck1C2JX55i6eljxit5b90A8jE1QGjFyyViTpm1FjqZK7zjivZKqlmWOpBlsxoEflEFNz_i20M5g2ol8AQ-/s2000/Depositphotos_615501868_L.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhavZtCAc5HNy6Z5KfX_BugbuoOKwhwJ0EnW9GugLx5mujTHuPVuOG-0JDzVPBDjBbDbaUM-7vehjj36PqjBeE726gmdRMXXQi9lS_pEpck1C2JX55i6eljxit5b90A8jE1QGjFyyViTpm1FjqZK7zjivZKqlmWOpBlsxoEflEFNz_i20M5g2ol8AQ-/s320/Depositphotos_615501868_L.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><br /></b><p></p><p>The time has arrived! The very last book in the Independence Islands Series has been released. It's a little bittersweet since this has been such a wonderful one to be a part of. Carolyn Miller's book brings the stories of the islands to a close. To celebrate this new release, the authors are all sharing some stories of our own. This time the theme is mistakes. You can read my story below. Also, please don't forget to read more about the book, enter in the giveaway and follow the tour this week. Blessings!</p><p><b>A Gardening Mishap...</b></p><p>Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. It's just a part of being human. When I heard this theme, I couldn't stop thinking about a mistake I made as a young teen. My parents were away for the weekend one summer, leaving my older siblings in charge. We all had chores we were supposed to take care of. One of my chores happened to be watering the garden. I made sure to take care of my responsibilities by putting the hose inside the garden fence and turning it on. My dad said to give the tomato plants a good soaking, so I planned to leave it on for a few minutes and then move it to another section of the garden. However, I must have gotten distracted. The next day my dad received a phone call from the neighbor. A steady stream of water was heading out of our yard and down the street like a miniature river. The garden was flooded, the yard was a muddy mess, and I was in deep deep trouble. I felt horrible and offered to pay for the extra amount on the water bill with my allowance. Ever since that day I always check the water spigot twice just to be safe. It was a mistake I learned from the hard way.</p><p>I've made more serious mistakes I regret as an adult. Some in the form of sins that have brought deep sorrow and regret. However, I know God offers forgiveness when we mess up. Jesus died on the cross for our sins so we no longer have to carry them ourselves. What a wonderful gift! </p><p><b>More about the Book...</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHudnbDfJG1qu4YsRpOfHwKPBsLJSF4ORNr4TXhELpBezB84esTQo_latpBYeOpHMErUtnworwxPX8teB4ZUbd1hdzC3XEiXiqrDIjaP_eBozycSmBLdOgt4VDRMJ72i57fokw0X8y4x9JD9ba6jEH0ozFgq6EyozF_rBNE6_gi-c5NUPdSS2XN_y/s750/IMG_8834.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="750" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhHudnbDfJG1qu4YsRpOfHwKPBsLJSF4ORNr4TXhELpBezB84esTQo_latpBYeOpHMErUtnworwxPX8teB4ZUbd1hdzC3XEiXiqrDIjaP_eBozycSmBLdOgt4VDRMJ72i57fokw0X8y4x9JD9ba6jEH0ozFgq6EyozF_rBNE6_gi-c5NUPdSS2XN_y/s320/IMG_8834.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What’ll it take for the prodigal daughter to share her deepest secrets… and her heart?</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Josephine Green returns to the islands in an attempt to reconcile with her family, but with a cloud over the family business, and little in the way of gardening skills, Josie’s painful past and flaky ways prove less than endearing for Greener Gardens’ hardworking crew.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Stuck without any other options, Josie is forced to accept her sister’s offer of a job that takes her to Breakers Head where she encounters Aussie teacher, Lachlan Jones.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A long-lost relative might’ve brought Lachie to a tiny music recording studio on the Independence Islands, but it’s also brought questions about how to care for someone he barely knows, especially considering he’s the last family she has. Questions regarding his future soon pale when he encounters the vibrant-haired Josie, whose sass and attitude takes some getting used to.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Neither imagined more until they began to bond over music and environmental causes. Both discover that first impressions need not be lasting ones.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But with the future of Greener Gardens looking shaky, and Josie’s faith and self-worth just as tenuous, can deepening a friendship into something more ever work? And what happens when Lachlan’s work means he has to return to Australia after Christmas? What’ll it take for two hearts to heal and make a future possible?</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This Breakers Head novel is Carolyn Miller's final book in the Independence Islands Series featuring five islands, six authors, and a boatload of happily-ever-afters.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Independence Islands Series: beach reads aren’t just for summer anymore.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Follow the Tour...</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="font_7" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Carolyn Miller -<a href="https://www.carolynmillerauthor.com/independence-islands" target="_blank">December 6</a></span></span></p><p class="font_7" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chautona Havig -<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://chautona.com/refining-josie-release?fbclid=IwAR1D9ZUMP017GiD6cwTdwYuR6W89kMITTy0Mux_S9w0ia9C5KLfALv1lx_U" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">December 7</a></span></span></span></span></p><p class="font_7" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Melissa Wardwell - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://melissawardwell.com/waiting-on-the-tides/?fbclid=IwAR12VpoME8MGioXRDuxkQX6ogZ0ROxv_grM3RjCnHEcM7BZgG-0dybPdOFw" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">December 8</a></span></span></span></span></p><p class="font_7" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kari Trumbo - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://karitrumbo.com/independence-island-series/?fbclid=IwAR07oU73Dk8iJoDdUoTvkAFfUiZcZgRlZdMFS0khojupZ-a_Ib-VGJNaNUA" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">December 9</a></span></span></span></span></p><p class="font_7" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rachel Skatvold - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://rachelskatvold.blogspot.com/2022/12/refining-josie-release-fun.html?fbclid=IwAR26j9ZwI5JaUBLLdjnQmoOYQQqriAengXMF89BK3xKthICbrAecMyc4szQ" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">December 10</a></span></span></span></span></p><p class="font_7" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tabitha Bouldin -</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://tabithabouldinauthor.home.blog/2022/12/11/refining-josie-release-week-fun/?fbclid=IwAR3IPT-awHteeKrzkclul5_BCQMvFwlFnoAPC9Rfk2FcQtH6uDCJZ_fUZKc" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Decem</span></span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; 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background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sandy Barela - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.celebratelitpublishing.com/refining-josie/?fbclid=IwAR1JMkbgIYE2jGm9icLyzULFhoidu4DOcQMkxr_GDil5zj7VuaW32HdjIGU" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; 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<div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/231cc/refining-josie-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="231cc" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/231cc/refining-josie-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/231cc/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div>Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-68800481518953018162022-12-04T18:05:00.001-06:002022-12-04T18:05:41.445-06:00Waiting on the Tides Release Fun<p> <b>Waiting on the Tides is Here! </b>Congrats to Tabitha Bouldin. <3 </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNAXWIR2aM-5Fb6_KkVVRC60vnV4Zqa78rSnPp19s0MuhwwOynLnv-FhTpxPi_ocW0MRacXrVDU6PWW2_QJFH8tzt1X7ZRbtYTYV8xfrPt99UeKUhBA6bVHXejhjC5YMhPs4_zi2znx2ZDl3LG0vsjosL4VIZ-t2xKPWZrU4rMBgMP0CD1PUnn0Py2/s2000/Depositphotos_63979945_L.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNAXWIR2aM-5Fb6_KkVVRC60vnV4Zqa78rSnPp19s0MuhwwOynLnv-FhTpxPi_ocW0MRacXrVDU6PWW2_QJFH8tzt1X7ZRbtYTYV8xfrPt99UeKUhBA6bVHXejhjC5YMhPs4_zi2znx2ZDl3LG0vsjosL4VIZ-t2xKPWZrU4rMBgMP0CD1PUnn0Py2/s320/Depositphotos_63979945_L.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>To celebrate this new release all the authors in the Independence Islands Series are sharing something about their own experiences with forgiveness. In Tabitha's book, the main character is faced with forgiving someone who is difficult to forgive. I will be sharing my experience below. Also, don't forget to read more about the book below and enter in the giveaway!</p><p><b>Forgiving even when it's hard...</b></p><p>During high school I endured my first heartbreak when my boyfriend ended our relationship. It wasn't just that we broke up, it was that he stopped talking to me and offered no explanation. We lost our friendship which was more heartbreaking than anything. We were both young and naive. It's hard to know what to do in those kinds of situations or if I could have done something different to preserve our friendship. However, it was a painful experience and hurt for a long time. After about a year or so, I finally worked up the courage to see him again. I smiled, said hi and invited him to an event hosted by the youth group. He said he'd try to come. He didn't end up coming and he didn't talk to me again, however, when me met that last time, I forgave him in my heart. It was a moment of healing and a good life lesson. When we harbor unforgiveness in our hearts, it's like a poison. Through forgiveness, God provides healing and peace.</p><p>Have you ever had to forgive someone who was difficult to forgive?</p><p><b>More about the book...</b></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDnczGwTe-KVJ902oNO_6FJCvURTv6wVMqIlSWA6uicVEkaemizUSi6l9Vt36fb2wO3IGFB2QMfRuKlOzlhPKTT5WxwVngqhPSYrrK8g2Ar0J3nCH9FAmD-xCEfpHm9oF9ScRW6EdFwPKq67DwQt3oabrWHcM1c2urvBX9EmYC07BgFiNF1vsuCKy4" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="1024" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDnczGwTe-KVJ902oNO_6FJCvURTv6wVMqIlSWA6uicVEkaemizUSi6l9Vt36fb2wO3IGFB2QMfRuKlOzlhPKTT5WxwVngqhPSYrrK8g2Ar0J3nCH9FAmD-xCEfpHm9oF9ScRW6EdFwPKq67DwQt3oabrWHcM1c2urvBX9EmYC07BgFiNF1vsuCKy4=w400-h265" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Waiting-Tides-Breakers-Independence-Islands-ebook/dp/B09R3LGZGG" target="_blank">Purchase Link</a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">People are more than the sum of their mistakes.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After a life lived in her older brother’s shadow, Abby Solomon is ready to take on the world—or at least a teaching position that puts her face to face with the one guy who thinks she's nothing more than an immature nuisance.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When his daughter's mother abandoned them, Christian Johnson swore off women and the trouble they bring. No wife—no drama. Just how he likes it. But as Christian struggles to juggle his job as a cop with raising his daughter and tracking down a runaway teen, he's forced to ask the one woman who reminds him of his wife for help.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Abby is thrilled with the opportunity to show Christian that there’s more to her than what he thinks. But just as Christian begins to trust Abby, she makes a colossal mistake that threatens to ruin everything. <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She just wanted to be accepted.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He wanted to be left alone. </span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It’ll take a runaway teen to show them that love is not measured by a single mistake.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This Breakers Head novel is Tabitha Bouldin’s final book in the Independence Islands Series featuring five islands, six authors, and a boatload of happily-ever-afters.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Independence Islands Series: beach reads aren’t just for summer anymore.</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Follow the Tour...</b><br /><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">November 29: </span><a href="https://tabithabouldin.com/2022/11/29/waiting-on-the-tides-release-week-fun" rel="noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;" target="_blank" title="">Tabitha Bouldin</a><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="background-color: white;">November 30: </span><a href="https://www.carolynmillerauthor.com/independence-islands" rel="noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;" target="_blank" title="">Carolyn Miller</a><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="background-color: white;">December 1: <a href="https://chautona.com/waiting-on-the-tides-release" target="_blank">Chautona Havig</a></span><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgroups%2F442556943007266%2Fuser%2F712731772%2F%3F__cft__%255B0%255D%3DAZVE2wkpxr8G1aF0d-m0fLlsvlZITS3zSfw2efImj6wcuXoVg4XaOAbLkAHpEfnl3OBfej6niXlEBkcSRqN9WXXQSh3EPH7qReKYkx3g5bd6er-4Hy5HKYeyyMh5bF7kbyOKkYeOKHQGkpMRIaWqPJFX_z8WBLbD9_fdjiNEXwXGpoh8dG73LDBG7WWVBAvIFoI%26__tn__%3D-%255DK-R&data=05%7C01%7C%7Ca7bfac464c3d4d0f1aa808daa4151917%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638002707772235043%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Pm2ZxmUAGB9Jz14CjWDs0kQN6UC9sFp%2BDldTLnMZ6OM%3D&reserved=0" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;" target="_blank"></a><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="background-color: white;">December 2: </span><a href="https://melissawardwell.com/waiting-on-the-tides/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;" target="_blank" title="">Melissa Wardwell</a><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="background-color: white;">December 3: <a href="https://karitrumbo.com/independence-island-series/?fbclid=IwAR1IInMCcySGjamkwYqDQU9IGEgAWllalJDKClNFid-sqf5bv-kvvwsQx4Q" target="_blank">Kari Trumbo</a></span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="background-color: white;">December 4: Rachel Skatvold</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="background-color: white;">December 5: </span><a href="http://www.celebratelitpublishing.com/waiting-on-the-tides/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;" target="_blank" title="">Sandy Barela</a></span></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Enter in the Giveaway...</b></p><p><br /></p>
<div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/229c0/waiting-on-the-tides-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="229c0" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/229c0/waiting-on-the-tides-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/229c0/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div>Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-51883101551423231832022-10-25T14:04:00.000-05:002022-10-25T14:04:48.079-05:00Returning to Breakers Release Week Fun<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcF-rNqdt2KzufkrF_L4UY5Ap2QcqiXdH-UTgJONxHxxe6UpFQSqoYbEHAtCcZYJaSvlqrhtQFAs0-DVlNaeaicwTU86zxcN51LFuPRzs9-FpQSpEyCbM1lliG3t1DIMs8z-I0HPyAPGVCJ87joiMWr7WXBotGcoC6ETcmR5VXJ0mVUItSXkE0VjP8/s2000/Depositphotos_64493575_L.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcF-rNqdt2KzufkrF_L4UY5Ap2QcqiXdH-UTgJONxHxxe6UpFQSqoYbEHAtCcZYJaSvlqrhtQFAs0-DVlNaeaicwTU86zxcN51LFuPRzs9-FpQSpEyCbM1lliG3t1DIMs8z-I0HPyAPGVCJ87joiMWr7WXBotGcoC6ETcmR5VXJ0mVUItSXkE0VjP8/s320/Depositphotos_64493575_L.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0in;"><span class="s2">Today’s the day! The release of
my last book in the Independence Islands Series. I can hardly believe the
series is coming to a close, can you? I am so thankful to have been a part of
it. Thanks to everyone at Celebrate Lit for making my dream of becoming a
traditionally published author come true. While excited to share the
conclusions of some of my favorite fictional characters’ stories it is also
bittersweet, like saying goodbye to old friends.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">In Returning to Breakers, Tiffany and her kids go on a much needed
staycation to spend time together as a family. So this week, the other and I
will be sharing our idea of the perfect staycation. Look for my story below and
find out more about my new release. Also, please remember to enter in the
giveaway and follow the other authors this week! </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s3"><b><span style="font-family: "UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedBody",serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My
Favorite Staycation…</span></span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2">We usually try to go on a small vacation every summer but one year we
couldn’t afford to travel out of town. Instead, we found different activities to
do around our city. We went downtown, rode the streetcar, went to a children’s
museum, and saw an amazing model train display. Later in the week we went to the zoo and
then camping. We had a memorable week even though we didn’t go far from home.
Sometimes it’s not the location that’s the most important thing. It’s the
people you are spending time with. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">More about the Book…</span></b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><b></b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6Z9Bzx1bcIGLSNnVl9-ZB6rqCydEZbr1MA6uyPJjmpNVI8nlbtP4Yd0mEyva4EJSdox3Q9D4MAOS47v-VikKqjJBjfzUC0BGE5ZI7zN4l6PdLKU7ei_vsG9rKtoReJByJPKAL0e17V21jvvr8hOmb5hw9Qx_doCZIx9hO-U1BhruuqTWs4Mzil0c/s1080/Returning%20to%20Breakers%20Quote%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6Z9Bzx1bcIGLSNnVl9-ZB6rqCydEZbr1MA6uyPJjmpNVI8nlbtP4Yd0mEyva4EJSdox3Q9D4MAOS47v-VikKqjJBjfzUC0BGE5ZI7zN4l6PdLKU7ei_vsG9rKtoReJByJPKAL0e17V21jvvr8hOmb5hw9Qx_doCZIx9hO-U1BhruuqTWs4Mzil0c/s320/Returning%20to%20Breakers%20Quote%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Sometimes God’s “why” comes too late… and just in time.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tiffany Hill is a master at concealing her emotions. She can’t admit she has her own questions about God—like why He allowed her Marine husband to die in action. A single mom with three children to care for and the general store on Merriweather to run leaves little time for philosophizing. She has more pressing issues to deal with. Like how her dream of running the family business has become a burden.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Is keeping the business afloat even worth the effort anymore?</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> After high school and an unfortunate falling out with his father, Liam Hadler left Breakers Head, determined never to look back. He failed on that one, and one of many regrets was leaving his high school sweetheart behind to chase an impossible dream.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> When his mother calls after his father suffers a stroke, Liam has a tough decision to make. Will he return to a place he’s avoided for sixteen years, and is making amends with his father even possible?</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> A chance encounter with Tiffany after so many years never occurred to him, but memories of their time together rekindles something he thought he’d lost. What’ll it take to persuade her to give him a second chance?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This Breakers Head novel is Rachel Skatvold’s final book in the Independence Islands Series featuring five islands, six authors, and a boatload of happily-ever-afters.</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="s2"></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Independence Islands Series: beach reads aren’t just for summer anymore.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-weight: 700; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZo99X75b7NelvF45en_MJ99aUo9KvSugIevqfdxeE8qokmT8CkAChBpEwLcAbgn-tcIH3Z7U3CASUx6dl6cjqeSa4bHR462l2_zjdtKjL49HIbqgOgZ3-yjAVuXOxlD38Tjra1P-X2PS-VLw0FTnVpz52OYkrX1gYX6mk14IixoDGfk8CI0EPsAw/s2550/SKATVOLD-Breakers-Returning-to-Breakers.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZo99X75b7NelvF45en_MJ99aUo9KvSugIevqfdxeE8qokmT8CkAChBpEwLcAbgn-tcIH3Z7U3CASUx6dl6cjqeSa4bHR462l2_zjdtKjL49HIbqgOgZ3-yjAVuXOxlD38Tjra1P-X2PS-VLw0FTnVpz52OYkrX1gYX6mk14IixoDGfk8CI0EPsAw/s320/SKATVOLD-Breakers-Returning-to-Breakers.jpg" width="207" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09R3WLK4C" target="_blank">Purchase on Amazon Here</a></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Melissa McKay Wardwell</span></a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">October 30: <a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1qq9wsj xo1l8bm" href="https://karitrumbo.com/independence-island-series/" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Kari Trumbo</span></a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; 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<div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/2206e/returning-to-breakers-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="2206e" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/2206e/returning-to-breakers-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/2206e/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div>Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-87355663218469096132022-09-27T21:01:00.000-05:002022-09-27T21:01:44.902-05:00Blessings in the Bargain Release Week Fun<p>I'm happy to announce the newest installment in the Independence Islands Series. To celebrate Blessings in the Bargain by Kari Trumbo, the authors in the series are talking about opposites. Do opposites really attract? Find out in my story below. Also, don't forget to read more about Kari's new release and follow the tour this week!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg127aioiTjxEt-TRN-Dxz5srskD1RYrC2SdRDuFthRV-CcaN1V0ub88Hd9rfYeQUzcGi933PJUKttpoM8alYtzs6FgtjG3mJ6xyt2o8K9KvY1VgU6014-ggQcUV8IX8o0j5cBt7CjFWY573gSs78POtgzki6ILCbSX0SG4poJ7P6SVhyCMgKInyq4A/s2000/Depositphotos_91823430_L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1331" data-original-width="2000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg127aioiTjxEt-TRN-Dxz5srskD1RYrC2SdRDuFthRV-CcaN1V0ub88Hd9rfYeQUzcGi933PJUKttpoM8alYtzs6FgtjG3mJ6xyt2o8K9KvY1VgU6014-ggQcUV8IX8o0j5cBt7CjFWY573gSs78POtgzki6ILCbSX0SG4poJ7P6SVhyCMgKInyq4A/s320/Depositphotos_91823430_L.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Do Opposites Really Attract?</span></b></p><p>My husband and I have a lot in common. To name a few examples, we are both quiet and somewhat introverted, we enjoy the outdoors, and like watching funny movies together. However, we are also opposite when it comes to some things. While my husband is always at least fifteen minutes early, makes lists, and likes to plan ahead, I'm much different. I'm often fashionably late, despise making lists, and like being spontaneous. At times, our differences can annoy each other, but they are also a good thing. Our differences complement each other, and we are a stronger couple when we use our strengths to work together. </p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">More About the Book</span></b></p><p>Despite a career in logistics, Courtney is unprepared to get lost at sea…</p><p>A fated trip to the docks with her closest pal Annie leads to disaster. Ship Captain Lex Ford agrees to take Courtney and two of her friends on what was to be a quick trip to test a new boat. A dangerous storm traps them against a reef, damaging communications and stranding them at sea.</p><p>Lex knew this was a bad idea…</p><p>He hated having people on his ship with him. Ever since his partner left, he doesn’t share his life with anything but the seagulls. So, when Courtney’s friend Rafe offers him a deal on a new boat, he’d rather ignore the offer.</p><p></p><p>His heart isn’t ready for how he feels about Courtney, and watching her brave the elements after the storm makes him want to protect her. But the last woman he loved just walked away. And what about their age gap? He’s far older than her. The Lord is good at turning bad situations for good, but can even He make this mess right?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5JdIJbRGM7ExrpyZq7ACUVFhB6c5q1vGepy0oixdEa4eAyisPYG4ox5pYfmhlQhsAVX4mgq9shxRRvoc-YDwroRA2ds2X2acSxh29IYCZUhHKvIwmUwd4M6U2tIwlBDy5X_L-45FJylkeMojpCOKLLr6RfESVX1EzdOmg8BiKARemXVCwsSANxpxI/s1080/309153241_10228336786067281_5478818993703154515_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5JdIJbRGM7ExrpyZq7ACUVFhB6c5q1vGepy0oixdEa4eAyisPYG4ox5pYfmhlQhsAVX4mgq9shxRRvoc-YDwroRA2ds2X2acSxh29IYCZUhHKvIwmUwd4M6U2tIwlBDy5X_L-45FJylkeMojpCOKLLr6RfESVX1EzdOmg8BiKARemXVCwsSANxpxI/s320/309153241_10228336786067281_5478818993703154515_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Follow the Tour</b></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kari Trumbo: <a href="https://karitrumbo.com/independence-island-series/" target="_blank">Sept 27</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Rachel Skatvold: <a href="https://rachelskatvold.blogspot.com/2022/09/blessings-in-bargain-release-week-fun.html" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;">Sept 28</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tabitha Bouldin <a href="https://tabithabouldinauthor.home.blog/2022/09/29/blessings-in-the-bargain-release-week-fun/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;">Sept 29</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Carolyn Miller: <a href="https://www.carolynmillerauthor.com/independence-islands" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;">Sept 30</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chautona Havig: <a href="https://chautona.com/blessings-in-the-bargain-release" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;">Oct 1</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Melissa Wardwell: <a href="https://melissawardwell.com/blessings-in-a-bargain" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;">Oct 2</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Celebrate Lit: <a href="http://www.celebratelitpublishing.com/posts/blessings-in-the" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;">Oct 3</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Enter in the Giveaway</span></b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div></div>
<div href="https://promosimple.com/ps/21732/blessings-in-the-bargain-giveaway-rachel" align="center"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/21732/blessings-in-the-bargain-giveaway-rachel" data-campaign="21732" class="promosimple"></a><script type="text/javascript" src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/21732/iframe-loader"></script></div>Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-37862333532582604042022-08-31T19:22:00.000-05:002022-08-31T19:22:43.231-05:00Delicious Devotion Release Fun!<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06sRtiPFBHeRJ9eIw7whb75rvNpfZdYjRRRLQTGIhaGk-_6oIuZB4pP-k-ZZOC0lsMx5veSks7sErsBGOYK0lidmrKUP8ecwz2n1FksIRVglNgJqiZgyR3GC4UZ3BcJUfYVJBnyo4sdX5XOQg2xnDr4jN9tevzo4ADorkUi8CS8360I6kPiJe7B7e/s2000/Depositphotos_185606910_L.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi06sRtiPFBHeRJ9eIw7whb75rvNpfZdYjRRRLQTGIhaGk-_6oIuZB4pP-k-ZZOC0lsMx5veSks7sErsBGOYK0lidmrKUP8ecwz2n1FksIRVglNgJqiZgyR3GC4UZ3BcJUfYVJBnyo4sdX5XOQg2xnDr4jN9tevzo4ADorkUi8CS8360I6kPiJe7B7e/w400-h266/Depositphotos_185606910_L.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><b>Delicious Devotion by Melissa Wardwell is here!</b> </p><p>To celebrate, the authors in the Independence Islands Series are sharing our heirloom stories. This one sounds so interesting! Make sure to follow all the blogs this week to hear each author's story and make sure to enter in the giveaways.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>My Heirloom Story</b></p><p>When my future husband and I were getting close to our engagement, it was exciting to look at possible engagement rings. I searched online and saved pictures, imagining what a ring might look like when he asked me to marry him. However, when the time came, I was even more excited when the ring he proposed to me with was a family heirloom. That made it more precious and special than any new ring I could have received from a store. I still treasure having the special heirloom that was his grandmother's ring. We have now been married for fifteen years this August and I am blessed to have him in my life. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KR9wzwoNle5BhrNUzs8O-YUqdWW3hcn4LTj3oRQb0pkhAz0mciCOXag__PYWw20mzUTfuhWy8qT3cTx9GbVG7D_AxWmQCqEi5J-HRkKR2GKHklq5orXnOtk6lkGxqOg4M9rldjMHNCQE_EFcpZK4FRsDrqW9YGaaXeeNz1OfrdNX7uv1VsKGIAJH/s1280/IMG_5944%5B17269%5D.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5KR9wzwoNle5BhrNUzs8O-YUqdWW3hcn4LTj3oRQb0pkhAz0mciCOXag__PYWw20mzUTfuhWy8qT3cTx9GbVG7D_AxWmQCqEi5J-HRkKR2GKHklq5orXnOtk6lkGxqOg4M9rldjMHNCQE_EFcpZK4FRsDrqW9YGaaXeeNz1OfrdNX7uv1VsKGIAJH/s320/IMG_5944%5B17269%5D.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p><b>More about Delicious Devotion</b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Why do weddings do their best to ruin relationships? Friends, family—even the couple!</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Beth Stevens didn’t come to the Independence Islands to find a guy, but thanks to her beloved Gram, she had a place to go and the skills to start a business she loves. Meeting Scott again and getting engaged was a bonus she only dreamed of.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now, in the final weeks before their Christmas Eve wedding, she can’t imagine not having him in her life. They have endured one hurdle after another in their two-year relationship and have remained devoted through it all.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9vl1318QedJ-gO4fBMe29FQzdOME_Ai2HfP0yZ3uwLKbUeDBq8_JJ2WG2sFtajbg_7xtJZQtZTzjPhgpWRhJEBjCTrywci-Ep-7bZqAEW0nMov6mSIVI9HHl2Dv0oauGNZ5Eun51shllQGr1RUqUTwyJO86-xURLQGB5ehFGVRXbDjN_CZhKHUwY/s318/WARDWELL-Breakers-Delicious-Devotion.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="206" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9vl1318QedJ-gO4fBMe29FQzdOME_Ai2HfP0yZ3uwLKbUeDBq8_JJ2WG2sFtajbg_7xtJZQtZTzjPhgpWRhJEBjCTrywci-Ep-7bZqAEW0nMov6mSIVI9HHl2Dv0oauGNZ5Eun51shllQGr1RUqUTwyJO86-xURLQGB5ehFGVRXbDjN_CZhKHUwY/s1600/WARDWELL-Breakers-Delicious-Devotion.webp" width="206" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09R1QLV87/" target="_blank"><b>Purchase Here</b></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And then months of wedding planning begins to fall apart as one person continues to undermine Beth’s choices.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Scott has waited for this day to come but as he witnesses Beth unravel, he does everything he knows to do to protect and stand by her.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The question is, will things ever come together enough to get them both to the altar before it’s too late?</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">This Breakers Head novel is Melissa Wardwell's final novel in the Independence Islands Series featuring five islands, six authors, and a boatload of happily-ever-afters.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The Independence Islands Series: beach reads aren’t just for summer anymore.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9cwEZrzWSMNjPGrLboXBEbdd3HSIhV5af76fxxnAd_AsdZpZGVFfY58URyPBlQWBsRD6SEVMXUpKLAF8-EB5mWXb935QRCLc4T-UTsVoN7gCDV46jZ1DD5pUWWFZPwPByVqJFC_WgKcg2HhW_RgGycyTyv8bq4UVVab5SJYO4ZGQ-qZgkpRAbnco3/s1280/Independence-Islands-scaled.webp"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9cwEZrzWSMNjPGrLboXBEbdd3HSIhV5af76fxxnAd_AsdZpZGVFfY58URyPBlQWBsRD6SEVMXUpKLAF8-EB5mWXb935QRCLc4T-UTsVoN7gCDV46jZ1DD5pUWWFZPwPByVqJFC_WgKcg2HhW_RgGycyTyv8bq4UVVab5SJYO4ZGQ-qZgkpRAbnco3/w400-h225/Independence-Islands-scaled.webp" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Follow the Tour</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Melissa Wardwell: <a href="https://melissawardwell.com/delicious-devotion-release-week-of-fun/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;">August 30</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Kari Trumbo: <a href="https://karitrumbo.com/independence-island-series/" target="_blank">August 31</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Rachel Skatvold: Sept 1</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tabitha Bouldin <a href="https://tabithabouldinauthor.home.blog/2022/09/02/delicious-devotion-release-party/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;">Sept 2</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Carolyn Miller: <a href="https://www.carolynmillerauthor.com/independence-islands" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;">Sept 3</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chautona Havig: <a href="https://chautona.com/delicious-devotion-release" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;">Sept 4</a><br style="box-sizing: inherit;" />Celebrate Lit: <a href="http://www.celebratelitpublishing.com/posts/delicious-devotion-release-fun/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; cursor: pointer; transition: all 0.1s linear 0s;">Sept 5</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><b>Giveaway</b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><b><br /></b></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><b><br /></b></div>
<div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/20bd0/delicious-devotions-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="20bd0" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/20bd0/delicious-devotions-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/20bd0/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div>Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-55082142238704079492022-07-29T01:08:00.000-05:002022-07-29T01:08:19.698-05:00Books, Chapters, and Vows Release Fun!<p>Guess what? It's release week for Books, Chapters and Vows! I'm so excited to celebrate this new installment in the Independence Islands Series with author, Chautona Havig. This week the authors in the series are sharing about weddings and what could have gone terribly wrong with our big day if God hadn't intervened. Look below for my wedding story, read more about Chautona's new release, and don't forget to enter in the giveaway!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ07w9QwII-66FwLQ1VH9VMnppoJB3tK_r6Mdzc8IQT0Gm4w3foDH-n_WK4Yg-4uPSDq-XFs97YKNvynIiz6sOtUhKrh7EHealPVVztr-TgxAkvMR14Uh_2XRyc2JdqY5sWGBLZN1XMmD7eMvOLAAQcmBdd7YARcI9yM9T2XysEvCOx8HmKpbfagW9/s2000/Depositphotos_35953527_L.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="2000" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ07w9QwII-66FwLQ1VH9VMnppoJB3tK_r6Mdzc8IQT0Gm4w3foDH-n_WK4Yg-4uPSDq-XFs97YKNvynIiz6sOtUhKrh7EHealPVVztr-TgxAkvMR14Uh_2XRyc2JdqY5sWGBLZN1XMmD7eMvOLAAQcmBdd7YARcI9yM9T2XysEvCOx8HmKpbfagW9/w400-h259/Depositphotos_35953527_L.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">My (almost) Wedding Disaster...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a month before our wedding when I started feeling very ill. At first, I thought it was a stomach bug, but in the middle of the night it became clear it was something much worse. I ended up in the ER with appendicitis and had to undergo emergency surgery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Over the past few months, I'd been carefully planning out the wedding and working out so I would look great in my dress. However, now all those plans were put on the backburner. I had to focus on recovery. My future husband and I were also trying to find a place to rent for after our wedding. He moved into the duplex a few weeks before the big day. On the mend, I decided to go over and see how the unpacking was coming along. However, when I arrived, I started feeling out of breath and my lips turned blue, leading to another couple of days in the hospital. I'd had a rare reaction to a prescription medication after surgery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Stuck in the hospital with weeks before my wedding, I became very emotional and discouraged. However, with God's help and plenty of support from my family and friends I made it through the difficult time. By the wedding date I had fully recovered, and it turned out to be a beautiful wedding day I'll never forget. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">More About the Book...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi155XtLroI81uannO7xkyE95GPJHHlA1O95zFIZg3N8XyefF12TLKhK8q5v2a-BAAM3wUHpJv5aIOOc0eZTUhJ3n55PDp0ROL3TVHv8JUMYOhXSQBkC5Mw9jWYmhpTSrvqyLo3momNHCzzUtNjEkzSjFuog2_Z-TwAkd-BghkzKg6I2cp8uWbTmWv3/s1000/295030264_576583937165535_8382060493666580431_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi155XtLroI81uannO7xkyE95GPJHHlA1O95zFIZg3N8XyefF12TLKhK8q5v2a-BAAM3wUHpJv5aIOOc0eZTUhJ3n55PDp0ROL3TVHv8JUMYOhXSQBkC5Mw9jWYmhpTSrvqyLo3momNHCzzUtNjEkzSjFuog2_Z-TwAkd-BghkzKg6I2cp8uWbTmWv3/s320/295030264_576583937165535_8382060493666580431_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09R1Q1PCV/" target="_blank">Purchase on Amazon</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></b><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Falling in love with Benjamin wasn’t in the plan, but Mallory finds she’s all but lost her head and her heart after two and a half years of banter, memories, and now shared books.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">But when her ex-fiance (does it count if it was just for a few hours?) shows up right in the middle of a writing project with Benjamin, the guy manages to ruin her happiness… again.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Benjamin has been keeping one tiny part of him back from Mallory–just the one thing that’ll repel her for good.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />So when the ex-boyfriend-slash-fiance shows up, and things look serious again, he takes a giant step back and prays he can keep his heart intact in the process.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">They’re clearly meant for each other. God obviously has a plan. So what’s it going to take for Mallory and Benjamin to work things out and get those vows made?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />This Breakers Head novel is Chautona Havig’s final book in the Independence Islands Series featuring five islands, six authors, and a boatload of happily-ever-afters.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The Independence Islands Series: beach reads aren’t just for summer anymore.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04K7jK45yvxKPdKkW0OIdw6mOfzWdT5eP-zHAmd-etDh9ArIwVmWnGh5iqjZnr7m8-IKtJhXfkn0EHDLoBcfuWwdMrLIKxNC_v0PfbPS4aEAW7_6u54apotgkyi3pBRSa-JFNU_e2rySrWQfI-EnS47XhTyeSNkAvbc_5cqeiUkj-tX_TXhu91y65/s1280/Independence-Islands-scaled.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj04K7jK45yvxKPdKkW0OIdw6mOfzWdT5eP-zHAmd-etDh9ArIwVmWnGh5iqjZnr7m8-IKtJhXfkn0EHDLoBcfuWwdMrLIKxNC_v0PfbPS4aEAW7_6u54apotgkyi3pBRSa-JFNU_e2rySrWQfI-EnS47XhTyeSNkAvbc_5cqeiUkj-tX_TXhu91y65/w400-h225/Independence-Islands-scaled.webp" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b>Follow the Tour...</b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://chautona.com/book-chapter-vows-release" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #7ccbd3; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Chautona Havig</span></a>: July 26</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://melissawardwell.com/book-chapters-and-vows-week-of-fun/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #7ccbd3; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Melissa Wardwell:</span></span></a> July 27</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://karitrumbo.com/independence-island-series/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #7ccbd3; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Kari Trumbo:</span></span></a> July 28</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://rachelskatvold.blogspot.com/2022/07/books-chapters-and-vows-release-fun.html" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #7ccbd3; outline: rgb(204, 204, 204) solid 1px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Rachel Skatvold:</span></a> July 29</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://tabithabouldinauthor.home.blog/2022/07/30/book-chapter-and-vows-release-week-party/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #7ccbd3; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Tabitha Bouldin:</span></span></a> July 30</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.carolynmillerauthor.com/independence-islands" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #7ccbd3; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Carolyn Miller:</span></span></a> July 31</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.celebratelitpublishing.com/book-chapter-vows-release-fun" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #7ccbd3; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Sandra Barela:</span></span></a> August 1</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Enter in the Giveaway...</b></span></div></div>
<div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1fc08/books-chapters-and-vows-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="1fc08" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1fc08/books-chapters-and-vows-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/1fc08/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div>Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-85266111864133368442022-07-02T11:55:00.000-05:002022-07-02T11:55:24.501-05:00Rebuilding Hearts Release Fun<p>Rebuilding Hearts is Here! To Celebrate Carolyn Miller's new release in the Independence Islands Series, all the authors in the group are sharing our favorite books! To read about my favorite and hear about the new book, please scroll down. Also, don't miss out on the giveaway. :)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5c7A7KE1RDZHOu5eOzNeH8S3IT0JqyEhTtd59nylBvv8HlBdFprD3j5-2iTdJ1bVrxRGoJF_4NwoabLFyFIgTQEymUrSTXzdYGHNvCGjzxAtD5D5wzSXdtVtgMBVN_t8crnHjJ639ltIwIlV5iIkNfQI1YKI0cWdZYvXJfSbmwxDlOYLbxvQYG6dz/s2000/Depositphotos_44055645_L.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1192" data-original-width="2000" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5c7A7KE1RDZHOu5eOzNeH8S3IT0JqyEhTtd59nylBvv8HlBdFprD3j5-2iTdJ1bVrxRGoJF_4NwoabLFyFIgTQEymUrSTXzdYGHNvCGjzxAtD5D5wzSXdtVtgMBVN_t8crnHjJ639ltIwIlV5iIkNfQI1YKI0cWdZYvXJfSbmwxDlOYLbxvQYG6dz/w400-h239/Depositphotos_44055645_L.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">My Favorite Book...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Choosing a favorite book is a difficult task because I love reading so much. There are books that hold special significance in my life, reminding me of my childhood. So, I will talk about my <b>first</b> favorite book. An introvert growing up, books were like good friends I could spend time with during free time at school when everyone else socialized. Ironically, I never particularly enjoyed books until 6th grade because I always struggled with reading. I had an awesome reading teacher who introduced me to The Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. I loved the series because it was full of adventure, survival, and suspense. My teacher read the first book out loud in class and after that, I checked out every book in the series to read at home. Over time, my reading skills improved because I found books I enjoyed, and it no longer felt like a chore to read them. To this day, I still enjoy books with adventure weaved into the storyline. I'm thankful reading The Hatchet inspired me to read and enjoy many more books in the future.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">More About Rebuilding Hearts...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwIVcWlj7AIb1JvSpQRo8tw6IiAcWfzwyPP_fqmhqWtmgHiaCFv61BrtLS98EXdWkS5bm20Uebbx1Ps6uiQkqLjO80PA9nTjfjs88xXf4SY4Lfe9TnoukZ-d33NozM3iYyIncjt9uyzd_eaeFrDAmYIs_iRqQfJLdauCY4XUmFg9lR5VzGlexHHMS/s679/Rebuilding%20Hears.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="607" data-original-width="679" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTwIVcWlj7AIb1JvSpQRo8tw6IiAcWfzwyPP_fqmhqWtmgHiaCFv61BrtLS98EXdWkS5bm20Uebbx1Ps6uiQkqLjO80PA9nTjfjs88xXf4SY4Lfe9TnoukZ-d33NozM3iYyIncjt9uyzd_eaeFrDAmYIs_iRqQfJLdauCY4XUmFg9lR5VzGlexHHMS/s320/Rebuilding%20Hears.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BC1VB5B/" target="_blank">Purchase on Amazon Here</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></b></div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Who knew a bank robbery could show a girl that good guys still exist?</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tim Franklin. Quiet, shy, almost incapable of speaking to a girl, and a budding horticulturist. Oh, and he survived a bank robbery five years ago, not to mention its resulting trauma.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bookworm Bella Dwyer just wants to feel safe, and Tim’s actions during the robbery made her believe there might be guys who live up to her fictional heroes. Trouble is, a chance with Tim seems as remote as this year’s celebrity heartthrob.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic !important; font-weight: 700 !important;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Instead, she settled for a relationship with a guy who’s commitment-phobic.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So when Bella encounters Tim on tiny Sparrow Island, the challenges of her past and present collide, and she questions whether there really is a future with a man who can't commit.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In a leap of faith, Bella dumps her boyfriend, even before shy-guy Tim can make a move. But in wanting to live by faith and conquer fear, has she made the right choice, or are her hopes for freedom and a future destined to fail?</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dNAegP11hOcD0z36peibN7YqyL1e0uMbRu2RySjagwpbvJDawxFiYzmUVVYWh4yGLK-WF-jTOoWBT7XlpPDDFmp1hEsQ4uPm04kGHduJ9sdQQiQldk05CsiCrTLYbxd45Ahl3RqpAiS7aNzyip07ZwWXVfdFn_lSiSoWEk2l8teVwMpZ11I2XMNw/s2376/sparrow%20horizontal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="2376" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dNAegP11hOcD0z36peibN7YqyL1e0uMbRu2RySjagwpbvJDawxFiYzmUVVYWh4yGLK-WF-jTOoWBT7XlpPDDFmp1hEsQ4uPm04kGHduJ9sdQQiQldk05CsiCrTLYbxd45Ahl3RqpAiS7aNzyip07ZwWXVfdFn_lSiSoWEk2l8teVwMpZ11I2XMNw/w640-h165/sparrow%20horizontal.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read the next Sparrow Island novel in the Independence Islands Series featuring five islands, six authors, and a boatload of happily-ever-afters.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700 !important;">The Independence Islands Series:</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> beach reads aren’t just for summer anymore.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Follow the Blog Release Party...</span></b></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p class="font_7" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Carolyn Miller - <a href="https://www.carolynmillerauthor.com/independence-islands?fbclid=IwAR222iyLaTrsbhzHa0elhu1FYbT8-DZghCIjThHrZ0CwAhUsaxlpm-NNPBo" target="_blank">June 28</a></span></span></p><p class="font_7" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chautona Havig - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://chautona.com/rebuilding-hearts-release?fbclid=IwAR3meHOtZTYLe2jO3LtuYfr1hXGhLwlZH382fdadl6YoIUd7LV2PLKKGBoI" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">June 29</a></span></span></span></span></p><p class="font_7" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Melissa Wardwell - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://melissawardwell.com/?p=7608&fbclid=IwAR25TE1gojDI_CDMkk1HsumvBAQd1IB4358xC1FMHUXpE1aql8J-OlZpEQ8" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">June 30</a></span></span></span></span></p><p class="font_7" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kari Trumbo - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://karitrumbo.com/independence-island-series/?fbclid=IwAR1i04KXizB7sMeZ0VbBGVswUiHj0WekSJtAVXenFSIe7HbTjLLl19DjDt8" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">July 1</a></span></span></span></span></p><p class="font_7" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rachel Skatvold - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://rachelskatvold.blogspot.com/2022/07/rebuilding-hearts-release-fun.html?fbclid=IwAR1YYsAFlKX-4EnouOOj0O2bwlZUtiBkGGwZbOEMDfp3vx9BJh2-ms889HY" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">July 2</a></span></span></span></span></p><p class="font_7" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tabitha Bouldin -<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://tabithabouldinauthor.home.blog/2022/07/03/rebuilding-hearts-release-week-fun" target="_blank">July 3</a></span></span></span></span></p><p class="font_7" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; color: rgb(var(--color_14)); line-height: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; pointer-events: auto; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sandy Barela - <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.celebratelitpublishing.com/rebuilding-heart-release-fun/?fbclid=IwAR12YbsIGW3tBRHx0iwd4ilWum55Ya9teMYnOARWa3wyT5n1FstFwEiyrBc" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">July 4</a></span></span></span></span></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Enter in the Giveaway...</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><br /></p>
<div href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1ea82/rebuilding-hearts-giveaway-rachel" align="center"><a href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1ea82/rebuilding-hearts-giveaway-rachel" data-campaign="1ea82" class="promosimple"></a><script type="text/javascript" src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/1ea82/iframe-loader"></script></div>Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-52595026799187077872022-06-05T06:00:00.001-05:002022-06-05T06:00:00.226-05:00From Shore to Shore Release Fun<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>It's Release Week!</b></span></p><p>I'm excited to announce the next installment in the Independence Islands Series, From Shore to Shore by Tabitha Bouldin is here! To celebrate, all the authors in the series are sharing our favorite memories near the ocean. Scroll down to hear my favorite ocean memory. Also, don't forget to follow the other stops on the tour this week and enter for a chance to win the giveaway!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw1zGGH3zPvzP8DMpBBIb2sjLYq1658y2fSaqY3bvTGau2IytwgYsQZG6368xf8tKqLz6w4AEkCSBMQsDYq0CGCkPtAk0Ib9oO2POAGoQ7yFrWSngOmOi03g9aSoBBn41TdVZO1vg5w5Qm7y5IP7x0LZv1wE-0WPycuxxAlW8PufuRrHZURELvvs9C/s2000/Depositphotos_244784998_L.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="2000" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw1zGGH3zPvzP8DMpBBIb2sjLYq1658y2fSaqY3bvTGau2IytwgYsQZG6368xf8tKqLz6w4AEkCSBMQsDYq0CGCkPtAk0Ib9oO2POAGoQ7yFrWSngOmOi03g9aSoBBn41TdVZO1vg5w5Qm7y5IP7x0LZv1wE-0WPycuxxAlW8PufuRrHZURELvvs9C/w400-h268/Depositphotos_244784998_L.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-size: medium;">My Favorite Ocean Memory...</span></b><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div>Growing up with an airline mechanic for a father, my family had the perk of discounted standby flight tickets. Because of this, even though we lived far away from the ocean in the Midwest, we had the opportunity to travel longer distances for family vacations. The only drawbacks were, we had to wake up super early to catch a standby flight, sometimes we would have to sit apart from each other, or risk becoming stranded in the airport if the flight happened to be full. However, for the most party, it was fun traveling places that would have been too expensive otherwise.</div><div><br /></div><div>We traveled often to visit my uncle and his family in North Carolina. We also went to Arizona, Colorado and California, among other places. However, my favorite vacation was our trip to Hawaii. During our trip we were able to go snorkeling in Hunauma Bay. I felt nervous at first and paranoid about sharks but seeing all the underwater sea life around the reef turned out to be a wonderful experience I'll never forget. Some of the fish were so curious they would come right up to our masks and bump into it with their mouths. The parrot fish were my favorite because of their rainbow of colors. Later on, in a different part of the island we also saw sea turtles resting on the beach. Someday I would love to return to Hawaii so my kids can enjoy the wonderful sights and experiences too.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">More About the Book...</span></b></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></div><div><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Can one captain show her the deep love of the ultimate Captain without falling in love himself?</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bree Jamison comes to Sparrow Island for one reason: to study coral reefs. She's not interested in happily-ever-after and certainly won’t allow her handsome boat captain to sway her into believing these islands are different from any others. But when she finds an old shipwreck and learns the history of pirates and treasure, Bree finds herself searching for something that always feels just out of reach.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cooper Carmichael takes the job as boat captain for the enigmatic Bree to further his career. He never expected her to be so driven—or so painfully opposed to God.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4TFF-Ukc_k5STZvHQI86vD4Rm-Ju_swBktBniOk6gSIkK5F7b9WN-E88Gl2MfyhVLtE4mmssKzMVlsadjQDmmDJGILZ41lbXGKMlc7czbW3CywFBzEZ5J7Q0OGQ7CSMGrb5lSDajxjuHmzp_J7j_veNqUa1OugU9WpNSgN1EsLpVY12wdF70mHiZ/s1080/fss21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4TFF-Ukc_k5STZvHQI86vD4Rm-Ju_swBktBniOk6gSIkK5F7b9WN-E88Gl2MfyhVLtE4mmssKzMVlsadjQDmmDJGILZ41lbXGKMlc7czbW3CywFBzEZ5J7Q0OGQ7CSMGrb5lSDajxjuHmzp_J7j_veNqUa1OugU9WpNSgN1EsLpVY12wdF70mHiZ/s320/fss21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">All Cooper wants is his happy island life. He wants for nothing. In fact, he's made it his mission to be content. In every aspect of his life. Bree throws a wrench in his plan as her presence pushes Cooper to want for things he deems unnecessary.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A man striving for contentment. A woman who believes God is picking on her.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It takes one to show the other that no matter which shore you find yourself on, God got there first.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Read the next Sparrow Island novel in the Independence Islands Series featuring five islands, six authors, and a boatload of happily-ever-afters.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJU7NewQdyKYQX1b1L31rHVsaRWDRsl_KViQEQZGaGxyedu1s3pefI-JjnXsFJb1a64CfJcOUOmgv05obtKoQulJyH0BiY0hA9wYzSiUt0Ftb1J7nlG7OD9D358UXRb39VRWbgT3hhn6cjwbeOvMzqAzCnJ1btevOMGIJ6PIr8E3KiI0jl45-y1fC_/s2376/sparrow%20horizontal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="2376" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJU7NewQdyKYQX1b1L31rHVsaRWDRsl_KViQEQZGaGxyedu1s3pefI-JjnXsFJb1a64CfJcOUOmgv05obtKoQulJyH0BiY0hA9wYzSiUt0Ftb1J7nlG7OD9D358UXRb39VRWbgT3hhn6cjwbeOvMzqAzCnJ1btevOMGIJ6PIr8E3KiI0jl45-y1fC_/w400-h103/sparrow%20horizontal.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The Independence Islands Series</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">: beach reads aren’t just for summer anymore.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrJPWav6uR5ehR0d9-F_g7uXIoBdVs7VxAIdxTppAjIHFWgWRSCxPAG9ne6oKixrGKmmLhntQqdvrWpwoy8oR8WK9Ye3f636-yHJcjXq6t6DEtbO2j4Z2Iy9UA1nOuMUWedZDcFjacD0YCTT8Xk3efTXTqO-O7nDC_iI6zQnJY1_Yl4layl_gnAr0/s500/41za9kdftgl.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="324" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrJPWav6uR5ehR0d9-F_g7uXIoBdVs7VxAIdxTppAjIHFWgWRSCxPAG9ne6oKixrGKmmLhntQqdvrWpwoy8oR8WK9Ye3f636-yHJcjXq6t6DEtbO2j4Z2Iy9UA1nOuMUWedZDcFjacD0YCTT8Xk3efTXTqO-O7nDC_iI6zQnJY1_Yl4layl_gnAr0/s320/41za9kdftgl.jpg" width="207" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Shore-Sparrow-Island-Independence-Islands-ebook/dp/B09BC4BDZ6/" target="_blank"><b>Purchase on Amazon</b></a></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Follow the Tour...</b></span></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://tabithabouldin.com/2022/05/31/from-shore-to-shore-release-week-fun/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #7ccbd3; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Tabitha Bouldin</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">: May 31</span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.carolynmillerauthor.com/independence-islands" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #7ccbd3; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Carolyn Miller:</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">June 1</span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://chautona.com/from-shore-to-shore-release" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #7ccbd3; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Chautona Havig</span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">: June 2</span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://melissawardwell.com/shore-to-shore-release-week-of-fun/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #7ccbd3; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Melissa Wardwell:</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">June 3</span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600;"><a href="https://karitrumbo.com/independence-island-series/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; color: #7ccbd3; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;">Kari Trumbo:</a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">June 4</span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Rachel Skatvold</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">: June 5</span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.celebratelitpublishing.com/from-shore-to-shore-release-fun" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #7ccbd3; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Sandra Barela</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">: June 6</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Enter in the Giveaway...</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>
<div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1d85e/from-shore-to-shore-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="1d85e" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1d85e/from-shore-to-shore-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/1d85e/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div>Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-59044072271785244352022-04-25T21:55:00.000-05:002022-04-25T21:55:38.355-05:00Stranded on Sparrow Release Week Fun<p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRiEpOA3z9acWdUVXWc6dlkDnCJEAA8iV9WJkgkn1CWd7naYliVm4QywR7T3_YrzVYcXheYgEnYMksKTS4p4Uz4umcRAWADBhrV_LHZElh6k_--XqizjUQ8G5QNkxPcQ0eFjIAxi6s9j81YzpOqyTKT3cjmIvUCqDj92VbQMjG8KLL1OzFy-B7L_E/s940/The%20Perfect%20Unconventional%20Date....jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdRiEpOA3z9acWdUVXWc6dlkDnCJEAA8iV9WJkgkn1CWd7naYliVm4QywR7T3_YrzVYcXheYgEnYMksKTS4p4Uz4umcRAWADBhrV_LHZElh6k_--XqizjUQ8G5QNkxPcQ0eFjIAxi6s9j81YzpOqyTKT3cjmIvUCqDj92VbQMjG8KLL1OzFy-B7L_E/w400-h335/The%20Perfect%20Unconventional%20Date....jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's official ... Stranded on Sparrow is here! I am excited to share my new book in the independence Islands series with you. To help celebrate, the authors in the series are all sharing our idea of the perfect unconventional date. Scroll down to read story about an unconventional date and to find out more about Stranded on Sparrow. Also, there is a blog tour going on all this week you can participate in, with a chance to win some great prizes. I'm looking forward to seeing you on the tour!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>My Idea of the Perfect Unconventional Date...</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdMDkN1NtLQ-tTT2sIN-m6s3g8rwRUb85QH-zyqcmk34QCzizYANYD-D9_xpWD0f-nnmsfwmYqVIrkHc-qwlmXyIBG3HeoBd2RYnGMbJeeO4ysgsoOj_57XDqgGNORVl63xEVsF1huGdrF3JmJ2veXGHAVnGUEeNhGd_mUmh2iB4k6z4UDA_zO8msN/s1080/Stranded%20on%20Sparrow%20quote%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdMDkN1NtLQ-tTT2sIN-m6s3g8rwRUb85QH-zyqcmk34QCzizYANYD-D9_xpWD0f-nnmsfwmYqVIrkHc-qwlmXyIBG3HeoBd2RYnGMbJeeO4ysgsoOj_57XDqgGNORVl63xEVsF1huGdrF3JmJ2veXGHAVnGUEeNhGd_mUmh2iB4k6z4UDA_zO8msN/s320/Stranded%20on%20Sparrow%20quote%205.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Zach Nolan hasn't had time to date in years, since taking on the role of a single dad. So, when he starts to fall for outspoken and adventurous Lia, some unconventional dates are in order. I don't want to give too much of the story away, but you'll find out what original and humorous dates he thinks up in Stranded on Sparrow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When my husband and I were dating we went on a lot of dates I'd consider unconventional. For example, our very first date was a picnic at the park on an unseasonably warm day in February. We did go on some traditional dinner and a movie dates, but besides those, parks around the area became our favorite places to be. We'd walk trails and even went biking one time...even though I accidently ran into a tree once! That's a story for another blog post. :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of my favorite unconventional dates was the time we went with some friends four-wheeling. It had rained a few days before and so there were plenty of mud puddles. It was fun splashing through them and watching the mud fly everywhere. When it was my turn to drive, I came up with a crazy idea to drive through the granddaddy of all mud puddles. Once reaching the middle of the puddle the water rushed around our legs and I realized it was much deeper than I thought. I had gotten us stuck in the middle. I trudged through the mud back to the edge of the trail and my future husband was able to retrieve the mud caked four-wheeler out of the mud. I was so embarrassed I'd gotten us into such a mess. However, in the end we were able to laugh about the whole ordeal. We returned to my friend's house covered in mud but smiling. It was a fun and adventurous date. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Have you ever been on an unconventional date? I'd love to hear about it in the comments! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>More About Stranded on Sparrow...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">If His eye is on the sparrow, where does that leave her?</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lia Diaz’s life has become an illusion. Fired from her perfect job, she’s living a lie to avoid censure from her critical family. So when Lia gets a call about her nana’s recent fall, she heads to Nana’s house to help out and regroup.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Things are looking up until she discovers that her childhood refuge, Nana’s home on Sparrow Island, has been condemned in the wake of Hurricane Arley. Time to regroup—again.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uVYde4zLIvC_OlCOEOeAm8K-7JZN1QIzr3zm53qnwFVfZCJgueQWGnrawTwgEOGt-HTK91WIfNWmJ1aWi_k7WKqR82yvUg1qxkBImgT3S6GH-FIerZbBAPVu21PR86WuQ4IlftGQoFuwgnADK2xTZ9HnKjDYCw_Orm7bdE9_N3q86ixTO6v8kmbZ/s940/Sparrow%20Verse%20with%20Book%20cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-uVYde4zLIvC_OlCOEOeAm8K-7JZN1QIzr3zm53qnwFVfZCJgueQWGnrawTwgEOGt-HTK91WIfNWmJ1aWi_k7WKqR82yvUg1qxkBImgT3S6GH-FIerZbBAPVu21PR86WuQ4IlftGQoFuwgnADK2xTZ9HnKjDYCw_Orm7bdE9_N3q86ixTO6v8kmbZ/s320/Sparrow%20Verse%20with%20Book%20cover.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Getting stranded on Sparrow Island while visiting the house was not in those revised plans.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After “rescuing” his niece and a motley crew of animals, some might say Zachary Nolan has a hero complex. Zachary never thought that he would live life as a single dad. However, as a web designer he is able to spend lots of time with Violet, and he wouldn’t have it any other way. A call for help when Lia gets stranded there sends him rushing to the rescue. That hero complex thing again.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A hero and his niece offer new hope to Lia—maybe God’s eye is on Sparrow Island after all.</span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjar1CUni0HNu0xGPBO3rz9BkFWghWJnDH__lXGcXGhLP5QZKozPPzM_SW9WHGg2WD3EOkfaVacUknrSoQKvXxhz3hKelOBFa46zzWzxbaLo8b39cYgp0l0bfAmICR0u_lV24R2SM9_XQ_rLVCxp4kTZvPk0ylc4l3y8qZid6QoO8Ic_LFBPuWq6UB6/s300/Stranded%20on%20Sparrow-website-available.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="300" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjar1CUni0HNu0xGPBO3rz9BkFWghWJnDH__lXGcXGhLP5QZKozPPzM_SW9WHGg2WD3EOkfaVacUknrSoQKvXxhz3hKelOBFa46zzWzxbaLo8b39cYgp0l0bfAmICR0u_lV24R2SM9_XQ_rLVCxp4kTZvPk0ylc4l3y8qZid6QoO8Ic_LFBPuWq6UB6/w400-h333/Stranded%20on%20Sparrow-website-available.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09BC2FQG2" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Purchase on Amazon</span></b></a></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Read the next Sparrow Island novel in the Independence Islands Series featuring five islands, six authors, and a boatload of happily-ever-afters.</span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The Independence Islands Series:</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> beach reads aren’t just for summer anymore.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUT9Hgrlfkrgb3iEz9C05mha8t5gpWI_UjloNXnPLR_GoD5LrH-tZJFq5rLlct3zeLCvTbIzzsXZlGBNCAVfM5iR9pISAqpXArj0vBBaP4VHFf6ZxLf7_-QWmpIyyQvtlSWxlcoYSrIagK5DElJFvVduPpFbUZiPMjI6HfUOm2Bv9sdcBH_LgsmZi/s2376/sparrow%20horizontal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="2376" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUT9Hgrlfkrgb3iEz9C05mha8t5gpWI_UjloNXnPLR_GoD5LrH-tZJFq5rLlct3zeLCvTbIzzsXZlGBNCAVfM5iR9pISAqpXArj0vBBaP4VHFf6ZxLf7_-QWmpIyyQvtlSWxlcoYSrIagK5DElJFvVduPpFbUZiPMjI6HfUOm2Bv9sdcBH_LgsmZi/w640-h165/sparrow%20horizontal.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /></span></span><p></p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Follow the Tour...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Rachel Skatvold: April
26 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://tabithabouldinauthor.home.blog/2022/04/27/stranded-on-sparrow-release-week-fun/" target="_blank"><b>Tabitha Bouldin:</b></a> April
27<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><b><a href="https://www.carolynmillerauthor.com/independence-islands" target="_blank">Carolyn Miller</a>:</b> April
28<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><b><a href="https://chautona.com/stranded-on-sparrow-release?fbclid=IwAR3HgorrVR_--R-f7IDncLesGSl5ooXLDmUlpJTNBEmQoL0UikCogALdpvQ" target="_blank">Chautona Havig</a>: </b>April
29 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><b><a href="https://melissawardwell.com/stranded-on-sparrow-island-release-week-of-fun/" target="_blank">Melissa Wardwell</a></b>:
April 30 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><a href="https://karitrumbo.com/independence-island-series/" target="_blank"><b>Kari Trumbo</b></a>: May 1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><b>Sandy Barela</b>: May 2<span style="color: #050505;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Enter in the Giveaway...</b></p></span></div>
<div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1c8c7/stranded-on-sparrow-giveaway-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="1c8c7" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1c8c7/stranded-on-sparrow-giveaway-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/1c8c7/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div>Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-74217858738736761472022-03-30T09:38:00.001-05:002022-03-30T09:38:40.327-05:00Sweet Rivals Release Fun<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigatwt_A22TjlGFuoj2E-YMm94AOnbZmpdHar1A-XEOe7RLcpuChByHbUlo0bxGkTttTkj8VZAmOwULkjlm_YHD9kFiVKYRKwhisV5w-_pZFfB4_4ShbL5l-FLUgEBZzvneT7XmcH9uwAuPnhTc11LIGL-CGVkbsxsGJiReM9RD9JOAf8kWWiWkwli/s820/276992620_3279097275655563_5992403159089969759_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="820" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigatwt_A22TjlGFuoj2E-YMm94AOnbZmpdHar1A-XEOe7RLcpuChByHbUlo0bxGkTttTkj8VZAmOwULkjlm_YHD9kFiVKYRKwhisV5w-_pZFfB4_4ShbL5l-FLUgEBZzvneT7XmcH9uwAuPnhTc11LIGL-CGVkbsxsGJiReM9RD9JOAf8kWWiWkwli/w640-h245/276992620_3279097275655563_5992403159089969759_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I'm excited to announce the release of the next installment in the Independence Islands Series, Sweet Rivals by Kari Trumbo! To celebrate, the authors of the series are having a blog tour and awesome giveaway. We are also sharing a time when God turned our grieving into a time of dancing. You can read mine below and please don't forget to enter the giveaway the follow the tour this week through the links below!</p><p><b>When God Turned My Grieving into a Time of Dancing...</b></p><p>It was my first writers' conference in 2012 and my emotions were on a rollercoaster. An introvert by nature, I braved the first few hours by faking confidence but deep down I was terrified of rejection. I'd written my first manuscript and worried myself sick the editors in attendance would hate it. I hid away from the crowd as all my insecurities came crashing down. I cried, remembering how social anxiety had plagued me most of my life and prevented me from being my true self.</p><p>After calming down, I looked at the conference schedule and saw an encouragement class for new authors. I hadn't been planning on attending but I felt God's urging to go. I'm so glad I did. The teacher for the class was Kat Crawford and she offered such encouragement! I realized through her that God had called me to be a writer and I didn't have to hide any more. Throughout the conference there were many others who also provided advice and encouragement. It was a weekend I will never forget.</p><p>The next year when I attended the writers' conference, I had the opportunity to thank Kat and the others who had been so encouraging. I also had improved my manuscript and felt ready to share it with publishers. While I didn't have sucess in having my first book published, it did start me on my path to becoming an indie author and eventually having some of my books be traditionally published by Celebrate Lit. It has been a trying journey with many ups and downs since, but God had turned a difficult time into a time of dancing. </p><p><b>More about the Book...</b></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWdKQ7gUHAJpTpY_LqhxOf8036Om1gCKHvgrnv130ElTW0tuqG_fSoRh_Z2LLKx0_yjCMKYBcBVF37jWlHbzxE0NMF9C_-YtAWEkz14nZmTuD77sclfcRgTAfBx10sGlggWIOB53ca5LANlh0Hd43DXjIx7Civ6EwbJxKHhbVtePGWEPD5pID1Le8/s500/51OyHUBwc2L.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="324" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPWdKQ7gUHAJpTpY_LqhxOf8036Om1gCKHvgrnv130ElTW0tuqG_fSoRh_Z2LLKx0_yjCMKYBcBVF37jWlHbzxE0NMF9C_-YtAWEkz14nZmTuD77sclfcRgTAfBx10sGlggWIOB53ca5LANlh0Hd43DXjIx7Civ6EwbJxKHhbVtePGWEPD5pID1Le8/s320/51OyHUBwc2L.jpg" width="207" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09BC1FSHG" target="_blank">Purchase on Amazon</a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fay is about to lose her business…</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">…to the only guy she’s ever thought might be good for her.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fay Ravven has spent years building a floral business on Mimosa Island. Too bad a chain florist has moved in right down the street. As her business wanes, she realizes her rival is none other than Corbin Lowel, the very man who swept her heart away at her friend’s wedding.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Corbin knows he’s not good enough for Fay. His friends remind him all the time that, as a florist, he’s not really man enough for anyone. That doesn’t stop him from stepping out of his comfort zone and going to Fay’s store to see if she remembers him. That’s when he discovers that his business is killing hers.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">What are rivals to do when they can’t stop thinking about each other? Plan the flowers for someone else’s wedding, of course.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When Corbin and Fay must see each other and work together, will they dive through their pain and reach for the stars? Or will the roses be too prickly for two hurt hearts?<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4U8bAefVY2z6rychFXkJ5Y7qhkIv50I53nvbW8V4oezKeFWl6dcwQi04BaDbvHck7fgy1rfxRrBkPFXlYjM3ibURAKLciuYOXGXHcX9_axnQroCT2EWZIar1TSmqI_ikjBkaxRzKOFWxtnmXZ_B8yt5F50bcCw0uXxvwyYKJsUxE6LXyCggN98E4/s940/277552066_389241009872211_1152539457629536866_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT4U8bAefVY2z6rychFXkJ5Y7qhkIv50I53nvbW8V4oezKeFWl6dcwQi04BaDbvHck7fgy1rfxRrBkPFXlYjM3ibURAKLciuYOXGXHcX9_axnQroCT2EWZIar1TSmqI_ikjBkaxRzKOFWxtnmXZ_B8yt5F50bcCw0uXxvwyYKJsUxE6LXyCggN98E4/s320/277552066_389241009872211_1152539457629536866_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read the next Sparrow Island novel in the Independence Islands Series featuring five islands, six authors, and a boatload of happily-ever-afters.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The Independence Islands Series:</span> beach reads aren’t just for summer anymore.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBOfOMaV5toXeNCkvWIMQ9vzaLFKfInavMdvDXk_CMXAzt4CxfabP6uAc3BOthNGN1FaZM3IShz9u3mc4SGnK42XyjEYWdcVjB8SypPn0JxQMmiVUmtW6fxN5QW_iceGvMJGpTzh1NsrWvCmvpfIeQbZNrdDVXzESVSxRd8yC0BiA7HSgLiPe4PiF/s2376/sparrow%20horizontal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="2376" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBOfOMaV5toXeNCkvWIMQ9vzaLFKfInavMdvDXk_CMXAzt4CxfabP6uAc3BOthNGN1FaZM3IShz9u3mc4SGnK42XyjEYWdcVjB8SypPn0JxQMmiVUmtW6fxN5QW_iceGvMJGpTzh1NsrWvCmvpfIeQbZNrdDVXzESVSxRd8yC0BiA7HSgLiPe4PiF/w640-h164/sparrow%20horizontal.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Follow the Tour...</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kari Trumbo: <a href="https://karitrumbo.com/independence-island-series/" target="_blank">March 29</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rachel Skatvold: <a href="https://rachelskatvold.blogspot.com/2022/03/sweet-rivals-release-fun.html" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">March 30</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tabitha Bouldin: <a href="https://tabithabouldinauthor.home.blog/2022/03/31/sweet-rivals-release-party/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">March 31</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Carolyn Miller: <a href="https://www.carolynmillerauthor.com/independence-islands" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">April 1</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chautona Havig: <a href="https://chautona.com/sweet-rivals-release" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">April 2</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Melissa Wardwell: <a href="https://melissawardwell.com/sweet-rivals-release-week-of-fun/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">April 3</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; outline: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sandy Barela: <a href="http://www.celebratelitpublishing.com/posts/1426/" style="background-color: transparent; box-sizing: inherit; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">February 28</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; outline: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; outline: 0px;"><b>Enter in the Giveaway...</b></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; outline: 0px;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; outline: 0px;"><b><br /></b></div><p><br /><b><br /></b></p>
<div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1b7f5/sweet-rivals-giveaway-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="1b7f5" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1b7f5/sweet-rivals-giveaway-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/1b7f5/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div> Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-40942345430744157592022-02-24T01:07:00.002-06:002022-02-24T01:07:22.591-06:00Blended Lives Release Week Fun<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>It's Release Week!</b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="background-color: white;">I'm excited to announce the release of Blended Lives by my friend, Melissa Wardwell. This is the next installment in the multi-author Independence Islands Series, set on Sparrow Island. To celebrate, all the authors are sharing how they found their wedding dress. Look below for my wedding dress story. Also, please don't forget to sign up for the giveaway and follow all the stops on the tour this week!</span></span></p><p><b style="color: #333333;">My Wedding Dress Story</b></p><p><span style="color: #333333;">I met my husband-to-be in 2006 through mutual friends at church. Our first date was a picnic at a park. Afterward we took a walk on a trail around a pond. I was a very shy person who rarely went on dates but talking with John felt natural. He was sweet, funny and a good listener. We both loved animals and spending time outside. After our date, I realized he was someone very special. Only eight months later we were engaged.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiykZvlQfpBwp_plDRFJ0vunP4k8KDobmod8QamJ2KZdADbyVzzllur7-oKfoYEcYpMp6A6fKwPaP_SJfVhYiPl1gHfelEW6Nij84cqsVd-m_bPAKBZgUepDiXbsyg2VoOU8hB2iu8ED6gWc5CmLdVY7Mgx-zvjbNHPpr7jyNOrGSnJSMvYxwRSEAyM=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiykZvlQfpBwp_plDRFJ0vunP4k8KDobmod8QamJ2KZdADbyVzzllur7-oKfoYEcYpMp6A6fKwPaP_SJfVhYiPl1gHfelEW6Nij84cqsVd-m_bPAKBZgUepDiXbsyg2VoOU8hB2iu8ED6gWc5CmLdVY7Mgx-zvjbNHPpr7jyNOrGSnJSMvYxwRSEAyM=s320" width="240" /></a></div></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333;">As our August wedding approached, I started dress shopping online to look at styles. I was set against trying on any strapless dresses because I didn't think they would look good on me. At first, I fell in love with a dress with cap sleeves. My mom went with me to the bridal store during a sale and we found the dress to try on. I also picked two more, including a strapless because it was in my size and I loved beading design on the dress. I thought maybe I could add sleeves if I really loved it.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxhXBHLWGSbRj9rnonJPCuKt1i36y8Xff3GYTTRmcVHSbZifAWsCCxwbxctB3AqAxatkzQKy618bOXz56G3A2DJ0tSHlQViRBLyjpcGmRgBT1Bx4U_SHm--uR25F4iOl2K345pfdtY5fCIabwfk_kW9Uq_b6vUJ2f1VVLOAhynnXUsvvyEoKQpJ5E-=s640" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxhXBHLWGSbRj9rnonJPCuKt1i36y8Xff3GYTTRmcVHSbZifAWsCCxwbxctB3AqAxatkzQKy618bOXz56G3A2DJ0tSHlQViRBLyjpcGmRgBT1Bx4U_SHm--uR25F4iOl2K345pfdtY5fCIabwfk_kW9Uq_b6vUJ2f1VVLOAhynnXUsvvyEoKQpJ5E-=s320" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333;">To my surprise, when I tried on my pick from online, I didn't like it at all. However, I loved the strapless dress so much that after trying on all the dresses I'd picked out, I tried it on one more time. Looking at myself in the mirror, I could only smile. It was my dress. Now, I think I didn't really know what I wanted until I actually tried the dresses on. If I hadn't been willing to step outside the box and try out something new, I never would have found the perfect dress for me. Now my husband and I have been married 14 years. I'm so glad God brought us together.</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333;"><b>More About Blended Lives</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqYy2MkcPqRgfxhyj7OUwT6M5kcEOvJ3c2a_rdYX4ooOfoUNI7wsNzBnafSf0XVRYj3pWADHL_-e61keC3BXBQZ3WNBCuDg0ik4DtBRyV5_lCMF-uvqRMlP6qSJiggDF8dSSG8POkjI4fShldfuv7TEh0l5umSJsTrFcchNW4s48DUuHZ7MaFj39Bv=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgqYy2MkcPqRgfxhyj7OUwT6M5kcEOvJ3c2a_rdYX4ooOfoUNI7wsNzBnafSf0XVRYj3pWADHL_-e61keC3BXBQZ3WNBCuDg0ik4DtBRyV5_lCMF-uvqRMlP6qSJiggDF8dSSG8POkjI4fShldfuv7TEh0l5umSJsTrFcchNW4s48DUuHZ7MaFj39Bv=s320" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: 700;">Wedding bells are ringing on the islands, but more than romance is in the air.</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Seth Mikels experienced a fulfilling marriage with his wife until her sudden death left him alone to raise their two daughters. As they approach their teens, it’s obvious that they need a woman’s influence. He’s not looking for love, but he could use the partnership of a wife. Between his handyman business and playing Mr. Mom, time is fading fast.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sarah Reid has spent the last four years caught in the middle of one island drama after another. Following the most recent fiasco, she hopes to find refuge on Sparrow Island with her two little boys. Climbing bills and a dwindling bank account leaves her no choice but to sell out and move to the mainland. Enter Seth’s handyman skills and an unexpected romance.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With Beth and Scott planning their own Merriweather wedding (complete with a Momzilla), will wedding bells ring out on Sparrow, too?</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Read the next Sparrow Island novel in the Independence Islands Series featuring five islands, six authors, and a boatload of happily-ever-afters.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span><span class="a-text-bold" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">The Independence Islands Series:</span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"> beach reads aren’t just for summer anymore.</span></span></p></div><p><span style="color: #333333;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDddNZyeZG4GqTtP40yz_p2ndW318oAg3YJDKWnmcqORDJtzEwW1HHBMsrBpwUabIltQzaAtMEEJ9j6WwDvFTFU5oyG2FndOdQi0lFAv0IWVgGsfq2jP56xrzWMLEDovQU_p1IrtuRovBmlwS5eUAycMjOrop1qBteWh7i9LjIE05DegshZwiPz08Q=s820" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="820" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDddNZyeZG4GqTtP40yz_p2ndW318oAg3YJDKWnmcqORDJtzEwW1HHBMsrBpwUabIltQzaAtMEEJ9j6WwDvFTFU5oyG2FndOdQi0lFAv0IWVgGsfq2jP56xrzWMLEDovQU_p1IrtuRovBmlwS5eUAycMjOrop1qBteWh7i9LjIE05DegshZwiPz08Q=w400-h153" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09BBTPWV9" target="_blank">Purchase on Amazon</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Follow the Tour:</b></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://melissawardwell.com/the-independence-islands-series/" target="_blank">Melissa Wardwell: February 22</a></span></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://karitrumbo.com/independence-island-series/?fbclid=IwAR1S8XQ-hLsoXAxD6ivrYuZaszePANN5jZ036MlFB9niq2sjFN5kxJUecZI" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ac53d6; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kari Trumbo: February 23</span></a></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rachel Skatvold: February 24</span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://tabithabouldinauthor.home.blog/2022/02/25/blended-lives-release-week-fun" target="_blank">Tabitha Bouldin: February 25</a></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.carolynmillerauthor.com/independence-islands?fbclid=IwAR2T8P4u01u5CKTZZpTd4z-qw-0-PuaS63sM9ewo5Up5Qw-dP6TCYPL1FJM" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #ac53d6; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Carolyn Miller: February 26</span></a></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://chautona.com/blended-lives-release" target="_blank">Chautona Havig: February 27</a></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.celebratelitpublishing.com/blended-lives-release-fun" target="_blank">Sandy Barela: February 28</a></span></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Enter in the Giveaway</b></p><p style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><br /></b></p>
<div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1ad48/blended-lives-giveaway-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="1ad48" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1ad48/blended-lives-giveaway-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/1ad48/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div> Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-30950424071245451552022-01-27T10:49:00.002-06:002022-01-27T10:57:57.213-06:00Finding a Memory Release Party<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVrSusNSmU5SyQPAy2WvNgSEN5W5DrpECkiFHr7O90BJrR6SQEafKsttA2FfesicvZCmcvsSO3Wno9YEhb8Ve56ao8yWwe9PhpZjIAkxGvlsj2B6Z7bckcgam9OsziC_MEUIUMBaAGF6GMn1UqsEU6ixVg4DnUBhdmc3PFbvTtETEX3SIeuyJ-lIIJ=s2000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVrSusNSmU5SyQPAy2WvNgSEN5W5DrpECkiFHr7O90BJrR6SQEafKsttA2FfesicvZCmcvsSO3Wno9YEhb8Ve56ao8yWwe9PhpZjIAkxGvlsj2B6Z7bckcgam9OsziC_MEUIUMBaAGF6GMn1UqsEU6ixVg4DnUBhdmc3PFbvTtETEX3SIeuyJ-lIIJ=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's release day! I'm excited to announce the next book in the Independence Islands Series. Chautona Havig's new release, Finding a Memory is inspired by a sad song. So, this week we are all sharing our favorite songs that choke us up every time we hear them. Although they might make us cry, they are still some our favorites. Please scroll down to find out more about the book and to find out my favorite sad song. Also, please don't forget to follow the release tour this week and enter in the giveaway.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">My favorite sad song...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"Why do you like to watch movies that make you cry?" my son asked the other day. I didn't really have a good answer except to say that the whole movie wasn't sad, just certain parts and that it was okay to cry sometimes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm not completely sure why I'm drawn to sad love stories. Maybe they help me appreciate the blessings I have. Life is fleeting and unfortunately, we all face some kind of loss eventually. Sometimes a good cry can help us feel better afterwards. Weird right?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Confession...I am a crier. Even kids movies make me choke sometimes. Who else tears up during the opening scene of the movie, Up or the ending of Marley and Me? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sometimes songs hit me hard too. Growing up, I listened to a lot of different genres of music, but country music was in my top three. I still love Rascal Flatts, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and others. One of my favorite sad songs is by Rascal Flatts called, "What Hurts the Most."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7qH4qyi1-Ys" width="320" youtube-src-id="7qH4qyi1-Ys"></iframe></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After watching the music video, I loved the song even more, even though it always choked me up. I wished the couple in the video would be in an actual full-length movie I could watch but they were just characters for the song. I wanted to know more about this couple and in my head, I would rewrite a happy ending for them. One of the lessons I took away from the song was to not take the ones you love for granted and treat each day as a gift from God.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">More about Finding a Memory...</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglXkeNVVaOlx9iujSp1jYukbRXWdTTL_biC3k9g1iuKy7eelrAIPUBYjzXeLUlY8k82IFZCiMIOOjd8FGc_YvJUvebSzJ87uP07ChtVZ0cRCv18eeT9Qbt7KzMqC6UZWAdjX2VUa1elOTEj1QlN0Noc31w7kS1qR4Nouhj-u6Un_AdNelY-RGEaTDK=s1000" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEglXkeNVVaOlx9iujSp1jYukbRXWdTTL_biC3k9g1iuKy7eelrAIPUBYjzXeLUlY8k82IFZCiMIOOjd8FGc_YvJUvebSzJ87uP07ChtVZ0cRCv18eeT9Qbt7KzMqC6UZWAdjX2VUa1elOTEj1QlN0Noc31w7kS1qR4Nouhj-u6Un_AdNelY-RGEaTDK=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09BBTH219" target="_blank"><b>Purchase on Amazon</b></a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">He loved her then. Will she love him now?</span></i><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">When Mallory Barrows finds an old diary in a box of books, the story she finds within sends her on the hunt for the owner–and maybe more.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">Theirs is a story ripped from a country song. A wedding, a former love presumed dead, her new love stepping aside. And over forty years later, their story is one few remember.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">With Mallory determined to find the people in the pages of that diary, one couple is offered the second chance of a lifetime.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;">This “second-chance / seasoned romance” novel introduces the next island in the Independence Islands Series featuring five islands, six authors, and a boatload of happily-ever-afters.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111;" /><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-weight: 700;">The Independence Islands Series:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"> beach reads aren’t just for summer anymore.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1111;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFaVGG1H4espz5Sa_qM5YATYadfIgRjFA8rlHnkCcGLzTnu8YLeJlYt2HsTVFxhszxXYi4xx-K2dkFg0DKxprvrca6mAF2rR4H3SePoD74LQ47in7J75lomfAx_ekAIBuxT4e0YquFdvrl7Us44K83S1yYLxr1JO1U3naL7COOgiWMFmY3Zbh5SNXa=s1536" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="1536" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiFaVGG1H4espz5Sa_qM5YATYadfIgRjFA8rlHnkCcGLzTnu8YLeJlYt2HsTVFxhszxXYi4xx-K2dkFg0DKxprvrca6mAF2rR4H3SePoD74LQ47in7J75lomfAx_ekAIBuxT4e0YquFdvrl7Us44K83S1yYLxr1JO1U3naL7COOgiWMFmY3Zbh5SNXa=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>Follow the Release Tour:</b></span></div><br /></span></div><p></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://chautona.com/finding-a-memory-release" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #7ccbd3; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Chautona Havig</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> (Jan 25)</span></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><a href="https://melissawardwell.com/the-independence-islands-series/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #7ccbd3; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Melissa Wardwell</span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">(Jan 26)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><a href="https://karitrumbo.com/independence-island-series/" style="box-sizing: inherit; 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text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Tabitha Bouldin</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> (Jan 29)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><a href="https://www.carolynmillerauthor.com/independence-islands" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #7ccbd3; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Carolyn Miller</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> (Jan 30)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><a href="http://www.celebratelitpublishing.com/finding-a-memory-release-fun/" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #7ccbd3; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.2s ease-in-out 0s;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 600;">Celebrate Lit</span></span></a><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">(Jan 31)</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">New Independence Island Pre-Order!</span></b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwvxAqtAqweRU6lxxRelUJ5utcilTiuFqywzaEZs5ZHZotZaVKso43sA9iGlg16tI_GOBZad1dcI5lFieiOskkEBxUdOEzPDzLovWEMU_nUmUrQ9OKZ3ADm6skF63Tvl9GG3eHLpwyBJqiLkwoNph28JCNhY8X9Bk7jRIf2_2Yz9JqepfSqzohJer4=s2550" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2550" data-original-width="1650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiwvxAqtAqweRU6lxxRelUJ5utcilTiuFqywzaEZs5ZHZotZaVKso43sA9iGlg16tI_GOBZad1dcI5lFieiOskkEBxUdOEzPDzLovWEMU_nUmUrQ9OKZ3ADm6skF63Tvl9GG3eHLpwyBJqiLkwoNph28JCNhY8X9Bk7jRIf2_2Yz9JqepfSqzohJer4=s320" width="207" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09R3WLK4C" target="_blank"><b>Pre-Order Here!</b></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Sometimes God’s “why” comes too late… and just in time.</span></em><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tiffany Hill is a master at concealing her emotions. She can’t admit she has her own questions about God—like why He allowed her Marine husband to die in action. A single mom with three children to care for and the general store on Merriweather to run leaves little time for philosophizing. She has more pressing issues to deal with. Like how her dream of running the family business has become a burden.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Is keeping the business afloat even worth the effort anymore?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After high school and an unfortunate falling out with his father, Liam Hadler left Breakers Head, determined never to look back. He failed on that one, and one of many regrets was leaving his high school sweetheart behind to chase an impossible dream.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When his mother calls after his father becomes ill, Liam has a tough decision to make. Will he return to a place he’s avoided for sixteen years, and is making amends with his father even possible?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A chance encounter with Tiffany after so many years never occurred to him, but memories of their time together rekindles something he thought he’d lost. What’ll it take to persuade her to give him a second chance?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Giveaway for Finding a Memory...</span></b></span></div>
<div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1a5c2/finding-a-memory-giveaway-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="1a5c2" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/1a5c2/finding-a-memory-giveaway-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/1a5c2/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div> Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-492244520459086292021-12-11T10:06:00.001-06:002021-12-11T10:06:09.772-06:00Reclaiming Hope Release Fun<p><b>It's Release Week!</b></p><p>Reclaiming Hope by Carolyn Miller is the newest addition in the Independence Islands Series! I'm so excited to share more about this book, but first, allow me to explain the release week party the authors in the Independence Islands are planning. This week our topic is Dream Island Escapes! Follow all the posts on this tour to read each author's idea of the perfect island escape. Today, mine is below. Also, don't forget to enter in the amazing giveaways offered this week. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpt3_GNWFtqtDhFOhPyaLuf6lv9xr-sKydjQucppmoHiDDN5qGH6IgKQ-8oSakY1JcK2nqRwZ0P_eRf67rUrye2NBHlri8vrfEKbBOiL5ESaiYIQzWf-SOsjmVhPpltJ-11lskuR7wtlxcR9cuD4b6UVAfvL5prhN5ih-PwBx7TiPw7_DoTMW6G9kL=s2000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1292" data-original-width="2000" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpt3_GNWFtqtDhFOhPyaLuf6lv9xr-sKydjQucppmoHiDDN5qGH6IgKQ-8oSakY1JcK2nqRwZ0P_eRf67rUrye2NBHlri8vrfEKbBOiL5ESaiYIQzWf-SOsjmVhPpltJ-11lskuR7wtlxcR9cuD4b6UVAfvL5prhN5ih-PwBx7TiPw7_DoTMW6G9kL=w400-h259" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b>My Dream Island Escape...</b></p><p>I've had the opportunity to go on two island vacations in the past. One was to Hawaii with my parents when I was a young teen. Then for my senior trip, my older sister and I took a trip to St. Thomas. Both were amazing destinations I will never forget. In Hawaii I had the opportunity to sit next to a sea turtle who had come right up on the beach. My dad and I also climbed Diamond Head. In St. Thomas my sister and I went to an amazing cove with crystal clear water and hardly any waves. It was one of the most beautiful places I've seen in my life. </p><p>If I had the opportunity to go on another island escape, I think I would like to travel to either St. Thomas again or one of the less populated islands in Hawaii. It's very hard to choose because both places were amazing and the people were so welcoming and friendly. The only thing I would do differently is finding a resort right by the beach, so I could sit on my beach chair and enjoy the calming sea views.</p><p>What is your idea of the perfect island escape? Please tell me in the comments below.</p><p><b>More About Reclaiming Hope...</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyFZjen2jU9YGE_cNqlH-Mc_GcdUgJzuS3RPKsDk6mXd8V_uZGwphaZb1VBepF0-MNsSxhol3U-wJxlmj2wPVJY4J5rF4xap7NqmZQ963qBdvS6q2XHrBFDf9TKprys78SYXFgPEfRfQ93QtOC7C1bZl-nwFXlictORxz0mw2KbIKiNP7MN7ZPveO2=s690" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="668" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyFZjen2jU9YGE_cNqlH-Mc_GcdUgJzuS3RPKsDk6mXd8V_uZGwphaZb1VBepF0-MNsSxhol3U-wJxlmj2wPVJY4J5rF4xap7NqmZQ963qBdvS6q2XHrBFDf9TKprys78SYXFgPEfRfQ93QtOC7C1bZl-nwFXlictORxz0mw2KbIKiNP7MN7ZPveO2=s320" width="310" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08VFK28Z1" target="_blank"><b>Purchase on Amazon Here</b></a><br /></div><br /><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Opposites attract—and repel. But which is more powerful?</span></i></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Callie Steele might be a bit…<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">focused </i>on work, but despite what her employers say, she enjoys her well-ordered, productive life.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When she’s sent to meet the owners of an estate requiring post-hurricane landscaping, Callie meets their son, Kai Brody, a super-chilled pro surfer, who is as opposite from her as they come. Though initially smitten, Callie knows a relationship with Kai is a bad idea—a <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">very </i>bad idea.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kai, however, can’t help but be intrigued by someone who challenges him to make something of his life again. He’s determined to pursue her, if she’ll give him half a chance.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCWHd5eQFil_lTjTm6c_4dwrM2UL9Ry7C-cqIefJmdRgpH9-F1DE7mdAcGVmiL7Za9cJeEGDKJW-8SthDhykrcFikTb2OlJPjPp69E86RjhQwUn0hoXG0oEAMLeviQbOj35l7Ti4Y1aK1wKkeJCrY9lSHbs7PFoGhBangSZMOoYDTZBV6FuVlrcZUR=s820" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="820" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgCWHd5eQFil_lTjTm6c_4dwrM2UL9Ry7C-cqIefJmdRgpH9-F1DE7mdAcGVmiL7Za9cJeEGDKJW-8SthDhykrcFikTb2OlJPjPp69E86RjhQwUn0hoXG0oEAMLeviQbOj35l7Ti4Y1aK1wKkeJCrY9lSHbs7PFoGhBangSZMOoYDTZBV6FuVlrcZUR=w400-h153" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The more time they spend together, negotiating the challenges of work, illness, and family, the more their opposing outlooks clash and connect. What do these unlikely friends really want from life? Is it best to focus on work or recreation?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As Kai and Callie seek answers from the Lord, they also must consider if such complete opposites have enough in common to make a relationship last.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">Reclaiming Hope</i> concludes the Hooper Island stories of the Independence Islands Series featuring five islands, six authors, and a boatload of happily-ever-afters.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;">The Independence Islands Series:</span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">beach reads aren’t just for summer anymore.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1e21; margin: 0px auto 28px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4e29b-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span data-offset-key="4e29b-0-0" style="font-weight: bold;">Carolyn (Dec. 7th)</span><span data-offset-key="4e29b-0-1"> </span><span class="_2ou" data-offset-key="4e29b-1-0" spellcheck="false" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span data-offset-key="4e29b-1-0">https://www.carolynmillerauthor.com/independence-islands</span></span></span></div></div><div><div class="_2cuy _3dgx" data-block="true" data-editor="ciuvl" data-offset-key="3f11q-0-0" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1e21; margin: 0px auto 28px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3f11q-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span data-offset-key="3f11q-0-0" style="font-weight: bold;">Chautona (Dec. 8th) </span><span class="_2ou" data-offset-key="3f11q-1-0" spellcheck="false" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: underline;"><span data-offset-key="3f11q-1-0">https://chautona.com/reclaiming-hope-release</span></span></span></div></div><div class="_2cuy _3dgx" data-block="true" data-editor="ciuvl" data-offset-key="4o0c0-0-0" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1e21; margin: 0px auto 28px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="4o0c0-0-0" style="direction: ltr; position: relative;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><span data-offset-key="4o0c0-0-0" style="font-weight: bold;">Melissa (Dec 9th ):</span><span data-offset-key="4o0c0-0-1"> </span><span class="_2ou" data-offset-key="4o0c0-1-0" spellcheck="false" style="color: #365899; 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<div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/16233/reclaiming-hope-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="16233" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/16233/reclaiming-hope-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/16233/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div> Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-44020328666453470062021-11-27T12:46:00.003-06:002021-11-27T12:46:38.897-06:00Footprints on Her Heart Release Party Fun!<p>It's release week for Footprints on her Heart! To celebrate with Author Tabitha Bouldin on her new release, all the authors at Celebrate Lit are sharing stories about our funniest pets. Keep reading to hear about my pet. Also, please don't forget to enter in the giveaway and follow the other authors in the blog tour! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIoOfUKCP1b6pNADH-5ZDqCQuCPSS0egY5eTShswKoLADwwV7i-vWtY0sYeJ7CEM8FptoOMQiKNNwn9TM0EWCdAOBIK99IAzkx09XHNPeTXV7nBBBxL99ZaX9zR8TeufKS6355BumN_E/s2000/Depositphotos_389115840_L.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoIoOfUKCP1b6pNADH-5ZDqCQuCPSS0egY5eTShswKoLADwwV7i-vWtY0sYeJ7CEM8FptoOMQiKNNwn9TM0EWCdAOBIK99IAzkx09XHNPeTXV7nBBBxL99ZaX9zR8TeufKS6355BumN_E/s320/Depositphotos_389115840_L.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><b>My Funniest Pet...</b></p><p>I've had many funny pets throughout the years. Growing up my siblings and I had a house full of pets. including cats, dogs, gerbils, turtles, fish, and more. It was always an adventure and they all had unique and funny personalities.</p><p>If I had to choose the funniest one however, I think I'd have to choose the newest addition to our family, Nala. We found her...or rather she found us last October. It was below freezing outside and I looked outside to watch the snow flurries when I happened to see two green eyes staring at me from the porch. They belonged to a tiny gray feral kitten. She was very dehydrated, thin and shivering in the cold, but we were able to catch her and take her to the vet. As the months passed, she started to trust us and grew into a beautiful and affectionate kitty cat. Since we already have two other cats, we had originally decided to find her another home once she was healthy enough, however, Nala snuggled her way into our hearts. Now she has a fur-ever home with us. :) </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRjR7AXCHHuJim3sw2x_5Mm5yLj-AvP15Z5AE0GYEDilR7VwfU8t9c4NNTOel2TPMElVeDBi0zcWIYAq7csrvdWKbl0Ci1CVUks2ZV2CXS4w01p1AQxEOBGEh1MkZjj99wZCP0WmhB3GA/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><i><img alt="" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRjR7AXCHHuJim3sw2x_5Mm5yLj-AvP15Z5AE0GYEDilR7VwfU8t9c4NNTOel2TPMElVeDBi0zcWIYAq7csrvdWKbl0Ci1CVUks2ZV2CXS4w01p1AQxEOBGEh1MkZjj99wZCP0WmhB3GA/" width="180" /></i></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>(Nala, my writing assistant...)</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>Now, you may ask, why is Nala my funniest pet? Well, that's because she acts more like a dog. She comes when called, likes to play with dog toys, sleeps in the dog's bed, steals my wooden pencils so she can chew on them, enjoys belly rubs, and makes little whining noises when she wants to cuddle. We affectionately call her our cat-dog and can't imagine our lives without her now.</p><p>What is your funniest pet? Please leave your answer in the comments below. </p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNL957_iD5hoZkmTxzgfq3b6wX-agExty4crr8273neq6KUvu3jcGPbJEysM874V0b1Adr_tIMH3e1-eJ3N3qoiSHaUMWPA3e2zNlCA_tOQKKEjACoaOIk2clUe3WY3aMKZHm27h60GTk/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNL957_iD5hoZkmTxzgfq3b6wX-agExty4crr8273neq6KUvu3jcGPbJEysM874V0b1Adr_tIMH3e1-eJ3N3qoiSHaUMWPA3e2zNlCA_tOQKKEjACoaOIk2clUe3WY3aMKZHm27h60GTk/" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08VFFTB91" target="_blank"><b>Purchase on Amazon Here</b></a></td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;">More about Footprints on Her Heart...</span></b><p></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He’s saving the world, one animal at a time.</span></em></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Trent Raines’ opinion, happily ever after has four paws and doggy breath. He spends his days isolated at the shelter, taking care of animals. Especially now that romance seems to be spreading across the islands faster than fleas in summer.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She lives a safe life behind the camera lens.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Kara Parker’s job at the animal shelter keeps her too busy to worry about romance. Sure, the boss is cute and all, but her introverted nature is perfectly happy as a photographer and website designer, thank you very much.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Even a quick trip to the mainland to retrieve a truckful of animals won’t change their minds.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Or so they think.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As Trent comes to understand Kara, he discovers there’s more than meets the eye in his quiet employee. Together, they plan a Christmas adoption festival that’s certain to empty the animal shelter in record time. Until a blast from Trent’s past puts all the animals in danger.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sure, Trent and Kara are fine on their own, but they’re even better together.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What will it take for these soulmates conquer their fears and rescue the animals before it’s too late?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Footprints on Her Heart</em> continues the Hooper Island stories of the Independence Islands Series featuring five islands, six authors, and a boatload of happily-ever-afters.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxU4h4UgMizsJWr7xPyIpbvx6wjSax6f_9V9RgNJ8MSaHYBmW_eYj_X61Qdu5gMEql3c9BtxLWuL4ZuVsOcszUD5Mbc_fDSXMUuwKm1DmDu5gv5Y54DipX2LAMtBJHyDcfOr_vWDwraG8/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxU4h4UgMizsJWr7xPyIpbvx6wjSax6f_9V9RgNJ8MSaHYBmW_eYj_X61Qdu5gMEql3c9BtxLWuL4ZuVsOcszUD5Mbc_fDSXMUuwKm1DmDu5gv5Y54DipX2LAMtBJHyDcfOr_vWDwraG8/" width="240" /></a></span></div><p style="background-color: white; 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<div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/15472/footprints-on-her-heart-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="15472" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/15472/footprints-on-her-heart-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/15472/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div> Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-579616409446388192021-10-25T21:11:00.010-05:002021-10-25T21:18:59.524-05:00Hooper Safe Haven Release Party!<p>I'm excited to announce the release of Hooper Safe Haven! This has been my favorite book to write so far in the Independence Islands Series. It is not only a love story, but there are also secrets to be revealed and a mystery solved. You'll have to read the book to find out more!</p><p>To celebrate this new release, the Independence Islands authors have gotten together for a release week party. This time we are discussing how our favorite pair of shoes match our personality. Keep reading to find out what my favorite shoes are and why. Also, you are invited to follow the release party this week through the other authors' blogs. There will be fun giveaways to sign up for so don't forget to enter! Thank you for helping us celebrate Hooper Safe Haven's release. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWoK6Sr6mo6CAQqZCKxMFc57djj1hroAVxuEGHQMyWgnPMom_RFRXvB-dmlvDo4LEDdxl0WYb-E22Cfzc3dVXVHqPpsk4oou7jRvuzdnRgniGRhv29eULF-PjQOLqRlKkIK9jONvU5Mm8/s1640/Hooper+Safe+Haven+blog+pic.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="1640" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWoK6Sr6mo6CAQqZCKxMFc57djj1hroAVxuEGHQMyWgnPMom_RFRXvB-dmlvDo4LEDdxl0WYb-E22Cfzc3dVXVHqPpsk4oou7jRvuzdnRgniGRhv29eULF-PjQOLqRlKkIK9jONvU5Mm8/w400-h225/Hooper+Safe+Haven+blog+pic.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08VFDVMH9" target="_blank">Order Your Copy of Hooper Safe Haven Here!</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>My Favorite Pair of Shoes</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For as long as I can remember, I've always loved wearing flip flops. Even when the weather started to turn cold, I'd attempt to run out of the house in them. I didn't like wearing regular shoes, and especially not heels. I guess I have something in common with Alicia, the main character in Hooper Safe Haven. She is a jeans and flip flop kind of girl and so am I. Most days I go for a casual look and do not really pay attention to fashion trends. The most important quality I look for in a pair of flip flops is comfort. They have to have fabric between the toes and not plastic because it hurts my feet! LOL.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Flip flops match my easygoing personality. I like to go with the flow and enjoy spending time relaxing at home and reading a good book. However, I do like to be spontaneous on occasion and love a good adventure. If you're planning a fun road trip, or a camp out in an RV, count me in!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So, how about you? What are your favorite shoes and how do they match your personality?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurD6IxflO9Mn5tgM66MlbBukd_CXjS31HTFrerOvw8tUFRvFBIfOcUSUXzIJKwfCr4zGfitGd5_mDUTI-BYATyx1PuuDd2-00tN-5GPXVzzy0uchgGhP3PmXbA7f7pCiuqE0tvM0Jol0/s1080/Hooper+Safe+Haven+Flip+Flop+Quote.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurD6IxflO9Mn5tgM66MlbBukd_CXjS31HTFrerOvw8tUFRvFBIfOcUSUXzIJKwfCr4zGfitGd5_mDUTI-BYATyx1PuuDd2-00tN-5GPXVzzy0uchgGhP3PmXbA7f7pCiuqE0tvM0Jol0/s320/Hooper+Safe+Haven+Flip+Flop+Quote.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>More About Hooper Safe Haven</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Harbors should be safe havens, but what if you’re harboring secrets?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When Alicia Roberts accepts a job with mobile veterinarian, Kendall Mulligan, she hopes the Independence Islands will give her a safe place to start over. And as much as she appreciates the Mulligan girls’ offer to stay with them while she gets settled, Alicia knows she needs her own place. ASAP.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Hooper Ear Cove Apartments on Hooper Island offers a beautiful ocean view as well as one of the landlord’s hunky son—all at an affordable price. Just what she needs to start a new life. Isn’t it?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When life knocked Jace Young in the head with a literal curveball that ruined his major league chances, he was forced to return to Hooper Island and a job as the maintenance guy at his father’s apartment complex. On the side, he leads the contemporary song service at church as his heart heals.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> When Alicia moves to Hooper Island, Jace is drawn in by her sweet personality. However, something hides deep beneath the surface, and Alicia resists any discussion of God. What will it take to convince her to anchor her heart to God and to confide the secrets she harbors?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> <em>Hooper Safe Haven</em> continues the Hooper Island stories of the Independence Islands Series featuring five islands, six authors, and a boatload of happily-ever-afters.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYatjxfb-lzCPF8RdOUoLnOICa6lYNI5DCWv5MWKstwtGMEKDZ9tvM9K7I45MQNyKuGBqmYI9wDvY4bKQrtSgtY_2k-3ae3oyRclb4o_Ee9Bedz4s7Tx-FxMbDDof8ci-3Gk1my39T4Jo/s1080/Hooper+Safe+Haven+Release.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYatjxfb-lzCPF8RdOUoLnOICa6lYNI5DCWv5MWKstwtGMEKDZ9tvM9K7I45MQNyKuGBqmYI9wDvY4bKQrtSgtY_2k-3ae3oyRclb4o_Ee9Bedz4s7Tx-FxMbDDof8ci-3Gk1my39T4Jo/s320/Hooper+Safe+Haven+Release.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">The Independence Islands Series:</b><span style="font-family: inherit;"> beach reads aren’t just for summer anymore.</span></div></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; 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cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://melissawardwell.com/the-independence-islands-series/</a></span></div><div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1e21; direction: ltr; margin: 0px auto 28px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Kari’s (October 31): <a data-lynx-mode="asynclazy" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fkaritrumbo.com%2Findependence-island-series%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1GwAsPqdURZf0_947L66cvpuF2HTM-cBmUPes8SpyXOGnomwCbs5QU0QU&h=AT3fRW10hQu0nQRMx2T1tNMBSMrYS2ob-zBj6Ca4D0vjKsgCAch91Zjdq4Zmf9PZEjCiLSsafDAtpI7wA28EvbX0G7m8_nyuP0Gm45xUX5jG5n7YujBe4D84HIQOqK8eMgJqIg" href="https://karitrumbo.com/independence-island-series/?fbclid=IwAR1GwAsPqdURZf0_947L66cvpuF2HTM-cBmUPes8SpyXOGnomwCbs5QU0QU" rel="nofollow" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://karitrumbo.com/independence-island-series/</a></span></div><div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1e21; direction: ltr; margin: 0px auto 28px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Sandy’s link (November 1): <a data-lynx-mode="asynclazy" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.celebratelitpublishing.com%2Fhooper-safe-haven-release-fun%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1GAkuZeUwRMWiSVxwZu6yGdmKJGhCoX_2AJWd5wZOgN2PoS7Yz9WfYMfk&h=AT3O7HW58jiw68CL0rL8LEfOmHsJrJm0T6cAc5SCvHT0m2NmNWnRn2emqHghd_rbDFITI5ej-shIeanAMDu1jua8zEUf-O3Be6Nflho11wVtAeARJvXVw2F4cDnwlRRlVqSpkg" rel="nofollow" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">http://www.celebratelitpublishing.com/hooper-safe-haven-release-fun/</a></span></div><div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1e21; direction: ltr; margin: 0px auto 28px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Giveaway</b></span></div></div></div><div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/140de/hooper-safe-haven-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="140de" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/140de/hooper-safe-haven-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/140de/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div>Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-77188662543545544792021-09-27T13:15:00.000-05:002021-09-27T13:15:11.596-05:00More Than a Heartthrob Release Fun!<p>More Than a Heartthrob is here! The authors of the Independence Islands are so excited about this new release by Kari Trumbo this week we are sharing our favorite makeup tips and having a giveaway to celebrate. Please keep reading to find out my best makeup tip, find out about the next installment for the Independence Islands (Hooper Island style)...and make sure to enter in the awesome giveaway at the bottom. Also, don't forget, to follow the release party this week with the other authors in the series and enter in their giveaways! It's going to be an exciting week of fun.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZut1lF5hIL7pLjVBoNpZUpR-iXGhf0fN32Jnvyc3KxS1idixTAOYYAFsDItyxiO2ZN49BJtcM9K-8vyjk3-uztPr6zc_fZ5NpoGEtNmq7angPsksK5AWVrw1xknUUBzfRRUdcP7iahLU/s2000/Depositphotos_19355259_l-2015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZut1lF5hIL7pLjVBoNpZUpR-iXGhf0fN32Jnvyc3KxS1idixTAOYYAFsDItyxiO2ZN49BJtcM9K-8vyjk3-uztPr6zc_fZ5NpoGEtNmq7angPsksK5AWVrw1xknUUBzfRRUdcP7iahLU/w400-h266/Depositphotos_19355259_l-2015.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>My Makeup Story and Tip</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Whenever I think about makeup, I always think about my sister, Jenny. Being five years older, she took me under her wing when I was old enough to start wearing it. I remember lots of laughs and some frustrations as she told me to stay still as she put on my eye shadow or not to blink when it was time for eyeliner or mascara. In the end, when I couldn't stop blinking and my eyes would water, she started encouraging me to blink instead, timing it just right so the mascara would slide through my eyelashes. To this day, I still blink to put it on. It is a fun memory of sister time I will always cherish.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now as an adult, I still use the techniques my sister taught me, but I also follow the "less is more" rule. I've never worn very much, but having blond eyebrows and eyelashes, if I don't add some pigment to them, it looks like I don't have any at all. However, I don't usually wear a lot. As Katherine, a beautician from my first book called, Beauty Within would say, "Makeup isn't meant to create beauty, only to enhance it." That has always been my philosophy, too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>A little more about More than a Heartthrob...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTu5uPdYQ3XFSGZvXXdTpWTTKO4wrm52Io0w_tsUfuIE7TFHPf5RVtt2JmQ9KXqNDl7ZUQDXvyxjP4ECYWbszyl-HTHjLyRSCToSgj4UT2po3rckWxtKs0-hLf9nTu4uJlh6CF6Eagmtg/s500/419mjQKOmjL.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="324" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTu5uPdYQ3XFSGZvXXdTpWTTKO4wrm52Io0w_tsUfuIE7TFHPf5RVtt2JmQ9KXqNDl7ZUQDXvyxjP4ECYWbszyl-HTHjLyRSCToSgj4UT2po3rckWxtKs0-hLf9nTu4uJlh6CF6Eagmtg/s320/419mjQKOmjL.jpg" width="207" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08VFC88W9" target="_blank"><b>Purchase on Amazon Here</b></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><b><br /></b></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><b><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">Whoever said beauty is only skin deep lied. Beauty begins from within.</span></em></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jazzy is comfortable in her own skin, but the world cringes at it. Her personal armor since her teen years, makeup hides the scars that make anyone who sees them wince. The true test of any friend is: will they accept her without it?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Chris races to Hooper Island to escape a life-altering situation. The only person he knows and can trust there is a woman he met once. It wasn’t a good meeting. Lost and lonely after being the center of attention in Hollywood, he won’t risk losing the one friend he has.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Befriending Chris poses a risk Jazzy is loath to take. If anyone will reject her for her scars, it’ll be a guy whose life is focused on beauty. But as she helps him work through his own problems and his struggles with faith, will she gather the courage to pluck the plank from her own eye?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Once alone and vulnerable, will Jazzy and Chris rely on one another? Or will the force of their polar opposite lives push them apart—for good.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYpqPkcHWKGEC4RM8ACD5_mn8kxYKi5oxrDki1Tn4XH0bvrnqyKR3hFK0SLMlVFqMBQ7-TQQykBHu-MDZaAGAMkDbdj6zzv-iJ9Xk5CRkhOV8TtdSmnoqhjyr7Z9jSiGu52lKvLqFtUA/s1080/182579170_10225354414189848_2972209349017587033_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYpqPkcHWKGEC4RM8ACD5_mn8kxYKi5oxrDki1Tn4XH0bvrnqyKR3hFK0SLMlVFqMBQ7-TQQykBHu-MDZaAGAMkDbdj6zzv-iJ9Xk5CRkhOV8TtdSmnoqhjyr7Z9jSiGu52lKvLqFtUA/s320/182579170_10225354414189848_2972209349017587033_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>More Than a Heartthrob</em> continues the Hooper Island stories of the Independence Islands Series featuring five islands, six authors, and a boatload of happily-ever-afters.<br /><br /><b>The Independence Islands Series:</b> beach reads aren’t just for summer anymore.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Follow the Tour:</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1e21; direction: ltr; margin: 0px auto 28px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Kari (Sept 28): <a data-lynx-mode="hover" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fkaritrumbo.com%2Findependence-island-series%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0cahl6z7D7jdtBeB0r6vaYw9H_auuqfnyB1MMgD-AZ0ZfmKxuanzS7alM&h=AT1uwD4vSv2CxmJdsEcSfq_LkLs5ayLJHFL7Z6ZBp9NgKceEsD5DLd-Z6vAoMZoIHMLBmHLXXpnU3dNcUVPI6WStRWapYHOYcU3HRXVX6WyWCr8SmG6lqIKENA6P6700ObGiMA" href="https://karitrumbo.com/independence-island-series/?fbclid=IwAR0cahl6z7D7jdtBeB0r6vaYw9H_auuqfnyB1MMgD-AZ0ZfmKxuanzS7alM" rel="nofollow" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://karitrumbo.com/independence-island-series/</a></span></div><div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1e21; direction: ltr; margin: 0px auto 28px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; 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white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Carolyn (Oct 1): <a data-lynx-mode="hover" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.carolynmillerauthor.com%2Findependence-islands%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2rGG9qLMVV9XvPcWQbKzbTtrM9Qm_C-L74FnifSmx5Fus5oBVDviPFmnA&h=AT2yXJ5Rm8gIZNvLNQtFKwvpTReX_ksglHMtYdQb9kYiC1uVbnlwX_Q1X2tABl4ePCPQF7P40IVKU4Ksa3EwgZeIAJKt3Z0VGqE9a7s8CtLWUlI984105mX4ddA5ftc7bLu28Q" href="https://www.carolynmillerauthor.com/independence-islands?fbclid=IwAR2rGG9qLMVV9XvPcWQbKzbTtrM9Qm_C-L74FnifSmx5Fus5oBVDviPFmnA" rel="nofollow" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://www.carolynmillerauthor.com/independence-islands</a></span></div><div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1e21; direction: ltr; margin: 0px auto 28px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Chautona (October 2 ): <a data-lynx-mode="hover" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fchautona.com%2Fmore-than-a-heartthrob-release%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2zoEU5bJg960pX4KgNDV4IxnvNJUWPoc8pC_gUY1wjexqpaq5KTVVUH74&h=AT0NQFgH7A5A0faHwAIJDHi-0eice3J0Hsr99ewMLJn1ViEQYD1vzXJYr5xij8QsITjtWi4h8ZU-C5YJoPbKoFFBy5z48yCUnmOKLaUPLT8nTRCMqH4BEoX_eN_otLEcLnkGuIdsk5d1bAAkvu8" href="https://chautona.com/more-than-a-heartthrob-release?fbclid=IwAR2zoEU5bJg960pX4KgNDV4IxnvNJUWPoc8pC_gUY1wjexqpaq5KTVVUH74" rel="nofollow" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://chautona.com/more-than-a-heartthrob-release</a></span></div><div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1e21; direction: ltr; margin: 0px auto 28px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Melissa (October 3):<a data-lynx-mode="hover" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmelissawardwell.com%2Fthe-independence-islands-series%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0yq2972D1qOFcsXhnwiqJiVLRfLXKCMEekqnAbBMOckJaAanqfsfyWJxQ&h=AT09YPs2psn-mJZxXwHDzHiT4lMhphCw0RPioQOer3xRmFJ-97ZsrytVJ3Hrwd1Bc1AA8a5SQ1I4lnIKuBfFUgu015MzewGWeQ3IquNOtjsqdt77nAwq1xZPuuEuucWMHxkiEg" href="https://melissawardwell.com/the-independence-islands-series/?fbclid=IwAR0yq2972D1qOFcsXhnwiqJiVLRfLXKCMEekqnAbBMOckJaAanqfsfyWJxQ" rel="nofollow" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://melissawardwell.com/the-independence-islands-series/</a> </span></div><div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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<div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/11dde/more-than-a-heartthrob-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="11dde" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/11dde/more-than-a-heartthrob-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/11dde/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div>Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-73978494757315596852021-09-01T20:25:00.001-05:002021-09-03T18:04:56.643-05:00Seasoned Grace Release Fun<p>I'm so excited to announce it's release week for Seasoned Grace by Melissa Wardwell! This story is about a daughter in search of her estranged father. There are many storms along the journey--both spiritual and from nature that must be overcome? Have you ever been through a storm that tested your faith? This week all the Independence Islands authors are talking about our experiences with storms where God's grace showed through at the end. Please scroll down to read mine below. :) Also, don't forget to follow the other others this week and enter in the giveaways! Blessings.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dSrllQlWNZbvlCVLZ7IDzx-9ZI0s335lBOnkobMWxVlLol25rAh76wokIvbK_epVZQ55UYjDqXlYTES29p3nI4Mo42v93K54MK1XXmwYwIIwK7oIrcgnwnZGmXkQBWvM0E_leV0OGWE/s2000/Depositphotos_1612799_l-2015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="926" data-original-width="2000" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0dSrllQlWNZbvlCVLZ7IDzx-9ZI0s335lBOnkobMWxVlLol25rAh76wokIvbK_epVZQ55UYjDqXlYTES29p3nI4Mo42v93K54MK1XXmwYwIIwK7oIrcgnwnZGmXkQBWvM0E_leV0OGWE/w400-h185/Depositphotos_1612799_l-2015.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The storm came out of nowhere. As a young teen in the middle seat of my parents van, my heart pounded as I watched rain pelting the windshield and felt the wind rushing against the side of the car. Tornado warnings blared on the radio, but we were on the highway with no safe place to pull over. When an exit finally came up, my dad was able to pull off and we all breathed a sigh of relief. God had protected us. As we drove toward somewhere safe to ride out the storm, the sight out the window took my breath away. The sky was split in half--one side with dark menacing clouds with lightning streaking through, and the other with sunshine and a stunning rainbow. It felt like a promise that God would keep us safe.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The experience from my childhood remind me of the verse from <span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Psalm 91:1-2. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">"</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212529; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the LORD, My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust."</span></span></div><p></p><div class="theQuote" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; text-align: center;"><div class="fb-quote fb_iframe_widget" fb-iframe-plugin-query="app_id=&container_width=1519&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.christianquotes.info%2Ftop-quotes%2Ftop-10-bible-verses-about-the-storms-of-life%2F&locale=en_US&sdk=joey" fb-xfbml-state="rendered" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; left: 202.5px; position: absolute; top: -40px;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: 47px; position: relative; text-align: justify; vertical-align: bottom; width: 169px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-testid="fb:quote Facebook Social Plugin" frameborder="0" height="1000px" name="f1dfcf7d0bad888" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/v2.6/plugins/quote.php?app_id=&channel=https%3A%2F%2Fstaticxx.facebook.com%2Fx%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter%2F%3Fversion%3D46%23cb%3Df2d25eb9ac6716c%26domain%3Dwww.christianquotes.info%26is_canvas%3Dfalse%26origin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.christianquotes.info%252Ff3998bc020ea784%26relation%3Dparent.parent&container_width=1519&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.christianquotes.info%2Ftop-quotes%2Ftop-10-bible-verses-about-the-storms-of-life%2F&locale=en_US&sdk=joey" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box; height: 47px; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 169px;" title="fb:quote Facebook Social Plugin" width="1000px"></iframe></span></span></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Whenever I go through storms in life, I can always rely on God's protection. Even when my time runs out here on earth, I can rest assured He is preparing a home for me in heaven where I'll live with him in safety and peace forever.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>More about Seasoned Grace</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8pKfzQfqEESbA4gGd8JLumo8eUBs5jSiSOUZBtz2FzkAsQRc-UNDKmQpvFMtPZqlGfycX_qVQV7VPSLBM-7zWxQdIqF1Pa0_NU49IjScGvz3ANLxqpvd1uEfWF02Y61_ZYNrfew_Lt2o/s820/241027345_3122872744611351_4442725719622285042_n.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="312" data-original-width="820" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8pKfzQfqEESbA4gGd8JLumo8eUBs5jSiSOUZBtz2FzkAsQRc-UNDKmQpvFMtPZqlGfycX_qVQV7VPSLBM-7zWxQdIqF1Pa0_NU49IjScGvz3ANLxqpvd1uEfWF02Y61_ZYNrfew_Lt2o/w400-h153/241027345_3122872744611351_4442725719622285042_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon/dp/B08VFCBFWP" target="_blank"><b>Order on Amazon Here</b></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><b><em><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can run from your past, but you can’t escape it.</span></em></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Though he disappeared that day, Raylin McReynolds never believed her father died at the World Trade Center on 9/11.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So, when a mysterious letter arrives from Breakers Head, informing her that she would find him on the Independence Islands off the coast of Georgia, she has no choice but to find a job, get there, find her father.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">As mainland troubles encroach on Hooper Island, Sean Anderson devises a plan and presents it to the island pastors and his cousin, Scott. The result: Grace Mission—a place where those struggling can find the help they need.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What he didn’t need was a distraction in the form of a newcomer to the islands—a mission volunteer, no less.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Others at the mission, Beth and Scott, see more than just frustration brew between Raylin and Sean. What will it take to convince Sean and Raylin to stop bickering long enough to see what’s obvious to everyone else?</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Raylin’s on a mission to find her father and protect her heart, but neither seem willing to cooperate.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKkz0C5u7Udj5QfjcBdPTpTVIpsU_TC62H4_GlWj-k-U7pRdtBZtLjUO66p5TWUnfHUkYvSq4yrrs3IToxWweXdnjkRmmaGbLIBchffTRcty54yWneL45a3Hq58wYRA7FA7NbV4PlEDM/s1080/240826621_4529379673792262_2302117711974290898_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyKkz0C5u7Udj5QfjcBdPTpTVIpsU_TC62H4_GlWj-k-U7pRdtBZtLjUO66p5TWUnfHUkYvSq4yrrs3IToxWweXdnjkRmmaGbLIBchffTRcty54yWneL45a3Hq58wYRA7FA7NbV4PlEDM/s320/240826621_4529379673792262_2302117711974290898_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>Seasoned Grace</em> continues the Hooper Island stories of the Independence Islands Series featuring five islands, six authors, and a boatload of happily-ever-afters.<br /><br /><b>The Independence Islands Series:</b> beach reads aren’t just for summer anymore.</span><p></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Follow this Week's Posts</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></p><div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1e21; direction: ltr; margin: 0px auto 28px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="_4yxo">Aug. 31 - Melissa:</span><span class="_4yxo" style="font-weight: 600;"> </span> <a data-lynx-mode="asynclazy" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmelissawardwell.com%2Fthe-independence-islands-series%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR1Y5u6uwzbCsRUvqyQxI-2IZkKe3X8-diaRUMI7OHo7PQBy7kLJKaAVjz0&h=AT1DwdM0ujyteSiqwBMsTXxFNsX6k6dXmImNfPXQKCLOYTVzKI1UE3duHkuNt3pGIRn9D_bcmvgGDOWAMKn4uMt1Tvhcac3gQlVBjvRsgsPaI2cVlBg3HpLTideSnRaCWBdBvg" href="https://melissawardwell.com/the-independence-islands-series/?fbclid=IwAR1Y5u6uwzbCsRUvqyQxI-2IZkKe3X8-diaRUMI7OHo7PQBy7kLJKaAVjz0" rel="nofollow" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://melissawardwell.com/the-independence-islands-series/</a></span></div><div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1e21; direction: ltr; margin: 0px auto 28px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sept. 1 - Kari: <a data-lynx-mode="asynclazy" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fkaritrumbo.com%2Findependence-island-series%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0YV95ws-P1Fx33fAmujgtLpQow8nn-6SS8wc2nCAtki4NLe9N5csvoYS8&h=AT300ueSLyPpnnCKtlAlq6YHFkIggiX3UQzwo-hry1P24Ir21l4djT3trKYZYkVI1341LQAdMUWt-W-vqJDjrdz3xEtq_5v62CrLT2qDYR7cnd97NiDiW7db0ht2mD43Cuom2Q" rel="nofollow" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://karitrumbo.com/independence-island-series/</a> </span></div><div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1e21; direction: ltr; margin: 0px auto 28px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sept. 2 - Rachel</span></div><div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1e21; direction: ltr; margin: 0px auto 28px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sept. 3 - Tabitha: <a data-lynx-mode="asynclazy" data-lynx-uri="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftabithabouldinauthor.home.blog%2F2021%2F09%2F03%2Fseasoned-grace-release-party%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0xf9IazvvDlcBY2RT_Olq-vac5PfYRZ_Vbwc0XkcHn4t4HjCOhmBcNCZU&h=AT0srcSABSFnspFrZJXz9GvgjmCk7OosBgD2NQaAy8ThVVKhwNPUISsL3PpIcP-b1lfAM_i_jI79pV5gYJFm8aH4Gn8D1q5xZ1ZuPBoDsFsO4LFDrmtDWsQCuqUA33jHek6hAQ" href="https://tabithabouldinauthor.home.blog/2021/09/03/seasoned-grace-release-party/?fbclid=IwAR0xf9IazvvDlcBY2RT_Olq-vac5PfYRZ_Vbwc0XkcHn4t4HjCOhmBcNCZU" rel="nofollow" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; outline: none;" target="_blank">https://tabithabouldinauthor.home.blog/2021/09/03/seasoned-grace-release-party/</a></span></div><div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1e21; direction: ltr; margin: 0px auto 28px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px;">Sept. 4 - Carolyn: <a href="https://www.carolynmillerauthor.com/independence-islands">https://www.carolynmillerauthor.com/independence-islands</a></div><div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1e21; direction: ltr; margin: 0px auto 28px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; width: 700px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sept. 5 - Chautona: <a data-lynx-mode="asynclazy" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fchautona.com%2Fseasoned-grace-release%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR11JIVphFlREDX3eGY6m2Jqk4s0JCyTd4esA6dY5IRUoGoatz633ug3Bzs&h=AT2UnYeB0i2dQ4rPD6JVfgd4F3cpXoLHV7JWZW5DUgie7Wni2NHN2aUW5Sx-IRnUXexJTvQYmZjbAREpHMmWbepSRge2nHq_KF26cQAOzJy2j17mfZJxVCE4QsfPjecbMT73XQ" rel="nofollow" style="color: #385898; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">https://chautona.com/seasoned-grace-release</a></span></div><div class="_2cuy _3dgx _2vxa" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #1c1e21; direction: ltr; 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<div align="center" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/11d02/seasoned-grace-rachel"><a class="promosimple" data-campaign="11d02" href="https://promosimple.com/ps/11d02/seasoned-grace-rachel"></a><script src="https://promosimple.com/api/1.0/campaign/11d02/iframe-loader" type="text/javascript"></script></div>Rachel Skatvoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07197347790168797143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5537595764289895949.post-50371533370310021632021-07-30T06:00:00.098-05:002021-07-30T06:00:00.201-05:00Flipping Hearts Release Day Fun!<p>It's release week for Flipping Hearts! This new Independence Island book by Chautona Havig takes place after a hurricane. The main characters are fixing up houses on the islands. To celebrate this new release, all the authors of the series are sharing some of our most memorable DIY projects. I will be talking about mine below. Please find out more about Flipping Hearts below, follow the tour this week to read the other authors' posts and don't forget to enter in the fun giveaways!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5aqkcNJbkpo_OrA6KKLU0XFQFqq4cLu6SQK4coURT97jARBl8LJVlGP1M4Keg1paa3nV-gyrm0nKYHigTLAv6wyxmwUyKNnzTBMS3-rzs3U7vU3B0MvYId0mLEMt-WcTkJmFmMlM4a8/s2000/Depositphotos_150440676_l-2015.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="2000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig5aqkcNJbkpo_OrA6KKLU0XFQFqq4cLu6SQK4coURT97jARBl8LJVlGP1M4Keg1paa3nV-gyrm0nKYHigTLAv6wyxmwUyKNnzTBMS3-rzs3U7vU3B0MvYId0mLEMt-WcTkJmFmMlM4a8/s320/Depositphotos_150440676_l-2015.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Having purchased a fixer-upper home about four years ago, the subject of DIY projects is very familiar. Before moving, we remodeled the kitchen of our old home DIY style to help it sell quicker. The new cabinets looked so nice, I wish we could have taken the kitchen with us to our new house. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When we started looking for a home, we knew that the location mattered most to us. My husband and I wanted a place on a few acres in the country with room for our kids to grow. When we moved in, all the bedrooms had only the baseboards, the tile in the kitchen and bathroom were badly cracked, and some other things needed updating as well. However, we are definitely a DIY type of family. As long as the bones of the house were good, we could live with the other things for a while and gradually start making improvements.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After hiring someone to install carpets, the rest of the things we took on ourselves. We painted walls that needed it, I sewed curtains for the windows, my husband bought and installed new locks for the doors. We put rugs over the cracks in the kitchen and bathroom floors until replacing them last year. We also did some landscaping on the outside of the house, with the help of one of my husband's friends.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Over the next few years there are some more projects I'd like to work on, including replacing the backsplash and counters in the kitchen. After the experience, I think the key to renovating a fixer-upper is to take your time and work on things as you can afford them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>About the Book:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3GSi6ntn7-WKHf1oqEiMNeeDyT5agGG8XfpupVkDstF4XbHWqD3pgybslIOdjcbgoAMKC88wdx07RdwIE694dpWDoWk4lxlOCebGMobjIXM74w28qscYkWaZJcrCIowyS1Dm8wuxR1c/s500/41I8iuLxUFL.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="324" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU3GSi6ntn7-WKHf1oqEiMNeeDyT5agGG8XfpupVkDstF4XbHWqD3pgybslIOdjcbgoAMKC88wdx07RdwIE694dpWDoWk4lxlOCebGMobjIXM74w28qscYkWaZJcrCIowyS1Dm8wuxR1c/s320/41I8iuLxUFL.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08VFF8QQD" target="_blank"><b>Purchase on Amazon Here!</b></a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><b><em>When a hurricane rips through Hooper Island, a tidal wave of TV crews follows and upsets the locals.</em></b></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">Brooks Crawforth agreed to volunteer crews helping to clean up and repair things on the island, not a whole home and garden series on the total renovation of several houses and a bit of cleanup on the side. He’s furious, and the show host is spitting nails at the person who blew it in the first place.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">His and his father’s jobs are in jeopardy, the islanders are about to kill him, and that crazy show host blames him for her assistant’s last-minute, “you’ve-got-to-sign-this-now-or-we-can’t-come” contract.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">One more thing. Did she have to be so cute?</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">He’s got even more trouble, though. Islanders are starting to blame Mallory Barrows for the invasion. Not only that, there are rumors of dismantling the association and allowing tourism on the islands. How’s he supposed to fix this mess?</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;">They can’t stand each other, but if they can manage to flip off the enemy switch and flip on some cooperation, maybe their hearts’ll get flipped, too.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">This “enemies to romance” novel introduces the next island in the Independence Islands Series featuring five islands, six authors, and a boatload of happily-ever-afters.<br /><br /><b>The Independence Islands Series:</b> beach reads aren’t just for summer anymore.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6B3_mlqEtBFUioCC9JniF4AXSEyBpP3HbCRoTP-XSgrF4ybPQu0UppHq5sBNh4tsAtQG_4X5d6mq4LIlJdIC5GK3fIHbvGzQ1HRL75lfGC0dYa9RolupbAnadf3g1NzQANEjFqS9ujoM/s1080/221896857_10159659258543944_1266895702208689935_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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