August 2011 - New Releases

These late summer releases promise some good reading from ACFW authors. Check out the list. There's bound to be something to meet your taste in reading.

More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW FictionFinder website.

A Horseman’s Heart by Myra Johnson -- Romance from Barbour/Heartsong. When Kip Lorimer shows up with a horse to donate to the family's equine therapy program, Sheridan Cross can't help but be suspicious. A cowboy a thousand miles from home and living out of a horse trailer? What's wrong with this picture?

A Most Unsuitable Match by Stephanie Whitson -- A Historical from Bethany House. They are opposites in every way. . . except how neither one can stop thinking about the other.

Agent Undercover by Lynette Eason -- Romantic Suspense from Love Inspired. A little boy with a secret, a killer with a vendetta, and a man and a woman who will stop at nothing to protect the child while catching the killer.

Aquasynthesis by Grace Bridges, Fred Warren, Caprice Hokstad, P.A. Baines, Adam Graham, R.L. Copple, Travis Perry, Mike Lynch, Keven Newsome, Kat Heckenbach, and Ryan Grabow. -- Fantasy from Splashdown Books. From classic-style fantasy and science fiction stories, through speculative tales that delve deeper into motivations and meanings, we move from humor to sacrifice by a linking story that connects many very different themes.

Blue Skies Tomorrow by Sarah Sundin -- General Fiction Historical from Revell. In a time of peril, can they find the courage to confront their fears and embrace a love that lasts?

Edge of Grace by Christa Allan -- General Fiction from Abingdon. Unable to cope with her brother’s news that he is gay, Caryn Becker rejects him. But when he is attacked and nearly killed, she is forced to make hard choices that take her to the very edge of grace.

Lost in Dreams, Book Two; Altered Heart Series by Roger Bruner and Kristi Rae Bruner -- Young Adult from Barbour. Eighteen-year-old Kim Hartlinger discovers the victory Jesus provides during the most trying of circumstances as she learns to lean on other Christians.

Marrying Miss Marshall by Lacy Williams -- Romance from Bethany House. Her job is to protect the town... but who will protect her heart?

Out of Control by Mary Connealy -- Romance from Bethany House. Rafe Kincaid controls everything in his life . . . until he meets Julia.

Ransome’s Quest by Kaye Dacus -- Historical Romance from Harvest House. Romance, intrigue, and swashbuckling leaps of faith create a wonderfully heroic close to this beloved series.

Something Old by Dianne Christner -- Romance from Barbour. Love is rarely plain and simple.

Surrender the Dawn by Mary Lu Tyndall -- A Historical from Barbour. You’ll be swept away in this seafaring romance between a plucky damsel-in-distress and a nefarious rake who’s selling out his country amid the War of 1812.

The Matrimony Plan by Christine Johnson -- Historical Romance from Love Inspired. A rich girl falls in love with a poor boy -- until the tables are turned.

Happy Reading!

Heartsong Presents -- Countdown to Demise

It is sad news week, I'm afraid.

Yesterday, an official announcement went out stating as of the end of 2011, the Heartsong Presents book club will cease to exist. The book club is being canceled. After nearly 20 years and over 1,000 titles released, this club will see its last shipment in December of this year.

To say I was stunned when I heard this doesn't even begin to describe the feelings I've been experiencing. Not only does it mean book club members won't be receiving those wholesome romances they love (both to read and pass on to friends or young female readers), but it means I have to find another publishing house for my books and writing. Two of my books promised for contract are now not going to be contracted.

A lot of big-name Christian fiction authors got their start by writing for Heartsong Presents. Authors like Tracie Peterson, Colleen Coble, Kristen Billerbeck, Diann Hunt, Denise Hunter, Mary Connealy, Judith Miller, Donita K. Paul, and at least 20 others. I just can't think of their names right now. :)

I can't say I'm surprised, as I've seen the club numbers dwindle over the past 3-4 years. The world of publishing is changing, and unfortunately, this book club no longer fits the needs and buying habits of the average Christian romance reader. Mass-markets are going the way of the dinosaur, and those looking for value-priced books are migrating to e-books by the thousands!

I joined this club in 1992 when it first began, and this club gave me my first publishing contract. It is with bittersweet fondness that I begin the process of saying goodbye.

At least the 4-in-1 novella collections will continue. And they are going to continue doing the repacks of Heartsong books until they have released ALL Heartsong titles in a 3-in-1 repack. Barbour Publishing will also continue with the Romancing America line with the novellas, and they have trade-length BRIDE/WEDDING single title romances coming out starting this year. This is in addition to their standard trade-length single titles in the romance genre. Romance is still strong with them. It just won't be through Heartsong Presents anymore.

So, what about you? Any thoughts or comments?

Spotlight on Mary Connealy and Cowboy Christmas

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MARY CONNEALY writes romantic comedies with cowboys for Barbour Publishing. Cowboy Christmas is in bookstores now. Montana Rose, Book #1 of the Montana Marriages series, released in July, book #2 The Husband Tree comes in January and book #3 Wildflower Bride comes in May 2010. Mary is also the author of the Lassoed in Texas series and a cozy mystery collection, Nosy in Nebraska. Mary is a Christy Award finalist.

Find Mary Online at:
Seekerville
Petticoats & Pistols
My Blog
My Website

COWBOY CHRISTMAS
by Mary Connealy
Published by Barbour Publishing

ABOUT THE BOOK

A beautiful songstress on the run.
A distrustful cowboy who can't abandon a woman in need.
An evil man obsessed with controlling that stunning voice.
The brutal cold of the Rockies in winter.
A suspicious family risking everything to protect a singer with secrets.
One perfect chance for a star to lead two lonely people to true love. Cowboy Christmas.

Readers, buy your copy of Cowboy Christmas today!

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

1. What gave you the inspiration for this story?

I wanted to write a book about a ‘good girl’ who’s never been challenged to stand up for her faith. She’s lived a very protected life and it hasn’t been hard to be a Christian. But the day has come when, to do the right thing, she has to risk everything, and suddenly she finds that her steady faith isn’t so easy to hang on to when her life is at stake. That’s Annette in Cowboy Christmas. A life long good girl who’s just fumbling every challenge she meets, but her faith is solid so she keeps coming back, trying to do it all right.

2. How much of your own experiences influenced your characters? What aspects became traits that were theirs and theirs alone?

In general ways, I see Annette’s story as my own. I’ve had a very good, safe life. Wonderful Christian parents. Marriage to a man of faith. I’ve wondered if I really had to stand strong for God, what would I do? I’d like to believe I’d face anything courageously for God. But we hear about the suffering people undergo as Christians in parts of the world where Christianity is terribly persecuted and I always hope and pray I could die for my faith and speak truth to power at any cost. So I made Annette do it instead of me.

3. If your hero/heroine were an ice cream flavor, what would he/she be and why?

Annette is Rocky Road. She’s so full of gifts, so full of a sweet faith. But she keeps surprising poor Elijah, too. An occasional crunch he doesn’t expect, like when she uses a length of pipe to fight off the bad guy, right when he was there to be her knight in shining armor.

Elijah and ice cream. . .I’m having a little trouble with that. I adored Elijah. He’s been through something terrible and guilt is eating him up inside. But he’s such a sweetheart. And he loves his mother even though she’s a nag. Is that a flavor? Can you find a flavor in that? Let’s call him Chocolate/chocolate chip. That makes no sense but I’m hungry now so you’ve done your damage, Tiff.

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4. Are there any themes in Cowboy Christmas that you hope the reader sees? Are there any themes that weren't overt but developed as the stories progressed?

The theme I wanted was to live bravely for Christ. To believe that God is with you through the good and the bad. Annette is so bend on being courageous. . .especially when she fails over and over, that she fails to see the hand of God protecting her and guiding her.

5. What were your most difficult parts to write? Your favorite?

The scene where Annette was getting swept down the river was hard. An action scene is always a lot of work because, at least for me, it needs to be so tight and so fast paced and I can only achieve that through revisions, many, many revisions. So I need to go over it a lot of times. I can do it, I just can’t yet learn to do it naturally.

6. When is your next book coming out and what is the story?

My next release is The Husband Tree, coming in January. It’s a sequel to Montana Rose which released in July. I am completely in love with this book. I had so much fun with these two characters, Belle Tanner, a secondary character in Montana Rose, and Silas Harden.

Belle Tanner buries her third worthless husband and makes a vow over his shallow grave. She’s learned her lesson. No more men.

Silas Harden just lost his second ranch because of a woman. The first deserted him when times got tough. Now he’s had to quit the whole state of New Mexico to avoid a trumped-up shotgun wedding and the noose of matrimony. He’s learned his lesson. No more women.

Belle needs hired hands to move a cattle herd late in the season and there’s no one around but seemingly aimless Silas. She hires him reluctantly.

Silas signed on, glad for the work, though worried about a woman doing such a thing as hiring drovers, only to find out he’s the lone man going with five woman, including a baby still in diapers. After the cattle drive is over, he might as well shoot himself to speed up the process of being embarrassed to death.

A fast approaching winter.

The toughest lady rancher you’ve ever seen.

A cynical cowboy who has to convince five women he’s right for their ma. . .and then convince himself.

And one thousand head of the crankiest cattle who have ever been punched across the backbone of the Rockies.

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Thank you, Mary, for being in the spotlight with us.

Readers, leave a comment for your chance to win a FREE autographed copy of Cowboy Christmas.

Make sure you also leave your email address (name at domainname dot.com/net). You won't be entered in the drawing without it. If you wish to comment but don't want to be entered, say so when you post.

And if you want to make certain you don't miss anything, check the box that says 'email follow-up comments to:' when you leave a comment and they'll be sent to the email address associated with your blogging account. That way you'll be notified of any comments and will know when the winners are announced each time.

This week, the contest is open to US/Canada residents only.

CFBA Blog Tour - Mary Connealy and Montana Rose

This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Montana Rose
Barbour Publishing, Inc. - July 1, 2009)
by Mary Connealy

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MARY CONNEALY's writing journey is similar to a lot of others. Boil it down to persistence, oh, go ahead and call it stubbornness. She just kept typing away. She think the reason she did it was because she was more or less a dunce around people—prone to sit silently when she really ought to speak up(or far worse, speak up when she ought to sit silently).

So, Mary had all these things, she want to say, in her head; the perfect zinger to the rude cashier, which you think of an hour after you’ve left the store, the perfect bit of wisdom when someone needs help, which doesn’t occur to you until they solve their problems themselves, the perfect guilt trip for the kids, which you don’t say because you’re not an idiot. She keep all this wit to herself, much to the relief of all who know her, and then wrote all her great ideas into books. It’s therapeutic if nothing else, and more affordable than a psychiatrist.

So then a very nice, oh so nice publishing company like Barbour Heartsong comes along and says, “Hey, we’ll pay you money for this 45,000 word therapy session.” That’s as sweet as it gets.

Mary's journey to publication is the same as everyone’s except for a few geniuses out there who make it hard for all of us. And even they probably have an Ode to Roast Beef or two in their past.

Mary has signed an exclusive contract with Barbour that will have her writing eighteen (18) books for them over the next four years! This book is the first in the Montana Marriage Series. The second book will be the Husband Tree, and the third will be Wildflower Bride

ABOUT THE BOOK

MONTANA ROSE
by Mary Connealy
Published by Barbour Publishing

Fire up your love of romance with Montana Rose.

When surrounded by a mob of ill-bred, foul-smelling, women-hungry men, the newly widowed and seemingly spoiled Cassie “China Doll” Griffin has no choice. Marrying handyman Red Dawson seems the only alternative to Cassie’s being hitched to a brutal rancher. But can this “China doll” bear exchanging smooth silk for coarse calico? Red was reluctant to be yoked to an unbeliever, but sometimes a man has no choice. Will Red change Cassie’s heart by changing her name? Wade Sawyer is obsessed with saving Cassie from a marriage of convenience. How far will he go make her his own?

If you would like to read the first chapter of Montana Rose, go HERE

Buy Your Copy of Montana Rose today!

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Readers, leave a comment for your chance to win a FREE copy of Montana Rose.

Make sure you also leave your email address (name at domainname dot.com/net). You won't be entered in the drawing without it. If you wish to comment but don't want to be entered, say so when you post.

And if you want to make certain you don't miss anything, check the box that says 'email follow-up comments to:' when you leave a comment and they'll be sent to the email address associated with your blogging account. That way you'll be notified of any comments and will know when I announce the winner.

This week, the contest is open to US/Canada residents only.

CFBA Blog Tour - Mary Connealy and Gingham Mountain

This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Gingham Mountain
Barbour Publishing - January 1, 2009)
by Mary Connealy

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MARY CONNEALY's writing journey is similar to a lot of others. Boil it down to persistence, oh, go ahead and call it stubbornness. She just kept typing away. She think the reason she did it was because she was more or less a dunce around people—prone to sit silently when she really ought to speak up (or far worse, speak up when she ought to sit silently).

So, Mary had all these things, she want to say, in her head; the perfect zinger to the rude cashier, which you think of an hour after you've left the store, the perfect bit of wisdom when someone needs help, which doesn't occur to you until they solve their problems themselves, the perfect guilt trip for the kids, which you don’t say because you're not an idiot. She keep all this wit to herself, much to the relief of all who know her, and then wrote all her great ideas into books. It's therapeutic if nothing else, and more affordable than a psychiatrist.

So then a very nice, oh so nice publishing company like Barbour Heartsong comes along and says, "Hey, we'll pay you money for this 45,000 word therapy session." That’s as sweet as it gets.

Mary's journey to publication is the same as everyone's except for a few geniuses out there who make it hard for all of us. And even they probably have an Ode to Roast Beef or two in their past.

There are two other books in this Lassoed In Texas Series: Petticoat Ranch and Calico Canyon.

ABOUT THE BOOK

GINGHAM MOUNTAIN
by Mary Connealy
Published by Barbour Publishing

All aboard for a delightful, suspense-filled romance, where a Texan is torn between his attraction to a meddlesome schoolmarm and the charms of a designing dressmaker. When Hannah Cartwright meets Grant, she's determined to keep him from committing her orphans to hard labor on his ranch. How far will she go to ensure their welfare?

Grant Cooper is determined to provide a home for the two kids brought in by the orphan train as runs head-on into the new school marm, who believes he's made slave labor out of eight orphaned children. He crowds too many orphans into his rickety house, just like Hannah Cartwright's cruel father. Grant's family of orphans have been mistreated too many times by judgmental school teachers. Now the new schoolmarm is the same except she's so pretty and she isn't really bad to his children, it's Grant she can't stand.

But he is inexplicably drawn to Hannah. Can he keep his ragtag family together while steering clear of love and marriage? Will he win her love or be caught in the clutches of a scheming seamstress?

If you would like to read the first chapter of Gingham Mountain, go HERE.

Buy Your Copy of Gingham Mountain today!

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

1. What gave you the inspiration for this story?

This book is Hannah's story. I got Hannah in a lot of trouble as a secondary character in Calico Canyon. Now I've got to get her out of it. The fundamental story is inspired, just generally, by my own family. I was the third of eight kids. We grew up in a tiny old farmhouse, three bedrooms-well, eventually four when my brother moved into this wreck of an attic room. We didn't have material things but we had lots of love and plenty of fun. That's how I KNOW Grant could have shoe-horned all those kids into that little house, because we did it.

2. How much of your own experiences influenced your characters? What aspects became traits that are theirs and theirs alone?

I draw from my own experiences but I'm not controlled by them. If I have a personal situation that I think would work in a book, I use it. But then I just go any direction I want with that. And I'd say I'm influenced by movies and books and television just as much as my own life, getting character development ideas from everything I'm exposed to.

3. If one of your characters were an ice cream flavor, what would he/she be and why?

I think Hannah would be mint. But not GREEN mint. No, she'd look like plain vanilla because she seems normal but she's a surprise, there’s so much going on under the surface with Hannah. Grant? Let's make him something crunchy. Rocky Road maybe. Grant has a chip on his shoulder. A knee jerk reaction against ANYONE who he even suspects might be hurtful to his children. That makes him fun and interesting to write but maybe a little rocky to be around for the other characters.

4. Are there any themes in Gingham Mountain that you hope the reader sees? Are there any themes that weren't overt but developed as the stories progressed?

I would like to make the point that THINGS aren't important, love is. I also really love the concept of people fighting for the protection of children and putting others ahead of themselves. That type of sacrifice is at the base of a well-lived life and we've gotten so far away from it these days, we all are so materialistic…me included.

5. What were your most difficult parts to write? Your favorite?

For me, the most difficult parts to write are also my favorites. I like chaos in a scene. I like movement and comedy, dialogue and confusion. I love the scene where the townspeople come into school and demand Grant remove his children because they're a bad influence on the rest of the students. Hannah's defending her own teaching skills. Grant wants to take his children and leave. Some of the parents are on Grant’s side, most are against him. It's a big blow up of a scene. Then Grant and Hannah have a big fight, mainly because they're so stirred up, which turns into a kiss that just makes everything worse. That was lots of fun to write and I changed it around a lot, tweaking, mixing in dialogue and tags and movement.

There's also a scene with Grant and Charlie that is, I hope, well done. Charlie wants to run away. He's so used to life being a disappointment that he just can't believe this new home won't somehow be taken from him and he's determined to leave before he's thrown out. I try to tackle some really tough questions about suffering and where God is in that.

6. When is your next book coming out and what is the story?

I have a book called Nosy in Nebraska, a contemporary cozy mystery, releasing in June. Then in July a new historical western series begins with Montana Rose. It's more of the romantic comedy that I love to write and I think people are going to enjoy the Montana Marriages series.

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Thank you, Mary, for being in the spotlight with us.

Readers, leave a comment for your chance to win a FREE autographed copy of Gingham Mountain.

If you wish to comment but don't want to be entered, say so when you post. Make sure you also leave your email address (name at domainname dot.com/net). Wouldn't want you to miss out on winning a book. :)

And if you want to make certain you don't miss anything, check the box that says 'email follow-up comments to:' when you leave a comment and they'll be sent to the email address associated with your blogging account. That way you'll be notified of any comments and will know when I announce the winner.

This week, the contest is open to US/Canada residents only.

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Spotlight on Mary Connealy and her Nosy in Nebraska series

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

MARY CONNEALY is the author of Petticoat Ranch, Calico Canyon and the soon-to-be-released Gingham Mountain. She has recently signed an exclusive contract to write for Barbour Publishing for the next three years.

She is also the author of four books for Heartsong Presents, a line of short, sweet romances from Barbour Publishing; Golden Days, Buffalo Gal, Clueless Cowboy and Bossy Bridegroom. And three books for Heartsong Presents Mysteries, a line of cozy mysteries from Barbour Publsihing; Of Mice…and Murder, Pride and Pestilence and The Miceman Cometh.

Mary's dream is to tell love stories that make people laugh. She lives on a farm in Nebraska with her husband, Ivan. She is the mother of four beautiful daughters Josie, married to Matt, Wendy, Shelly, married to Aaron, and Katy. She's got one granddaughter on the way. And later, if it turns out the doctor was wrong about Josie's baby being a girl, we will look at this bio and laugh.

Visit Mary's blog: http://mconnealy.blogspot.com/ or you can find out more and hang around with me and some writer friends here: http://seekerville.blogspot.com/ and http://www.petticoatsandpistols.com/.

NOSY IN NEBRASKA
by Mary Connealy
Published by Heartsong Presents Mysteries/Barbour Publishing

ABOUT THE BOOKS

OF MICE...AND MURDER
November 2008

Join the club here: www.heartsongmysteries.com

Being named in Great-grandma's will was like hitting bankrupt on Wheel of Fortune. The whole family held their breath while the wheel ticked around and around, or rather while the lawyer opened the envelope. Then they all heaved a sigh of relief when the wheel stopped on Carrie's name. Carrie the heiress. Great. Clean up the house. Clean up the yard. Clean up Great-grandma's rap sheet. Carrie hates mice and loves the big city. So why is she living in a huge mouse infested house in her dinky hometown? The dead guy in her pantry closet is the most interesting thing that's happened since she came home. Of course the carpenter who's helping her trap her mice and solve the crime is pretty interesting, too.

PRIDE AND PESTILENCE
Coming 2009

Joe Manning comes to town to finally meet his dead beat dad, only to find his father has been murdered. Bonnie is attacked while she's at work in the Melnik Historical Society Museum, proud home of Maxie the World's Largest Field Mouse. Only her attacker now claims it was an accident, and he claims he's never seen the guy before who's dead in Bonnie's store room. Bonnie wants to be suspicious but once he stopped attacking her he turns out to be pretty sweet. And lots of people had a motive to kill Sven Gunderson - including Bonnie herself. Gunderson, the true owner of Maxie, wanted his mouse back.
In Melnik, that means war!

THE MICEMAN COMETH
Coming 2009

Tyler Simpson is opening a new law office and he's home to stay. The very British Dr. Madeline Stuart is writing an anthropology doctoral thesis about a small town that worships an oversized rodent. Success with her project should lead to her dream job, a full professorship at Oxford... even better, a guest shot on Oprah. When a body falls out of a cupboard in Tyler's law office, clutching Maddy's necklace in his cold, dead fingers, Maddy gets arrested and Tyler is appointed her attorney. But once Tyler finds out Maddy's here to betray his beloved Melnik, he isn't giving her his best effort. And someone out there thinks blaming the murder on Maddy would be a perfect solution to his own problems. And Maddy's more likely to cooperate with being framed - if she's dead. Maxie the World's Largest Field Mouse must come through one more time to thwart the criminal in his peaceful, if someone mouse-obsessed, hometown.

Buy Your Copies of the books in the Nosy in Nebraska series by contacting Mary at her web site or pre-order the 3-book collection at Amazon.com today!

AUTHOR INTERVIEW

1. What gave you the inspiration for these stories?

The cozy mystery series should be called My Three Glitches.
I'm scared of mice like Carrie in Of Mice. . .and Murder.
I'm an insomniac like Bonnie in Pride and Pestilence.
I'm clumsy and tend to live inside my head too much like Maddy in The Miceman Cometh.

2. How much of your own experiences influenced your characters? What aspects became traits that are theirs and theirs alone?

You know, those traits I mentioned before are just jumping off points. I go in any direction the story takes me and although my own experiences influence my characters, I'm not bound by them.

3. If one of your characters were an ice cream flavor, what he/she be and why?

Carrie's Peppermint. Bonnie's vanilla. Maddy is mainly the ice cream that drips off your cone onto your shirt. So chocolate I guess because it stains. ON Maddy, every thing is a mess.

4. Are there any themes in the Nosy in Nebraska books that you hope the reader sees? Are there any themes that weren't overt but developed as the stories progressed?

What I really wanted to do was show how wonderful small town life is, while making gentle fun of the quirks of any (and probably every) small town. I think we’ve gotten so separated from each other these days. I see suburban neighborhoods in bigger cities filled with houses so big they qualify as mini-mansions...and they're all empty. All those expensive homes and the whole population empties out every day all day. Kids in school and/or day care. Mom and dad at work. Neighbors don't know each other, how can they with so little time.

A small town is just so different.

The best thing and the worst thing about a small town is the same thing. Everybody know your business. So if you have trouble, an illness, death, car trouble, anything, there are people lining up to help you out. And...If you do something stupid, get a ticket, flunk a test, have a fender bender, have a too-loud fight with your husband, everybody knows.

5. What were your most difficult parts to write? Your favorite?

Action scenes and comedy scenes are hard work. They take a lot of tweaking to get them to move just right, flow just right. They're also my favorite, but I can feel myself dreading them when I'm coming up to one, And if it's a comedic action scene, well, it's pretty intimidating. But I love it when I get it right.

6. When is your next book coming out and what is the story?

The cozy mysteries are in the Heartsong Presents Mysteries book club. That's the only place they're available for a while. The three books in this series will release as a collection in June called Nosy in Nebraska. That's listed on Amazon now-so you can buy it, but you'll be waitng a while for delivery. It will be in bookstores in June.

My next release into book stores will be Gingham Mountain. You can buy it on Amazon now, for later delivery and you can also find a pathway to it through my blog and my website.

Thanks for having me on, Amber.

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Thank you, Mary, for being in the spotlight with us.

Readers, leave a comment for your chance to win a FREE autographed copy of your choice of one of Mary's books.

If you wish to comment but don't want to be entered, say so when you post. Make sure you also leave your email address (name at domainname dot.com/net). Wouldn't want you to miss out on winning a book. :)

And if you want to make certain you don't miss anything, check the box that says 'email follow-up comments to:' when you leave a comment and they'll be sent to the email address associated with your blogging account. That way you'll be notified of any comments and will know when I announce the winner.

This week, the contest is open to anyone worldwide.

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