WIN POINTS OF POWER BY YOLANDA ADAMS

Over five million listeners tune in to hear Yolanda Adams's Points of Power, a segment in her daily radio show that inspires people by applying biblical truths to present-day realities. In her first book, Yolanda Adams transfers that winning segment into a reader's delight. In this highly accessible manual for daily living, she shares stories from her and others's personal experiences, showing readers how to access God's love and grace in their modern world and troubles. By revealing how Yolanda and other human beings have transcended the world's difficulties, POINTS OF POWER empowers readers to face trouble with confidence in the God who never fails.

Thanks to Hachette Publishing I have another great book to giveaway to 3 lucky winners. I just know you will so enjoy this book. The rules are the same. Here they are again. And remember NO P.O. boxes and this is open to U.S. and Canada Residents. To enter you must leave your email address. If you do not your entry will be deleted. To receive extra entries you can do the following . . . 1. if you are already follower of this blog say so in your original comment; DO NOT LEAVE AN ADDITONAL COMMENT. 2. If you are a NEW follower leave an additional comment. 3. Tweet about this on twitter, and leave an additional comment with the link. 4. Blog about this giveaway and leave the link. This will start today, Thursday, January 7th and end on Monday, January 18th. All winners will have 48 hours to give me their mailing information if I do not receive it in that time frame I will draw other winners. GOOD LUCK!

Up on CFBA is Love Finds You in Holiday Florida

This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Love Finds You in Holiday, Florida
Summerside Press (November 1, 2009)
by
Sandra D. Bricker


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

For more than a decade, Author Sandra D. Bricker lived in Los Angeles. While writing in every spare moment, she worked as a personal assistant
and publicist to some of daytime television's hottest stars. When her mother became ill in Florida, she walked away from that segment of her life and moved across the country to take on a new role: Caregiver.

One of Sandie's passions revolves around the rights of animals. She's been involved in fundraising for Lost Angels Animal Rescue for several years now; in fact, a portion of the proceeds of Love Finds You in Holiday, Florida will go to help the non-profit group with their expenses. And Lost Angels paid her back in a big way: They brought a free-spirited Collie named Sophie into her life after the loss of her 15-year companion Caleb.

It was her 8th novel that opened the door to finding her way as a writer.

In Sandie's words: "I guess most people would see my career as a publicist as a sort of dream job. But giving it up turned out to be the best thing that could have happened to me!" she declares. "Not only was I given the gift of getting to know my mother as an adult woman before she passed away, but I was also afforded the blessing of being able to focus completely on my dream of a writing career. I'm a Christian woman, first and foremost, so it was a bit of a dream-come-true when Summerside Press chose me as one of two authors to launch their new Love Finds You line."

ABOUT THE BOOK

Lawyer Cassie Constantine has no plans to stay in Florida. She's here just long enough to sell her late husbands vacation house, a tacky bungalow she's always despised then she'll hightail it back to her gracious Boston brownstone.

But the place needs more work than Cassie bargained for. What's more, her widow status is like a target on her back and the elderly matchmakers around town manage to sidetrack her mission at every turn.

Holiday is a landmine of golf tournaments, ballroom dancing competitions, shuffleboard and day trips. But the biggest obstacle of all? Richard Dillon, the stuffed shirt she's paired with on the dance floor.

Cassie had always considered herself uptight but Richard won't take a walk on the beach without his socks and shoes! There's one little problem he makes her heart beat faster than the rhythm of the quickstep. Can Cassie and Richard let loose long enough to have a little fun?

If you would like to read the prologue and first chapter of Love Finds You in Holiday, Florida, go HERE.


Watch the trailer:


I haven't had a chance to dive into this one, but reading some of the reviews, it's next on my list. Keep your eyes open for my review! :-)

WIN WHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS by KATE ATKINSON

Book Description: On a hot summer day, Joanna Mason's family slowly wanders home along a country lane. A moment later, Joanna's life is changed forever...On a dark night thirty years later, ex-detective Jackson Brodie finds himself on a train that is both crowded and late. Lost in his thoughts, he suddenly hears a shocking sound...At the end of a long day, 16-year-old Reggie is looking forward to watching a little TV. Then a terrifying noise shatters her peaceful evening. Luckily, Reggie makes it a point to be prepared for an emergency...These three lives come together in unexpected and deeply thrilling ways in the latest novel from Kate Atkinson, the critically acclaimed author who Harlan Coben calls "an absolute must-read."

Thanks to Hachette Publishing I have another great book to giveaway to 2 lucky winners. I just know you will so enjoy this book. The rules are the same. Here they are again. And remember NO P.O. boxes and this is open to U.S. and Canada Residents. To enter you must leave your email address. If you do not your entry will be deleted. To receive extra entries you can do the following . . . 1. if you are already follower of this blog say so in your original comment; DO NOT LEAVE AN ADDITONAL COMMENT. 2. If you are a NEW follower leave an additional comment. 3. Tweet about this on twitter, and leave an additional comment with the link. 4. Blog about this giveaway and leave the link. This will start today, Wednesday, January 6th, and I will draw the two winners via a randomizer on Saturday, January 16th. All winners will have 48 hours to give me their mailing information if I do not receive it in that time frame I will draw other winners. GOOD LUCK!

WIN HEARING FROM GOD BY JOYCE MEYER

Book Description: In the hustle and bustle of today's busy world, sometimes it's hard enough to hear yourself think, much less take a minute to stop and listen for the voice of God. But learning to recognize God's voice and the many ways in which He speaks is vital for following His plan. This devotional; drawing from How to Hear From God, Knowing God Intimately, and The Power Of Simple Prayer shows the reader through a daily reminder, how God speaks through their own thoughts and feelings, their dreams, and the words of other people.

Thanks to my friends at Hachette publishing I have 4 copies of this book to give away. And remember this is open to U.S. and Canada and NO P.O. boxes. To enter you must leave your email address. If you do not your entry will be deleted. To receive extra entries you can do the following . . . 1. if you are already follower of this blog say so in your original comment; DO NOT LEAVE AN ADDITONAL COMMENT. 2. If you are a NEW follower leave an additional comment. 3. Tweet about this on twitter, and leave an additional comment with the link. 4. Blog about this giveaway and leave the link. This contest will start today, Tuesday, January 5th and end on Friday, January 15th. All winners will have 48 hours to give me their mailing information or I will draw new winners!

GOOD LUCK!

THE NEW SEASON OF THE BACHELOR YIKES!

YIKES is all I can say about this season of the Bachelor! I missed it last night because I was with my single's group watching the BSU game. I know I'm a die hard GATOR fan, so you're probably wondering what I was doing watching the BSU BRONCOS play in the FIESTA bowl. Well, as my Dad says . . . when in Rome, do as the Romans. LOL. I love being with the singles so I don't miss an opportunity to hang with them. So . . . this morning I watched the Bachelor online and boy let me tell you I'm beginning to wonder where they find these girls?!? I mean seriously! And to make matters worse they brought back Jillian and Ed to help Jake out, like they are two bright spots that have any idea on how to pick the right person! I mean C'MON!

Let's start with

Ella - she is 30, a hairstylist, a go getter, from TN. From my prospective too pushy. We'll see

Elizabeth from Nebraska - she is 29 a Nanny, living in LA. She's ok.

Ali - she is 25 from Williamstown, MA. She resides in San Fran. She is a Advertising Account Manager. Out of all the ones he kept, which is the only ones I will post about. I like her the best. She is real, down to earth and didn't put on any airs!

Tenley - she is 25. resides in Huniting Beach, Ca. She is not over her ex husband and so she has no business being involved in a show like this. She kissed Jake and said she'd never kissed anyone but her ex - husband which was a RED flag to me that she wasn't healed from her marriage and so she had no business to be involved with the show.

Vienna - she is 23 resides in Sanford, FL. Marketing representative.

Christina - is 25 resides in San diego, and is a restaurant manager.

Gia - 26 swimsuit model, lives in New York, NY.

Michelle - 25 resides in Anaheim.

I can already see just from last night's show that there are some very unstable women and I really feel sorry for Jake.

WIN THE LITTLE GIANT OF ABERDEEN COUNTY

WELCOME TO THE NEW YEAR, AND BOOK GIVEAWAYS sponsored by HACHETTE PUBLISHING! I am so honored to be apart of their giveaway group. The first book I have to offer for giveaway is . . .

Book description: When Truly Plaice's mother was pregnant, the town of Aberdeen joined together in betting how recordbreakingly huge the baby boy would ultimately be. The girl who proved to be Truly paid the price of her enormity; her father blamed her for her mother's death in childbirth, and was totally ill equipped to raise either this giant child or her polar opposite sister Serena Jane, the epitome of femine perfection. When he, too, relinquished his increasingly tenuous grip on life, Truly and Serena Jane are separated--Serena Jane to live a life of privilege as the future May Queen and Truly to live on the outskirts of town on the farm of the town sadsack, the subject of constant abuse and humiliation at the hands of her peers.Serena Jane's beauty proves to be her greatest blessing and her biggest curse, for it makes her the obsession of classmate Bob Bob Morgan, the youngest in a line of Robert Morgans who have been doctors in Aberdeen for generations. Though they have long been the pillars of the community, the earliest Robert Morgan married the town witch, Tabitha Dyerson, and the location of her fabled shadow book--containing mysterious secrets for healing and darker powers--has been the subject of town gossip ever since. Bob Bob Morgan, one of Truly's biggest tormentors, does the unthinkable to claim the prize of Serena Jane, and changes the destiny of all Aberdeen from there on.When Serena Jane flees town and a loveless marriage to Bob Bob, it is Truly who must become the woman of a house that she did not choose and mother to her eight-year-old nephew Bobbie. Truly's brother-in-law is relentless and brutal; he criticizes her physique and the limitations of her health as a result, and degrades her more than any one human could bear. It is only when Truly finds her calling--the ability to heal illness with herbs and naturopathic techniques--hidden within the folds of Robert Morgan's family quilt, that she begins to regain control over her life and herself. Unearthed family secrets, however, will lead to the kind of betrayal that eventually break the Morgan family apart forever, but Truly's reckoning with her own demons allows for both an uprooting of Aberdeen County, and the possibility of love in unexpected places.

Thanks to Hachette Publishing I have 4 copies of this book to giveaway. To enter you must leave your email address. If you do not your entry will be deleted. Remember this is open to all U.S. and Canada. No P.O. boxes. To receive extra entries you can do the following . . . 1. if you are already follower of this blog say so in your original comment; DO NOT LEAVE AN ADDITONAL COMMENT. 2. If you are a NEW follower leave an additional comment. 3. Tweet about this on twitter, and leave an additional comment with the link. 4. Blog about this giveaway and leave the link.

This contest will begin today Monday, January 4th and run through Thursday January 14th. That means I will use a randomizer on January 14th and no more comments will be accepted. All winners will have 48 hours to give me their mailing information if I don't receive it within that time frame I will draw new winners.

GOOD LUCK!

THE SILENT GOVERNESS IS UP ON CFBA

Welcome to 2010! It's time to get back to doing what I love and that is blogging and reviewing great Christian books! The first one up for the New Year is The Silent Governess by Julie Klassen! I am a huge fan of hers. I just started this book and I'm already drawn in. I'll be writing my full review so be looking for it. In the mean time here is a sneak peak at this book. Enjoy! And again welcome to the New Year and Radiant Light's reviews and giveaways! I'm so excited!

This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
The Silent Governess
Bethany House; Original edition (January 1, 2010)
by
Julie Klassen


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Julie says: My background is in advertising and marketing, but I am blessed with a dream job—working as an editor of Christian fiction. I have been writing since childhood, but Lady of Milkweed Manor was my first novel. It was a finalist for a Christy Award and won second place in the Inspirational Reader's Choice Awards. My second novel, The Apothecary's Daughter, was a finalist in the ACFW Book of the Year awards. I am currently writing one novel a year.

I graduated from the University of Illinois and enjoy travel, research, BBC period dramas, long hikes, short naps, and coffee with friends.

My husband and I have two sons and live near St. Paul, Minnesota.


ABOUT THE BOOK


Olivia Keene is fleeing her own secret. She never intended to overhear his.

But now that she has, what is Lord Bradley to do with her? He cannot let her go, for were the truth to get out, he would lose everything--his reputation, his inheritance, his very home.

He gives Miss Keene little choice but to accept a post at Brightwell Court, where he can make certain she does not spread what she heard. Keeping an eye on the young woman as she cares for the children, he finds himself drawn to her, even as he struggles against the growing attraction. The clever Miss Keene is definitely hiding something.

Moving, mysterious, and romantic, The Silent Governess takes readers inside the intriguing life of a nineteenth-century governess in an English manor house where all is not as it appears.

If you would like to read the prologue and first chapter of The Silent Governess, go HERE. You can also sign up as a Follower when you get to that page, and get announcements of the first chapters for all the great books we tour!