This past Thursday we had a the pleasure of hosting Julie Lessman at the store. It is one of the perks of my job that I never expected. The chance to talk to authors and hear their hearts for their stories. To listen to someone talk about their job that they are passionate about is so awesome. It never ceases to amaze me that once I hear an author speak, I love their books even more, or if for some reason I didn’t enjoy their books (this is rare ;-) then it makes me understand them and maybe even like them at that point.
Julie’s visit was a bit unique in that she shared her testimony, which by the way was awesome to hear, but also she shared exactly why she writes the type of books that she writes. She writes the specifically to try to reach the young ladies out there that may not be living a life style that is pleasing to God even though they profess to be Christians. She wants to show them there is a different way to live than what society wants them to think.
She also wants these girls to know that no matter what their past is, God still loves them. No matter what. That was part of her circumstances that made the so very important to her and something she had to learn. Know she has taken the gift that God gave her and she is sharing that message with anyone who reads her books. Wow
And here I was just reading a simple romance book.
Happy Reading
Beckon - Tom Pawlik - Some things weren't meant to be discovered, but once they're unleashed there's no turning back.
The Irish Healer - Nancy Herriman - 1830s London is rich with promise and fraught with peril. Rachel sunne and James Edmunds are about to discover that love is too.
A Perfect Square - Vannetta Chapman - #2 in a Shipshewanan Amish Mystery - There's more to the quaint town of Shipshewana than handcrafted quiltes
Frantic - Mike Dellosso - Can a deranged serial killer be stopped before it's too late?
Beyond Hope's Valley - Tricia Goyer - A Big Sky #3 - Marianna returns to Indiana and the Amish community she grew up in, but her heart is back in Montana.
Coming Home - Stacy Hawkins Adams - The Winds of Change #1 - If forgiving your ex-husband was easy, everybody would do it.
Prophet - R.J.Larson - Ela Roeh of Parne doesn't understand why her beloved Creator, the Infinite, wants her to become His prophet. She's undignified and bad-tempered, and at age seventeen she's much too young.
Hiding in Plain Sight - Amy Wallace - Place of Refuge Series - Peace eludes Ashley until she realizes the answers she seeks aren’t found in starting over but in returning to the simple truth that it’s God who overcomes the world, not her.
The Discovery - Dan Walsh - Michael discovers a story unlike any other that his grandfather has written. Instead of a suspense story it is a love story and it is better than anything Michael has ever read before.
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