Saturday, June 27, 2020

Welcome Author/Publisher Cynthia Hickey



Cynthia Hickey has been making up stories since she was a child. How fortunate that she finally found an outlet for her, uh, fictional tellings.

Multi-published and Amazon and ECPA Best-Selling author Cynthia Hickey has sold over a million copies of her works since 2013. She has taught a Continuing Education class at the 2015 American Christian Fiction Writers conference, several small ACFW chapters and RWA chapters. 

She and her husband run the small press, Winged Publications, which includes some of the CBA's best well-known authors. She travels between Arizona and Arkansas, depending on the time of year with her husband. She has ten grandchildren who keep her busy and tell everyone they know that "Nana is a writer".


Winged Publications – Where your stories take flight!

Winged Publications is an independent ebook and print publisher specializing in inspirational romance and fiction and books that don’t fit the traditional mold. Our 100+ authors are family. We support, uplift, and encourage each other to be the best author we can be. If you’re interested in joining our family, visit one of our imprints.

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"No one does a final suspense scene like Cynthia Hickey!" - Stewart Writing Services.

A rash of burglaries?

What kind of job had she been hired to do?

CJ Turley is excited to begin her new life as overseer of Heavenly Acres, a tiny house community in the Ozark mountains. As she's handed the keys to her new house, by a woman who seems far too eager to leave the job to someone else, CJ is told the community is experiencing a rash of burglaries and she should visit the nearby Park Ranger for help.

Can CJ and her new friends stop a thieving murderer before they lose something far more precious than jewels? Their life!

From first day, to spending time with handsome ranger, Eric Drake, to a cast of quirky characters who are all suspect in CJ's mind, you're bound for a fun, hilarious, romp in this first book of a new small town, cozy mystery series by best-selling and award-winning author.

Fans of Celia Bonaduce’s Tiny House novels and Cindy Bell’s Dune House cozy mystery series will enjoy this tiny house mystery series.






A gunshot pierces the winter day…

A sheriff finds a woman in the woods…
…not a normal day in Copper Pass, Montana
Investigative reporter, Jordan Evans flees Billings, Montana with a stranger hot on her heels. Someone wants her to stop questions. When she meets the town’s handsome sheriff, Wyatt Armstrong, she finds a strong ally, especially when a local girl disappears.

Fearing a sex trafficking ring his hiding in Copper Pass, Jordan and Wyatt hatch a brave, dangerous plot to catch the ring leader.

Will they stop the evil before becoming victim themselves.


Friday, June 26, 2020

Welcome Christian Author, Marguerite Martin Gray









Besides researching her historical novels, she enjoys studying history and writing fiction. An avid traveler and reader, she teaches Spanish and French. and has degrees in French, Spanish, and Journalism from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and a MA in English from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas.

Marguerite is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers, Abilene Writers Guild, Daughters of the American Revolution, South Carolina Historical Society, and Preservation Society of Charleston. She currently lives in North Louisiana with her husband. Her two adult children keep her up to date and young.


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Warships in the harbor explode with battle cries for freedom in the hearts of Charles Town’s Patriots.

Charles Town, South Carolina, 1776—With the British warships threatening his family and livelihood, Louis Lestarjette commits to aid Francis Marion, Christopher Gadsden, Silas Deane and other fiery Patriots with secret correspondences in code and in French. Although not convinced that the colonies can succeed in separation from Britain, he abides by his word—available with funds, his time, and if necessary, even his life.

Louis’ potential volatile role leaves Elizabeth Lestarjette uncertain of the future. Add to that her impending confinement, the secret missions her friends embark on, and the ever-encroaching danger into her domestic world, and the cost of independence grows steeper with each passing day. How will her family survive the coming turbulence? How will she survive not being an active part of it? One thing is certain, she must draw to God’s side or lose heart altogether.

Draw Me to Your Side… a prayer whispered against the coming destruction.




The leisurely life Louis has intended does not include revolution.

Charles Town, South Carolina, 1772—Louis Lestarjette arrives from France without purpose or plans beyond reconnecting with family and making a profit. Finding the town questioning its alliances, Louis must make decisions about the direction in his life, even as he tries to avoid all political conflict. He wonders if he will be able to stay neutral in a battle for independence. When decisive events confront him, Louis finds himself torn between staying with the woman he loves or escaping the coming conflicts.

Elizabeth Elliott trusts that God will hold her close in uncertain and changing times. Faced with difficult decisions about her loyalties, she finds comfort in close friends, a devout sister, and her music. When the mysterious Frenchman with no commitment to God or Charles Town enters her life, he challenges her role in the political battle. She must decide what actions she can take for the cause if any at all.





Thursday, June 25, 2020

Welcome Christian Author, Pamela Gossiaux


Hello Readers,

Today I want to welcome Christian Author, Pamela Gossiaux to the Bizwings Blog. 



Pamela Gossiaux the internationally bestselling author of the books Ordinary Girl, Good Enough, Why Is There a Lemon in My Fruit Salad? How to Stay Sweet When Life Turns Sour, and A Kid at Heart: Becoming a Child of Our Heavenly Father, as well as the highly acclaimed inspirational Russo Romantic Mystery series.

Pamela has been writing and working with writers for several decades. She has a dual BA degree from the University of Michigan in Creative Writing and English Language and Literature, and over 20 years of journalism writing experience. She teaches writing workshops and has been the editor for published books in a wide variety of genres, both fiction and non-fiction, including best sellers.
An avid horse enthusiast, she enjoys being outdoors and working in her garden. She also loves chocolate and prefers to curl up with a good book in her downtime. Pamela lives in Michigan with her husband, two sons, and three cats. 




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Healing Faith-Book 2
A Horses and Hearts Inspirational Romance

Faith is believing in something when the outcome seems impossible.

Rachel Walker’s husband left her for another woman, her parents are disappointed in her, and her job as a child psychologist isn’t going well. The only place she feels valued is at Three Hearts Ranch, the equine-assisted therapy center where she volunteers. It’s her safe space from the world.

Until Christopher Adler walks through the barn door.

Chris is the only survivor of the attack that took the lives of the other men in his Humvee in Afghanistan. Several years later, after a string of bad relationships and too much booze, his life changed one cold night when he met God. Now, trying to turn his life around, he seeks help for his PTSD at Three Hearts Ranch. But he wasn’t counting on Rachel Walker—the girl he hurt in high school—to be assigned as his therapist.

Rachel detests Chris, and working together isn’t an option. But then Faith, an abused palomino mare, is brought to the farm. As they try to save her, old feelings resurface. Can their wounds be healed and their hearts restored?

Publishes June 30, 2020


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Finding Hope-Book 1

An introverted horse-whisperer, a famous equine artist, and the mare who brings them together.

Tori Reynolds has never liked the term “breaking” horses to ride. Instead, she earns their trust and can climb aboard a wild mustang the same day she meets it. Her farm, a historic bed, and breakfast sits along the beautiful shores of Lake Michigan in the small town of St. Ives, and her life as a B&B owner and sought-after horse whisperer is pretty much perfect. Until a visit to New York City changes everything.


Matt Cheval is a handsome, nationally-known artist. When Tori steps into his Manhattan art show, she unexpectedly finds herself and her horse in his paintings. Angry and frightened, she is now faced with the memory of a day she has spent years trying to forget.






Saving Grace- Book 3


When winning is everything, there isn't much room for grace.
For feisty and driven Hannah Whitney, winning is everything. She and her dressage horse Amazing Grace are headed towards the final qualifying competition for the Olympic games when her trainer suddenly quits. With the competition just ten weeks away, Hannah's dad hires Chase Livingston as the new trainer.
Chase is a Gold Medalist in dressage. After an incident in the show ring one day, he loses his nerve and goes into hiding from the media. He’s reluctant to come out just to train the spoiled, rich daughter of a real estate tycoon, but the money is good.
Hannah doesn't want to be seen with him, but if she's going to be ready for the competition, he may be her only hope. What she doesn't count on is how attractive he is...
When faced with the question of what is most important in life, can two people with different answers ever find common ground?

Publishes September 29, 2020
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Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Review of The Path to Destiny by Christian Author, Emma Easter


Today I would like to introduce you to Emma Easter.  My review is on "The Path to Destiny" book 2 in her Destiny series.  First, a little about the author.




About Emma Easter

Like the characters in her stories, Emma Easter juggles a range of identities.

In the low-income community where she works, Easter is known as a family medicine physician who treats patients of all ages and backgrounds, including those who've been historically under-served by the healthcare system. But it's less known that she's also experienced life on the opposite end of the stethoscope as a cancer patient, now in remission.

College friends see her as an accomplished musician, having studied and mastered five classical instruments--but behind closed doors, she's just as comfortable rocking an air guitar to Creed. And when she isn't giving her heart, soul, and sanity to her three young children she's indulging in her most secret identity of all: meeting new characters, crafting fresh plots, and exploring every corner of her imagination.

Across all these different roles, one cohesive thread has tied everything together: her faith and love of Jesus Christ.

The Sisters of Rosefield is Easter's first series, soon to be followed by a second, The Destiny Series. Both center around themes close to Easter's heart: The importance of family, the redemption of true love, and the power of faith through harrowing adversity.

Emma Easter loves hearing from her readers. 

You can reach her at http://www.emmaeaster.com



The Path to Destiny

A STORY OF FORGIVING THOSE WHO HAVE DONE WRONG AND BRINGING LIGHT TO THE DARKNESS – THE DESTINY SERIES IS CHRISTIAN ROMANCE, SUSPENSE, AND INTRIGUE AT ITS BEST.

Newlyweds Keith and Rachel are basking in their newfound love, rebuilding their lives and the small town of Destiny. It all seems idyllic except the sorrow over Emily, Rachel’s absent infant daughter who has been separated from her mother by an obsessive father. Rachel’s first husband Mike Caldwell is a town elder of a small polygamist community, Fallow Creek where Emily is being kept and where Rachel had lived. Having Emily, escaping Fallow Creek, and discovering herself in Destiny led Rachel to Keith.

With a closer connection to God than she has ever felt before Rachel receives a calling, by the Lord to go with Keith to Fallow Creek and to bring the word of God there… a light in the darkness. Rachel felt the Lord speak to her, telling her to forgive those who had wronged her and to follow his plan.




My Review

Keith and Rachel is rebuilding the town of Destiny with funds from her brother and other donations. They are ready to file a custody suit for her daughter at Fallow Creek when Rachel gets a message from God not to go ahead with their plans.

Keith and Rachel pray and Keith gets a word from God but it’s not what he wanted to hear.  They are to return to Fallow Creek and be a light to the people there.  How? When Rachel was sent away and Keith has a congregation to care for in Destiny.

This book is an inspiration to following God’s word even when it seems impossible. To trust that if He calls, He will deliver and make a way for you to follow his plan.

Keith and Rachel takes a leap of faith. What they find is much worse than they can imagine, but not without its silver lining.


In case you haven't read book 1 in the series.

INTRIGUE, ROMANCE AND THE LOVE OF GOD – AUTHOR OF THE SISTERS OF ROSEFIELD, EMMA EASTER, INTRODUCES A NEW SET OF FLAWED AND LOVEABLE CHARACTERS IN THE DESTINY SERIES.
Twenty-five-year-old Rachel, nearing the end of her pregnancy, makes an urgent dash to flee her polygamist husband Mike Caldwell and his embittered first spouse Olivia. Pregnant with her first child, a product of her troubled forced spiritual union with Mike, Rachel knows if she doesn’t escape her unholy relationship both her and her child will never be free.
She has been unable to accept this way of life and feels it is not right for her to act as a barrier to Mike and Olivia and the sanctity of their marriage. Her escape plan fails, due to Fallow Creek, the polygamy commune she lives in, employing a security detail of young men who guard against escape.
With help from the unmarried pastor Keith Thorn, of nearby town Destiny, they are reminded that with faith, love, and trust in God’s plan they can achieve anything.




Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Welcome, Christian Author Crystal Mary Lindsey



Crystal Mary Lindsey is a retired registered nurse with specialties in emergency medicine and mental health. She enjoys sharing her inspirations of walking in faith to inspire and encourage others to live their dreams. She is mother to four Christian adult children and the proud grandmother to ten. Crystal has an English, French, and Italian background.

The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit are instrumental in her stories and receive all of the glory.

Qualifications: Bachelor of Nursing (Australia), Bachelor of Science Nursing (U.S.A.),
Post Graduate Degree - in Mental Health and Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support - in Emergency Medicine.

Crystal also holds a Diploma in Psychology/Counseling and is a Bible College graduate.

AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR (Editors Choice and Readers Favourite Award x2).


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Her Lost Soul
Christian Supernatural Romance

In the country music world of 1925, many surprises await Gracie. Romance, Angel Messengers, and terror locked in a GRAVEYARD vault by her ruthless abductor. What CHILLS next?

Confidently Gracie undertakes to walk from Kentucky to Nashville bent on the MAGIC of becoming a country music star. Yet all is not as easy as she imagines.

Desperate to leave the drudgery of farm life behind, she escapes the day after her eighteenth birthday, unbeknown to her family.

Pastor Ethan Tindale is a handsome single man new to her town and, with his own secretive life, reads into the wild thoughts racing through the beautiful young Gracie’s mind. Can he wisely guide her to attain her dream without the many evil temptations and that he knows to lie in-wait?


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Sunday, June 21, 2020

Welcome, Christian Author Caryl McAdoo








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    The Word & the Music http://carylmcadoo.com/blog/
    HeartWings (Devotional) - http://www.HeartWingsBlog.com
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GONE TO TEXAS

Free June 23- 27th


Genre: Historical Christian Romance 

Series : Cross Timbers Romances Family Saga, book one  
ALSO: Thanksgiving Books & Blessings Collection One, Book one



Excerpt

The four big girls went to town, haven't talked to Alicia yet, but she and Gabby came back holding hands like they were her mother and me at that age.

Mallory doesn't know whatever’s going on either. I shot her a what-happened look at supper, and she only shrugged. Esther seemed bewildered, too. Hopefully, it isn’t Miss Harrell working some kind of dodge on Alicia.

If that girl comes between Flynn and Alicia, I will not be responsible for my actions.


Thank you, Lord, for levelheaded husbands who keep their wives from doing evil things to young girls. She glanced over at him. He’d rolled away from the light of the lantern.

Oh, how she adored and respected her husband.

Thank you, Lord, for blessing me with the love of this man. I know I didn't do anything to deserve him. She returned to her journal.

Reviews

The O’Neals, Worleys, Van Zandts, and Harrells each face different crises that unite them around the goal of seeking their own farmland in Texas. As they embark on a journey fraught with dangers, their ups and downs captivate the reader. From shyster land agents to perilous river crossings, lurking wildlife, and overwhelming disappointments, these men and women take on life’s challenges, but also experience its joys, especially in the last chapters. Caryl McAdoo crafts characters that are absolutely believable. “Gone to Texas” leaves one feeling satisfied with a well-crafted, character-driven novel accurate to the times—a book heartily recommended for older teens and adults.

What a delightful story! I love how each journal entry starts with or includes a Bible verse or two. I love how the individual families work together as a unit. I’m really excited about this new series!    -- Cindy Nipper, a reader


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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

Review of the The Art of Deception by Leonard Goldberg



Today I want to tell you about a book I finished reading and enjoyed very much. This author is new to me and I loved the cover and the description spoke to me.  I couldn't believe it when I was notified that I had won an advanced reader copy in a Goodreads Giveaway.



"Suspenseful and entertaining, with many twists and turns....This is one of the best Sherlock Holmes series since Laurie R. King’s Mary Russell books."—Historical Novel Society

USA Today bestselling author Leonard Goldberg returns with another puzzling case for the daughter of Sherlock Holmes to unravel in this exciting mystery, The Art of Deception, sure to be enjoyed by fans of Sherlock Holmes as well as Laurie R. King and Charles Finch.

In the west end of London, an apparently crazed individual is on the loose, breaking into art galleries and private homes to slash valuable paintings of women. Despite Scotland Yard’s best efforts, the criminal remains at large and continues on his destructive path.

When Joanna and the Watsons are called in to solve the mystery, they soon discover that although the canvases have been slashed, their backings remain pristine, with no cuts or scratches. The criminal, it seems, is no mere vandal—he's searching for something hidden behind the portraits.

Suspicion soon falls on two skilled art restorers who previously worked at the gallery where all the vandalized art was purchased. When Joanna finds the body of one in a bricked off fireplace at the gallery, the other is left as the prime suspect. But then he's discovered dead as well. Luckily, Joanna has a plan for ensnaring the criminal once and for all. But it must not fail, or more paintings—and lives—will be lost.



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MY REVIEW

This was my first read by Leonard Goldberg and I must say that I plan to read more of his novels in the series. I am now a fan.


It was refreshing to read a fictional historical novel where the author matched the speech and mood of the time period perfectly. I felt as though I was there with the characters. It was well-researched.

I fell in love with the witty personality of Joanna and her uncanny ability to find clues from the evidence that most people would overlook. The story was very engaging, suspenseful, and kept me guessing from all the twists that kept coming.

I would highly recommend this page-turner to Sherlock fans or readers that love a well-crafted mystery. It was wonderfully written from beginning to end and I can't wait to read the rest of the series.

 This is Book 4 but it can be read as a standalone.

The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mysteries

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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

Author, Traci McDonald



I would like to introduce you to Author, Traci McDonald.



Traci McDonald-The Heart of Suspense believes falling-in-love is the greatest risk of all. Her non-explicit romances are about hurting, healing, and finding true love. She has found hers with her husband and three sons on the edge of the Mojave Desert. 

Traci has been blind for 20 years. She belongs to The National Federation of The Blind and contributes to Behind Our Eyes, a group of visually impaired writers from all around the world, along with her blogs, editing, and co-hosting blog talk radio with The World of Ink Network.




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Clean & Wholesome Romantic Suspense

Danielle Lyndon, owner of a 200-year-old bookstore in Greenville, Alabama, has built a fortress of suspicion around her heart. A tragic fire has taken the lives of her beloved Grandmother and mother, leaving her with nothing but an ancient collection of magical books.

Facing what seems like an eternity of loneliness and abandonment, her life is inexorably altered late one night when a runaway teenage girl breaks into her store and Danielle receives a mysterious text message…from her dead mother.

The only person who can help her is Aaron Donnell, a reckless, tormented drifter with haunting silver-blue eyes who is searching for the burglar, his younger sister. Aaron somehow holds the answers to the mysterious texts, but he’s arrogant, dangerous, and is clearly no good for her. The problem is . . . . she’s falling in love with him.

Consumed with Aaron’s mysterious darkness and the prospect of locating the source of the texts, Danielle allows him to unwittingly drag her into an insane, mystical world where human trafficking is the usual, black magic reigns supreme, and inhuman power lasts forever.

Are the dark chasms of magic and eternity too wide and deep for love to cross? Is the collateral damage in their battle too high of a price to pay if it leaves someone with their soul encased in stone?


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