News & Notes

Tessa Afshar, author of the exceptional Pearl in the Sand, has a marvelous contest running at the moment put together by the fabulous folk at PulsePoint Design.  Here's what is included:

• An ornate, hand-painted, gold-encrusted jewelry box from Israel (pictured above)

• A keepsake bottle of multi-colored sand from the Negev desert

• A freshwater pearl necklace from the Middle East

• A set of three perfume bottles from Israel, containing Spikenard, Frankincense, and Myrrh

• An exquisite red silk hand-embroidered women’s prayer scarf, created by Israeli designer Yair Emanuel

Click here and follow the prompts to enter and tell a friend!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This month there are some fabulous books free to your Kindle or Kindle for PC and other ereaders.  As I own a Kindle, I'm just posting the Kindle links for you :)  Check these out!

Laura Frantz's The Frontiersman's Daughter

Lisa T Bergren's Waterfall

Yvonne Harris' The Vigilante's Bride

Richard Mabry's Code Blue

Erynn Mangum's Miss Match

Kaye Dacus' Ransome's Honor

& more......

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I'm not always going to highlight free Christian Kindle books but I know a fabulous website that does!  Be sure to add the lovely Keiki Hendrix's Vessel Project to your reader or subscribe to email and you will never miss a thing on Kindle or Nook.

Keiki has a lot of great series on her site so be sure to check them out as well:

Five Things

Kindred Questions

Reviews

& more........

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thomas Nelson are running an I Love Christian Fiction sweepstakes with a prize of $10,000!

Answer a short survey and you are in the draw :)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Julie Lessman...free on Kindle?!

Love Julie Lessman's books? Want one free with the chance to win a signed copy of Julie's long awaited A Hope Undaunted?

Julie's A Passion Most Pure is available now to download FREE to your Kindle, PC, Mac, iphone and Blackberry. As for the chance to win a signed copy of A Hope Undaunted, I'll let Julie tell you how:~

Hello!

Want a FAST AND EASY way to win a signed copy of my first book in my Winds of Change series, A Hope Undaunted (or any of my Daughters of Boston books)???

HERE'S HOW!!!

Until April 3rd, A Passion Most Pure is being offered on Amazon Kindle, PC, Mac, iphone and Blackberry for FREE, which is a HUGE push for my books AND will help me to continue writing the books you want me to write.

Your name will be thrown into a hat to win a signed copy of A Hope Undaunted (or any of my books) EARLY if you do any or all of the following:

1.) Send an e-mail to at least 10 people, asking them to download APMP FREE on Amazon Kindle here. For every 10 people you send this to, you get another chance to win. Simply e-mail me through the "Contact Julie" page of my website, and I will forward you my personal e-mail to include on your e-mail to 10 or more people, which will then allow me to toss your name in the hat for this contest.

2.) Ask people on your FaceBook, Twitter, Goodreads, Shelfari or any other social network to download APMP FREE. Again, e-mail me through the "Contact Julie" page of my website telling me you have done this, and I will toss your name in the hat for this contest.

3.) Sign up for my FaceBook Fan Page here, then e-mail me through the "Contact Julie" page of my website telling me you have done so and I will toss your name in the hat for this contest.

4.) Sign up for my newsletter and e-mail me through the "Contact Julie" page of my website telling me you have done so, and I will toss your name in the hat for this contest.

YOUR NAME WILL BE THROWN IN THE HAT EACH AND EVERY TIME YOU DO ONE OF THE ABOVE ACTIONS. Just be sure to let me know by contacting me through my website.

Good luck and THANK YOU!!

Hugs,

Julie