This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Word Gets Around
Bethany House (February 1, 2009)
by
Lisa Wingate
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Lisa Wingate lives in central Texas where she is a popular inspirational speaker, magazine columnist, and national bestselling author of several books. Her novel, Tending Roses, received dozens of five-star reviews, sold out ten printings for New York publisher, Penguin Putnam, and went on to become a national bestselling book. Tending Roses was a selection of the Readers Club of America, and is currently in its tenth printing.
The Tending Roses series continued with Good Hope Road, The Language of Sycamores, Drenched In Light, and A Thousand Voices. In 2003, Lisa’s Texas Hill Country series began with Texas Cooking, and continued with Lone Star Café, which was awarded a gold medal by RT BOOKCLUB magazine and was hailed by Publisher’s Weekly as “A charmingly nostalgic treat.” The series concluded with Over the Moon at the Big Lizard Diner.
Lisa is now working on a new set of small-town Texas novels for Bethany House Publishers. The series debuted with Talk of The Town and continued with Word Gets Around. A new series is also underway for Penguin Group NAL, beginning with A Month of Summer (July 2008), and continuing with The Summer Kitchen in July, 2009. Lisa’s works have been featured by the National Reader’s Club of America, AOL Book Picks, Doubleday Book Club, The Literary Guild, American Profiles, and have been chosen for the LORIES best Published Fiction Award.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
When Romance Is In the Air, Word Gets Around. Lauren Eldridge thought she’d wiped the dust of Daily, Texas, off her boots forever. Screenwriter Nate Heath thought he was out of second chances. Life’s never that predictable, though. Cajoled by her father, Lauren is back in town helping train a skittish race horse set to star in a Hollywood film. But the handsome screenwriter gives her more trouble than the horse. And Nate is realizing there’s a spark of magic in the project–and in the eyes of the girl who is so good with horses. Daily, Texas, has a way of offering hope, healing, and a little romance just when folks need it most.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Word Gets Around, go HERE.
Learn more about Lisa and her books on her Website
What people are saying:
“Lisa Wingate writes engaging stories that strike the heart. God has gifted her with a marvelous talent and I, for one, am most grateful.”
—Debbie Macomber, New York Times #1 bestselling author
MY REVIEW:
Lisa Wingate has just become a member of my group of favorite authors. In addition to Word Gets Around, I have also read Talk of the Town and Texas Cooking during the last week. I am totally enchanted with Lisa’s down-home stories, quirky characters, witty and humorous plot, and quaint but insightful homilies. In my opinion, there should be quite a few more Daily, Texas stories waiting to be told.
In Word Gets Around, both Lauren and Nate have pretty much given up hope – Lauren’s feelings of guilt and Nate’s feelings of inadequacy have crippled them. When Lauren ends up back in her home town of Daily, Texas at the same time Nate has been dragged there by his old friend, famous actor Justin, sparks fly between them even as they resist the attraction. Before the book ends, they have both fallen victim to the magic of Daily and the unselfish love of the townspeople has worked a miracle in their wounded hearts.
I can’t say enough times how much I loved Word Gets Around. I am so grateful to have been given the opportunity to review this book and will definitely be getting my hands on all Lisa’s past and future novels. I strongly suggest that you do the same.
Come and visit with some of those posting for this tour:
Amy at My Life
Andie at Radiant Light
Andrea at The Laughs Will Go On
April at Projecting A
Barbara at Victoria Hill Farm
Becky at Savvy Mom
Betsy Ann at Betsy Ann “Writer at Large!”
Bonnie at Bonnie Writes
Brittanie at A Book Lover
Camille at There is a season
Camy at Camy Tang
Carla at Carla’s Writing Café
Carrie at The Random Thoughts Of Carrie
CeeCee at Book Splurge
Cheryl at Writing Remnants
Christy at Christy’s Book Blog
Christy at My Life in Words…Books…
Courtney at A Mom Speaks
Dave at The Plot Thickens
Deborah at books, movies and chinese food
Deborah at Country At Heart
Debra at Soul Reflections
Deena at A Peek At My Bookshelf
Delia at Gatorskunkz And Mudcats
Edyth at Great Reads by Jasmine
Elizabeth at Count it All Joy
Gina at Upon Reflection
Gretchen at Inspire Me
Heidi at Reviews By Heidi
Janis at The Nearsighted Bookworm
Janna at Cornhusker Academy
Jason at Spoiled For The Ordinary
Jenn at One House Schoolroom Reviews
Jennifer at Musings on This, That, & The Other Thing
Jennifer at So Many Books…So Little Time
Kate at A Simple Walk
Kelly at A Disciple’s Steps
Kim at Window To My World
Kim at Rainy Day Diamonds
Krista at Welcome To Married Life
Kristinia at Loving Heart Mommy
Leah at Ponderings From My Heart
Leslie at A Little Bit Of Sunlight
Linda at Reading For His Glory
Lisa at Musings
Margaret at Creative Madness
Marjorie at The Writer’s Tool
Melissa at Breath Of Life
Michelle at Edgy Inspirational Author
Myra at Writer at Random
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