This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Embers of Love
Bethany House (October 1, 2010)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Tracie Peterson is the bestselling, award-winning author of more than 85 novels. She received her first book contract in November, 1992 and saw A Place To Belong published in February 1993 with Barbour Publishings’ Heartsong Presents. She wrote exclusively with Heartsong for the next two years, receiving their readership’s vote for Favorite Author of the Year for three years in a row.
In December, 1995 she signed a contract with Bethany House Publishers to co-write a series with author Judith Pella. Tracie now writes exclusively for Bethany House Publishers.
She teaches writing workshops at a variety of conferences on subjects such as inspirational romance and historical research.
Tracie was awarded the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award for 2007 Inspirational Fiction and her books have won numerous awards for favorite books in a variety of contests.
Making her home in Montana, this Kansas native enjoys spending time with family–especially her three grandchildren–Rainy, Fox and Max. She’s active in her church as the Director of Women’s Ministries, coordinates a yearly writer’s retreat for published authors, and travels, as time permits, to research her books
ABOUT THE BOOK:
The logging industry in eastern Texas is booming, and Deborah Vandermark plans to assist her family’s business now that she’s completed college. Unexpectedly, her best friend, Lizzie Decker, accompanies her back home–fleeing a wedding and groom she has no interest in.
Deborah, the determined matchmaker, puts her sights on uniting her brother and dear friend in a true love match. Deborah soon meets Dr. Christopher Clayton, a much-needed addition to the town. As their lives intersect, Deborah realizes that she has a much greater interest in medicine and science than the bookkeeping she was trained in.
But when typhoid begins to spread and Lizzie’s jilted fiance returns, Deborah wonders if true love can overcome such obstacles…for those dearest to her, and for herself.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Embers of Love, go HERE.
Learn more about Tracie and her books on her Website.
MY REVIEW:
Introducing the new Striking a Match series, Embers of Love is set primarily in the pine hills of east Texas. In this volume, the reader gets a bonus of two romances for the price of one. When Deborah rescues her good friend Lizzie from a potentially disastrous marriage, she talks the runaway bride into going home to Texas with her. As she watches the hoped for romance develop between her brother and Lizzie, Deborah refuses to even consider a romance for herself because she feels obliged to help with her family’s logging business. Once Deborah gets to know and helps the new doctor in town, Christopher Clayton, she finds that he is the only person in town who understands her desire to learn . . . and he actually encourages her. Their friendship develops into mutual attraction; however both deny their developing feelings due to their assumed responsibility to their families.
Embers of Love is the kind of book I have come to expect from Tracie Peterson – one that is well researched, full of historical and geographical facts, and contains both humor and drama, a good romantic story, and a strong spiritual message. I would recommend Embers of Love to those who are already fans of Tracie Peterson and also to those who enjoy a good historical romance.
