{"id":1087,"date":"2009-02-16T11:57:54","date_gmt":"2009-02-16T16:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2009-02-16T11:57:54","modified_gmt":"2009-02-16T16:57:54","slug":"gingham-mountain-by-mary-connealy-cfba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=1087","title":{"rendered":"Gingham Mountain by Mary Connealy – CFBA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week, the<\/span><\/center>
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance<\/span><\/a><\/center>
is introducing<\/span><\/center>
Gingham Mountain<\/a><\/span><\/center>
Barbour Books (February 1, 2009)<\/center>
by<\/center>
Mary Connealy<\/a><\/span><\/center><\/p>\n

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303214827856742866\"<\/a>Mary’s writing journey is similar to a lot of others. Boil it down to persistence, oh, go ahead and call it stubbornness. She just kept typing away. She think the reason she did it was because she was more or less a dunce around people\u2014prone to sit silently when she really ought to speak up(or far worse, speak up when she ought to sit silently). <\/p>\n

So, Mary had all these things, she want to say, in her head; the perfect zinger to the rude cashier, which you think of an hour after you\u2019ve left the store, the perfect bit of wisdom when someone needs help, which doesn\u2019t occur to you until they solve their problems themselves, the perfect guilt trip for the kids, which you don\u2019t say because you\u2019re not an idiot. She keep all this wit to herself, much to the relief of all who know her, and then wrote all her great ideas into books. It\u2019s therapeutic if nothing else, and more affordable than a psychiatrist. <\/p>\n

So then a very nice, oh so nice publishing company like Barbour Heartsong comes along and says, \u201cHey, we\u2019ll pay you money for this 45,000 word therapy session.\u201d That\u2019s as sweet as it gets.<\/p>\n

Mary’s journey to publication is the same as everyone\u2019s except for a few geniuses out there who make it hard for all of us. And even they probably have an Ode to Roast Beef or two in their past.<\/p>\n

There are two other books in this Lassoed In Texas Series: Petticoat Ranch<\/a> and Calico Canyon<\/a><\/p>\n

ABOUT THE BOOK<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303220385356446274\"<\/a>All aboard for a delightful, suspense-filled romance, where a Texan is torn between his attraction to a meddlesome schoolmarm and the charms of a designing dressmaker. When Hannah Cartwright meets Grant, she’s determined to keep him from committing her orphans to hard labor on his ranch. How far will she go to ensure their welfare? <\/p>\n

Grant Cooper is determined to provide a home for the two kids brought in by the orphan train as runs head-on into the new school marm, who believes he’s made slave labor out of eight orphaned children. He crowds too many orphans into his rickety house, just like Hannah Cartwright’s cruel father. Grant’s family of orphans have been mistreated too many times by judgmental school teachers. Now the new schoolmarm is the same except she’s so pretty and she isn’t really bad to his children, it’s Grant she can’t stand. <\/p>\n

But he is inexplicably drawn to Hannah. Can he keep his ragtag family together while steering clear of love and marriage? Will he win her love or be caught in the clutches of a scheming seamstress?<\/p>\n

If you would like to read the first chapter of Gingham Mountain<\/a>, go HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

Learn more about Mary and her books on her Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Come and visit with some of those posting for this tour:
\nAbi at lighter side
\nAmber at A Fiction-Filled Life
\nAmy at Simple Folk Schoolhouse
\nAmy at My Life
\nAndie at Radiant Light
\nApril at Projecting A
\nBecky at Savvy Mom
\nBonnie at Bonnie Writes
\nBrittanie at A Book Lover
\nCamille at There is a season
\nCamy at Camy Tang
\nCara at the law, books, and life
\nCarla at Carla’s Writing Caf\u00e9
\nCarrie at The Random Thoughts Of Carrie
\nCeeCee at Book Splurge
\nChrista at Fairfield Corner Academy
\nChristy at Christy’s Book Blog
\nDave at The Plot Thickens
\nDave at Novel Spotlight
\nDeanna at Deannna’s Corner
\nDeborah at books, movies and chinese food
\nDeborah at Country At Heart
\nDebra at Soul Reflections
\nDeena at A Peek At My Bookshelf
\nDelia at Gatorskunkz And Mudcats
\nEdyth at Great Reads by Jasmine
\nGeorgiana at Georgiana D
\nJanis at The Nearsighted Bookworm
\nJanna at Cornhusker Academy
\nJason at Spoiled For The Ordinary
\nJendi at Jendi’s Journal
\nJenn at One House Schoolroom Reviews
\nJennifer at Musings on This, That, & The Other Thing
\nJennifer at So Many Books\u2026So Little Time
\nJenny at Come Meet AusJenny
\nJill at Christian Work At Home Moms
\nJill at Artistic Blogger
\nKate at A Simple Walk
\nKelly at A Disciple’s Steps
\nKelly at Scrambled Dregs
\nKim at Window To My World
\nKristinia at Loving Heart Mommy
\nLeah at Ponderings From My Heart
\nLeslie at A Little Bit Of Sunlight
\nLinda at Mocha With Linda
\nLinda at Reading For His Glory
\nLori at Noggin Bits
\nMarjorie at The Writer’s Tool
\nMichelle at Edgy Inspirational Author
\nMyra at Writer at Random
\nPam at Pam’s Private Reflections
\nPam at Daysong Reflections
\nPatricia at Readin N Writin With Patricia
\nPattie at FreshBrewedWriter
\nPeg at Sips ‘n Cups Cafeteria
\nPepper at Great Christian Fiction
\nBecky at Becky’s Book Reviews
\nRel at Relz Reviewz
\nRulan at Fiction Showcase
\nRyan at loves to read
\nShera at Froggy Reviews
\nSunny at That Book Addiction
\nTakiela at Beauty 4 Ashes
\nTara at Tara’s View Of The World
\nTracy at Pix-N-Pens
\nVicki at Vicki Tiede
\nVictoria at Overlooked Orchid<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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