{"id":113,"date":"2008-03-12T22:04:34","date_gmt":"2008-03-13T04:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=113"},"modified":"2008-03-12T22:04:34","modified_gmt":"2008-03-13T04:04:34","slug":"sweet-caroline-by-rachel-hauck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=113","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Caroline by Rachel Hauck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center>This week, the <\/center><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianfictionblogalliance.com\/\">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance<\/a><br \/>\n<\/center><center>is introducing<\/center><br \/>\n<center><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1595543376\">Sweet Caroline<\/a><\/strong><\/center><center>(Thomas Nelson February 12, 2008 <\/center><center>by <\/center><center><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rachelhauck.com\/\">Rachel Hauck<\/a><\/strong><\/center><strong>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/R9dEPWcr7KI\/AAAAAAAABSg\/AWRZd4laYnM\/s1600-h\/Rachel_Hauck-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/R9dEPWcr7KI\/AAAAAAAABSg\/AWRZd4laYnM\/s400\/Rachel_Hauck-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176681327200300194\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>I graduated from Ohio State University (Go Buckeyes!) with a degree in Journalism. As a member of Phi Mu sorority, I partied my way though the last few years of college.But, the truth is, and always will be, I belong to Jesus. At the age of six, I knelt at the altar of a Tulsa Methodist church and gave my life to the One who loves me.<\/p>\n<p>After graduation, hired on at Harris Publishing as a software trainer, determined to see the world. And I did it without a laptop, a cell phone, an IPod or portable DVD player. Those were hard times.<\/p>\n<p>But, I traveled to Ireland, Spain, Venezuela, Mexico, Australia, Canada and the U.S. from California to Maine. But, life on the road is difficult. Working twelve to fourteen hour days, one doesn&#8217;t get to see many of the sites. In Ireland, our company&#8217;s distributor drove me around at night so I could see something of Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>I met Tony, my husband, in &#8217;87, at church, of all places. We got married in &#8217;92. Tony has been a pastor for twenty years. I&#8217;ve worked with him in eighteen of those twenty. Our heart is to see teens and adults passionate, radical and whole hearted for Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>Tony and I don&#8217;t have any children of our own, lots of kids-in-the-Lord and we love them all. However, we do have a very spoiled dog, and an even more spoiled cat.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always wanted to be a writer. My dad used to tell me, &#8220;You&#8217;re a writer.&#8221; I have letters he wrote me post college, exhorting me to write. In this, I believe he had the heart of God.<\/p>\n<p>In &#8217;93, I started an epic WW2 novel with two plots. It was well rejected. After that ordeal, I took a break and put efforts into my job as a software project manager. But, I missed writing and in late &#8216; 99, I took up the craft again.<\/p>\n<p>With a little help from my friends, my first book was published in &#8216; 04, Lambert&#8217;s Pride, a romance novel. I love writing chick lit and romance. I love writing. What an honor.<\/p>\n<p>Rachel has several other books that have been received with great praise, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1595541918\">Diva Nash Vegas<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/159554190X\">Lost In Nash Vegas<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can purchase copies of Rachel&#8217;s books, signed personally for you,<br \/>\nat this site: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.signedbytheauthor.com\/\">Signed by the Author.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT THE BOOK<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/R9dEsWcr7LI\/AAAAAAAABSo\/ehkOtaPs5no\/s1600-h\/sweetcaroline.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/R9dEsWcr7LI\/AAAAAAAABSo\/ehkOtaPs5no\/s400\/sweetcaroline.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176681825416506546\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #663300\">When a Southern waitress inherits the Lowcountry cafe where she works, she suddenly has to balance more than just her next food order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Caroline Sweeney has always done the right thing&#8211;the responsible, dependable thing&#8211;unlike her mother who abandoned her family. But when her best friend challenges her to accept an exciting job adventure in Barcelona, Spain, Caroline says &#8220;yes&#8221; to destiny.<\/p>\n<p>Then, without warning, ownership of the run-down cafe where she&#8217;s been waitressing falls right into Caroline&#8217;s lap. While she&#8217;s trying to determine the cafe&#8217;s future, handsome Deputy Sherriff J.D. Rand captures Caroline&#8217;s heart.<\/p>\n<p>But when her first love, Mitch O&#8217;Neal, comes back to town, fresh from the heat of his newly-found fame as a country music singer in Nashville, Caroline must make some hard choices about love and the pursuit of the sweet life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Sweet Caroline(Thomas Nelson February 12, 2008 by Rachel HauckABOUT THE AUTHOR: I graduated from Ohio State University (Go Buckeyes!) with a degree in Journalism. 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