{"id":469,"date":"2008-09-17T10:18:17","date_gmt":"2008-09-17T15:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=469"},"modified":"2008-09-17T10:18:17","modified_gmt":"2008-09-17T15:18:17","slug":"the-bride-bargain-by-kelly-eileen-hake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=469","title":{"rendered":"The Bride Bargain by Kelly Eileen Hake"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5500\/1432\/1600\/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5500\/1432\/320\/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"74\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:130%;\">This week, the<\/span><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianfictionblogalliance.com\/\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:100%;\">is introducing<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 130%; color: #993300;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 130%; color: #993300;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1602601755\">The Bride Bargain<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Barbour Publishing, Inc (September 1, 2008)<br \/>\nby<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 130%; color: #006600;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kellyeileenhake.com\/\">Kelly Eileen Hake <\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/SNBzXQzr-yI\/AAAAAAAABwc\/skp7wujHobw\/s1600-h\/kellyhake.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246820409372572450\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/SNBzXQzr-yI\/AAAAAAAABwc\/skp7wujHobw\/s200\/kellyhake.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Life doesn&#8217;t wait, and neither does Kelly Eileen Hake. In her short twenty-three years of life, she&#8217;s achieved much. Her secret? Embracing opportunities and multitasking. Kelly received her first writing contract at the tender age of seventeen and arranged to wait three months until she was able to legally sign it. Since that first contract five years ago, she&#8217;s reached several life goals. Aside from fulfilling fourteen contracts ranging from short stories to novels, she&#8217;s also attained her BA in English Literature and Composition and earned her credential to teach English in secondary schools. If that weren&#8217;t enough, she&#8217;s taken positions as a college preparation tutor, bookstore clerk, and in-classroom learning assistant to pay for the education she values so highly. Currently, she is working toward her MA in Writing Popular Fiction. No matter what goal she pursues, Kelly knows what it means to work for it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Kelly&#8217;s dual careers as English teacher and author give her the opportunity explore and share her love of the written word. A CBA bestselling author and dedicated member of American Christian Fiction Writers, Kelly is a reader favorite of Barbour&#8217;s Heartsong Presents program, where she&#8217;s been privileged to earn numerous Heartsong Presents Reader&#8217;s Choice Awards; including Favorite New Author 2005, Top 5 Favorite Historical Novel 2005, and Top Five Favorite Author Overall 2006 in addition to winning the Second Favorite Historical Novel 2006!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Her Prairie Promises trilogy, set in the 1850s Nebraska Territory, features her special style of witty, heartwarming historical romance.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/SNBxP64VwuI\/AAAAAAAABwU\/Y357hFkTM9Q\/s1600-h\/bridebargain.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246818084204167906\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/SNBxP64VwuI\/AAAAAAAABwU\/Y357hFkTM9Q\/s200\/bridebargain.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> Set down upon the wild American plains during the 1850. Clara is desperate for a home and a future for herself and her aunt. When Clara Fields and her aunt are kicked off their wagon train, a store owner in Buttonwood offers a chance at redemption. If Clara is able to wed his grandson off to any of the local girls within a month, he&#8217;ll sign over his two-story house.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Desperate to provide for the woman who raised her, Clara agrees to find a bride for the man&#8217;s son&#8211;a stalwart bachelor. How hard can it be to find a bride for one handsome Doctor? Apparently more difficult than she imagined when Saul Reed seems determined to remain single.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Will Clara&#8217;s faith and wits help her wrangle a resolution to The Bride Bargain. Striking a bargain with a lonely trader to fool a head-strong doctor could lead Clara to an unexpected avenue of romance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1602601755\">The Bride Bargain<\/a>, go <a href=\"http:\/\/thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com\/2008\/09\/bride-bargain-chapter-1.html\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Kelly can be reached through the Contact link on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kellyeileenhake.com\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<address>Come visit some of those posting for this tour:<\/address>\n<address> Amber at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambermiller.com\/\">A Fiction-Filled Life<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Amy at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homeschoolblogger.com\/simplefolkschoolhouse\/\">Simple Folk Schoolhouse<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Amy at <a href=\"http:\/\/sprightly-amyanne.blogspot.com\/\">sprightly<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Amy at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfriendamysblog.com\/\">My Life<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Andrea at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonathanandandrea.blogspot.com\/\">The Laughs Will Go On<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Angela at <a href=\"http:\/\/sevendogsandababy.blogspot.com\/\">One Baby, Seven Dogs, and a Mommy<\/a><\/address>\n<address>April at <a href=\"http:\/\/projectinga.blogspot.com\/\">Projecting A<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Bonnie at <a href=\"http:\/\/bonniescalhoun.blogspot.com\/\">Bonnie Writes<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Brittanie at <a href=\"http:\/\/abookloverforever.blogspot.com\/\">A Book Lover<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Camille at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thereisaseason.blogspot.com\/\">There is a season<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Camy at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.camytang.com\/\">Camy Tang<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Carol at <a href=\"http:\/\/carolkeen.blogspot.com\/\">Blogging With Carol<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Carolyn at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.quiettimewithcarolyn.com\/Serenity\/\">Serenity<\/a><\/address>\n<address>CeeCee at <a href=\"http:\/\/booksplurge.blogspot.com\/\">Book Splurge<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Cheri at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.womenathome.typepad.com\/cheri\/\">Kudzu and Koolaid<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Cheryl at <a href=\"http:\/\/cherylklarich.blogspot.com\/\">Writing Remnants<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Courtney at <a href=\"http:\/\/amomspeaks.com\/\">A Mom Speaks<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Dave at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.daverhoades.com\/wordpress\/\">Dave Rhoades<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Dave at <a href=\"http:\/\/novelspotlight.blogspot.com\/\">Novel Spotlight<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Deanna at <a href=\"http:\/\/ldgermany.blogspot.com\/\">Deannna&#8217;s Corner<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Deborah at <a href=\"http:\/\/books-movies-chinesefood.blogspot.com\/\">books, movies and chinese food<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Deborah at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deborahvogts.blogspot.com\/\">Country At Heart<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Deborah at <a href=\"http:\/\/comfortjoydesigns.blogspot.com\/\"> Comfort Joy Designs<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Debra at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.debrand387.blogspot.com\/\">Soul Reflections<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Deena at <a href=\"http:\/\/deenasbooks.blogspot.com\/\">A Peek At My Bookshelf<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Delia at <a href=\"http:\/\/gatorskunkzandmudcats.blogspot.com\/\">Gatorskunkz And Mudcats<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Edyth at <a href=\"http:\/\/jassgreatreads.blogspot.com\/\">Great Reads by Jasmine<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Erica at <a href=\"http:\/\/onthewritepath.blogspot.com\/\">On The Write Path<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Erin at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.noahandtaytay.blogspot.com\/\">Life Around Here<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Gina at <a href=\"http:\/\/uponreflectionblog.blogspot.com\/\">Upon Reflection<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Gretchen at <a href=\"http:\/\/dreamwriter07.blogspot.com\/\">Inspire Me<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Janis at <a href=\"http:\/\/thenearsightedbookworm.blogspot.com\/\">The Nearsighted Bookworm<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Jendi at <a href=\"http:\/\/jendisjournal.com\/\">Jendi&#8217;s Journal<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Jeni at <a href=\"http:\/\/jeniallen.blogspot.com\/\">Allen Family Circus<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Jenn at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homeschoolblogger.com\/waldens\">Adventures At Walden&#8217;s Pond<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Jill at <a href=\"http:\/\/cwahmjill.blogspot.com\/\">Christian Work At Home Moms<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Karen at <a href=\"http:\/\/momofajl.blogspot.com\/\">Mommy of Three<\/a><\/address>\n<address>Karla at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roadstoeverywhere.com\/blog.html\">Ramblin&#8217; 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