Today I’m featuring a book written by my lovely author friend Jessica Keller. She’s a fantastic voice in contemporary romance (not to mention her YA fantasy time-travel romance Saving Yesterday, one of my favorite recent reads). We share a love of chocolate, good fiction, and Captain Hook. So you know she has good taste. And yes, the latter is how we became friends.
This month, she kicked off her Goose Harbor series set in a small tourist town on the picturesque shores of Lake Michigan. Here’s what you need to know about the first book, The Widower’s Second Chance:
Idyllic Goose Harbor, Michigan, offers a fresh start for broken-hearted Paige Windom. In addition to securing a teaching job at the high school, she’ll fulfill her dream of helping at-risk teens in a nearby inner-city mentoring program. But Caleb Beck, a handsome yet overprotective widower and the center’s founder, doesn’t want Paige anywhere near the place. He’s afraid she’ll get hurt—just like his late wife. Paige knows she can do a lot of good—for the kids and Caleb himself. If only she can show him how to let go of his fear, maybe they’ll both find a way to reopen their wounded hearts.
You can get it on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, ChristianBook.com, Harlequin.com, and at your local Christian bookstore. I’m also told it’s been sighted on the shelves of Walmart. Yeah, that’s kind of a big deal :) While you’re there, check out her debut Love Inspired release, Home for Good, and the YA piece of brilliance I can’t get enough of, Saving Yesterday.
About Jessica: A Starbucks drinker, avid reader, semi-professional fangirl, and chocolate aficionado, Jessica Keller spends way too much time on Tumblr and Twitter. She writes both Young Adult Fiction and Romance. As a child Jessica possessed the dangerous combination of too much energy coupled with an over-active imagination. This pairing led to more than seven broken bones and countless scars. Oddly enough, she’s worked as a zookeeper, a librarian, camp counselor, horse wrangler, housekeeper, and finance clerk, but now loves her full-time work in law enforcement. She lives in the Chicagoland suburbs with her amazing husband, beautiful daughter, and two annoyingly outgoing cats that happen to be named after superheroes.
You can find her at www.JessicaKellerBooks.com, on Twitter @AuthorKeller, on Tumblr, or on her Facebook Author Page.
GIVEAWAY TIME: Jessica has generously offered to give away THREE bundles of her inspirational romance titles (Home for Good and The Widower’s Second Chance). To enter, check out the Rafflecopter below!
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Laurie Tomlinson is a wife and mom from Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is a member of My Book Therapy and the American Christian Fiction Writers and received the 2013 Genesis Award for Contemporary fiction. Her work is represented by Rachel Kent of Books & Such Literary. A self-professed bookworm, Laurie earned a degree in literature but bypassed the traditional education route to become a book publicist. In addition to writing contemporary romance, she enjoys cooking, singing with her church’s worship band, and going on adventures with her husband, daughter, and yellow Lab. She always has a good novel in her bag, usually tucked between the diapers.
what a wonderful giveaway! Thanks for the opportunity to enter! I will be glad to follow, tweet and share your book.
These books sound as if they are the perfect ones to have on a rainy afternoon…thanks for the giveaway.
Sounds like an interesting book.
It was so nice to get too know you a little better. This book sounds like so much fun too read.
I too love to read.
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Thank you for introducing me to this author. This sounds like a great book.
What a nice giveaway! Thank you for offering this giveaway.
JESS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, Saving Yesterday ROCKS! And I already have this book but have not yet had time to read it :D. Think I may have critiqued part of it at one point?! I know we’ve talked about it. I CANNOT wait for book 2 though!!!!
So proud of you, darlin’! Love you!
[You, too, Laurie!!!!! :D]
Thanks Ruth! I look forward to interacting with you on Twitter ;)
Rainy day reading is – hands down – probably one of my favorite activities! There’s nothing like a rainy day spent with a good book and a warm blanket (and perhaps a cat or a dog laying nearby!).
If you read it you’ll have to let me know what you think. Thanks for stopping by today!
It was nice to say hi today :) If you read the book make sure to stop by my facebook author page and let me know what you thought! I also post pictures of the characters and do fun things like that.
*waves* Hi Susan! Wonderful to meet you. Happy reading!
Thanks for entering Nancy!
Thanks for the support Carol! I believe you have critiqued the first chapter or two of Widower’s Second Chance, if I’m remembering correctly. And book two of the Goose Harbor Series is due out in Feb. 2015 (The Firefighter’s Secret) AND of course, the name Moncado will be in that one ;) but you knew that already!
Oh I´d love to read those books!
Ps Helloo!
Jessica, it’s so great to learn more about you. I love your books. I found that you were lacking a review of The Widower’s Second Chance on Amazon, B&N, Goodreads, and my local library system so I fixed that for you. I loved this book and can’t wait to read the next Goose Harbor book! Thanks for writing them!
**sending you virtual chocolate and hugs** DAWN!! Thank you so much. Reviews are gold – pure gold – to authors. We don’t continue to sell books without them. You just made my day and it’s only 7:19 in the morning here in Chicago. The next Goose Harbor books comes out in Feb. 2015 and I really have a soft spot for the hero of that one (its called The Firefighter’s Secret). I’ll be giving away review copies of the Feb release early on my facebook page and announcing more giveaways on Twitter – let’s try to get one to you early ;)
Helloo to you Jenna (by the way – I *LOVE* the name Jenna and have a heroine planned for the Goose Harbor series named Jenna!). Happy reading! Great to meet you
Love these types of books!
Me too!