Happy May, InspyRomance friends!!!!

I hope it’s nice in your neck of the woods! We’re finally getting some perfect spring weather (now – if it’ll just last… and not get too hot too soon… ;)). It’s nice timing – we’re “dog sitting” but really a “try before you buy” sort of thing (a kiddo is allergic to most dogs, etc.) and since he’s only like 4 pounds and we don’t have a fence… well, we get to go outside with him. Better 80* and sunshine than 45* and rain :D. It’s also the time of year where lawn mowers are the first thing you hear in the morning on weekends – and the last thing you hear as the sun goes down. One of my “romance after I Do” things? A husband who takes care of the yard – even if it’s nothing fancy!

How many of you are ready for school to get out? My kids are! Because of all the snow days, we have a while to go yet, but my college classes are just about done – I’m seriously debating taking the papers outside to grade tomorrow. I may even find a way to work on my new manuscript out in the sunshine!

Remember those showers all last month? Well, they’ve got the May flowers blooming. What’s your favorite kind of flower? Mine are carnations. I don’t have a lot of experience with flowers, but I like their smell the best :).

We’ve had a great week here at InspyRomance and have another one coming up! Don’t forget – every comment you make All. Month. Long. gets you entered for our monthly drawing! Winner of April’s $30 Amazon card is…

Jeanne Takenaka!

All prize winners contact us at:

prizes at inspryromance dot com

On Monday, Jennifer Slattery gave us the first installment of A Princess and Her Gown, A Short Story. Check back next month for part 2!

Hallee Bridgeman asked for help on Tuesday. She wanted to know how you think Christian Fiction has changed in the last few years.

The Romance of the Everyday… Carla Laureano came by Wednesday to talk about the romance after the “I Do” stage. How many of us can relate?!

On Thursday, Lynette Sowell took us back to Pinecraft, Florida!

Friday, Kimberly Rose Johnson addressed the question: What is Romance? (Don’t you just love her cover?! I hadn’t seen it before! But it almost looks like it could be part of our InspyRomance Lodge!) The winner of her new release? Musicdamsel

Cacti and characters? Saturday, Merrillee Whren talked about how her characters often have something in common with those cacti!

Coming Up:

Monday: Annalisa Daughety

Tuesday: Ginger Solomon

Wednesday: Pepper Basham

Thursday: Lisa Jordan

Friday: Elizabeth Maddrey

Saturday: Valerie Comer

News & Notes

NEW RELEASES

The Nurse’s Perfect Match by Narelle Atkins

A Bridge Unbroken, a Miller’s Creek Novel, by Cathy Bryant

Here to Stay by Melissa Tagg (May 6)

EVENTS & TOURS 

Narelle Atkins is doing a live radio interview with Jay Jay at 1WayFM in Canberra, Australia, on Tuesday, May 6, after 1pm (AEST).

Narelle Atkins will be at Koorong book store in Fyshwick (Canberra) Australia on Saturday, May 10.

Keep up with this blog tour for chances to win The Nurse’s Perfect Match by Narelle Atkins.

Keep up with this blog tour for chances to win A BRIDGE UNBROKEN by Cathy Bryant.

SPECIAL PRICE A Melody for James by Hallee Bridgeman is now 99¢ wherever e-books are sold.

Staci Stallings’ novel To Protect and Serve is on sale for 99¢!

GIVEAWAYS

Kimberly Rose Johnson is giving away six copies of A Romance Rekindled on GoodReads. Ends May 21.

$100 Visa Card Giveaway! Book Launch & Blog Tour for A Bridge Unbroken by Cathy Bryant. Ends May 22.

Narelle Atkins is giving away 1 copy of The Nurses’s Perfect Match on Goodreads. Ends May 31.