Check out the first Books Galore giveaway for full contest rules and information, but here are the most important things to know:
Leave a comment between now and next Wednesday night if you’re interested in winning a book. Winners will be drawn Thursday morning. In your comment, please put the NUMBERS (not titles) of all the books from this current giveaway that you’re interested in. For example, your comment might say something like: “Put me in for #2, 7, and 9.” Include as many books as you’d like, and feel free to enter for all of them. Make sure that your comment includes an easy way for me to get in touch with you (email or your blog, etc.).
With each book listing, I’ve included where the author can ship. Please be sure to only enter for books that will ship to where you live. Thanks! (FYI: This week, some are US only, others are open to Canadians too, and a couple will ship to Australia. So be sure to check carefully before you put your name in the hat!)
1. Welcome to Fred (2 copies are up for grabs)
By Brad Whittington
Fiction
Ships: US
Mark Cloud has his doubts. He’s not sure if he’ll ever feel at home in Fred, Texas. He’s not sure that he can work up the nerve to declare his love to the girl of his dreams. He’s not sure he will survive another ride with Darnell Ray, Terror of the Back Roads. And he’s not really sure he buys the whole God thing. Which is an uncomfortable position for the son of a Baptist preacher.
Don’t forget to check out the other books in Brad’s Fred series: Living with Fred and Escape from Fred
2. A Vase of Mistaken Identity
By Cathy Elliott
Fiction
Ships: US
An antique dealer acquires a vintage vase with a list of familiar names inside. At first, she’s just curious. But after the first person on the list meets with a freak accident and the second person mysteriously disappears, Thea gets nervous…then gets involved…because – her name is next!
3. Promise Me Always
By Christine Lynxwiler
Fiction
Ships: US & Canada
4. Almost Like a Song
By Delia Latham
Fiction
Ships: US & Canada
A whirlwind romance amidst the natural splendor of Yosemite National Park. A spur-of-the-moment wedding near Bridalveil Fall. A young bride who awakens alone the morning after, her new husband gone with the mountain wind.
Hundreds of miles from family and friends, Hannah Johns supports the child born of that short-lived union by singing in a dinner lounge five nights a week. But her dream of someday owning the elite establishment is shattered when an unexpected transaction places it in the hands of Brock Ellis – the handsome biker who abandoned her in their honeymoon suite.
The ensuing sparks fly high, revealing buried secrets and forgotten pasts. Hannah returns to Yosemite in a desperate attempt to make peace with what happened to her there. When Brock follows, seeking answers of his own, Hannah finds herself in danger of losing her heart yet again to the man who shattered it the first time around.
Can this preacher’s daughter find the courage and grace to give love – and her vanishing bridegroom – another chance?
5. First Dawn
By Judith Miller
Fiction
Ships: US & Canada
Lured by the promise of true freedom, a thriving community, and land to call their own, sharecroppers Ezekiel Harban and his three daughters set off for Nicodemus, Kansas. When their wagon train arrives, they are shocked at what they find, and many give up and head back home. But Ezekiel’s family is determined to build a new life in spite of the disappointments.
Dr. Samuel Boyle and his family also are drawn by the wonderful potential of the Kansas frontier. When the Boyles settle in nearby Hill City, the struggling people of Nicodemus get word of a doctor in the neighboring community and seek his help.
As the lives of the Harban and Boyle families intersect, the two communities begin an enduring bond that seeks to bring the promises of the past to fulfillment.
6. Waiting for Summer’s Return
By Kim Sawyer
Fiction
Ships: US, Canada, & Australia
Summer Steadman loses everything along the Gnadenau Trail to Oklahoma and a land claim: her husband, her children, her belongings…and her joy. Stranded in a tiny German-Mennonite town, Summer takes the position of tutor to Thomas Ollenburger, who is unable to attend school due to an accident. Although she is meant to be the teacher, she becomes the student, learning from Thomas and his father the real meaning of joy.
7. Bygones
By Kim Sawyer
Fiction
Ships: US, Canada, Australia
Widower Marie Koeppler and her grown daughter Beth reluctantly return to the Mennonite community Marie abandoned twenty-three years ago. Soon after their arrival in Sommerfeld, a series of mysterious thefts raises the community’s suspicions against the “outsiders.” Can Marie prove their innocence, or will she be forced to flee once more? Henry Braun thought he’d gotten his love for Marie
out of his system, but soon begins to wonder if she’s stolen more than his heart. When it’s all said and done, can Henry and Marie let bygones be bygones, or has their love been doomed from the start?
8. Ribbon of Years
By Robin Lee Hatcher
Fiction
Ships: US
In 1936, 15-year-old Miriam Gresham of River Bluff, Idaho, wanted nothing more than to be a famous actress, just like Greta Garbo. But God had other things in mind. The remarkable story of her life of faith comes to light at an estate sale … and to restless Julianna Crosby, it’s a priceless find!
9. The Victory Club
By Robin Lee Hatcher
Fiction
Ships: US
In 1943, the women of America banded together to make a life for themselves while their husbands and sons fought overseas. Even as the men engaged in war, these women faced battles of their own on the homefront.
Margo King: A woman whose past threatens to control her future….Dottie King: One passionate mistake could destroy her dreams….Lucy Anderson: Lonely and afraid, she turns to another while her husband is away…. Penny Maxfield: Desperate for a new life, nothing—not even her family—can hold her back….
Margo, Dottie, Lucy, and Penny never expected to face the hardships they must now find a way to conquer. But through the power of Christ, and the power of friendship, perhaps this Victory Club will achieve more than any of them could ever have imagined.
10. Death of a Garage Sale Newbie
By Sharon Dunn
Fiction
Ships: US
Death of a Garage Sale Newbie is the first book in the Bargain Hunter mystery series. Garage Sale Newbie features four women who are bonded together by the need to clip coupons and be first in line at doorbuster sales. When one of the bargain hunters is found dead, it is up to the other three to figure out what happened to her and why. Ginger, a recent empty nester and bargain hunting expert leads Suzanne, mother of three with one on the way, and Kindra, a college student with a taste for designer clothes without the budget, to hunt down clues instead of good deals.
11. Expectations
By Toni V. Lee
Fiction
Ships: US
When Michael Greer barges into Daria Simpson?s home to avoid a belligerent ex-girlfriend, Daria is not impressed. Then Michael renews his relationship with Christ and begins attending her church. Suddenly, the atmosphere becomes electric, and despite her best intentions, Daria can?t get her mind off that man. Soon they?re having monster alerts that have nothing to do with ogres or dragons. Hilarious encounters, eccentric aunties, and a persistent ex-girlfriend give them plenty of action, but nothing prepares them for the arrival of a secret baby who reveals an
awful secret. Will Michael walk away and fulfill Daria?s fearful expectations, or will their attraction mature into a godly love that lasts a lifetime?
double checking my numbers this time
please enter me for 3,8 & 9.
Thanks!!!
Please include me for all of the books, 1-11. Thank you.
I would like to enter for 1-11 also. Thank you!!!
1-4-5-6-7-9-10
I think I might buy #10 if I dont win it LOL xoxo melzie
Throw me in for all of them #1-11, I guess I feel greedy today. ;o)
I’m interested in #3, 4, and 11. Thanks!
please enter me in 8 and 9. I love wwii books and this one sounds very interesting and different from any I have read before.
lacelk [at] sbcglobal [dot]net
11,8,6,5, 4, and 3.
Thanks
laney_poATyahoo.com
1 – 7, and 10 and 11 please. (not 8 and 9, not because I don’t like her books, but because i have those already)! thanks!!!
Please enter me for # 7. Thanks. Becky
gooch@fyi.net
Enter me for 1-11
Enter me for 3 and 4. Thanks!
Yet another humongous batch of great books. How do you do this?
Put me in for #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. Huh. That’s all of them. XD
3 & 4 for me, please!
Thanks!
Ooh, so many good ones here.
I am interested in 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.
Thanks, Katrina!!
Number one, please!
Hi. Thanks for all your work to do this! Please enter me for all of them. Thanks.
Please enter me for 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 11. Thanks!!
Please put me down for 4,5,6, & 7.
Please enter me for all of them! Thanks so much!
Yet again–a wonderful selection of books! Please enter me for numbers 1,2,3,4,8,9,10, and 11. Thank you!
Hi – enter me for #2 and #10 please.
Thanks.
Book #2 please!!
Thanks!
Please enter me for #1, 2, 8, 9, and 10…Thanks!
Please include me for all the books. 1-11
Thanks!
sorry to clutter your contest, but I just wanted to let you know I tagged you for a meme.
M
I agree, another great batch of books! Please count me in for all, especially number 10:-) I too think I will have to buy this one if I don’t win it, I L.O.V.E. serial books, and this series sounds amazing.
Hi Katrina! Put down down for numbers 9 & 10. Thanks!
-Malady
bibanon1@gmail.com
sign me up for 2, 4, 6, 7, and 11!
Grazie!
Happy Saturday!
Can you please enter me for all of them?
Mrs.Pear (at) cox.net
Sign me up for 2 and 8, please!
Hi! Please put me down for 2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10 and 11. Thanks!
Sweet blessings!
Renee
G’day
Putting my hands up to go in the draw for the Aussie ones
6 and 7
Hoo Roo
All of them look interesting. If you would sign me up for 1-11. Thanks.
Hi Katrina!!
Put me in for all of them…thanks so much!!
they all look good this week! sign me up for ALL thanks!!!
I will read any of those books and would love to win one. Put me down for ALL of them 1-11. Thanks so much!
There are some that caught my eye this week. Please enter me for 2,4,10
Thanks
Please enter me for 1, 2 and 7. Thank you!
Please put me in for 1, 6 & 10.
BTW- I just LOVED Ribbon of Years.
Hi Katrina,
I’m going to join in this time around… put me in for 2 & 10.
Loved your last past on Journals…
I misss your everyday life posts.
I would love to win any of them #1-11 please.
Thanks
I would love to win any one of them!! #1 – #11 please!!
Wow. Some great books. I would love to enter for #9.
Also, since you love books, come on over to She Plants a Vineyard and check out out interviews with Kim Vogel Sawyer (Bygones) and Brandilyn Collins (Coral Moon).
She Plants a Vineyard
http://www.tinaannforkner.blogspot.com
Gosh! Any of them would be great! But especially #4-11! Thanks!
Put me in for all of them (1-11). So excited to see Robin Lee Hatcher in the mix . . . she is one of my favorite authors . . . thanks!
I’ll take any of them. Thanks!
#10 please
Jennifer
johnjen50@yahoo.com
I’m so tired it’s hard to focus and I have to fetch the kiddo, so please just throw me in the hat for all of them. The best place to leave a message if I win is at my book blog:
http://bookfoolery.blogspot.com/
Thanks so much!
Wow. They all sound great. Please enter for me 1 through 11.
Thanks much!
~Jada
More wonderful sounding books! Please enter me for #2, 6, 7, and 10. Thanks!!!
Hi, I am new to your blog but I am definitely a fan.
I would like to enter for the following #’s, 2, 3 and 10.
Thank you.
b
Please enter me for #s 1, 3, 4, 8., 9, and 11.
Please enter me for #2, 6, 7, and 10.
Thanks very much! Love your blog.
Kim
Please enter me for #1 – 11 (all of them)
Thanks so much. Two of my friends have won…How have I not jumped over before? I love your blog!
Stacy
http://www.vadersmom.com
Count me in for ALL the books please, Katrina. How is L.? You all are in my prayers.
Hugs,
Eden
Another great list! Please enter me for #2,3,4,5,6,7,and 11.
Thanks!
sheri.carneal@gmail.com
What a great blog!
I would like to enter for:
5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Thanks!
http://jennifersrandommusings.blogspot.com/
I’d like to enter for:
# 4,5,6,9
Thanks Katrina!
Wow, thanks to Sherry at the Bibliomane blog I learned about the giveaway. I love to read. These sound great but here are the ones I would like to win, 3, 4, 5, or 10.
Thank you and blessings.
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/abiga51
I left an entry the other day and I’ve looked 4 times and can’t find it, so entering (again)
Please put me down for the following
#1, 4, 5, 7, 9 and 10
Thanks
~rebecca