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Review: The Fall of Candy Corn by Debbie Viguie

Candace Thompson is back at The Zone theme park to work “Scare,” the park’s Halloween celebration. Candace worked at The Zone over the summer (The Summer of Cotton Candy) and now she’s back to help out during the Halloween holiday.

Candace’s boyfriend, Kurt, works at the theme park full-time so she’s excited to be around him during work days. However, she’s not so excited about the job once she realizes that the character she’ll be dressing as is herself. The ride she’ll be working at is based on an adventure she and Kurt had over the summer being locked in the theme park after hours.

When Candace gets hurts and ends up stuck back at the candy cart selling candy corn, she knows it will be a long holiday. Soon she realizes that her accident may not have been so accidental … and that there are a lot of other strange things happening around The Zone. Can she figure out what’s going on?

This series is so much fun. Candace and her best friend are funny and a little quirky. Her boyfriend isn’t my favorite, but I’m hoping that’s a story for another book in the series. The amusement park setting gives the books a unique flavor that I haven’t found elsewhere. This is a sweet YA series and I’m already looking forward to book three.

Review By:
Jill Hart

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Interview with Dena Dyer

 

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Listen in as we talk with author Dena Dyer. A little about Dena’s books:

Grace for the Race: Meditations for Busy Moms (humorous women’s non-fiction; devotional)–November 2004. A book for moms by a mom, which encourages readers to surrender their time, relationships, and schedule to God. Full of real-life stories, scripture, and humor, Grace for the Race reminds women that they’re not crazy, they’re not alone–and that God delights in them, just as they are.

www.denadyer.com
Encouraging Moms–and Other Groovy Chicks!

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Interview with Samantha Ettus, author of THE EXPERTS’ GUIDE TO DOING THINGS FASTER

 

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In this day and age we are more time crunched than ever, forced to choose between running errands and fitting in a workout, attending a dinner party or putting the kids to bed. Now, THE EXPERTS’ GUIDE TO DOING THINGS FASTER (Clarkson Potter) shows readers there is no need to sacrifice life’s necessary tasks or its pleasures.

Experts’ Guide creator Samantha Ettus is passionate about everything but sitting still. Always in pursuit of a more efficient life, she has engaged 100 of the world’s leading experts to map an all-out assault on lost time and inefficiency. In brief, witty how-to chapters, these experts explain how to be more efficient in every aspect of life—from home and work to romance and health.

Whether it’s tackling a to-do list in record time, washing dishes just a few minutes faster to avoid missing a favorite show, or thinking quicker on one’s feet to impress those higher-ups at work, Ettus’ all-star cast shows readers how. For more information, please visit www.expertsmedia.com

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Holy Fools

Pastor Matt Woodley didn’t set out on his spiritual journey with the intention of becoming a fool. He was comfortable, respectable, and to be honest, nice. But somewhere along the way he realized that his life – and his faith – wasn’t all he wanted it to be. And it certainly wasn’t all that God wanted it to be either.

So without entirely knowing where he was going he embarked on an ancient path of holy folly, in the footsteps of a motley group of God followers. From the desert Christians of the fourth century to contemporary “fools” for Christ, he encountered men and women whose unconventional and settling faith was enough to jar him out of spiritual complacency.

Get ready to meet the holy fools. They’ll provoke you, disrupt you, challenge you, and at times make you laugh. But the one luxuary they won’t afford you is to sit on your chair unchanged.

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Fancy Pants

When “Big Tim” Creighton spies the mincing fop headed for Forsaken Ranch, he is appalled. Thankful his boss isn’t around to witness the arrival of his kin, Tim decides he’ll turn “Fancy Pants” Hathwell into a man worth of respect.

Lady Sydney Hathwell to don men’s attire, but when her uncle mistakenly assumed she was a male, the answer to her problems seemed clear. Her disguise as “Syd” was meant to be temporary…but the arranged married she’s fleeing, her uncle’s attitude toward the fairer sex – and her own pride – compel her to continue the guise far longer than she had planned.

When her deception is exposed, will she be forced to abandon her hopes for family…and true love?

Cathy Marie Hake is the author of over twenty novels, though past endeavors have included making Bible covers and cutting out convertible car tops! She and her husband live in Anaheim, California. To learn more about Cathy and her books visit www.cathymariehake.com.

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Interview with Sara DuBose

 

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Sara DuBose is a motivational speaker and author. Sara is also author of Conquering Anxiety, published by the PresbyterianChurch in America. She currently travels as a speaker for seminars, festivals, civic clubs, schools and churches and may be contacted at www.saradubose.com. Sara and her husband live in Montgomery, Alabama. She is the mother of two daughters.

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The Sweetgum Knit Lit Society

Sometimes life has to unravel before you can knit it together…

On the third Friday of each month, Eugenie, Ruth, Esther, Merry, and Camille meet at the Sweetgum Christian Church to enjoy the two things that connect them: a love of knitting and a passion for books. Their camaraderie remains unthreatened until Eugenie, the town librarian, introduces an angry teenager into their midst. Eugenie also gives them a new reading list: the classic novels of girlhood that young Hannah has never read. Little Women. Pollyanna. Heidi.

With each click of their needles, the ladies of the Knit Lit Society unravel their secrets: a shadow from Eugenie’s past haunts the controlled order of her life. Merry’s perfect little family is growing again – but will she continue to feel her identity slip away? Camille dreams of leaving town but is bound by ties of love. And the sisters, Ruth and Esther, must confront a lie they have lived with for more than thirty years.

As Hannah is reluctantly stitched into their lives, the women discover the possibility that even in sleepy Sweetgum, Tennessee, they can still be the heroines of their own stories.

Beth Pattillo learned to knit in the second grade. She is the author of the book, Heavens to Betsy, the recipient of the Romance Writers of America Best Inspirational Romance Novel in 2006, and it’s sequel, Earth to Betsy. Beth lives with her husband and children in Tennessee.

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Interview with Judy Jacobs, author of Don’t Miss Your Moment

 

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It is never too late to follow your dreams!

In today’s fast-paced, instant-gratification world, it is easy to feel like you are missing something… like your moment has passed you by. In Don’t Miss Your Moment, Judy Jacobs presents a message of hope: it isn’t too late! With both contemporary and scriptural examples, she demonstrates how you can get back in touch with your dreams, experience the best of life’s moments, and follow the promises of God to the life and destiny he has for you.

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Illuminated

August Adams has failed his family before. He’s sacrificed relationships in pursuit of adventure, fame, and money. Now the very lives of those he loves depend on his ability to decipher a centuries-old puzzle encrypted in the color hand-painted illumination that adorn three rare Gutenberg Bibles.

It’s a secret that could yield unimaginable wealth, undermine two major religions and change the course of Western civilization. Two ruthless ancient organizations are willing to do anything to get their hands on it. And August has the span of one transatlantic flight to figure it out.

If he fails, those he holds most dear will die. If he succeeds he’ll destroy a national treasure.

The clock ticks, the suspence mounts, and the body count rises as August pits his knowledge and his love for his family against the clock, secret societies, and even Johannes Guttenburg himself.

Matt Bronleewe is a record producer and song writer from Nashville, TN. He was a founding member of the band Jars of Clay, and has worked with Grammy-award-winning artist, including Micheal W. Smith and Rebecca St. James as well as multi-platinum-selling international artist such as Natalie Imbruglia. He and his wife, Karin, have three childre, George, Cole, and Grace.

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One Step Over the Border

Have you seen my Juanita?

Hap Bowman and his rodeo partner, Laramie Majors, set out to find Hap’s lost childhood love and are soon chasing down every Juanita from Wyoming to the Mexican border. Ever place they go leads to more trouble and excitement – whether it’s herding cattle across the Rio Grande, facing off against a crooked park ranger in the Chisos Mountains, or rounding up wild mustangs on a desert military testing ground. Though their serch may or may not lead to Juanita, it will definitely be the adventure of a lifetime for these two modern-day cowboys.

To learn more visit www.onestepovertheborder.com.

Stephen Bly is the author of ninety-five books and hundreds of articles. The mayor of Winchester, Idaho, in his spare time, he persues the three R’s of ridin’, ropin’, and rodeo…and construction of Broken Arrow Crossing, a false-front western village near his home. You can visit his website at www.blybooks.com.

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