DiAnn Mills Book Giveaway

Stormi Johnson is having a giveaway for DiAnn Mills book A Texas Legacy Christmas. If you are interested in winning a copy of this book here are her contest rules:

-US and Canada only

-must be a follower (its easy to follow just click on the follow button)

ways to enter:

-comment on this post and leave a email address +1

-visit DiAnn Mills website and tell me something interesting you found (whether book or info)+3

-new follower +2

-old follower +4

-Post about my contest on your blog (actual post) +6

-Post on sidebar, twitter, etc. +4

-rate my blog (at blogged) +1

So, visit Stormi Johnson at Books, Movies, Reviews, Oh My! to win your copy of A Texas Legacy Christmas.

Good Luck!!

Sugar and Grits

Sugar and Grits
by: DiAnn Mills, Martha Rogers, Janice Thompson, Kathleen Y'Barbo

I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I am at a point in my life where I have a wonderful group of friends that are similar to the group in this book and I just fell in love with all of them and was able to relate to them really well. Each novella was written well and did a great job of portraying the uniqueness of each character. Each woman learns how God needs to be at the center of every relationship and that sometimes you find love in the oddest of places. We all need to keep our eyes open to God's plans that are happening all around us.

Back of the Book:

Strong women with a dash of sweetness. . .

Berta is a young woman in her twenties who owns and operates Bert's Dirts, a bulldozer and backhoe business. She's putting away her money to attend a school in Biloxi to fulfill her dream of singing opera. But God has other plans, and romance is on the way.

Dottie Jean is heading toward her fifty-fifth birthday. A widow, she makes her living by owning and operating Calista's Catfish house and making the best pecan pies in the county. But love is standing in the background when Dottie Jean encounters an old high school flame.

Sassy, a widow in her fifties, is known for her quick tongue and peculiar temperament. As the proprietor of Sassy's Bait Shop and an avid fisherwoman, Sassy thinks she has life all figured out until God reels in something unexpected.

Sue Ellen is a young woman in her twenties who is living out her dream as a hairdresser at the RhondaVous Beauty Shop. She and bud Briggs, deputy sheriff of Calista, have been friends since their school days, but does God have something else in mind for them?

Will these Mississippi women learn to balance their tendencies toward gritty strength and independence with feminine sweetness and godly joy?

Thanks for stopping by!!

Teaser Tuesdays Oct. 6

Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading
Anyone can participate just follow these steps:

1. Grab your current read
2. Open to a random page
3. Share two (2) teaser sentences from somewhere on that page
4. BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others.)
5. Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!

My Teasers for this week:

"The older woman yanked her arm, trying to loosen the hold, and glared at Sassy, but Sassy's strong fingers merely tightened around the flesh.
Berta rose from her seat and followed Jenny to the office, and Sassy leaned over to whisper something into Fanny's ear."

This week's Teaser is from:

Sugar and Grits
by: DiAnn Mills, Martha Rogers, Janice Thompson, and Kathleen Y'Barbo.



I will hopefully have a review of this book up next week.

Golden Gate Gazette

Golden Gate Gazette
By: Carol Cox, DiAnn Mills, Darlene Mindrup, and Kathleen Y'Barbo

I must say, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I found myself wishing that the authors had all gotten together and wrote complete novels, instead of just novellas. I could not put the book down! It was so easy to get into the minds of the characters and I really wanted to know more every step of the way.

Due to the men on strike, Amy was given a position at the Golden Gate Gazette. While covering a local fire on her first assignment as a reporter, instead of her typical society column, she meets Jennie, Helen, Penny and Penny's brother. Amy gets the girls jobs at the paper and a place to live and they quickly become good friends. Join them for their interesting journeys as young women of the newspaper in a time when women don't typically work for a living.


Back of the Book:
In 1860 San Francisco, when the newspaper workers strike, four women take on the task of reporting the news in a man's world while skirting danger and romance. Who can they trust?

Amy Lattimer's allegiance to the paper is questioned when arson fires seem linked to her family. Can she prove her innocence to a handsome policeman?

Jennie Montgomery's curiosity gets her into the middle of a murder investigation. Has she gotten in too deep and compromised another reporter's work?

Helen Morgan makes a printing error that has criminals hunting an innocent man. Can she fix the mistake and save a new friendship?

Penny Brice's attempts to prove her value as a writer could cost her her life. Will she impress her boss or only draw him into a dangerous web?

When the newspaper stories hit the stands, will these four women's faith - and lives - endure to grasp the hand of love?