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Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska (giveaway!)

1/1/2013

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New release January 2013!
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Ocieanna Fleiss and Tricia Goyer, co-authors of "Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska"
    Have you ever traveled to or lived in Alaska? 

    I'd always wanted to travel to Alaska, and about eight years ago, I was invited by my identical twin sister, Kristina, and her husband to fly to Alaska with them and help them transition their growing family to a new life in a new state.

    I've spent time with them in Alaska in two very different parts of the state, during two separate trips.  While their first location would have taken me quite a long time to get used to, in the same way if I'd moved to a remote village in Africa or South America, their second location is beautiful and amazing!  The scenery is gorgeous, and the people are so friendly.  The weather is bitterly cold in the winter, but it is still a beautiful place, and my sister and her family absolutely love living there and wouldn't trade it for anything!
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    When I learned that Ocieanna Fleiss and Tricia Goyer, both experienced authors, had co-written a new Christian fiction book where the setting was in both modern Alaska and early Alaska, I was excited to be able to sit down with a new book in a beautiful setting! 

    Because of the many books already written by Ocieanna and Tricia, they make a great writing team.  A lot of Christian fiction works are just, well, plain "fluffy."  Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska is part of a series of "Love Finds You in..." (small town, U.S.A.).  If you're familiar with that series, you'll be thrilled that a new book in the series has been released.  Love Finds You In... books take a close look at a small town in the U.S.A. that doesn't seem prestigious or flashy, and shows us something amazing about some of the people who have lived in that community. 


    I read Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska in a couple of days' time.  That's quick for me - I'm usually so busy that it takes me longer to read a book!  What I enjoyed was getting to know characters that had depth and personality.  The story intrigued me as I was carried chapter by chapter through modern scenes and happenings and then being pulled into a series of letters that carried amazing weight and advice for when they were written and for our times today.

    If you enjoy looking at old photographs or reading through old letters, there is some wonderful wisdom found within the pages of this book!
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    Are you wondering how "appropriate" the romance was in this Christian fiction book?  Not all Christian fiction books are written in a style that I would call "appropriate" for Christian readers.  Well, the mushiness factor of Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska was just right.  Yes, it's a romance...but the authors wisely kept things under control, making this book appropriate for just about any audience.

    That's important to me.  I don't want my daughters reading books that have inappropriate content within the pages, and I don't want to read that, either. 

    Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska is filled with adventure, heartache, budding relationships, people connecting in heart-to-heart friendships, and working through past emotional difficulties and hang-ups.

 
  
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    Tricia Goyer is a busy mom of four, grandmother of one, and wife to John. Somewhere around the hustle and bustle of family life, she manages to find the time to write fictional tales delighting and entertaining readers and non-fiction titles offering encouragement and hope. A bestselling author, Tricia has published thirty-three books to date and has written more than 500 articles. She is a two time Carol Award winner, as well as a Christy and ECPA Award Nominee. In 2010, she was selected as one of the Top 20 Moms to Follow on Twitter by SheKnows.com. Tricia is also on the blogging team at MomLifeToday.com, TheBetterMom.com and other homeschooling and Christian sites. Find Tricia @ www.triciagoyer.com, @triciagoyer and on Facebook


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    Ocieanna Fleiss is a wife and mom of four. Discover ongoing insights from her mom adventures on her Mommy-Oblog as well as at MOPS.org. As for writing, fiction is her first love. She is blessed to express this passion in two novels co-authored with Tricia Goyer, Love Finds You in Lonesome Prairie, Montana, and Love Finds You in Victory Heights, Washington. She enjoys nonfiction as well. Her work in progress at the moment is a book about her cardiac arrest, called, Loving Your Kids Like There's No Tomorrow. She also has edited both fiction and nonfiction for WinePress Publishers for over eight years. Follow here @ocieanna, on Facebook, and on her website @ www.ocieanna.com


Let's give away a brand-new copy of Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska!

    To enter this giveaway, you'll need to live in the United States - and be 18 years of age or older.  Use the Rafflecopter form, below, to enter the giveaway in the various methods of entry you wish to use.  Leaving a comment, below - but not clicking on the Rafflecopter form - will not be considered a method of entry.  I will be validating the winning entry, to confirm that the entrant completed the requirements of the giveaway method he or she chose.  Email subscribers will want to click back to the original post to enter the giveaway.

    This giveaway will end on Friday, January 11th, 2013 at midnight!
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    On the Rafflecopter form, is it asking you to log in by using Facebook or your email address?  If so, go ahead and enter your email address.  I don't receive any junk/spam email from Rafflecopter or other sources from them, so you shouldn't have a problem.  Once you're logged in, under the "Enter to Win" tab, you should see where it says, "Leave a Blog Post Comment" with a +1 by it.  Click on the +1, and it will show you the question to answer in the comments section of this particular blog post.  

    Once you've left a comment on my blog post, the rest of the possible entries should pop up on the Rafflecopter form.  You can click on as many of those as you'd like to enter.

    If you still can't get the Rafflecopter form to work, let me know.  The first time I used it on someone else's blog or website, I thought it was a bit clumsy, but after I did it once or twice, I realized how much quicker it was to enter giveaways that had multiple methods of entry. 
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Julieanne
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I received two new copies of Love Finds You in Glacier Bay, Alaska as a member of the 2013 Tricia Goyer Book Launch Team in exchange for my honest review.  No other compensation was provided.

11 Comments
apple blossom
1/1/2013 09:23:47 pm

the nickname - land of the midnight sun intrigues me

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Jackie Betancourt
1/1/2013 09:31:03 pm

This sounds like a fascinating read, can't wait to get it! I have always been wanting to move to AK, and have waited on the Lord to make it happen if He wills it. I think the beautiful scenery reminds me of God's beauty!

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Danielle Jenkins
1/2/2013 02:34:10 am

The whales!

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Hope link
1/2/2013 02:50:58 am

Would love a good read for these cold nights!

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Chastity Ray
1/2/2013 01:48:29 pm

The beauty of Alaska is what is intriguing to me. Such a beautiful state would love to visit there someday.

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Robin Weiss
1/2/2013 08:25:33 pm

The beauty! I've never been lucky enough to go, but it seems to me God would be so very evident every where you looked!
Happy New Year!!!

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Kym link
1/2/2013 10:33:40 pm

I have long wanted to visit Alaska - mountains and glaciers and clear icy water, northern lights, and a midnight sun.

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Beth
1/4/2013 10:57:25 am

This sounds like a fun book to read. I really appreciate your review. It makes me feel comfortable that this will not have any inappropriate material in it. :-)

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Kristina
1/8/2013 04:09:48 pm

I'd love to read about this part of Alaska! I haven't read any books by these authors, either, and they sound really interesting!

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Kristina
1/8/2013 04:11:35 pm

What intrigues me most about Alaska is how the early pioneers, natives, gold miners, etc., survived here.

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Maryann
1/9/2013 01:35:32 am

The beautiful scenery and wildlife and how a lot of people rely on nature for their food too.

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