Read what the reviewers are saying here.

One grand prize winner will receive:

• A Brand New Kindle Fire (shipped as soon as it releases)
• A copy of A Lasting Impression and 3 other special books Tamera wants you to have (for Kindle)

Enter today by clicking one of the icons below. But hurry, the giveaway ends at noon on November 15th. Winner will be announced at A Lasting Impression Facebook Party on the 15th. Tamera will be wrapping up the A Lasting Impression celebration with an author chat and giving away Southern Food Baskets (Loveless Cafe Food Baskets, books, Amazon & Starbucks gift certificates, and copies of Christy Jordan’s Southern Plate cookbook), six gift certificates to Starbucks and Amazon.com, and copies of A Lasting Impression! So grab your copy of A Lasting Impression (it’s okay if you don’t have one yet- you might win one!) and join Tamera on the evening of November 15th for an author chat, a trivia contest (How much do you know about the 1860′s?) and lots of Southern-inspired giveaways (complete listing here).

Don’t miss a moment of the fun. RSVP today and tell your friends via FACEBOOK or TWITTER. Hope to see you on the 15th!

One fortunate winner will receive: 

• A Brand New iPad2 
• An Autographed Hardback Copy of Love on the Line by Deeanne Gist 

Enter today by clicking one of the icons below. But hurry, the giveaway ends on November 7th. Winner will be announced at Deeanne’s Author Chat Facebook Party. Deeanne will be wrapping up the Love on the Line celebration by chatting with friends new and old! So grab your copy of Love on the Line (it’s okay if you don’t have one yet- you might could win one!) and join Deeanne on the evening of November 8th for a rip roaring book chat, a little trivia and lots of giveaways (books, and Amazon, iTunes & Starbucks gift certificates)!

Anyway although this is the first time I’ll be attending a WOF venue that is too far from home to drive back and sleep in my own bed tomorrow night because of a move earlier this year, it probably won’t change my usual sleep patterns when I’m excited – that is I don’t sleep much. That helps with the packing but not much with the focus tomorrow lol. It should still be a great experience the next two days though despite the fact that I will get home Sat night exhausted from two long days. For some reason even though the conferences are always full of wonderful material from great speakers they also prove to be draining for me both because of the crowds and for some undefinable other reason emotionally that has to do with the spiritual experiences that inevitably occur in a two day conference like this. I love the powerful spiritual boost I get but I need a couple days afterwards just to recoup. I’ll be back sometime next week with a post on the conference itself and perhaps if I can figure it out and am not too busy I’ll do some tweeting or post some facebook status updates from the conference tomorrow and/or saturday.

Visit the other Blog Tour hosts
October 3:
Renee’s Reads
Tori Lounge
Bitten by Books
Steeler Girl 83
My Book Addiction and More
Moonlight Book Reviews
Edgy Inspirational Romance

October 4:
A Fair Substitute for Heaven
Freda’s Voice
Kitty Crochet Two
Heart of a Bookworm
Practical Frugality
Electrifying Reviews
My Only Vice

October 5:
My Friend Amy
Ashley’s Bookshelf
In the Hammock
Overweight Bookshelf
Seasons of Humility
Mike Duran
Ticket to Anywhere

October 6:
RBC Library
Reviews by Molly
Books with Bite
Reviews from the Heart
Tina’s Book Reviews
It’s Time to Read MaMaw

October 7:
Books, Movies, Chinese Food
A Few of My Favorite Things – Michelle
Book Zone
Proud Book Nerd
Amusing Reviews
Tales of Whimsy
Libs Library

Giveaway Rules-
US & Canada Mailing Addresses ONLY & No PO Boxes
(If either of the above two are violated when I receive the winner’s mailing address- the win is voided and a new name will immediately be drawn)
All entries/comments must be time stamped no later than 11:59PM Pacific Time Fri Oct 21. Winner’s name will be Drawn and notified by email after Oct 22.

How to Enter the Giveaway:
1)Leave a comment with one thing about this book from either my review post or the author’s guest post that makes you want to read the book or more than one thing. Be sure and include an email address in your comment so I can reach the winner when a name is drawn and get your mailing address for the publisher to send out the book. Disguise the email from spambots – for example – your name [at] domain [dot] net

2) Use the Share button at the end of this post to Tweet, Digg, Facebook, ….. your choice of 100′s of options to post this across the web and tell your friends so they can enter too. Up to 3 entries per day for each share using a different service that day. (Monday Tweet, Digg and Facebook 3 entries. Tuesday Stumble, Tweet, Reddit 3 entries. etc) For those shares to count you must leave a comment telling me which services you shared the entry on, include the link to the share on each service and your user name or email address for that service.

3) Without number 1 no entry will be placed in the drawing. Without an email address no entry will be placed in the drawing either.

TOPIC: What inspired you to write Christian Fiction integrating a Vampire character in the plot? How and Why was this particular book born out of that inspiration? Were you aware or trying to feed into any current market trends at the time or was that simply incidental to the topics of the book?

Why a Christian book about vampires? A lot of people have asked me that question and it’s actually pretty easy for me to answer. I want to entertain myself and others with the kind of story that I enjoy without the gratuitous sex and language that so many secular versions have. And further, I want that story to play upon the themes that I hold near and dear to my heart such as redemption of the soul. This is at its heart a redemption story with a fun and exciting plot wrapped around it. I love fantasy and horror fiction and particularly monster stories. It’s why when I wrote Scarlet Moon, my retelling of Little Red Riding Hood, I made the wolf a werewolf. Classic monster stories are fun and stretch far back into our storytelling past. For me the idea for this book and this series was born in high school, nourished in college, and is now ready for me to put forth to the world.

In high school I read two books that affected me deeply. The first was Dracula. The book itself is remarkable with the story told from several different points of view in a very unique way. It captivated me. The second book that really moved me was the scariest book I had ever read and it still is. The book was This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti. The book shows the influence of angels and demons on people struggling in extraordinary circumstances. It showed me that someone could write truly frightening and deeply meaningful Christian fiction. In college I eagerly tried to find more horror books and films hoping to feel the way I’d felt when reading those two books. Unfortunately I couldn’t find anything else which contained a positive portrayal of a Christian character. So one day it occurred to me that since I couldn’t find a book with a strong Christian fighting some sort of monster that maybe I should write one myself. I quickly seized on the idea of writing a novel where Christians had to team up with a vampire to save the world from other vampires. I realized that an essential component of the book would have to be the redemption story of the vampire.

Vampire fiction has been popular on and off for decades. The current hysteria about vampire fiction is not necessarily any greater than it was twenty years ago. So, I wasn’t trying to tap into market trends so much as write in a genre I’d been wanting to write in for years. Being able to share Kiss of Night and the rest of the trilogy with the world is a dream come true.

Enter the giveaway of this book. Read my review.

Reviews will go up as I get to the books. In the meantime click bookcovers or titles to read more. Don’t forget to check out author sites too.

Well my friends and fellow readers it has been quite a few months since I’ve done any linking/meme posts. What’s been up in my world you might ask. Quite a bit actually. I spent three weeks visiting my folks in California’s central valley over Christmas/New Years. Made the trek back to the Pacific Northwest with about three weeks to get my act together before I moved down more permanently the end of January. Books have been shuffled around and quite a few read during this time but I’m still a bit behind on posting reviews for everything I’ve read since Dec/Januaryish. I think that pile consists of about 15 books at the moment. Oh yes and since the move I’ve been spending a significant amount of time with my niece and nephew which is so different from a week or so at Christmas time. He turned six the end of March and she’ll be three near the end of Sept. This is the first year I’ve really had a chance to get to know them and spend concentrated time at my brother’s. Unfortunately the rest of my news isn’t quite as exciting. As some of you know I’ve been hunting for a steady office job for a number of years and working temp when available. Lots of applications going in but not much response.

On the plus side it does give me a little more reading time as well as a chance to reorganize all my bookish updates (like the stagnant lists at Goodreads and Shelfari. Oh and on that note I recently acquired a SmartPhone on which I can read EBooks (still trying this out to see how it works for me) and with the use of the camera I can scan barcodes and add the books on my Amazon account from which I can then import the data to Goodreads and copy it from there to Shelfari and other book sites that have cataloging features.

Ok so back to the real reason for this post a bit of update on the blogging and such. For this week I’ll simply list what I’ve received in the last several weeks that is still in my TBR for review pile. In the process of experimenting with the phone as a reading device, I’ve become more active on Netgalley which I joined at the get go but didn’t have a very practical way to read the galleys so let that sort of just sit. Anything that I access via Netgalley I will indicate as E-ARC. I will still use the links and other identifying details for the printed edition of the book for those that don’t use ereaders. For those that do most sites, Amazon and BN in particular indicate if other editions are available and provide links. Please note all bookcover and title links will take you to the book page at Barnes and Noble for additional info. Author name links are to Author’s site.

In the Shadow of Evil
by Robin Caroll
B&H Books (Mar 01, 2011)

Thanks to B&H for review copies of this entire series so far. This title is book 3, the prior two books are Deliver Us From Evil and Fear No Evil.
(ISBN#9780805449792, 320pp, $14.99)

The Art of Romance (Matchmakers #2)
by Kaye Dacus
Barbour Books (May 1, 2011)

Thanks to Barbour for a review copy.
(ISBN#9781602609907, 320pp, $12.99)

No Safe Haven

by Kimberley & Kayla Woodhouse
B&H Books (Mar 15, 2011)

Thanks to B&H for a review copy.
(ISBN#9781433671166,352pp, $14.99)

Scandal in Scotland (Hurst Amulet, #2)
by Karen Hawkins
Pocket (May 24, 2011)

Thanks to Pocket for a review copy.
(ISBN#9781439175934, 384pp, $7.99)

Targets Down
by Bob Hamer
B&H Publishing Group (Jun 01, 2011)

Thanks to B&H for a review copy
(ISBN#9781433672774, 368pp, $15.99)

Fallen Angel

by Jeff Struecker
B&H Books (Jul 01, 2011)

Thanks to B&H for a review copy.
(ISBN#9781433671401, 400pp, $14.99)

Dancing on Glass
by Pamela Ewen
B&H Books (Aug 01, 2011)

Thanks to B&H for a review copy.
(ISBN#9780805464306, 352pp, $14.99)

Fairer Than Morning (Saddler’s Legacy #1)
by Rosslyn Elliott
Thomas Nelson (May 10, 2011)

Thanks to Thomas Nelson and Netgalley for an E-ARC. This is one of my test books on the phone.
(ISBN#9781595547859, 400pp, $15.99)

Hawaiian Crosswinds (The Dawn of Hawaii #2)
by Linda Lee Chaikin
Moody Publishers (Jun 01, 2011)

Thanks to Moody and Netgalley for an E_ARC. Another of my test books.
(ISBN#9780802437501, 336pp, $13.99)

Surrender the Night (Surrender to Destiny # 2)
by M.L. Tyndall
Barbour Books (Mar 01, 2011)

Thanks to Barbour and Netgalley for an E-ARC. This is test title #3 in my experiment.
(ISBN#9781602601666, 320pp, $12.99)

Reviews will go up as I get to the books. In the meantime click bookcovers or titles to read more. Don’t forget to check out author sites too. Inspy Shortlist books will be read but no reviews or comments made until after the winning titles are announced publicly around the middle of December to maintain the integrity of the awards organization team and judges. I will list those five titles at the end of this post.

It has been over a month since I last posted and I will try to include as many titles here as I can but could be missing some since other than the last couple of weeks there are several books I’ve acquired in that time period.

Uncertain Heart (Seasons of Redemption #2)
by Andrea Kuhn Boeshaar
Realms (October 5, 2010)

Thanks to the publisher for a review copy. An excerpt is already posted and my review is coming soon.
(ISBN#9781616380236, 304pp, $12.99)

Love Remains (The Matchmakers #1)
by Kaye Dacus
Barbour Books (August 1, 2010)

Thanks to Barbour for a review copy.
(ISBN#9781602609891, 320pp, $12.99)

Angel Song
by Sheila Walsh with Kathryn Cushman
Thomas Nelson (August 10, 2010)

Thanks to Thomas Nelson for a review copy.
(ISBN#9781595546852, 352pp, $14.99)

Skin Map (Bright Empires #1)
by Stephen Lawhead
Thomas Nelson (August 31, 2010)

Thanks to C Grant and Co along with Thomas Nelson for a review copy.
(ISBN#9781595548047, 448pp, $24.99)

Words
by Ginny L Yttrup
B&H Books (February 1, 2011)

Thanks to B & H for a review copy.
(ISBN#9781433671708, 352pp, $14.99)

Where Hearts Are Free (Darkness to Light #3)
by Golden Keyes Parsons
Thomas Nelson (September 14, 2010)

Thanks to Thomas Nelson’s Book Sneeze for a review copy.
(ISBN#9781595546289, 352pp, $14.99)

The Perfect Blend (Tea Shop #1)
by Trish Perry
Harvest House Publishers (September 1, 2010)

Thanks to Harvest House for a review copy.

A Secret Kept
by Tatiana DeRosnay
St. Martin’s Press (September 14, 2010)

Thanks to St Martins Press for a review copy.
(ISBN#9780312593315, 320pp, $24.99)

The Book of Days
by Jim Rubart
B&H Books (January 1, 2011)

Thanks to B & H for a review copy.
(ISBN#9781433671517, 400pp, $14.99)

A Prisoner of Versailles (Darkness to Light #2)
by Golden Keyes Parsons
Thomas Nelson (September 1, 2009)

Purchased with giftcard.
(ISBN#9781595546272, 368pp, $14.99)

A Secret Identity (Amish Farm Trilogy #2)
by Gayle Roper
Harvest House Publishers (September 1, 2010)

Purchased with giftcard.
(ISBN#9780736925877, 224pp, $10.99)

Eternity’s Edge (Echoes from the Edge #2)
by Bryan Davis
Zondervan (September 30, 2008)

Purchased with giftcard.
(ISBN#9780310715559, 365pp, $12.99)

The Bridge of Peace (Ada’s House #2)
by Cindy Woodsmall
WaterBrook Press (August 31, 2010)

Purchased with giftcard.
(ISBN#9781400073979, 352pp, $13.99)

The Last Dance (Carter House Girls #8)
by Melody Carlson
Zondervan (March 16, 2010)

Purchased with giftcard.
ISBN#9780310714958, 208pp, $9.99)

Through Thick and Thin (London Confidential #2)
by Sandra Byrd
Tyndale House (March 4, 2010)

Purchased with giftcard.
(ISBN#9781414325989, 288pp, $6.99)

A Rush of Wings (Rush of Wings #1)
by Kristen Heitzmann
Bethany House (October 1, 2010)

Thank you to Bethany House for a review copy.
(ISBN#9780764208454, 384pp, $14.99)

INSPY Shortlist For Amish Fiction:

• An Honest Love by Kathleen Fuller (Thomas Nelson)
• Anna’s Return by Marta Perry (Berkley)
• Love Finds You in Charm Ohio by Annalisa Daughety (Summerside Press)
• Plain Paradise by Beth Wiseman (Thomas Nelson) – I already had a copy of this title in my TBR so I did not request it from the publishers for the Award judging process.
• Winter’s Awakening by Shelley Shepard Gray (Avon Inspire)

[All Publishers kindly provided Copies of the INSPY Shortlist titles for judges to preview in their assigned categories.] Finalist Title in all Categories will be announced mid-december.

Reviews will go up as I get to the books. In the meantime click bookcovers or titles to read more. Don’t forget to check out author sites too.

Masquerade
by Nancy Moser
Bethany House (August 1, 2010)

Thanks to Bethany House for a review copy. (ISBN#9780764207518, 400pp, $14.99)

The Waiting (Secrets of Lancaster County #2)
by Suzanne Woods Fisher
Revell (October 1, 2010)

Thanks to Revell for a review copy. (ISBN#9780800733865, 320pp, $14.99)

Almost forgot I got the finished copy of Jamie Carie’s Snowflake this week. The ARC came a bit back so the title was already on an ~MM~, ~IMM~ post when I got that copy.

Reviews will go up as I get to the books. In the meantime click bookcovers or titles to read more. Don’t forget to check out author sites too.

Legendary Space Pilgrims by Grace Bridges
Splashdown Books (July 1, 2010)

If you’d like to check out her first novel Faith Awakened, here’s my review. Thanks to Splashdown for a review copy. (ISBN#9780986451720, 310pp, $10.95)

Alpha Redemption
by P A Baines
Splashdown Books (September 1, 2010)

Baines is a new author to me but I am familiar with a couple of the authors they publish and trust that I will not be disappointed in this book. Thanks to Splashdown for a review copy. (ISBN#9780986451744, 270pp, $10.95)

In addition to these two new titles I received a 2nd copy of Petra: City In Stone by TL Higley. This copy will be offered as a future giveaway and has already been previewed on an earlier MM/IMM post.