Accidentally Amish by Olivia Newport

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Accidentally Amish Barbour Books (October 1, 2012) by Olivia Newport

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

A Word From The Author:

I’m imagining you. You walk past as I water my front flowerbeds and we wave. You check the time as we both stand in a long line at the grocery store. You sit in front of me in church. I’m at my table in the coffee shop and you’re at yours.

We may smile politely and move on with our separate lives. Or one of us may speak, a simple invitation to conversation, and the words flow between us.

Here the adventure begins. When we meet someone new, we never know where it might lead.

I’ve been married for over thirty years and have two twenty-something kids. We live in stunning Colorado at the foot of the Rockies, where the day lilies in my back yard grow as tall as I am. (No short jokes, please.)

Not every piece of my life is pretty, though. Some days I want to throw out whole chunks. But I am living each day looking for the grace of God to me, in me, and through me. Having your companionship along the way will help uncover a lot of great stories.

Thanks for stopping by my site, where conversations and adventures begin with a click. I hope we’ll run into each other often.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Escape the helter-skelter of the modern culture and join software creator Annie Friesen, hiding at the home of an Amishman. With her high-tech career in jeopardy, Annie runs from fast-paced Colorado Springs—and straight into the hospitality of San Luis Valley’s Amish community. There she meets cabinetmaker Rufus Beiler, and the more time she spends with him, the more attracted she becomes. When Annie finds she shares a common ancestor with Rufus, she feels both cultures colliding within her. But is her love for Rufus strong enough for her to give up the only life she’s ever known?

If you would like to read the first chapter of Accidentally Amish, go HERE.

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The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1616267127

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<div align="center"> <a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" style="cursor: hand; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a></div> <center> <span style="font-size: 130%;">This week, the</span></center> <center> <a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size: 100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center> <center> <span style="font-size: 100%;">is introducing</span></center> <center> <span style="color: #993300; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1616267127">Accidentally Amish</a></span></center> <center> Barbour Books (October 1, 2012) </center> <center> by</center> <center> <span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.olivianewport.com/">Olivia Newport</a></span></center> <br /> <br /> <b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 100%;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></b> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyl4frHX70RN7VDJewnEx2iuW-syIQbnoV_GuT-dAW9xXWHoEj1OeYAkmT5eSMyBTKVtXFqnHxWNMcY6cl4_QIO1c_iQNEMNb1loLXv4VGDkK2TUQcOMKxBa01OVa_H2mxL0cPpg/s1600/Olivia-Newport.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyl4frHX70RN7VDJewnEx2iuW-syIQbnoV_GuT-dAW9xXWHoEj1OeYAkmT5eSMyBTKVtXFqnHxWNMcY6cl4_QIO1c_iQNEMNb1loLXv4VGDkK2TUQcOMKxBa01OVa_H2mxL0cPpg/s1600/Olivia-Newport.jpg" height="200" width="159" /></a></div> <b>A Word From The Author:</b><br /> <br /> I’m imagining you. You walk past as I water my front flowerbeds and we wave. You check the time as we both stand in a long line at the grocery store. You sit in front of me in church. I’m at my table in the coffee shop and you’re at yours. <br /> <br /> We may smile politely and move on with our separate lives. Or one of us may speak, a simple invitation to conversation, and the words flow between us. <br /> <br /> Here the adventure begins. When we meet someone new, we never know where it might lead. <br /> <br /> I’ve been married for over thirty years and have two twenty-something kids. We live in stunning Colorado at the foot of the Rockies, where the day lilies in my back yard grow as tall as I am. (No short jokes, please.) <br /> <br /> Not every piece of my life is pretty, though. Some days I want to throw out whole chunks. But I am living each day looking for the grace of God to me, in me, and through me. Having your companionship along the way will help uncover a lot of great stories. <br /> <br /> Thanks for stopping by my site, where conversations and adventures begin with a click. I hope we’ll run into each other often. <br /> <br /> <b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 100%;">ABOUT THE BOOK</span></b> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUR_mN1PiY_Eio5D8owCtYh03aZ6rRCLTbl91k7S7jefkqXreI-IvhebsZhL5nYN9_N-VGGRnA6c3MWuEdGvwrXSaGcOQT-r24_hP-Qq-PlWCbEOZEyduaiL_ds71Nr-a5xcBwg/s1600/Accidently_Amish.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJUR_mN1PiY_Eio5D8owCtYh03aZ6rRCLTbl91k7S7jefkqXreI-IvhebsZhL5nYN9_N-VGGRnA6c3MWuEdGvwrXSaGcOQT-r24_hP-Qq-PlWCbEOZEyduaiL_ds71Nr-a5xcBwg/s1600/Accidently_Amish.jpg" height="200" width="131" /></a></div> Escape the helter-skelter of the modern culture and join software creator Annie Friesen, hiding at the home of an Amishman. With her high-tech career in jeopardy, Annie runs from fast-paced Colorado Springs—and straight into the hospitality of San Luis Valley’s Amish community. There she meets cabinetmaker Rufus Beiler, and the more time she spends with him, the more attracted she becomes. When Annie finds she shares a common ancestor with Rufus, she feels both cultures colliding within her. But is her love for Rufus strong enough for her to give up the only life she’s ever known? <br /> <br /> If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1616267127">Accidentally Amish</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2012/10/accidentally-amish.html">HERE</a>. <br /> <br />

Olivia can be reached through the Contact link on her Website

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