Tempest's Course by Lynette Sowell

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Tempest's Course Abingdon Press (December 17, 2013) by Lynette Sowell

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Lynette Sowell is an award-winning novelist. Her most recent novel, Tempest’s Course, is part of the Quilts of Love line from Abingdon Press. When Lynette’s not writing, she divides her time between editing medical reports and chasing down news stories for the Copperas Cove Leader-Press. Lynette was born and raised on the Eastern Shore of Maryland but makes her home in Coppress Cove, Texas, with her husband and a herd of cats who have them well-trained.


ABOUT THE BOOK

Kelly Frost, a textiles conservator, is invited to the Massachusetts coastal city of New Bedford to restore a 150-year-old Mariner's Compass quilt. But there is one stipulation: she must live and work in Gray House, a former whaling captain's home, where the quilt is stored. There she meets Army veteran Tom Pereira, the caretaker of Gray House, whose heart seems as hard as the rocky Massachusetts coastline. Over the long-lit months as Kelly works to restore the quilt, she and Tom grow closer. And as she reads stories in a daily journal penned by Mary Gray, she learns the secrets of the quilt and Mary's own sad tale of regret. Then Tom learns secrets of his own family's past, and both Tom and Kelly learn they are tied to Gray House in ways they never imagined.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Tempest's Course, go HERE.

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The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1426752768

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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/1426752768">Tempest's Course</a></span></center> <center> Abingdon Press (December 17, 2013) </center> <center> by</center> <center> <span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://lynettesowell.blogspot.com/">Lynette Sowell</a></span></center> <br /> <br /> <b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 100%;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></b> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoAXfmhrIGZRLFqRzy1Zbi1Dvnhthe4IwGnu2Jj9r1HE4ClDnSQdiHt1rQPxOPGd40tahyphenhyphenG8By2eznULMZ6UE6vG9YUjHSKxk3XPFGGz4mJCn-luYNjAkFMX7MVK52masniOIgIg/s1600/lynette_sowell.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/AVvXsEhoAXfmhrIGZRLFqRzy1Zbi1Dvnhthe4IwGnu2Jj9r1HE4ClDnSQdiHt1rQPxOPGd40tahyphenhyphenG8By2eznULMZ6UE6vG9YUjHSKxk3XPFGGz4mJCn-luYNjAkFMX7MVK52masniOIgIg/s1600/lynette_sowell.jpg" height="196" width="200" /></a></div> <br /> Lynette Sowell is an award-winning novelist. Her most recent novel, Tempest’s Course, is part of the Quilts of Love line from Abingdon Press. When Lynette’s not writing, she divides her time between editing medical reports and chasing down news stories for the Copperas Cove Leader-Press. Lynette was born and raised on the Eastern Shore of Maryland but makes her home in Coppress Cove, Texas, with her husband and a herd of cats who have them well-trained. <br /> <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/AVvXsEiuAnHLJafV1P0X37awkhN1mX4NVnp0jDsx_yVgAyNS1gO229Uhddaf61sbEMKrWoXrHGkIMjXANja0esSDT0ZVdSMRzz5O8LgAnHrZkF5iJelJMCPu2UOluDolmcqICcWzOLAAeg/s1600/TempestsCourse.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/AVvXsEiuAnHLJafV1P0X37awkhN1mX4NVnp0jDsx_yVgAyNS1gO229Uhddaf61sbEMKrWoXrHGkIMjXANja0esSDT0ZVdSMRzz5O8LgAnHrZkF5iJelJMCPu2UOluDolmcqICcWzOLAAeg/s1600/TempestsCourse.jpg" height="200" width="133" /></a></div> Kelly Frost, a textiles conservator, is invited to the Massachusetts coastal city of New Bedford to restore a 150-year-old Mariner's Compass quilt. But there is one stipulation: she must live and work in Gray House, a former whaling captain's home, where the quilt is stored. There she meets Army veteran Tom Pereira, the caretaker of Gray House, whose heart seems as hard as the rocky Massachusetts coastline. Over the long-lit months as Kelly works to restore the quilt, she and Tom grow closer. And as she reads stories in a daily journal penned by Mary Gray, she learns the secrets of the quilt and Mary's own sad tale of regret. Then Tom learns secrets of his own family's past, and both Tom and Kelly learn they are tied to Gray House in ways they never imagined. <br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1426752768">Tempest's Course</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2014/01/tempests-course-by-lynette-sowell.html">HERE</a>.<br /><br />

Lynette can be reached through the Contact link on her Blog

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