Back To Life by Kristin Billerbeck

This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Back To Life
Avon Inspire (September 16, 2008)
by
Kristin Billerbeck


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Kristin Billerbeck was born in Redwood City, California. She went to San Jose State University and gained a bachelor's degree in Advertising, then worked at the Fairmont Hotel in PR, a small ad agency as an account exec, and then, she was thrust into the exciting world of shopping mall marketing.

She got married, had four kids, and started writing romance novels until she found her passion: Chick Lit. She is a CBA bestselling author and two-time winner of the ACFW Book of the Year for What A Girl Wants in 2004, and again in 2006 for With this Ring. Featured in the New York Times, USA Today, World Magazine, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Kristin has appeared on the Today Show. She is credited with jump-starting the inspirational chick-lit phenomenon. Most recently she has been names as a finalist for the Christy Award in the Lits category for The Trophy Wives Club.

Her other recent books include: She's All That.


ABOUT THE BOOK


Lindsey realized when she married Ron, a man 17 years her senior, that the odds were he’d see heaven before her, but she never expected to be a widow at 35. There’s too much of life left for her to just sit around in mourning. But she can’t seem to kick start the rest of her life.

That is until she gets some help from Ron’s first wife, Jane, who shows up unexpectedly at her door one day as the executor of her husband’s estate. Jane is everything Lindsey’s not… independent, stubborn… and a lot older. Plus she has one surprise after another… including a son named Ron Jr. (she insists he’s not “really” Ron’s son). But an unlikely friendship develops as each woman begins to reevaluate what is really important, and owns up to the mistakes they’ve made in the past.

Told in the alternating voices of Jane and Lindsey, and with the return of many of the witty characters of The Trophy Wives Club, this book is a lighthearted, relatable read for when life goes in a direction you never planned. With faith and friends, there’s always light at the end of the tunnel.

If you would like to read an excerpt of chapter 1 of Back To Life, go HERE

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The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061378771

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The code for this post is: <div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" border="0" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061378771">Back To Life</a></span></center><br /><center>Avon Inspire (September 16, 2008) </center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.kristinbillerbeck.com/">Kristin Billerbeck</a></span></center><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvlnpPJJxuADpjjDMjlcDQuSkhQ5XH65KZ7tBUuv6fd22TKEMoUC2EzP9L5yGjYE0292ttHabV70FeGIwsmkMWUZhcyaRA8hnG5DQ63VvsFR3uBwsqFjRx6voGKJJL6apHnZK/s1600-h/homekb.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvlnpPJJxuADpjjDMjlcDQuSkhQ5XH65KZ7tBUuv6fd22TKEMoUC2EzP9L5yGjYE0292ttHabV70FeGIwsmkMWUZhcyaRA8hnG5DQ63VvsFR3uBwsqFjRx6voGKJJL6apHnZK/s200/homekb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240852090160098514" /></a><a href="http://www.kristinbillerbeck.com/">Kristin Billerbeck</a> was born in Redwood City, California. She went to San Jose State University and gained a bachelor's degree in Advertising, then worked at the Fairmont Hotel in PR, a small ad agency as an account exec, and then, she was thrust into the exciting world of shopping mall marketing. <br /><br />She got married, had four kids, and started writing romance novels until she found her passion: Chick Lit. She is a CBA bestselling author and two-time winner of the ACFW Book of the Year for <i>What A Girl Wants</i> in 2004, and again in 2006 for <i>With this Ring</i>. Featured in the New York Times, USA Today, World Magazine, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Kristin has appeared on the Today Show. She is credited with jump-starting the inspirational chick-lit phenomenon. Most recently she has been names as a finalist for the Christy Award in the Lits category for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061375462">The Trophy Wives Club</a>.<br /><br />Her other recent books include: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1595543775">She's All That</a>.<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:100%;color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXJY9jRvybUH7xZQGkRHg69O6B0PBnObwL5bAqs705zDsArG8UVZDD8l5oo_boEKImuvhrHdM9gFPXqzwziA9lCKc1btYJrr4Md2bChb99H4-sJERB6TFdV8TTx3nbQWUYIqA/s1600-h/back.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisXJY9jRvybUH7xZQGkRHg69O6B0PBnObwL5bAqs705zDsArG8UVZDD8l5oo_boEKImuvhrHdM9gFPXqzwziA9lCKc1btYJrr4Md2bChb99H4-sJERB6TFdV8TTx3nbQWUYIqA/s200/back.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5240853855935356898" /></a><br />Lindsey realized when she married Ron, a man 17 years her senior, that the odds were he’d see heaven before her, but she never expected to be a widow at 35. There’s too much of life left for her to just sit around in mourning. But she can’t seem to kick start the rest of her life.<br /><br />That is until she gets some help from Ron’s first wife, Jane, who shows up unexpectedly at her door one day as the executor of her husband’s estate. Jane is everything Lindsey’s not… independent, stubborn… and a lot older. Plus she has one surprise after another… including a son named Ron Jr. (she insists he’s not “really” Ron’s son). But an unlikely friendship develops as each woman begins to reevaluate what is really important, and owns up to the mistakes they’ve made in the past. <br /><br />Told in the alternating voices of Jane and Lindsey, and with the return of many of the witty characters of The Trophy Wives Club, this book is a lighthearted, relatable read for when life goes in a direction you never planned. With faith and friends, there’s always light at the end of the tunnel. <br /><br />If you would like to read an excerpt of chapter 1 of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0061378771">Back To Life</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2008/08/back-to-life-excerpt-of-chapter-1.html">HERE</a>

Kristin can be reached through the Contact link on her Website

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