Once Upon a Winter's Heart by Melody Carlson

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Once Upon a Winter's Heart Center Street (January 7, 2014) by Melody Carlson

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Over the years, Melody Carlson has worn many hats, from pre-school teacher to youth counselor to political activist to senior editor. But most of all, she loves to write! Currently she freelances from her home. In the past eight years, she has published over ninety books for children, teens, and adults--with sales totaling more than two million and many titles appearing on the ECPA Bestsellers List. Several of her books have been finalists for, and winners of, various writing awards.

She has two grown sons and lives in Central Oregon with her husband and chocolate lab retriever. They enjoy skiing, hiking, gardening, camping and biking in the beautiful Cascade Mountains.


ABOUT THE BOOK

Emma Burcelli has suffered over a decade of dating disasters. But she concludes that love is officially dead when her grandfather Poppi suddenly passes, leaving her grandmother Nona devastated. To help out, Emma works in the family bookstore, which Nona insists must be decked out in sweetheart décor as Poppi would have done for Valentine's Day. Although she feels like a V-Day Scrooge, Emma quickly learns to enjoy the task with the help of a handsome family friend, Lane Forester, who shows her that hanging hearts is much more fun when done to the tune of Dean Martin. As Emma and Lane share time and memories of Poppi, she reconsiders the notion that romance is alive.

If you would like to read the first chapter of Once Upon a Winter's Heart, go HERE.

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The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1455528110

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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/1455528110">Once Upon a Winter's Heart</a></span></center> <center> Center Street (January 7, 2014) </center> <center> by</center> <center> <span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://melodycarlson.com/">Melody Carlson</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/AVvXsEiEImZBs9f7q0uWj3KG604GmoxKtb-OVz5xW_tnew8hZ4LMvSkjPq5B7U1pXXHf-pp_bxN87yRqqBPhCQxWBAYGU6FNzjJttURsOH2anJPuN3wBGsE63j7JdW_zk9UJ2Mu0bQ_h3A/s1600/melody.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/AVvXsEiEImZBs9f7q0uWj3KG604GmoxKtb-OVz5xW_tnew8hZ4LMvSkjPq5B7U1pXXHf-pp_bxN87yRqqBPhCQxWBAYGU6FNzjJttURsOH2anJPuN3wBGsE63j7JdW_zk9UJ2Mu0bQ_h3A/s200/melody.jpg" height="200" width="160" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> Over the years, Melody Carlson has worn many hats, from pre-school teacher to youth counselor to political activist to senior editor. But most of all, she loves to write! Currently she freelances from her home. In the past eight years, she has published over ninety books for children, teens, and adults--with sales totaling more than two million and many titles appearing on the ECPA Bestsellers List. Several of her books have been finalists for, and winners of, various writing awards.<br /> <br /> She has two grown sons and lives in Central Oregon with her husband and chocolate lab retriever. They enjoy skiing, hiking, gardening, camping and biking in the beautiful Cascade Mountains.<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/AVvXsEiqNlcdm3HO8swULI3X6fa3AWitPMjNwwX_n0xH4ecFnY-FxPROq1pMYhM7LsZZ-I2busASiPerR-zEnDrsEDTPHz9PAxxmW1-IL7fLs40TQXxaA8e8ge92TK318WmWbjJLTK-TRA/s1600/OnceUponAWintersHeart.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/AVvXsEiqNlcdm3HO8swULI3X6fa3AWitPMjNwwX_n0xH4ecFnY-FxPROq1pMYhM7LsZZ-I2busASiPerR-zEnDrsEDTPHz9PAxxmW1-IL7fLs40TQXxaA8e8ge92TK318WmWbjJLTK-TRA/s1600/OnceUponAWintersHeart.jpg" height="200" width="128" /></a></div> Emma Burcelli has suffered over a decade of dating disasters. But she concludes that love is officially dead when her grandfather Poppi suddenly passes, leaving her grandmother Nona devastated. To help out, Emma works in the family bookstore, which Nona insists must be decked out in sweetheart décor as Poppi would have done for Valentine's Day. Although she feels like a V-Day Scrooge, Emma quickly learns to enjoy the task with the help of a handsome family friend, Lane Forester, who shows her that hanging hearts is much more fun when done to the tune of Dean Martin. As Emma and Lane share time and memories of Poppi, she reconsiders the notion that romance is alive. <br /> <br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1455528110">Once Upon a Winter's Heart</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2014/02/once-upon-winters-heart-by-melody.html">HERE</a>. <br /> <br />

Melody can be reached through the Contact link on her Website

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