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Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt Stop #26

Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all 31 stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 3 grand prizes!

  • The hunt BEGINS with Stop #1 at Lisa Bergren’s site.
  • Hunt through our loop using Chrome or Firefox as your browser (not Explorer).
  • There is NO RUSH to complete the hunt—you have all weekend (until Sunday, 11/6)! So take your time, reading the unique posts along the way; our hope is that you discover new authors/new books.
  • Submit your entry for the grand prizes by collecting the clue on each author’s scavenger hunt post and submitting your answer in the Rafflecopter form at Stop #31. Many authors are offering additional prizes along the way!

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Welcome to stop #26.

I’m so excited to introduce to you Ruth Logan Herne!

If you don’t already know Ruthy, I’m sure you’ll enjoy getting to know her.

 

 

There’s something perfect about books, cooler weather and fall in upstate New York! Especially with salesgirls like this one, right?

 

With changing leaves comes cozy fires, slipper socks and early sunsets.
Summer is crazy busy here on the farm. We grow vegetables and have a lovely flock of chickens and two dogs and three cats for mousing and 14 grandchildren who pop in on a regular basis. Not much reading gets done in the summer, so when autumn comes calling with her pretty paintbrush of color… I get more reading, writing and baking time: Perfect!
I love making food. I love eating, too, but I really love cooking and baking. I don’t know why this is, but my family is grateful and the genetic thread for cooking and baking didn’t get passed down to all my children, and that’s a curious thing in itself. Now that I’m writing all the time, though… well, let’s just say there are more sandwiches on the menu!

Pumpkin muffins!!! So good!
My characters either cook or don’t cook. Some are crafty, some are klutzy. Some carry guns… most don’t. Some love the crazy of kids and animals, and others shy away. It’s so much fun to create these fictional worlds, to see the characters come alive and then to guide them along their way. I love happy endings. Life is chock full of the other kind, thank you very much, so a happy ending is a wonderful thing to me! And romance…

OH BE STILL MY HEART.

I know it’s fiction, but I love, love, love a good romance. My Western cowboy series began with great emotion, a drop-dead-gorgeous handgun-carrying Latina house manager… who just happens to be a former Seattle detective. And she’s up against the quintessential prodigal, the son who stormed away, kicking the dust of his father’s super-successful ranch from his heading-to-the-city heels. But God’s timing intervenes and now that Colt is back home, things are changing at the Double S. And change isn’t always easy, is it?

 

Three sons, three broken hearts and wounded spirits, and now we’ve got Nick’s story to tell. And sometimes being the good son— the one who stayed home— is the hardest job of all. Trying to do everything right, all the time, can be self-defeating, and when the time comes to pick up the pieces, well… Sometimes even the best of cowboys needs a chance to be Home on the Range…

I want to thank Maureen for hosting me today, and wish all of you SO MUCH FUN on the Scavenger Hunt!!! Tippin’ my Resistol just a bit in your direction… And adding God’s blessings!
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Here’s the Stop #26 Skinny:

You can order Ruthy’s books on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, CBD or at your local bookstore! 

Clue to Write Down: diversion

Link to Stop #27, the Next Stop on the Loop: Click HERE

But wait! I echo Ruthy’s wish for fun on this Scavenger Hunt, and to add to it I’m offering a separate opportunity to win a gift from my heart. Quite some time ago, I came across an advertisement for a small, lovely perfume bottle. Immediately God brought to mind the verse from Psalms 56:8 about God keeping track of our sorrows and collecting our tears in a bottle. Obviously our tears are precious to Him! So I purchased a small, decorative bottle which I keep close to my writing desk to remind me that God cares enough to keep track of my tears.
If you sign up for my newsletter in the upper right corner of this page or visit my Author Page on Facebook, your name will be entered for a chance to win a “tear bottle”—a reminder that God is aware of all our days, both the happy and the sad. Enter this separate contest at the bottom of this post.
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Along with the tear bottle, I’m offering a free ebook of the first of my Cranbury books, The Cranbury Papermaker. Same setting as The Cranbury Toymaker offered in the hunt, but an entirely independent romance!
If you’re already a subscriber to my newsletter, just let me know in a comment below and I’ll make sure your name is added to the random drawing. Thanks for participating!
Have a happy hunt!

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Comments

  5. I’ve signed up for the newsletter and look forward to what I will learn.
    Thanks for this scavenger hunt, quite interesting.

  7. I subscribed to your newsletter. Such an amazing reminder with the “Tear Bottle”. Thank you for telling about it and for having this giveaway!

  13. I just subscribed to your newsletter. That tear bottle is fabulous! Thank you for participating in the scavenger hunt. 🙂

    • Thanks, Caryl! I just wanted to let everyone know that I’m double checking all of the entries to make sure no one was missed if they already subscribe to my newsletter, and new subscribers are automatically added. So everything appears to be working as it should be. Thank you for signing up, and for joining in the Hunt!

    • Thank you! I had a lot of fun putting that one together -I’m kind of a nerd when it comes to paper. I just love it, so learning how it’s made fascinated me. 🙂

  15. I subscribed to your newsletter and now I’m leaving a comment. I am enjoying the scavenger hunt and love your books!!!

  17. I’m already subscribed to your newsletter. Thanks for this extra giveaway of the lovely tear bottle. What a wonderful reminder.

    • Thanks, Pam! I’ll make sure your name is in the giveaway. And I’m glad you like the tear bottle – I love the one I keep on my desk and hope the idea will be a blessing to others.

  18. i am already signed up for your newsletter……..i like the tearbottle….but i would never fill it up……i dont cry…..during a sad movie one might slide down my cheek, but otherwise i dont cry.

    • I’m not much of a crier either, actually, especially with my added “years of experience.” (A nice way to say I’m getting older!) But on occasion I’m surprised at how easily they can come, and the bottle is like a little pat on the back saying “It’s okay.” 🙂

  21. Love the tear bottle idea! I subscribed to your letter and confirmed it. Thanks for being part of the hunt.

  22. Thanks for participating in the Scavenger Hunt! I’m enjoying the journey through each stop. What a wonderful and fun idea for all the authors to be involved in plus us readers. 🙂

  25. I am already a subscriber, Maureen. Psalm 56:8 is one of my favorite verses! I think your gift of the tear bottle is so wonderful…..a beautiful reminder of God’s compassion and amazing attention to every detail of our lives. Thanks also for the opportunity to win an ebook copy of The Cranbury Papermaker and for participating in the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt!

    • Thanks, Alison! So true about God’s attention to every detail of our lives. Impossible for us to really comprehend, I think, except to feel grateful and loved. 🙂 Thanks for joining in the Hunt!

  29. I’m already a subscriber to your newsletter, Maureen – thanks for the giveaway opportunity!!

  32. Thank you so much for being part of the scavenger hunt and offering a chance to win. I am a big fan of both of you authors!

  33. Love Ruth’s books and she lives only 45 minutes from me !!! approximately…
    Always a great read and some wonderful recipes…
    What a lovely prize to win…. great reminder of God’s knowing each tear that falls !
    Blessings
    Linda Marie Finn

  34. The tear bottle is a beautiful reminder of God’s love for us. Thank you for the opportunity to win one. I’m going to order The Cranbury Toymaker – you’re a new author to new to me and I’m looking forward to reading your book.

  35. Hello Maureen, thanks for sharing about Ruthy, I love info on her FB page and have been known to read a book of hers too. you authors are special people and I enjoy meeting you even if it is only virtually.
    thanks for sharing on “The Hunt”, I am off to check another page….

  37. Thanks for taking part in the scavenger hunt! I am already a subscriber. Psalm 56: 8 is a verse that the Lord has given me and has become very personal to me through some troubled times. What a lovely visual for that verse! Love your books, Maureen!

  38. I am always in awe of people who are so visionary. The perfume bottle is such a wonderful symbol of remembrance.

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