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Book Contest: Texas Roads by Cathy Byrant
CONTEST CLOSED! Congratulations to Abi who has won this copy of Texas Roads. Abi is a long time subscriber to this blog and faithful contest participant, it’s so exciting to see her win! I’ve just sent you an email Abi, so please get in touch within 72 hours – jennifer at quiverfullfamily dot com – with your details so we can get this out for you!
Thanks to everyone who entered!
TEXAS ROADS
by Cathy Bryant
Published by WordVessel Press
2009 ACFW Genesis Finalist
Dani Davis just wants a place to call home. With quaint country charm, quirky residents, and loads of business potential, Miller’s Creek, Texas seems like the perfect place to start over. . .except for the cowboy who gives her a ride into town. Dani secretly finances renovations to downtown, but malicious rumors force her to choose between keeping her involvement a secret and the home for which she’s always longed. Then a devastating discovery propels her down a road she never expected to travel.
Cowboy mayor Steve Miller is determined to rescue his dying hometown. When vandals threaten the renovation, he can’t help but suspect Dani, whose strange behavior has become fodder for local gossips. Can he and Dani call a truce for a higher cause, and in the process, help Dani realize the true meaning of home?
A story rich with Texas traditions and values. It’s as sweet as a piece of pie from a small-town diner. Full of interesting characters and heartbreaking secrets, Texas Roads is a good read.
~ Lenora Worth, author of Hometown Princess and The Perfect Gift
Cathy Bryant has done it! Texas Roads is a spell-binding tale that will grab you on page one and won’t turn you loose until you’ve read The End. Sadness and grief are superbly balanced with uplifting joy, and when you add this one to your Keepers Shelf, you’ll feel as though you’ve met spunky Dani Davis and handsome cowboy Steve Miller in person. If I were doling out stars, I’d give Cathy four for this one!
~ Loree Lough, author of 75 award-winning books, including Love Finds You in North Pole, Alaska
A wonderful and thoroughly enjoyable love story. Cathy’s folksy descriptions had me chuckling aloud and her plot twists rooting for the main characters through all their trials and emotional travails. It’s a story that will touch your heart and make you long to live in the lovely Texas setting with the realistic and heroic characters that Cathy has created. Five stars and “two thumbs up!
~ Marlayne Giron, author of The Victor
Cathy Bryant spins a tale of dangerously romantic Texas cowboys and hurting school marms with twenty-first century panache. I could hear the twang all the way up in Wisconsin.
~ Lisa Lickel, author of Healing Grace and Meander Scar
Watch the book trailer HERE.
About the author:
A Texas gal from birth, Cathy lives in a century-old Texas farmhouse with her husband, a phobia-ridden cat, and a garden full of flowers, butterflies and mosquitoes the size of your fist. Her debut novel, Texas Roads, is a 2009 ACFW Genesis contest finalist. Visit her website at www.CatBryant.com for more info.
Be sure to visit her blog, WordVessel, where she hosts weekly Christian author interviews, book reviews, and book giveaways, and sign up for her monthly newsletter, Heart For Home.
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CONTEST DETAILS:
I have 1 copy (your choice of e-book or print) to give away to one blessed winner in the U.S.! To enter, just let me know why you’d like to read Texas Roads!
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The contest will close at 12 a.m. MST on Sunday, May 02nd, 2010. One (1) winner will be randomly drawn for the book on Monday, May 03rd, 2010 and notified by email. Please fill your email address in the comment form when you are completing your comment so that I can contact you. The winners must respond with a mailing address within 72 hours of my email, or a new winner will be chosen. This contest is open to those living in the US.
I look forward to seeing God bless a reader with this title!
with my son recently moving to Texas, I have an interest in all things Texas!
because it sounds great thanks for the giveaway
because it looks like a great book
Cathy Bryant’s book looks like an interesting read. I’ve enjoyed reading her writing on her blog, so would like to give her book a try.
julesreffner(at)gmail(dot)com
Jennifer, thanks so much for hosting this giveaway of TEXAS ROADS. I look forward to seeing who wins! =)
Thanks so much for all the great comments so far. I’ll be checking back from time to time, so if anyone has any questions about the book, ask away!
i’d like to win a copy becuz i know cathy from right here in this little texas town we call home- she’s big stuff around here!
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It sounds like a good book to read. I love these kinds of books. Thank you for the giveaway.
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I am a subscriber. Thanks!
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I currently follow you on Twitter (nanatide). Thanks!
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I live in TX, and I like the sound of the plot–finding the meaning of a true home, as well as a little intrigue.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Christian fiction is a favorite genre of mine, and this looks like a good one – especially the Texas flavor!
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We posted about this giveaway at Winning Readings: http://winningreadings.blogspot.com/2010/04/texas-roads.html
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I follow Cathy’s blog and have gotten a lot from her writing there, so I can’t wait to read her novel!!
Thanks for the chance at a giveaway!
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I would love to read this book, because the characters sound well-developed and original. The story sounds like it would be good.
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I am a email subscriber.
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Wow! Love all the comments! Tami, thanks so much for kind words, but I’m not sure about being big stuff… =)
I have never read any of her books. However, this sounds like a very good book. Thanks
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I would love to win this book. It’s so good to real a good, clean, Christian book. Thanks for the chance to read!
I want to read it because it looks different from everything I normally read! I need a change.
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I would love to win this book because I love Texas and stories set in Texas!
I am also a subscriber!
This is the kind of town I always wished I lived in.
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Just found you and have subscribed!!! Please enter me.
Thanks!!
jackie.smithATdishmailDOTnet
I am anxious to read this book because it speaks of making a home …wherever you move. I just moved and need to adjust!!!
Thanks!
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I am a resident of Texas—but it takes a long time to be a Texan!
i read cathy’s blog message daily…i would love to read her novel…thanks for the chance
Praying I win. : )
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I’m a born and raised Texas gal and would LOVE to win Cathy’s book!
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Thanks and many blessings!
I would like to win because it sounds like a good one to add to my TBR pile.
I spend a lot of time in texas and love it. This book sounds great
jason(at)allworldautomotive(dot)com
This author is new to me and I’d like to give it a try. Sounds great!
I’m looking for a good read and from your description this one seems to fill the bill and coincidentally we just mvoed to Texas.
I love to read and this sounds like a good book
I would like to read Texas Roads.
I like El Paso, Texas!
I’m a lifelong Texan and I love to read books that are set here. I am interested in all things Texas, plus I love intriguing books like this. Please enter me.
I am following you on twitter @eswright18.
I would love to read this type of book.
The book had me at old farmhouse and phobia-ridden cat – I’ve had one of those, lol
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Can’t wait to read it.
Im a fan of Lenora Worth, and if she liked it, then I probably will too.
I REAALY THINK THIS BOOK WOULD DO ME WELL
I AM GOING TO TEXAS THIS SUMMER
FOR A WHILE IT OWULD GIVE ME EXTRA THINGS TO DO
WHILE I AM THERE FOR A FEW WEEKS
Love to read this book. Thanks!