#SaturdaySpotlight RaffleCopter giveaway & blog tour for The Inheritance (2nd edition)

Good Morning Friends,

I am SO excited to share with you that the new edition of The Inheritance is available now! I mentioned back in June the book would be coming soon and shared with you the new cover, but today I'd like to tell you about the upcoming blog tour and Rafflecopter Giveaway for The Inheritance.

Beginning Monday (25th) through October 25th you'll have multiple chances to win one of 5 pdf copies of The Inheritance. Details Below:

9/25 Clare Revell https://telscha.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-inheritance-pamela-thibodeaux.html

9/28 Alicia Dean https://aliciadean.com/alicias-blog/

9/30 Krissie Fortune http://kryssiefortune.blogspot.co.uk

10/3 Alina K Field http://alinakfield.com/spotlight-on-the-inheritance-by-pamela-thibodeaux-and-a-giveaway/

10/6 Christina Lorenzen http://christinalorenzen.com/thereisnoplacelikehome/

10/9 Vicki Batman https://vickibatman.blogspot.com/2017/10/handbag-and-book-w-pamela-thibodeaux.html

10/11 Connie Bretes http://www.constancebretes.com/connies-blog

10/13 Diana Rubino http://dianarubinoauthor.blogspot.com/

10/16 Patricia Kiyono https://fourfoxesonehound.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/guest-author-pamela-s-thibodeaux  

AND https://creative-hodgepodge.blogspot.com/2017/10/blog-tour-inheritance-by-pamela-s.html

10/18 Joy Dent https://joygriffindent.wordpress.com/?p=2694

10/20 Paula Mowery http://paulamowery.blogspot.com/

10/23 Kathryn Bain https://kathrynjbain.com/

10/25 Veronica Lynch www.WildWomenAuthorsx2.blogspot.com

After her husband’s death she discovers a future she never expected and a family she never imagined.

Blurb: Widowed at age thirty-nine and suffering from empty nest syndrome, Rebecca Sinclair is overshadowed by grief and loneliness.  Her husband has been deceased for a year, her oldest child has moved to New York in pursuit of an acting career and her youngest child is attending college in France. Having spent over half of her life as a wife and mother, she has no idea what God has in store for her now.  Will an unexpected inheritance in the wine country of New York bring meaning and purpose to her life and give her the courage to love again? 

US Postal worker Raymond Jacobey has been in love with the little widow since he first set eyes on her.  A wanderer searching for the ever-illusive soul mate, Ray has never stayed in one place too long. Raised by self-centered, high-power executives, he’s longed for the idyllic life of residing in a cozy house in a small town with the love of his life. Will he gain the heart of the lovely widow or will he lose her to the wine country of New York?   

Hope you'll join the fun and visit the different blogs and that you'll drop by here, each week for Tuesday Treasures, Thursday Thoughts and Saturday Spotlight!

Until next time take care and God Bless.
PamT

#TuesdayTreasure: Special Guest Post by Hope T Dougherty & a Book #Giveaway!

Good Morning!

Spring has sprung....well still a bit chilly in the mornings but warm, sunny and beautiful in the afternoons.

Mostly.

I'm definitely not a Winter person, so mild weather suits me just fine.

Today I'm pleased to bring back to our blog, Hope T Dougherty who visited with us one Saturday in February, with something she treasures....

Like a lot of people who post on this blog, I treasure my family: two daughters and twin sons who are interesting, fun, and smart, my husband who is excited and so supportive of my writing journey, and my extended family—especially my parents who just celebrated their 60^th wedding anniversary.

Instead of writing about them, however, I want to share about an important piece of furniture in our house.

Our wooden kitchen table is round and five feet wide. It seats the six in my family comfortably plus two visitors. The shape easily facilitates dinner conversation also.  I love when everyone is home from various universities and we’re passing bowls and teasing remarks, discussing current events, and sharing plans. It’s also a great place for Euchre, Monopoly, and Clue games. That table has heard a lot of smack talk over the years because we’re a competitive bunch.

The shape is important, but the interesting fact about the table is that the wood it’s made of spent its first 100 years as a tobacco barn, the crop that sustained generations of my family. When we moved to the farm and built our house, the dilapidated barn topped my husband’s hit list. A master furniture maker from a neighboring county had a better idea for the strong, interior beams. He fashioned a piece of art out of a piece of history with the old wood. 

My kitchen table is a treasure, for sure. I love it—what it meant to my family of long ago and what it means to my family now.

Hope Toler Dougherty holds a Master's degree in English and taught at East Carolina University as well as York Technical College. A member of ACFW, RWA and SinC, she writes for Almost an Author. Before writing novels, she published non-fiction articles on topics ranging from gardening with children to writing apprehension. She cheers for the Pittsburgh Steelers, ACC basketball, and Army West Point Football. Hope and her husband, Kevin, live in North Carolina and chat with their two daughters and twin sons through ooVoo. Irish Encounter is her first novel. Her second one, Mars...With Venus Rising, is published with Pelican Book.

Find out more about Hope by visiting her Website or connecting with her on Good Reads,Twitter, Facebook and/or Pinterest.

Now on to a sneak peek at Hope's latest release, Mars with Venus Rising!  

A meddling horse, paper bag floors and a flying saucer on the town square. The little town of Mars has it all—including a brand new resident who might spell heartache for one of its own.

Twenty-something Penn Davenport yearns for an exciting life in the big city and wants to shed the label of orphan that she's worn for years. To achieve that dream, she must pass the CPA exam then move away from the two aunts who reared her after her parents died in a plane crash.

When John Townsend—full of life and the joy of living—moves to town, he rattles Penn's view of herself, her life, and her dreams...which isn't such a bad thing until she falls for him…and discovers he's a pilot.

Excerpt: 

Penn considered the Tilt-a-Whirl. The cars spun and rocked and rolled up and down like a carousel. The spins looked fast sometimes. Other times the cars only rocked back and forth. Most of the riders howled with excitement, their heads tipped back and their mouths wide open. 

Laughing, not screaming.

Maybe she could ride it. She'd try at least for the handsome man chuckling at the spinning cars full of people having fun. The ride attendant gave them a car to themselves. Nice.

John took her hand to help her inside the car. Very nice.

He gave her a pep talk as other cars filled and the seat bar clicked into place. "You're going to love this."

The platform cracked and began its slow rotation over the rollers, creating an up and down motion. She stole a glance at John with a this-isn't-so-bad look.

He grinned.

Picking up speed, the ride pushed the car into a few partial spins. Feeling the centrifugal force pull her to the left then the right, Penn gripped the ar and planted herself in the middle of the seat, willing herself not to sling into him. 

A giggle tickled her throat. She bit her lip to stifle it. With the constant barrage of swinging back and forth and up and down, she gave up trying to corral her laughs. A steady stream of her chortles mingled with John's chuckles.

Suddenly, the car twirled with a quick whipping motion sending her right into the whole length of him. He didn't seem to mind. Instead, he grinned again, threw his arm around her shoulders, and pulled her tighter against him. "This way we can fight the force together."

Oh, yeah. She liked the Tilt-a-Whirl.

Mars with Venus Rising can be purchased at Amazon and/or directly from Pelican book Group.

Hope is giving away a copy to one lucky person so be sure and leave a comment!

I hope you enjoyed today's treasure! Check back each week for Thursday Thoughts, Saturday Spotlight and more Tuesday Treasures!

Until next time...take care and God Bless.

PamT

#ThursdayThoughts: Corbin Bernsen on his novel RUST & a #Giveaway!

Good Morning Friends!

I am thrilled to bring you this week's Thursday Thoughts from Corbin Bernsen brought to you by Adams Media & Pelican Book Group.

This post is part of Mr. Bernsen's ""Win It Before You Can Buy It" Book Giveaway!" so leave a comment for your chance to win 1 of 2 copies of Rust, the novel adaptation to the movie Corbin wrote and produced in 2010.

In his own words, Corbin tells us how Rust the novel came about.....

I never knew while writing the film version of Rust that my “journey of faith” had begun.  I grew up in a Christian Science household, so my introduction to Christian faith was well cemented; but over the years, without going to church, bible study or keeping the dust off, my faith drifted to the back of my mind—although, it never faded completely, and I have always felt the presence of Jesus in my life, stronger at times than others.  After my father died, the void once occupied by practicing faith daily became apparent as I grappled with the concept that my father was gone.  Then, with what I now understand to be a perfect confluence of events organized by powers greater than me--OK, God—things began to come to me, including the small town of Kipling, Saskatchewan, buried in the heartland of Canada, wanting to make a movie… and FUND IT!  Wow!

And so the journey began. It became clear that this was much more than just making a movie.  This was a path laid out for me to simply give in, give over, and follow.  Every turn, every day, became a clear signpost that kept driving me in a direction… a road to rediscovering my faith.

And the movie Rust was made.  Picked up by Sony Pictures / Affirm Pictures – the company that had just released Fireproof!  Everything, and I mean everything, was flowing. The ice and mud that had congested my faith was gone and I was running free with purpose and direction.  It hasn’t let up since. I have written and directed five more of what I call “journey of faith films.” Along the way my mother passed, and I can tell you, thank God--and I mean that--thank You Lord for giving me a structure, a path, and a peace to get me through that rough time!

As time passed, once again a rust brought on by complacency, which in turn gave way to fear, began to corrode my new-found faith.  In a world head-locked in turmoil, without hope, delivering doubt about so many things--my country, world, and most shockingly, God--I found myself asking the very same question James Moore asks in Rust: “How could such a loving God allow so much pain and suffering?”

That lasted all of five minutes and the answer was delivered.  Time to dust off the faith once again, put in the time, redirect the focus and remove the "rust" that had begun working its way back in.  Write the book!  Rust the novel.  Go back to the well and drink again the story that set you on the path.  God has not forsaken you! I did, and a yet another reinvention of my life and faith has begun!

Rust: The Novel is the plight of one pastor’s crisis of faith and the struggle to save his friend’s life and restore hope to a floundering community. Readers will be getting a “better, fuller, richer story in the novel,” says Bernsen. “I was able to expand more intelligently, more interestingly, on some of the original themes and concepts in the film.”

Fans will be able to enjoy Rust: The Novel in both softcover and e-book formats. Pre-order discounts as well as book clubs, retailers’ and librarians’ specials are available. For more information about the forthcoming novel and Bernsen, visit http://pelicanbookgroup.com/rustnovel.


RUST the movie can be purchased at Amazon.com.

Corbin Bernsen most recently starred as Henry Spencer on USA Network’s hit original series Psych. First catapulted to stardom during the 1980s by the hit NBC TV series, L.A. Law, he was nominated twice for both an Emmy® Award and a Golden Globe Award®.  Along the way, he hosted Saturday Night Live, and guest starred on Seinfeld and Star Trek to name a few notable television appearances. In the feature film arena, he starred in the comedy Hello Again, followed by other critically-acclaimed roles in Disorganized Crime, Wolfgang Peterson’s Shattered, The Great White Hype, and as the Cleveland Indians’ third baseman-turned-owner Roger Dorn in the extremely popular Major League series of films. With the film Rust, Bernsen shifted his focus to family-friendly movies and formed Home Theater Films. Bernsen’s latest film project, Christian Mingle , was released in January 2015 by Capitol. Bernsen lives in Los Angeles with his wife of 26 years, actress Amanda Pays, and their four sons.