Today we welcome June Foster to my blog. June is very graciously giving away an ebook copy of A Harvest of Blessing. Please include contact information and answer the question to enter.
Thanks for stopping by, June!
The Story Behind the Story of A Harvest of Blessing
A
Harvest of Blessing was inspired by a real life couple my
husband and I met in Pensacola, Florida. Several years ago we were traveling
and living in our RV full time. Since my husband is retired army, we generally
stayed on military posts in their RV parks. This year we stayed at Pensacola
Naval Air Station and attended the military chapel.
One Sunday we got to talking to a great couple and
wound up going to lunch with them after church. Their story amazed me. They
were both visiting the graves of their dead spouses when they met. They even
pointed out the graveyard as we passed on the way to lunch.
Cupid went to work, and they eventually married. Their
story has been on my mind for several years, and I finally got the chance to
tell it in A Harvest of Blessing where
my hero and heroine who're in their mid fifties meet in a graveyard. But that's
where the similarity ends. I deviated from the real couple and made Nadia's
husband a jerk and Jared's daughter an obstacle between the two of them.
In the story, Nadia's son David is serving a tour of
duty in Germany. I put him in Germany because my husband and I were there
before he retired from the army. Wood carvings abound in the European country, and I thought it would be fun to have David
bring one of the lovely pieces—like the one I own—back home for his mom. The real
wood carving used to hang on my mom's wall. Today it sits on a cabinet in my
dining room.
The carving is special to me as it is the artist's
rendition of a loaf of bread and a chalice, an important element in Christianity—communion
or the Lord's Supper.
I loved writing A
Harvest of Blessing as this is the first book I've penned where the
characters are middle aged. I hope you'll enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed
writing it.
Long Blurb
If there's one thing Nadia Maguire knows, Jon
Maguire robbed her of a godly marriage and left her in financial ruin. The
night he was killed in an accident, guilt threatened to suffocate her. She
wasn't sorry he died.
When Nadia accidentally sits on a stranger's lap in the
graveyard where Jon is buried, she's horrified to learn the good-looking guy
with salt and pepper hair is her new boss.
Jared Abrams is a widower who longs to move on. He's intrigued
by the beautiful woman who puts God first in her life. But as their friendship
grows, an unexpected obstacle separates them—his daughter Sarah. No one can
replace her mother. Especially not Nadia Maguire whose son harmed her in high
school.
If Nadia can't find the funds to get her house
ready to sell, she'll have to balance two jobs with no time left to nurture a
relationship with the man she loves. Will she and Jared find a Harvest of
Blessings, or a season of drought?
June Foster is an award-winning author who began her
writing career in an RV roaming around the USA with her husband, Joe. She brags
about visiting a location before it becomes the setting in her contemporary
romances. June's characters find themselves in precarious circumstances where
only God can offer redemption and ultimately freedom. Find June at
junefoster.com.
8 comments:
Thanks so much for hosting me today, Laura.
I've never considered living in a RV and traveling around the USA. It's probably fun but driving in large areas is not something I enjoy.
A Harvest of Blessings sound like a fun read. The wood carving is so nice. Thank you for sharing the story behind this one, June Foster.
marilynridgway78[at]gmail[dot]com
I'd love to travel and live in an RV, at least for a while. We used to have one and did quite a bit of traveling, and I'm also a writer so I loved it, but my husband no longer has time to travel, so he sold it. A Harvest of Blessings sounds like a wonderful book, and I'd love to read and review it. I'd also love to be able to travel the USA in an RV and go to the states we've never been. I'd love to win a copy of this book and can't wait to read it, if I do. Very interesting blog, too. Author BJ Robinson
We have an RV and love to go camping. If it was just the two of us, I'd love it. Not sure if I would enjoy it as much with the kids for a long period of time.
We did a lot of tent camping when our kids were smaller. I think traveling around the country in an RV would be fun. We could see a lot more of the country that we would not see otherwise. I think we could do that for a few months and then return home. rose blackard (at) gmail (dot) com
We own RV and love traveling; however, full time...it would be too much! Especially with four kiddos lol
I heard that's the best way to travel, it sounds like you had fun. We never travel or camping so I enjoy pictures of others who have.
congratulations to Rose
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