Black 'n' Gold Girl's Book Spot

The Hesitant Heiress, Book 1: After being unjustly expelled from the Boston Conservatory of Music, Amaryllis Brigham sees her dreams of founding a music academy in her hometown of Seattle, Washington, disappearing before her very eyes. Now, the only way to achieve her goal comes with high stakes for someone set on avoiding men as much as possible: Marry within the year to inherit the immense fortune of her estranged grandmother. Amaryllis reluctantly moves in to her aunt's Boston home and rubs shoulders with fashionable society. Despite her own misgivings, she soon finds herself quickly falling in love with the most unlikely of men, Nathan Everstone, the envy of every eligible female, whose father has haunted her dreams for the decade following her mother's tragic death. However, Nathan turns out to be much more than he seems...and everything she never knew she wanted. But just as everything Amaryllis has recently hoped for comes to fruition, it all falls apart wh...

The Promise of Palm Grove Amish Brides of Pinecraft, Book 1 by Shelley Shepard Gray Avon Inspire Copyright 2015 ISBN: 9780062337702 The Story: A young Amish woman finds herself torn between the man she’s pledged to wed and the man her heart desires in this heartwarming story of chance, duty, and choice in the face of love—the first volume in the beloved New York Times bestselling author’s new Amish Brides of Pinecraft series. Amish bride-to-be Leona is thrilled to be in Florida, on a mini-vacation in the pretty town of Pinecraft. Her girlfriends think she’s happy because she’s away from the stress of wedding planning. They have no idea that Leona’s real joy is in being away from her fiancé. Edmund is a good man, and will make a decent husband . . . just not for Leona. The more time she spends with him and his overbearing ways, the less she wants to be his wife. Her cousins are sure Edmund is the right man for her-and their certainty makes Leona begin to doubt herself. B...

I know I'm jumping the gun a bit since it's not spring quite yet, but you know me, I'm all about dreaming of warmer weather and sunshine. To celebrate the time of budding trees and new life, why not give away a book just blooming with romance -- The Trouble with Patience by Maggie Brendan? I ended up receiving an extra copy of her novel from the publisher, but it works out for you readers! If you'd like the chance to win this book, please fill out the Promo Simple form below. As always, leave a comment if you're so inclined. I love reading your thoughts. The Trouble with Patience is a Christian romance novel. Giveaway open to US residents, 18+. To read more about the book, visit Revell's website !

Anna's Crossing (An Amish Beginnings Novel) by Suzanne Woods Fisher Copyright 2015 Revell Books ISBN: 9780800723194 Buy the book ! The Story: Some endings are really beginnings . . .  On a hot day in 1737 in Rotterdam, Anna König reluctantly sets foot on the Charming Nancy, a merchant ship that will carry her and her fellow Amish believers across the Atlantic to start a new life. As the only one in her community who can speak English, she feels compelled to go. But Anna is determined to complete this journey and return home--assuming she survives. She's heard horrific tales of ocean crossings and worse ones of what lay ahead in the New World. But fearfulness is something Anna has never known. Ship's carpenter Bairn resents the somber people--dubbed Peculiars by the deckhands--who fill the lower deck of the Charming Nancy. All Bairn wants to do is to put his lonely past behind him, but that irksome and lovely lass Anna and her people keep intruding on him. ...

The Trouble with Patience (Virtues and Vices of the Old West, Book 1) by Maggie Brendan Copyright 2015 Revell Books ISBN: 9780800722647 Buy the book The Story: Patience Cavanaugh has lost hope in romance. The man she yearned to marry is dead and her dreams are gone with him. Now she is consumed with restoring a dilapidated boardinghouse in order to support herself. Despite Patience's desire for solitude, Jedediah Jones, the local marshal with a reputation for hanging criminals, becomes an ever-looming part of her life. It seems like such a simple arrangement: She needs someone with a strong back to help her fix up the boardinghouse. He needs a dependable source of food for himself and his prisoners. But as she gets to know this "hanging lawman," Patience finds there is far more to him than meets the eye--and it could destroy their tenuous relationship forever. With a keen eye for historical detail and a deft hand at romantic tension, Maggie Brendan invites yo...