Black 'n' Gold Girl's Book Spot

I'm so happy to announce the winner of the giveaway from A Bride's Sweet Surprise in Sauers, Indiana  by Ramona K. Cecil and that lucky girl is... Casey!! Casey has been notified and has 48 hours to claim her prize or another winner will be selected. Please remember if you didn't win that this book is available NOW from Amazon and other retailers. :-)

Thank you all once again for participating in my blog party last week,it was a huge hit! As promised I have Ramona K. Cecil author of A Bride's Sweet Surprise in Sauers, Indiana , as well as other inspirational romances through Barbour Publishers here with us today. Please take a few minutes to check out my interview with her and to leave a comment to be entered to win a copy of Bride's Sweet Surpise.... Since you're new to my blog could you please tell us a bit about yourself? :-) I live in southern Indiana with Jim, my husband of 39 years. We have two grown daughters and three grandchildren. I've been writing creatively most of my life. I consider myself first a poet. I've had about ninety verses of poetry published on Christian gift items by a leading company in that market. My first book published was published in 2006. A historical romance novel, it won the publisher's inspirational contest. My next three books, all historical romances were published in...

Hi guys I know today author Ramona K. Cecil was supposed to be a guest but unfortunately her uncle passed away last Friday and she will be unable to attend. I'm sure Ramona and her family would appreciate your thoughts and prayers as they try to cope with his passing. Please feel free to leave a note in the comments directed at Ramona if you so desire. Hopefully Ramona will stop by the blog sometime in the future and see the comments. I've decided to post the blurb from Ramona's newest book, A Bride's Sweet Surprise in Sauers, Indiana, that   you might enjoy and I'm offering a book giveaway of Cindy Woodsmall's latest fiction novel, The Scent of Cherry Blossoms . About the book: Travel to a German settlement in Sauers, Indiana, and meet Regina Seitz. Her sisters were allowed to marry for love, but Regina has been told by her father she must marry a man she has never met—just so Papa can have a German son-in-law to inherit the family homestead. Diedrich Rothh...

Wow it is so hard to believe that I have been blogging for THREE WHOLE YEARS! It's with sheer disbelief that I have almost 300 followers when I didn't think I'd even get to ten. I've met so many great bloggers and reader friends willing to dish and discuss books with that I could probably talk all day  for a whole year with a different one each day and still have friends left over. I don't know where I'd be without your encouragement and willingness to stick with me even when I get blogger's block! I love finding a great book and learning about the authors who write them so I figured there would be no better way to celebrate than sharing some great authors with you! Throughout this week, starting tomorrow, I will be hosting an author friend I'd like you to meet. Sandra Bricker and her dog Sophie have been here before but Sandie has a book coming out this month and I just had to have her tell you all about it! I have some brand new friends to intro...