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November 2022 Book Club Giveaway

November 1, 2022 By TLC Booktours

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In the midst of WWII, a young librarian forms a book club to keep her library from closing.

THE BLACKOUT BOOK CLUB

The Blackout Book Club by Amy Lynn Green

“The Blackout Book Club is a fabulous novel that will warm the hearts of readers everywhere. Amy Lynn Green gives us a poignant look at life on the home front during WWII and how comfort and camaraderie can be found in the shared love of books. This will be a wonderful book club read!”–MADELINE MARTIN, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Bookshop in London

In 1942, an impulsive promise to her brother before he goes off to the European front puts Avis Montgomery in the unlikely position of head librarian in small-town Maine. Though she has never been much of a reader, when wartime needs threaten to close the library, she invents a book club to keep its doors open. The women she convinces to attend the first meeting couldn’t be more different–a wealthy spinster determined to aid the war effort, an exhausted mother looking for a fresh start, and a determined young war worker.At first, the struggles of the home front are all the club members have in common, but over time, the books they choose become more than an escape from the hardships of life and the fear of the U-boat battles that rage just past their shores. As the women face personal challenges and band together in the face of danger, they find they have more in common than they think. But when their growing friendships are tested by secrets of the past and present, they must decide whether depending on each other is worth the cost.Includes a book club discussion guide and The Blackout Book Club book list!

“The Blackout Book Club is an ode to books and libraries, but it’s also an ode to human connection. Amy Lynn Green’s entire cast of characters comes vividly to life, each woman with a distinct voice that makes the reader feel as much like her friend as her fellow book club members are. I couldn’t put this book down!”–Addison Armstrong, author of The Light of Luna Park and The War Librarian

.“A salute to the power of books and of friendship!”–SARAH SUNDIN, bestselling and award-winning author of Until Leaves Fall in Paris

“The Blackout Book Club is an engaging story that illustrates the power of books to unite and encourage us in trying times. . . . A wonderful read.”–LYNN AUSTIN, author of Long Way Home

Purchase Links

Baker Publishing Group | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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A life in pieces. A hundred-year-old journal. And a chance for love to be reborn.

LIKE THE WIND

Like the Wind by Robin Lee Hatcher

Olivia Ward arrived in Bethlehem Springs alone—with no job, no home, and no money—after her manipulative ex-husband used his power and wealth to destroy everything. Six years later, the peaceful life she rebuilt is once again turned upside down when she learns that her fifteen-year-old daughter, Emma, will be coming to live with her. The reunion should be a dream come true, but years of deception have driven a wedge between them. And Emma seems more interested in an old diary she discovered than reconciliation with her mother.

Tyler Murphy knows what it’s like to lose everything. Propelled by his history in the foster-care system, he’s determined to root out dishonesty and protect the most vulnerable through his work as an investigator. When he’s hired to investigate Olivia Ward, though, he finds himself longing to believe she’s exactly who she appears to be, and he soon realizes that his desire to learn more about her has nothing to do with his job. But how can he pursue a relationship that began with a lie?

In this latest novel from award-winning author Robin Lee Hatcher, an antique diary, a family-fueled investigation, and unexpected feelings collide to create a promise that’s worth fighting for.

“Seamlessly weaving past and present, Robin has written a touching, hopeful story that’s sure to tug on readers’ heartstrings.” —Kathleen Fuller, bestselling author

  • Stand-alone novel
  • Book length: approximately 80,000 words
  • Includes discussion questions for book clubs
  • Also by Robin Lee Hatcher: I’ll Be Seeing You, Make You Feel My Love, How Sweet It Is, and Cross My Heart

Purchase Links

TNZ Fiction | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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It’s time to start a project that will grow a grateful heart. The Weekly Gratitude Project is a 52-week guided gratitude journal that offers a life-changing journey through reflection prompts and inviting questions to guide you into a deeper relationship with God. This yearly gratitude journal features beautifully illustrated journaling pages that will help you discover more intimacy and joy in your spiritual life.

THE WEEKLY GRATITUDE PROJECT

The Weekly Gratitude Project: A Challenge to Journal, Reflect, and Grow a Grateful Heart (The Weekly Project Series)

The Weekly Gratitude Project is:

  • Perfect for a beginner in faith and practicing gratitude, but strong and thought provoking enough for someone who already has a solid foundation
  • An easy-to-use journaling format designed to help you focus on adding more gratefulness into your day
  • A helpful companion for individual worship, Bible studies, and small groups

Each week includes:

  • A biblical theme to focus on
  • A short but impactful Bible verse to help you reflect and meditate
  • Inspirational insight to guide your thoughts and jumpstart your gratitude project
  • Journaling prompts and lines to help you reflect and grow a grateful heart

This 12-month journal:

  • Showcases beautiful photography and calming colors
  • Has a pretty ribbon marker, so you never lose your place
  • Provides a ton of journaling space, but easily fits on your nightstand, tote bag, or a gift basket
  • Is perfect for a self-purchase, Mother’s Day, National Best Friend Day, a welcoming gift for Bible study groups, birthdays, and holidays

Purchase Links

Zondervan | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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From three bestselling authors comes an interwoven tale about a trio of World War II nurses stationed in the South Pacific who wage their own battle for freedom and survival.

WHEN WE HAD WINGS

When We Had Wings by Ariel Lawhon, Kristina McMorris, and Susan Meissner

The Philippines, 1941. When U.S. Navy nurse Eleanor Lindstrom, U.S. Army nurse Penny Franklin, and Filipina nurse Lita Capel forge a friendship at the Army Navy Club in Manila, they believe they’re living a paradise assignment. All three are seeking a way to escape their pasts, but soon the beauty and promise of their surroundings give way to the heavy mantle of war.

Caught in the crosshairs of a fight between the U.S. military and the Imperial Japanese Army for control of the Philippine Islands, the nurses are forced to serve under combat conditions and, ultimately, endure captivity as the first female prisoners of the Second World War. As their resiliency is tested in the face of squalid living arrangements, food shortages, and the enemy’s blatant disregard for the articles of the Geneva Convention, the women strive to keep their hope— and their fellow inmates—alive, though not without great cost.

In this sweeping story based on the true experiences of nurses dubbed “the Angels of Bataan,” three women shift in and out of each other’s lives through the darkest days of the war, buoyed by their unwavering friendship and distant dreams of liberation.

“Three of the biggest powerhouses in historical fiction come together to pen this breathtaking story of three nurses serving in the Philippines during the Second World War.” —PAM JENOFF, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman with the Blue Star

  • World War II historical fiction
  • Stand-alone novel
  • Book length: approximately 128,000 words
  • Includes discussion questions for book clubs

Purchase Links

Harper Muse | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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Introducing the little-known story of the daring women who rode through war-torn Europe, carrying secrets on their shoulders . . .

THE CALL OF THE WRENS

The Call of the Wrens by Jenni L. Walsh

An orphan who spent her youth without a true home, Marion Hoxton found in the Great War something other than destruction. She found a chance to belong. As a member of the Women’s Royal Naval Service—the Wrens—Marion gained sisters. She found purpose in her work as a motorcycle dispatch rider, assigned to train and deliver carrier pigeons to the front line. And, despite the constant threat of danger, she and her childhood friend Eddie began to dream of a future together. Until the battle that changed everything.

Now, twenty years later, another war has broken out across Europe, calling Marion to return to the fight. Meanwhile, others, like twenty-year-old society girl Evelyn Fairchild, hear the call for the first time. For Evelyn, it’s a way to prove herself after a childhood fraught with surgeries and limitations from a disability. And with the re-formation of the Wrens as World War II rages, it’s the perfect opportunity to make a difference in the world at seventy miles per hour.

Told in alternating narratives that converge in a single life-changing moment, The Call of the Wrens is a vivid, emotional saga of love, secrets, resilience—and the knowledge that the future will always belong to the brave souls who fight for it.

Purchase Links

Harper Muse | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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Another storm is on the horizon for the Reynolds women. And the only way out is to go through it.

WHAT WE FOUND IN HALLELUJAH

What We Found in Hallelujah by Vanessa Miller

Good things never happen in November—at least not for the Reynolds women. It was the month they lost their patriarch. And the month when fourteen-year-old Trinity went missing during a tropical storm. So Hope Reynolds isn’t surprised when it becomes the month she walks in on her boyfriend kissing another woman. Or when she receives a panicked call from her mother about a mistake that could cost the family their treasured beach house.

Meanwhile, Faith Reynolds-Phillips is facing her own financial struggles. She’s also looking down the barrel of divorce and raising a daughter who reminds her so much of her younger sister, Trinity, that sometimes it physically hurts. The last place Hope and Faith want to be is in Hallelujah, South Carolina, during hurricane season. Going home will force them to confront the secrets that have torn their family apart. But if they can survive another storm, they’ll have a chance to rebuild on a new foundation—the truth.

In the latest novel from prolific writer Vanessa Miller, three women must find the strength to endure the storm and the faith to believe in a miracle.

“A heartwarming, page-turning, beautiful story about family secrets, mother-daughter relationships, forgiveness, and restored faith.” —Kimberla Lawson Roby, New York Times bestselling author

  • Inspiring contemporary fiction
  • Stand-alone novel
  • Includes discussion questions for book clubs
  • Other books by Vanessa Miller: Something Good

Purchase Links

TNZ Fiction | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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The Fifth Daughter of Thorn Ranch is a family saga as large as the state of Texas.

THE FIFTH DAUGHTER OF THORN RANCH

The Fifth Daughter of Thorn Ranch by Julia Brewer Daily

Emma Rosales is the heiress to the largest ranch in Texas-The Thorn. All of the responsibilities of managing a million acres now fall into her fifth-generation hands.

A task Emma could handle with her eyes closed… if The Thorn was any ordinary property.

The Thorn is home to many things. Clear, cloudless skies. Miles of desert scrub and craggy mountains. A quiet disrupted only by whispers of the wind. And an ancient web of secrets that won’t let Emma out alive without a fight.

The Fifth Daughter of Thorn Ranch is a family saga as large as the state of Texas.

Purchase Links

 IndieBound | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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They wondered if they would ever find their way back–back to the village, back to a life of meaning, back to each other.

WHERE THE WANDERING ENDS

Where the Wandering Ends by Yvette Manessis Corporon

Corfu 1946–In a poor Greek community, ten-year-old Marco is perhaps the poorest of them all. But it wasn’t always that way. His grandmother once worked for the royal family where Marco’s mother played alongside young Prince Phillip himself. Now Greece is on the brink of civil war, and Marco’s mother still clings to the desperate hope that somehow the royal family will save her own.

As the war turns deadlier, Greece’s Queen Frederica takes a defiant stand against the communists, announcing that she will save the children of Greece by opening children’s villages. When the communist partisans erect camps of their own, children are ripped from their mothers’ arms, entire villages are emptied.

Young Katerina has been best friends with Marco for as long as she can remember, cementing their bond as Katerina steals scraps from her family’s table to sneak to him.  But when communists reach their village, loyalties are tested as devastating secrets threaten to emerge. Katerina and Marco are separated just before her family flees on foot. At their final goodbye, Katerina and Marco promise to find their way back to the village, and to one another. That haunting childhood vow setting into motion events that will take decades to unravel.

Set among Corfu’s picturesque lanes, hamlets and villas, where kings, villagers and saints all walk the same cobblestone paths, Where the Wandering Ends reminds us of the tenacity of those who have lost everything and the enduring power of home.

Purchase Links

Harper Muse | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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Are you looking for a way to strengthen and cultivate your faith? Are you ready to accept a challenge that could dramatically change your life? The winning book club will receive copies of both of these beautiful journals!

THE WEEKLY PRAYER PROJECT

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THE WEEKLY FAITH PROJECT

The Weekly Prayer Project: A Challenge to Journal, Pray, and Connect with God

The Weekly Faith Project: A Challenge to Journal, Reflect, and Cultivate a Genuine Faith

About The Weekly Prayer Project:

Are you ready to accept a challenge that could dramatically change your life? The Weekly Prayer Project invites you to journal, pray, reflect, and connect with God using a 52-week guided prayer journal. You’ll learn to pray with intention and explore the different types of prayers found in the Bible, with journaling prompts that guide you to reflect on God’s work in your life.

The Weekly Prayer Project is:

  • Full of variety of prayers—from prayers of gratitude and thankfulness to prayers of lament and intercession
  • Perfect for a beginner in faith and prayer life, but thought provoking enough for someone already familiar with prayer
  • A unique prayer journaling format designed to help you focus and organize time for prayer
  • A perfect companion for individual worship, Bible studies, and small groups

Each week includes:

  • A biblical theme to focus on
  • A short but impactful Bible verse to help you reflect and meditate
  • Inspirational insight to guide your thoughts and jumpstart your prayer project
  • Journaling prompts to help you pray, reflect, and connect with God

This 12-month journal:

  • Showcases beautiful photography and calming colors
  • Includes a pretty ribbon marker, so you never lose your place
  • Provides ample journaling space, but easily fits on your nightstand, tote bag, or a gift basket
  • Makes for a perfect self-purchase and a thoughtful gift for Christmas, Mother’s Day, birthdays, or a welcoming gift for Bible study groups

Purchase Links

Zondervan | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

About The Weekly Faith Project:

Are you looking for a way to strengthen and cultivate your faith? The Weekly Faith Project is a 52-week guided faith journal that offers a life-changing journey through reflection prompts and inviting questions to guide you into a deeper relationship with God.

This yearly faith journal features beautifully illustrated journaling pages that will help you discover more intimacy and joy in your spiritual life. The Weekly Faith Project is:

  • Perfect for a beginner in faith, but strong and thought provoking enough for someone who already has a solid foundation
  • A heartfelt journaling format designed to help you focus on adding more faith into your day
  • An uplifting addition to individual worship, Bible studies, and small groups

Each week includes:

  • A biblical theme to focus on
  • A short but impactful Bible verse to help you reflect and meditate
  • Inspirational insight to guide your thoughts and jumpstart your faith project
  • Journaling prompts and lines to help you reflect and cultivate a genuine faith

This 12-month journal:

  • Showcases beautiful photography and calming colors
  • Has a pretty ribbon marker, so you never lose your place
  • Provides a ton of journaling space, but easily fits on your nightstand, tote bag, or a gift basket
  • Is perfect for a self-purchase, Mother’s Day, National Best Friend Day, a welcoming gift for Bible study groups, birthdays, and holidays

Purchase Links

Zondervan | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

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Please fill out our super short registration form (click the “Enter Now” button above) by November 30th for a chance to win a set of up to ten copies of one of these great books for your book club! We will randomly choose a winner at the end of the month. This giveaway is open to clubs in the US only (our apologies to friends in other countries). 

Best of luck!

We LOVE Book Clubs!

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