My guest today is Ruth Logan Herne, a debut Love Inspired author, who is pretty happy. And her title is definitely TIMELY! Here's Ruth:
"As a child interventionist for a local school district, I spent nine years dealing with children’s anger issues, anger whose roots began in a small child and mushroomed into acting out behaviors by the time they reached me in middle school. But what happens to those children who don’t act out? I wondered. The ones who suck it up, put their chin in the air, and quietly survive? Who’s there to help them?
And so began the structuring of Kayla Dougherty, the heroine of Winter’s End, my 4 ½ Star debut novel about a hospice nurse who deals with life and death by facing both head on. All I knew when I started this book was that Kayla had faced her Rubicon successfully but carried residual clutter from her dysfunctional setting, a ripped and torn childhood.
For Kayla, a new believer who can’t quite accept that God’s grace really, truly means her, facing the hero’s antagonism and anxiety is a drain. As she recognizes the depths of his personal losses, she realizes there is no hope, no chance for them and broken families are the grillwork of her past, not stepping stones to the future. Kayla wants the fairy tale, the happy ending, and she’s willing to step aside to prevent ruining that for anyone else, even the man she loves.
Yesterday’s child has grown into today’s woman. The child of the streets became the woman who longs for normalcy and strength, victimized, yet refusing to be a victim, a professional in her own right, clinging to an image of savvy success.
While life has sharpened and honed the well-dressed nurse, faith has softened the sassy woman within, offering her a chance to embrace a life she hadn’t dared hope for. A husband. A home. A family of faith, where warmth embraces the coldest winter days."
Thanks, Ruth. And for more about Ruth and her books, here you go!--Lyn
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Hi Ruth,
I brought coffee!!! In honor of Ruth and Seekerville (www.seekerville.blogspot.com), of course!!! We're so proud of you, Ruth. Proud of your debut novel and the two other books contracted soon thereafter. You're a writer to watch with a fantastic future ahead of you!
Also, you're one fun lady!!!
Hey Ruthy! You sound so...so...deep in this post!!
Wow.
The many sides of Ruth Logan Herne!
Kayla's background is so evident in Winter's End. She a very deep, thoughtful, questioning heroine. A great match for the brooding, quiet Marc. Put them together and you have a book you can't put down.
Great debut book, Ruth! So, what else do you have coming up for your readers??
I see Debby brought coffee. I'm adding a light assortment of afternoon pastries. Gotta keep our strength up for the second half of the day!
Thanks for hosting Ruthy, Lyn!
It's a wonderful book that I keep picking up to read even though I am supposed to be doing other things.
Sure sign of greatness is the ability to distract me.
Deb, hello!
Oh my stars, as you guys know I spent yesterday in the hospital with our daughter Beth...
who gave birth at 1:29 this morning.
YAY!!!!
Mother and baby "Eli" are doing fine. Both are tired, but wonderful! And proud Dad went into 'labor' after working all day, then doing a night shift, and then heading to the hospital with Beth...
A tired family, but so blessed.
God is good.
Pastries.
Food.
Coffee.
Oh mylanta, I'm starving. No food yesterday except for a few handfuls of M&M's. And while they're a mainstay, it didn't quite cut it for the entire DAY, you know what I mean, jelly bean???
Thanks for the pastries, sweet thing!
I'll share them with everyone who stops by today.
It's never nice to hog things to myself, you know.
Tina, you bless me with your words and your friendship.
Hey, how's the snow, Toots???
A blizzard one day, 60 degrees the next.
Bah.
Denver.
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