FEATURED BOOK:  The Other Side of the Fairy House, A Christmas Time Travel Tale

AUTHOR:  June Foster and Kelly Cordova

PUBLISHER:  Winged Publications

GENRE:  Christian Time Travel

SERIES OR STAND ALONE:  Stand Alone

TARGET AGE:  18-90

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME AUTHOR JUNE FOSTER TO THE OVER 50 WRITER. JUNE RAISES THE QUESTION OF WHO WE WKNOW WHO TRULY HAS A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD.

FROM DEATH TO LIFE

by

June Foster

Our pastor told an amazing story. An older man in our congregation was quite ill. Doctors gave him only weeks to live.

A few days earlier, the pastor and his wife visited the man in the hospital. After a while, the patient asked everyone in the room to leave except the minister. Then an amazing thing happened. The ill man told our church leader that he wasn't ready to depart the earth. He had no assurance where he'd end up.

The glorious conclusion of the story is the man prayed to receive Jesus in his heart. Now when he left earth, which he did one week later, he'll be with the Lord for all eternity.

That's a marvelous story, but as I listened, I wondered why this incident reached out and grabbed me. This man was a member of my Sunday school class, had attended our church, and heard the gospel preached Sunday after Sunday. But as wonderful as that is, we can sit in church, some of us, all our lives, and not really have a personal relationship with the Lord.

What a glorious thought. No matter how old we are, Jesus waits with open arms for us to give our lives to Him.

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast" - Ephesians 2: 8-9.

Examine your heart and see if you have received this free gift from God.

Blurb for The Other Side of the Fairy House

Madison Montgomery’s dreams come true when her boss at Cliffside Realty Group sends her to the picturesque tourist destination of Travisburg, Tennessee, just days before Christmas. Her task? Photograph their new listing, an enchanting estate owned by eighty-two-year-old Ana Thatcher, who can no longer manage the historic property. The original owner, Robert Vanderheim, a wealthy 1930s entrepreneur, adorned the grounds with delightful stone basins and fountains. Madison's mission is simple: capture the estate's beauty and, if possible, uncover the mythical Fairy House.

But when Madison discovers she must work with drone operator Ben Taylor, her high school nemesis, the assignment takes an unexpected turn. The snowy drive down becomes a challenge when a flat tire derails their journey. Ben, now a ranger in Tennessee’s Donaldson Gap State Park with dreams of becoming a US National Parks designer, reluctantly joins the mission. As old tensions resurface, Madison and Ben are forced to confront their past.

A sudden accident in the forest leaves Madison unconscious, only to awaken to a bewildering sight: Ben in vintage attire, calling her "ma’am" as if they’ve never met. Has Madison slipped through time to Robert Vanderheim’s era, or is she trapped in a surreal dream?

In this heartwarming tale, Madison must navigate a world between past and present, discovering love and the true magic of Christmas along the way. Will she return to her familiar life, or find herself forever changed by the mysteries of Travisburg? And will Ben seize the chance to show Madison the man he's become, and the love he's always had for her?

The Other Side of the Fairy House is a charming holiday romance that will sweep you off your feet and remind you that sometimes, dreams really do come true.

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An award-winning author, June Foster is a retired teacher with a BA in Education and a MA in counseling. June began writing Christian romance in 2010 as she and her husband traveled the US in their RV. Her adventures provide a rich source of information for her novels. She brags about visiting a location before it becomes the setting in her next book.

To date, June has written over thirty contemporary romance and romantic suspense novels and novellas. June uses her training in counseling and her Christian beliefs in creating characters who encounter real-life difficulties yet live victorious lives. She's published with Winged Publications.

June is active in her church and her ladies' fellowship group. She enjoys writing devotionals as well as fiction. She frequently attends writers' conferences such as Blue Lake Writers' Conference and Florida Christian Writers Conference.

Her novel, The Inn at Cranberry Cove, won the 2021 Selah award for Romantic Suspense. It is available on Amazon in paperback, hardback, and eBook format. In 2023, June won the Ames Award for her book Christmas at Cranberry Cove, book three in the same series.

Visit June at www.junefoster.com to see a complete list of her books.

Kelly Cordova lives in Texas with her husband, Tom. Before settling in El Paso, she and her husband served as missionaries in Peru. She homeschooled their six children. Kelly has a bachelor's degree in photojournalism and a master's degree in public affairs journalism. The Other Side of the Fairy House is Kelly's second novel.

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FEATURED BOOK:   Broken Cups Hold Love

AUTHOR:  Lana Newman Kruse

PUBLISHER:  Winged Publications

GENRE:  Womens fiction

SERIES OR STAND ALONE:  Stand alone

TARGET AGE:  women 50+

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WELCOME AUTHOR LANA NEWMAN KRUSE TO PATTI’S PORCH. LANA SHARES AN INTERVIEW WITH HER DELIGHTFUL CANASTA BUDDY STRAIGHT OUT OF HER NEW RELEASE, BROKEN CUPS HOLD LOVE.

INTERVIEW WITH CANASTA BUDDY, CAMILLA, AKA, CAM, CAMILLA-DILLA, OR DILLY

by

Lana Newman Kruse

Hi, y’all, out there in Literary Land! We’re going to interview one of our lead characters from Lana Newman Kruse’s Broken Cups Hold Love – Our dear and adorable Camilla Lancaster. I’m your interviewer, Marge Frickey. Hello, Mrs. Lancaster.

Cam Lancaster: Oh, please, call me Cam, or call me what my Canasta buddies do—Camilla-Dilla, or just plain ol’ Dilly, cuz, I am one, Hon. A real dilly!

Interviewer Marge: Okay, Camilla-Dilla, or Dilly. A pleasure. Your loyal fans want to get to know you better. Where are you from?

Cam: All over the Deep South really, honey lamb. We moved a lot because of Mother’s asthma, until we lighted here in San Antonio, Texas. She could breathe here so we stayed. Then I met my true love, so another good reason to stay.

Marge smiles: Good logic. Now, please tell us what are some of your favorite things to do?

Cam: Well, I love parties—givin’ and goin’. I love cookin’ too—I fry everything, then cover it in gravy. I love to tell jokes and play cards, especially Canasta. My gal pals and I started playin’ Canasta umpteenth years ago, and we’re still goin’ strong.

Marge: I’ve heard about your Canasta games and that you four ladies laugh real loud, have barrels of fun, and even have nicknames.

Cam: Yes, darlin’ ya wanna hear our nicknames?

Marge: Absolutely!

Cam: Now, my sister-in-law, Hortense is Hy or Hy-fidelity. Her partner is my cousin by marriage and best friend, Betty or Bitty Betty, cuz she’s the smallest, (Cam whispers … but she may be the mightiest). Then my partner is Bitty’s sister Sophie, or affectionately called Sassy…and she has a different hair color ever week. And you know, I’m Dilly.

Marge: So, dear Camilla, how did you get the nickname, Dilly?

Cam: I guess cuz I act the silliest, tell jokes, and cuz I like to write little ditties for fun. Would ya like to hear one of my poems, darlin’?

Marge: I’d be honored.

Cam: Here’s my latest: Memememe.

“Such great friends I’ve never had before

You make me laugh till my sides are sore.

We giggle until we cry and get woozy

Yes, every inch of you is a dear, delicate doozy.

No matter who wins or loses, no one flips her lid

To me you are God’s gift that He Himself outdid.”

Marge: I love your ditty. It’s fun but poignant. I think I love your friends and you already.

Cam smiling: Thank you, They’re a great group of girls.

Marge: You mentioned you like jokes. May we end our interview with a quick one?

Cam: Sure, Honey. Here’s an excerpt from our last crazy Canasta party:

“Say, girls, did y’all read in the Gazette’s Lost and Found asking if anyone lost a wad of hundred-dollar bills wrapped in a big rubber band?”

Betty hollered, waving her right hand: “They found my money?”

Cam: “They found your rubber band!”

Marge chuckling: For more fun and more stories, check out Broken Cups Hold Love by Lana Newman Kruse.

BLURB FOR BROKEN CUPS HOLD LOVE:

Four Canasta-playing friends from the Greatest Generation mold Boomers with their tales of wobbly marriages, a World War, a soldier’s love story, a polio epidemic, a straying from faith, and more, even murder. The four pals embrace poignant moments and douse life with humor and lavish love.

Broken Cups Hold Love demonstrates the power of friendship and that every life is valuable, no matter how it’s lived because a holy God created and breathed life into each flawed person. Broken lives teach valuable, hard lessons.

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Lana Newman Kruse—last name pronounced KRUZEY, loves God, family, friends, and a good story. She lives in McKinney, Texas, and is a former Bible Study Fellowship, Community Bible Study, and home Bible study group leader. Lana has facilitated discussions in the gathering Simply Social.

Lana is a member of ACFW, Wildwood Writers, and a new podcast, [email protected]. Her writing targets women over 50. Her life verse is Ephesians 3:20, Now all glory to God, Who is able, through His mighty power at work within us, to accomplish infinitely more than we might ask or think  NLT

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