I've Started a New Blog...

Good Afternoon,

In Jan 2023 I decided to take a break from promoting....myself and fellow authors. Frankly I was so burned out with the promotional aspect of writing I just didn't see the benefit of it for me or those I hosted here. 

I took a break from writing too. Until August when Tempered Journey flowed onto the pages with rapid intensity and great joy.

Besides that, my heart was wanting me to go in a whole other direction. (Read on for more on this!)

So you can see, I haven't completely stopped writing or publishing.

I still have numerous projects in the works....In 2022 I received the rights back for The Inheritance and Love in Season from Pelican Book Group. The Inheritance was reissued last year and is available at Amazon in Ebook, Print and Audio.

 

I've taken the eight stories from Love in Season and put them, along with others, into two different collections. A Hint of Romance and A Hint of Holiday Romance will be published this year. 

Well, at least one will be LOL!

Now on to the purpose of this post....

For years I've thought about writing a book or two based on all of the things I've learned on my spiritual/self improvement journey throughout my life. I've also considered starting a YouTube channel with this information. 

Alas, I know nothing about making YouTube videos and am not comfortable in front of the camera so until I am ready to face and overcome those obstacles, I've started a new blog which is hosted on my website.

Rainbows, Potholes and Nuggest of Gold Gleaned Along Life's Journey

Hopefully you'll check it out.

I've also reinstated my Life Coaching and am doing monthly events at Edgemont Healing Center in Lake Charles.

I'm also considering (and have been for a while) a travel blog. I'll keep you posted on that. AND, I am thinking about reviving this blog to once again spotlight authors and artists and their projects. I'll let you know about that too.

So, stay tuned and until next time....

Take Care & God Bless and THANK YOU for your continued love, support and understanding.

PamT

#NewRelease Tempered Journey ~ The Book You've All Been Waiting For!

 To my faithful Tempered fans who’ve cried out for Craig to have a follow up story; You who’ve wondered what happened to Katrina, her children, and Mike Guidry after Scott’s death; And for those who wondered what happened to Melena and Garrett from My Heart Weeps.

This Book is for YOU

I hope you enjoy this peek into Tempered Journey, which is available now at your favorite online retailer.

She’s second-guessing her life choices. He’s been widowed for over a decade. Will a case of mistaken identity bring two lonely souls together?

As a Registered Nurse and Energy Medicine Practitioner, Pat Greene has spent her entire life in service to others. But when her BFF finds true love for the second time, she finds herself surprisingly envious. Has her call to service—which she will never regret—somehow caused her to miss out on something special? The loneliness she’s kept at bay gnaws at her heart. While in Bandera, Texas she has a chance encounter with the one man she’s ever truly loved and is shocked to then discover he’s not the man she thought he was.

The ache of loss still haunts Craig Harris a decade after his wife’s death. Has his loyalty to her memory closed off his heart? Is he bound to an existence without the soul-deep joy he knows a woman’s love can bring? Then he meets Pat Greene. Unprepared, he is bowled over by an instant, powerful spark of attraction—the kind he hasn’t allowed himself to feel for years. 

There’s no mistaking the allure the handsome cowboy holds for Pat, but the idea of giving up a lifetime of missionary work sets off a firestorm of doubt and indecision. Besides, Craig has children, grandchildren, and extended family members to think about.

The fact she mistakes him for his brother, with whom she had a brief relationship decades ago, tempers the initial magnetism that draws Craig toward Pat, but the more they get to know one another, the more he wants her in his life. 

Will love be enough to tame the wanderlust in her soul and open his heart to the possibilities a future together might hold?

Tempered Journey is a later-in-life romance that shows the power of love to heal the loneliest of hearts. This novel brings together characters from the Tempered series and My Heart Weeps. We catch up with Melena and Garrett as well as Mike, Trina, and the rest of the Harris/Hensley clan as we journey into love with Craig Harris and Pat Greene. Get your copy today and fall in love with these characters all over again.

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Excerpt:

Craig awoke groggy and heavy-headed. For the past two nights, dreams and visions disturbed his sleep. Memories of the love and passion he, and Tamera, shared were swallowed by a big, black hole of despair. Then, a spark of light and images of a woman who touched his soul in a way he never thought possible again.

What was he thinking giving her his number?

What if she didn’t call?

What if she did?

Round and round, the questions rolled, inciting a host of emotions that left him as empty as a hollowed log. Throwing back the covers, he stumbled into the bathroom, turned the water on as hot as he could stand, and stepped beneath the pulsating spray. Thank God for hot water and good water pressure. 

Considering the number of people in the house, and the constant influx of those coming and going, the water heaters he’d changed out less than a year ago had been a godsend. There’ll soon be one more.

Craig winced at the thought. As much as he loved his children and grandchildren, he sometimes wished for a place to simply sit in peace and quiet. A picture of his old hunting cabin flashed through his head. He hadn’t been there in years. Wonder what it would take to clean it up? Make it livable.

Didn’t matter. He knew as soon as the thoughts crossed his mind, repairing, remodeling, or replacing the old place had just topped his ‘to do’ list.

Standing in front of the bathroom sink, he wiped the fog from the mirror, and took a long look at the man staring back at him. Pain and loss had undoubtedly taken their toll. Gone was the sparkle that usually lit his gaze. His cheeks were sunken. Deep lines furrowed the skin around his eyes and mouth. Mirrors might not always tell the whole truth, but this one showed how far down in the pit he’d been.

At that moment, Craig admitted what he’d done his best to hide from himself and his children... The loneliness eating away at his soul. 

Had his loyalty to Tamera’s memory closed off his heart?

Craig. 

He heard her voice as clearly as if she were standing beside him. Tamera... Temper?

Life’s too short, or perhaps too long, to live it alone. 

His son’s words but her voice. 

It’s time. Past time for you to find love. To be happy. Do it for me.

He clenched a fist to keep from putting it through the thin glass covering the medicine chest and let the tears come. Huge, heaving sobs wracked his entire frame. Spent, he removed the cross necklace she’d given him on their wedding day. He traced the beloved engraving with his thumb. Always, Tamera. 

He blinked back another deluge. Swallowed another lump. Taking the ring off his finger, he added it to the chain and refastened the clasp.

Would any woman find him attractive? Would he find another who loved him for himself, and not for what he has, as Tamera had?

Again, the image of short, spiky blonde hair and indigo eyes rose in his mind. His body responded with a flare of desire so sharp it was almost painful. 

Taking a Sabbatical

 Hello Dear Friend,

I've felt the need to back away from blogging and promotion for a while therefore there will be no Wednesday Words with Friends or Saturday Spotlight until further notice.

I'm not sure what, why or how I'm evolving as a woman or writer but I'll be sharing with you what I can, when I can, as I can.

Until then, take care and God bless.

PamT

#SaturdaySpotlight is on Tanya Hanson & Royalty at the Ranch!

Good Morning and Welcome to the LAST post of 2022 and the last of our All Christmas thru Christmas feature. 

Today we welcome Tanya Hanson back to our blog. It's been quite a while since Tanya visited but I'm excited to share with you her latest Christmas novella, Royalty at the Ranch which takes place on Hearts Crossing Ranch! Take it away, Tanya....

Merry Christmas, fillies and friends! My years in the Petticoats and Pistols corral are among my happiest writer memories, and best of all are the authors here who still help support my books. I specially need to thank Pam today for letting me piggy-back on her post—I’m flying home from Hawaii (a lock-down trip we had to use now or lose), so I won’t be able to comment…but anybody interested in receiving a complimentary arc to read and afterward leave an honest review at Amazon etc, please email me at tanhanson@aol.com. 

Now, I know these are busy days, but Royalty at the Ranch is a short and sweet faith-based (but not judgey) Christmas e-story. How can a prince also be a cowboy? Well, “Brodie” is incognito at Hearts Crossing Ranch until dedicated royal-watcher Addie him…but knows he’d never be interested in her. Too many scars from a childhood accident. Will she ever be surprised!

I so enjoyed creating my fictional kingdom of Dornfeld and naming my cowboy prince after our little Danish grandson. His mama was our exchange student when she was fourteen. Now married with a family of her own, she still calls us Mom and Dad! Although no DNA, she’s always the daughter of our heart!  

Wishing you all tons of holiday blessings!

~Tanya

www.tanyahanson.com

A handsome prince spending Christmas incognito at her family' s ranch? Addie Metcalf' s royal-watching heart is thrilled! She recognizes “ Brodie” right away, but scars from a childhood accident assure her he' ll only be a friend. Besides, he' s not interested in trusting God, and that' s a deal-breaker for Addie. Life at Hearts Crossing Ranch is as much about faith as it is about love.

Recently graduated from college, Prince Anders longs to work in underdeveloped countries helping with sustainable agriculture programs. When he meets Addie, and discovers she' s studying health sciences with the goal of helping out communities after major disasters, he' s enamored. He never thought he' d meet someone with such similar goals... but Addie' s a Christian, and Brodie left that behind when his best friend died.

Will the Lord work a miracle and bring these two together before the last Christmas snow melts at Hearts Crossing Ranch?

Tanya Hanson lives on California's central coast with her firefighter husband. Her passions are travel, family, and volunteering at the local horse rescue. She loves cowboys so much she took a wagon train trip around the Tetons. Find out more about Tanya by visiting her website: www.tanyahanson.com and/or Amazon Author Page.

Get your copy of Royalty at the Ranch at Amazon. 

See Tanya's previous visits and find out about Hearts Crossings Ranch HERE.

Well that's it for 2022 folks! I love and appreciate you ALL for supporting me and my guests throughout the year.

Until next time, take care, God Bless & Happy New Year!

PamT

#WednesdayWordswithFriends Welcomes Kristen Joy Wilks & The Volk Advent!

Good Morning!

Christmas is over for most of us but we're not quite finished with our All Christmas thru Christmas feature here on the blog. The last post will be on Saturday Spotlight Dec. 31st. Please welcome Kristen Joy Wilks back as she shares with us her Christmas novella, The Volk Advent!

An orphaned Siberian teen loses her job and home on Christmas Eve. Left on the streets to freeze, Faina flees to an abandoned castle for shelter. At the castle, she discovers the animal-torn body of a local recluse. No wonder Eurasian wolves are not recommended for the first-time pet owner. Can a girl with no past, preserve her future from accusations of murderer and a pack of escaped wolves?

Excerpt: The howling wolves… I’m afraid I was not as accustomed to that.

Oh sure, we had wolves. Deep in the misty forest, along remote stretches of the dark Lena river, behind the stone pinnacles that slashed the thick forested ridges. Siberia was deep within wolf territory. Most of the time the creatures stayed where they belonged. But these wolves were different. They lived in a vast, crumbling castle that crouched like a shadow on the edge of town.

What? A castle in Siberia seems unlikely? Of course it is. Who in their right mind would build a castle in the far north? But that is the question isn’t it? Right mind, was Kirill Volkov in his right mind? It’s hard to say. The man did own wolves, after all. 

The castle sat, long and gray and dark, at the edge of town. Three stories of rain-streaked stone topped by a black slate roof. Row after row of leaded glass windows glared out into the Siberian gloom. Only one or two of them ever showed a glimmer of light. It had remained exactly the same for the past eighty years. 

Kristen Joy Wilks lives in the beautiful Cascade Mountains with her camp director husband, three fierce sons, and a large and slobbery Newfoundland dog. She has blow-dried a chicken, engaged in epic Nerf battles instead of washing dishes, and stared into incredibly twinkly eyes while considering earnest advice such as: “I don’t think you should try so hard not to swear at Daddy, Momma.” 

Her stories and articles have appeared in Nature Friend, Clubhouse, Keys for Kids, The Christian Journal, Thriving Family, Splickety, Spark, and Havok Magazines. Her story Day of the Cyclones is included in Nancy B. Kennedy’s book Miracles and Moments of Grace: Inspiring Stories from Mothers. Pelican Book Group published her debut novella Copenhagen Cozenage, as well as The Volk Advent, Athens Ambuscade, and Spider Gap. 

When Kristen is not refraining from profanity or helping transport chickens into tree forts, she loves to write about the humor and Grace that can be found hidden amidst the detritus of life. Much like the shiny quarter one member of their household swallowed and then found in the pot five days later. If God is good enough to grant us these gems, she figures that someone should be putting them to the page. Be sure to try one of her books for free by signing up for Kristen's newsletter on her website. 

Find and Follow Kristen on the following SM sites...

Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/booksdogskissesandfrogs

Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/kristen_joy_wilks_author/

BookBub  https://www.bookbub.com/profile/kristen-joy-wilks

YouTube  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrHo7X4WicBiVHl93uzIV4A

Pinterest  https://www.pinterest.com/kristenjwilks7/

Amazon Author Page  https://www.amazon.com/Kristen-Joy-Wilks/e/B016FREUPM?ref

Goodreads  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14422377.Kristen_Joy_Wilks

Get your copy of The Volk Advent at the following locations...

Check out Kristen's previous visits to our blog HERE.

The Volk Advent sounds like a wonderful Christmas story, Kristen. Thank you for sharing it with us!

Until next time friends, take care and God Bless.

PamT