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Friday Free For All - Heartfelt Thanks - Rafflecopter Winners - Surgery

Happy Friday! First and foremost, I want to thank all of you for helping me celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Flowers and Stone, the book that started this crazy writing journey for me. I am deeply grateful for all the purchases, comments, shares, Rafflecopter entries, and generous support. The Rafflecopter winners are: Michelle Domangue – Winner of an Amazon gift card Mary Ann – Winner of an…

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Ten Days of Flowers - Day 10 -The Wrapup

Welcome to Day 10 and the final segment of the Ten Days of Flowers! To everyone who has followed along, thank you from the bottom of my heart. This entire series, from beginning to end, was a labor of love. At the heart of it is a love story, but it’s also much more. Each book in the True Story Series carries a different theme and message. In Flowers and Stone, the message is clearly the risks…

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Ten Days of Flowers -Day 7 Go-Go Dancing #BookAnniversary #Giveaways

I hope you’ve been enjoying the posts celebrating the 10th birthday of Flowers and Stone. There are so many aspects to the book, including Darlina’s background and growth. When she first met Luke, she was go-go dancing at a club that had live music but that she could legally get into because she was underage. I said in a previous post the club had lost its liquor license for serving minors. But…

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Ten Days of Flowers - Day 6 - It's All About the Music #Giveaway

PURCHASE LINK Besides a love story, at the heart of Flowers and Stone is music—creating it, performing it, loving it, and living it. Luke Stone was a songwriter. While he performed many cover tunes, his true passion lay in writing and performing his original songs. In the book, I describe what Darlina saw the day she moved into Luke’s house. EXCERPT – Chapter 8: Hours later, as she put her…

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Ten Days of Flowers - Day 5 #TexasHonkyTonks #Giveaway

In 1970, the Texas honkytonks were rough and rowdy places. What a contrast for Darlina, from a strict religion to spending countless hours in the bars. It was where you found the music, dancing, and often big drama. Today, I’ll share an excerpt that authentically shows this. As with all the incidents in the book, this really did happen. I know. I was there. EXCERPT – CHAPTER 6: Glowing like…

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Ten Days of Flowers - Day 4 - New Cover Reveal and Book Trailer!

I apologize, but there will be no Monday Motivation post for the next two Mondays as I continue with the Ten Days of Flowers, but I promise it will return. I have been talking about making a new book cover for Flowers and Stone for months. I perused hundreds of images, finding nothing that spoke to me or the story. But then I finally hit on something I think works brilliantly. And you are the…

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Ten Days of Flowers Day 3 - Flowers and Stone #BookAnniversary

Welcome to day 3 of the Ten Days of Flowers! I have something a little different today, and it’s something that’s never been shared anywhere. So, thanks for joining in! Luke Stone strode into the KSJT radio studio in San Angelo, Texas, removing his sunglasses and hat. He approached a young woman behind a counter. “I’m here to see Mr. Worth.” She glanced up, then grinned. “Sure thing, Mr. Stone.…

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Ten Days of Flowers - Day 2 - Flowers and Stone #BookAnniversary #Giveaway

Welcome to Day Two of the Flowers and Stone celebration! Darlina Flowers came from a very strict religious upbringing. She’d been sheltered and deprived of worldly knowledge, leaving her ill-prepared to strike out on her own at eighteen. Because of her lifestyle choices, she was estranged from her mother for a few years. But she always had a fire in her gut, a strong desire for freedom. And…

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