Kylie's Kiss Blog Blitz

Welcome Delia! I've so been looking forward to this visit. Can you sit awhile so we can talk about the Solomon's Gate series? Destiny's Gate was just wonderful. Matter of fact, I couldn't resist and I told everyone about it last week. And to be honest, Kylie's Kiss looks even better. How long will we have to wait for Gypsy's Game, I wonder?

Oh, and I understand today is a very special day for you...

That's right, thank you! Happy Birthday to me! But I have a gift for YOU!

For me?

LOL Well, for some lucky readers who would care to follow me in this birthday blog blitz! I will be touring from blog to blog - and I'm bringing along Kylie Matthews, the heroine from my new release, Kylie's Kiss! I hope you'll join us.

So I guess we'll have to wait for Kylie to show up at the next stop before we can learn more about them?

Well, here's what it's all about.

On a dare, Kylie Matthews lands smack in the middle of Solomon's Gate-Castle Creek's new Christian dating agency-and she finds herself revealing exactly what she's waiting for in a relationship.

And????

LOL Well, all right. Here's a little snippet.

Excerpt:

“Don’t be embarrassed, sweetie. We all wait for something. What are you looking for? Do you know?”
She heaved a sigh. Might as well lay it all out on the table. “I’ve probably read too many fairy tales and watched too many romantic movies,” she mumbled.
Destiny leaned closer, straining to hear. Kylie forced herself to meet the other woman’s curious gaze and raised her voice, blurting out the embarrassing answer. “I’m waiting for the kiss that makes my legs weak and steals my breath away. The kind of kiss where an over‐dramatic movie producer would add fireworks and gunfire in the background.”
There. She’d said it. Kylie closed her eyes and plowed ahead. “I’m waiting for the man whose lips will touch mine and make my heart come alive,” she finished in a tiny voice.
Oh my gosh, now I can't wait to hear more!

Then be sure to follow along! As you visit each blog, be sure to leave a comment - just in case we don't see you. Every comment counts as an entry into the drawing that will be held at the end of the day. Winners will be announced on my website at http://www.delialatham.net/blogblitzjune27th.htm .

FIRST PRIZE: Isn't it beautiful? The pendant is a bottle, and the other little bottle in the picture holds Queen Esther anointing oil - something to go in your pendant. (I obtained both necklace and oil from The Master's Jewels.) The pretty stones on the pendant are duplicated on the other side, and then, of course, there's that sweet little pearl hanging from the bottom. The pendant is 2 1/2 inches long.

ADDITIONAL PRIZES:

For every half dozen blogs I visit on June 27th, I will give away one pdf copy of either Destiny's Dream (Book one, Solomon's Gate) or Kylie's Kiss (Book two, Solomon's Gate) ; OR a print copy of Morning Rendezvous (winner's choice). So...if I'm hosted at twelve blogs, I'll give away TWO books. If I have eighteen hosts, THREE commenters will win a book. And so on.

Below are all the blogs Kylie and I will be juggling on June 27th. So it all starts here.

As I schedule more, they will be added here, so you'll know where to find us. (Two blog addresses beside any host's name indicates that host will post Kylie's and/or my information at two different web locations).

Host Blog Addy

Pamela S. Thibodeaux http://pamswildroseblog.blogspot.com

Lena Nelson Dooley http://lenanelsondooley.blogspot.com

Barbara Hartzler http://barbarahartzler.com/

http://www.examiner.com/christian-fiction-in-kansas-city/barbara-hartzler

Linda Wagner http://onedesertrose.wordpress.com/

Anne K. Albert http://piedmont-island-trilogy.blogspot.com

Tracy Krauss www.tracykraussexpressionexpress.com

Robin Bayne http://wwwwritingbetweensundays.blogspot.com

Edwina Cowgill http://www.musingsofedwina.blogspot.com/

Susan Hollaway http://susanhollaway.blogspot.com

Patty Wysong (June 27-28) http://www.barndoorbookloft.net

Elizabeth Johnson http://www.lizjohnsonbooks.com

Shellie Neumeier http://shellieneumeier.com/

Liz Tolsma www.liztolsma.blogspot.com

Teresa Slack www.writersrest.blogspot.com

Rose McCauley http://www.rosemccauley.blogspot.com/

Jeannie Campbell http://charactertherapist.blogspot.com/

Nike Chillemi http://crimefictionandfaith.blogspot.com/

Jo Huddleston http://johuddleston.blogspot.com/

Clare Revell http://telscha.blogspot.com/

Andrea Strong http://andreastake.blogspot.com

Phyllis Wheeler http://www.phylliswheeler.com/blog/

Danielle Thorne http://thebalancedwriter.blogspot.com/

Elaine Cantrell http://www.elainepcantrell.blogspot.com

Cheryl St. John http://cherylstjohn.blogspot.com/

Destiny's Dream - Review

Today I'd like to welcome Delia Latham as we open with the first story of the Solomon's Gate series. Let's step inside.

Destiny's Dream

Is a little respect too much to ask at a parent's funeral?

Apparently it is for Destiny May. Her mother's "going away party" is crashed by a totally irreverent stranger. Clay Gallagher is built like a small mountain and far more vocal than is fitting. When it turns out he's not even at the right funeral, Destiny demands retribution in the form of an escape from the day's dreary proceedings.

Their relationship has some kinks - starting with Destiny's determination to found a Christian dating service in their conservative town of Castle Creek. Clay has little respect or patience for such a frivolous profession. But when Destiny is threatened by an anonymous caller who deeply resents her and what she does for a living, Clay makes it his business to keep the saucy redhead out of harm's way.

Trouble is, spending time in her company weakens his defenses...and Cupid's arrows are known to fly straight to the heart.

Review

I’m not usually fond of prologues, but Ms. Latham grabbed me right there, in the opening pages and didn’t let go until I reached The End. There is such heartfelt wonder in the tragic opening event (and no, I won’t even spoil that much for you) that I could have been in the room with them. And the message spoken to Destiny in those first pages speaks direct to the reader’s heart.

From that point on I couldn’t wait to find out what would happen.

Ms. Latham’s characters are so dear I would love to have them for my own friends. Someone you could count on to have your back through thick and thin. The love and understanding that travels between them reaches across the pages like being in a room with two people you know are meant to be together, even though it seems doubtful at times that they will ever get to that point.

There are twists and turns to this story that kept me guessing all the way till the end – truly a mark of a great writer.

So if you’re looking for a story that will wrap you in a warm, loving cocoon, but at the same time, leave you wondering if things will ever work out right, then you need to pick this one up.

My hat’s off to you, Delia, well done! I can’t wait to read the next one.