Book Review: The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus by Jaime Jo Wright

If you’ve been around here for a long while, you know my love for Jaime Jo Wright’s suspenseful time slip novels runs deep. As a member of her street team, I was recently able to get my hands on an advanced reader copy of her upcoming release, The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus. Let me tell you, I was mesmerized from page one. Just like with every new book of hers I read, this one notched its way up to “favorite” status. Keep reading for my full review I recently posted on Goodreads.

ABOUT JAIME JO WRIGHT

Jaime Jo Wright loves to read—and write—fiction with elements of mystery, faith, and romance from her home in Wisconsin. She’s a coffee drinker by day and night, lives in dreamland, and exists in reality.

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My Thoughts of The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus

Rating: 5 out of 5.

Jaime Jo Wright has once again delivered an intriguing and heart-pounding story, cementing herself as a master of the time slip genre. Truth be told, there’s no one writing stories quite like Wright’s. This book delivers suspense, mystery, and horror amidst hope-giving truths of deep faith. In addition to the lyrical and vivid storytelling Wright is renowned for, I found the heroines of Pippa and Chandler to be particularly real and relatable. Come one, come all to the best from Jaime Jo Wright we’ve seen yet. Like watching the peculiar misfits and mayhem of the ring, it’s impossible to look away from the rare and unmistakable brilliance of The Haunting at Bonaventure Circus.

I received a complimentary copy from the author but all opinions expressed here are my own.

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Available September 1

Suddenly Forever Has a Cover (plus Pre-Order!)

It’s hard to believe this day is here. There are so many steps to writing and publishing a book. Some steps are taken inch by painstaking inch. While others feel more like grand, sprawling leaps. Today, I leap! Today I get to SHOW you the book! As someone who totally and unapologetically judges a book by its cover (sorry, but I have no shame in my game), I personally think this unveiling equals the importance of new parents revealing a new baby’s name to the world. The kid is stuck with it…known by it…answers to it for eternity. Much in the same way, the cover becomes the book and relays the story’s personality. It’s the first impression of the story’s feel and style and vibe.

(Ah! The pressure of being both a writer AND graphic designer.)

Before I chicken out and go back to consider another of the dozen or so cover designs on the cutting room floor, I’d better go ahead and show you the one that’s really stolen my heart. It really does fully embody the tenderness of Cora and Luke’s story. After you either stare and take in every last detail of the cover (you’re my people) or glance quickly, shrug your shoulders, and move on (you’re special, too) keep reading to learn about this story that has completely stolen my heart. Authors picking a favorite book is like a mother declaring her favorite child. And yet, currently I am obsessed with this story. More (much more) on that coming soon.

Oh, you want a closer look? Sure. Why not?

About Suddenly Forever

Available Now for Pre-Order
Releases October 6, 2020

On the outskirts of Laurel Cove, North Carolina sits a quiet lake tucked into gentle mountains carpeted with the brilliant colors of autumn. Grief binds the lake’s only residents into an unlikely family, where old and new love build a bridge between loss and hope.

For years, best-selling author Cora Bradford has worked tirelessly to tread the unrelenting waves of grief in solitude. That is, until a new neighbor moves in down the road and threatens to disrupt what she’s carefully preserved of the life she once knew. Will God ever answer her prayer for peace and calmer waters?

Following a scandal, Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Luke Bassett escapes to the one place in the world he’s ever experienced peace—his mother’s cabin on the lake where he spent childhood summers. But the memory of her and the mistakes he made are hardly peaceful. To make matters worse, he gets off to a rocky start with his bitter but breathtakingly beautiful neighbor. Was running away from the life he’s always known the biggest mistake of all, or the beginning of something he never knew he wanted?

Spunky, opinionated, and recently widowed Ina McLean is alone for the first time in over ninety years. When Cora and Luke come together to care for their only other neighbor, Ina’s belief in God’s goodness through life’s ups and downs works to restore their hope in learning to live—and love—again.

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New Release! As Easy as Cherry Pie

Is there anything quite as exciting as a book you’ve been waiting for finally hitting the shelves? I don’t think so either! I’ve been somewhat impatiently waiting for Bell Renshaw’s new book As Easy as Cherry Pie to release and TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!

I was so excited, in fact, that I sprung out of bed like the Good Morning guy outside Joey’s window. (If you know, you know.) HAHA!

About As Easy as Cherry Pie

Author: Bell Renshaw
Release Date: August 4, 2020

Maggie Petten has perfected the perfect pie and landed herself an opportunity to expand her shop. Despite his overly booked schedule, contractor Fletcher Knight can’t seem to say no when it comes to helping others.

When the two are faced with a mutual business opportunity the question remains: can they make it past the best and worst first date they shared a year ago? Or will circumstances, disaster, and awkwardness be enough to keep them apart?

AVAILABLE TODAY ON AMAZON

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Mid-Year Very Merry Christmas Book Giveaway Winners!

We’ve spent the whole month sharing some great Christmas books and now it’s time to announce the winners! First, a special thanks goes out to all of the authors who’ve so generously gifted copies of their books. Thanks to all of you, too, who chatted all month with me about Christmas and books and memories. It’s been so fun!

Before we get to the drum rolls and squeals of excitement, let’s review HOW TO CLAIM YOUR BOOK if you’re a winner. If your name is listed below, please send me an email before Monday. The email should include your full name and email address where you would like your eBook sent. I’ll then share your information with the author. If you are the GRAND PRIZE winner, be sure to also include your mailing address.

It’s time to cut to the chase. The reason you’ve stopped by. No more beating around the evergreen. Remember, all winners are chosen using a random number generator. Names of winners shown are the user names of the comments made. In some cases, I’m not sure what your actual name is, so won’t be able to track you down, so be sure and email me!

GOOD LUCK!

  • Royally Yours Collection – Heidi Robbins (was announced earlier this month)
  • Like a Winter Snow – Caryl Kane
  • Mistletoe Kiss – Glenda
  • The Perfect Christmas – Lila Diller
  • Love, Laughter and Luminarias – Heidi Robbins
  • Enchanted: A Christmas Collection – MJSH
  • The Wedding Dress Christmas – Faith Creech
  • 12 Dates of Christmas – Abigail
  • Deck the Shelves – Teddi1961
  • It Happened at Christmas – Gail Hollingsworth
  • Once Upon a Christmas Collection – Denise
  • Restoring Christmas – Jeannie
  • Merry and Dashing – Lori R.

And, finally, the winner of our “grand prize” will enjoy a $15 Amazon Gift Card, a copy of Something Borrowed: Christmas Weddings Collection when it releases in October, and these fun Christmas goodies!

The winner of the grand prize is…..
Can you hardly stand it?……
Paula Shreckhise!
Congratulations, Paula!

OK! If you see your name above remember you must email me before Monday so we can get you your book.

EMAIL ME TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE!

Mid-Year Very Merry Christmas Book Giveaway Wrap-Up

This July, we have celebrated the heat wave of summer with a festive Mid-Year Very Merry Book Giveaway! Me and more than a dozen of my Christian fiction author friends joined forces to give away copies of our favorite Christmas books. You’ve got just two days to finish getting in your entries before winners are announced right here on the blog on Friday! Comments must be made by 11:59 pm on Thursday.

Here is a recap of all of the posts featured in the giveaway. To enter to win each book, just leave a comment on the post. There will be a different winner for each book plus one grand prize winner will get a fun holiday package from me. Plus, comment on this post for an extra entry into the grand prize. Click on the book titles below to go to the post:

Ah, I love these book so much and I know you will, too. Not a fan of reading holiday books in the summer? Best news ever is that books have a LONG SHELF LIFE (pun intended). Win a book now, read it later when the mistletoe is hung and Bing Crosby is crooning away in the background.

I can’t wait to announce all the winners on Friday, so go get to commenting!!! (Don’t forget to comment on this post, too, for an extra entry into the grand prize of some Christmas goodies.)

One last thing…

Don’t forget to pre-order my upcoming Christmas collection with authors Jaycee Weaver, Toni Shiloh, Mikal Dawn, and Andrea Boyd! Something Borrowed is a fun Christmas weddings collection of novellas about five friends turned holiday brides who share one special something borrowed, releases October 20.

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