ACRBA Tour ~ Star! Stable! Saviour! by Cameron Semmens

6 – 10 December Australian Christian Readers Blog Alliance is introducing Star! Stable! Saviour! (Wombat Books, 1 December 2015) By Cameron Semmens   About the Book “Forget the kids! It was me who loved this in our house. OK the kids did too!” – Sally Smith The traditional Christmas story has been told and re-told …

Book Recommendation – I Always Cry At Weddings by Sara Goff

Book Description: Ava Larson is going to bring all the other brides to tears. Engaged to a wealthy NYC socialite’s son, Ava is ready to set the city abuzz with her glamorous wedding. At least until she realizes her relationship isn’t what it should be. Then, in a move as daring as a red satin …

Book Recommendation – Sway by Amy Matayo

Book Description: Falling in love is a beautiful thing. Unless you fall for the wrong person. Finally settled after a tragedy-laden life, 24-year-old Caleb has found security in his faith, his friends, and his career. It’s the life he’s always wanted—simple, predictable, and safe. Enter Kate Hawkins, the attractive 21-year-old stranger he rescues from a …

Book Recommendation – Forget Paris by Autumn Macarthur

Book Description: American graduate student Zoe Gallagher doesn’t believe in romance. She’s in Paris on Valentine’s Day doing research to prove that romance is an illusion and love based on it doesn’t last. When she meets New Yorker Gabe Ross, there to fulfil his mother’s dying wish by placing a lovelock on a bridge crossing …

Book Recommendation – Secretly Yours by Valerie Comer

Book Description: A Christian Romance Novella for Valentine’s Day Chef Lindsey Solberg agrees to cater the church’s Valentine’s Day fundraising banquet as a favor to her teen sister, but she’s shocked to discover the bad boy from her high school days is now Riverbend’s youth pastor. Seriously? How could he have changed that much? Nick …

ACRBA Tour Too Pretty by Andrea Grigg

4 – 8 May 2015 Australian Christian Readers Blog Alliance is introducing Too Pretty (Rhiza Press, August 2014) by Andrea Grigg About the Book Being beautiful isn’t easy – just ask Ellie Paxton. Frustrated by a long string of empty relationships, Ellie makes a promise to God not to date for six months, a promise she’s …

ACRBA Tour Swallow Me, NOW! by Melissa Gijsbers

2 – 6 March 2015 Australian Christian Readers Blog Alliance is introducing Swallow Me, Now! (Lilly Pilly Press, October 2014) By Melissa Gijsbers   About the Book: All Sam wants to do is to fit in at her new school. Feeling alone, and desperately trying to find her place in the world, she concocts an AMAZING …

ACRBA Blog Tour The Songs of Jesse Adams by Peter McKinnon

 16 – 20 November 2014 Australian Christian Readers Blog Alliance is introducing  The Songs of Jesse Adams Acorn Press By Peter McKinnon   About the Book Set in the turmoil of social change and political unrest of Australia during the 1960s, The Songs of Jesse Adams traces the meteoric rise of a boy from the bush – …

Book Recommendation: Too Pretty by Andrea Grigg

Back cover blurb: Being beautiful isn’t easy – just ask Ellie Paxton. Frustrated by a long string of empty relationships, Ellie makes a promise to God not to date for six months, a promise she’s determined to keep. Tired of being continually misjudged because of her looks Ellie moves to Sydney for a fresh start. …

Book Recommendation – Back to Resolution by Rose Dee

Book Description:  Bay Anders is lost. She enjoys every privilege a wealthy upbringing affords, but the void in her soul refuses to be filled. Her mother’s dying revelation drives Bay to the brink of self-destruction, before a move to Australia changes everything. She embarks upon a search for her father that leads her to his …