Preacher Man
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Author: Laurie Larsen Release Dates: Electronic format:
October, 2008 |
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The WINNER of the 2010 EPIC award!!
Book Description: Regan Samuels is newly single, doing the best she can to raise her teenaged son, Luke, in the city. She gives the adult dating world a go, and decides she'd rather trade in her stiletto heels for fuzzy slippers, and her Gold Visa for a Blockbuster rental card. Will she ever find love again, and if so, after the total disaster of her first marriage, would she know what to do with true love if it ever found her? Josh Gregory is a pastor who longs for the loving family that his parents never provided. Because he grew up in a broken home, he's always been ultra-careful about the women he dates. Besides, in his profession, a carefree dating relationship is a bit of an oxymoron. When he wins a date with Regan at a Charity Auction, he never expects to fall in love with her. After all, she's not really preacher's wife material. But God has a different idea.
Author's Notes: This book was so much fun to write! Due to its inspirational message, I don't think it's too much of a stretch to say that I think I had help on this one! I fiddled around with the plot for a l-o-n-g time (9 months) before I started writing it. But once I started writing, I completed it in 5 months -- that's somewhat of a land-speed record for me! Much of it just rolled off my fingers onto the keyboard, and I was grateful to just be along for the ride. Preacher Man was my first attempt at the inspirational romance subgenre. I didn't exactly set out with the intention of writing an inspirational, but when the story idea came to me, and I started sweating through the plot (remember the 9-month comment above), it just came out that way. And it was a very positive, enjoyable experience for me and my own faith to express my beliefs in this format. Here's a page showing reader reviews, professional reviews and contest wins for Preacher Man. Tally: Preacher Man was rejected by two agents, and five publishers before finding a home with The Wild Rose Press. It won first place in the 2006 Golden Acorn contest and was a finalist in the 2006 Get Your Stiletto in the Door contest. In 2007, it was under consideration of a publisher who went bankrupt before an offer was made.
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