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Monday, March 22, 2010

Here Burns My Candle - Blog Tour (Mar 22-26) and Giveaway!


Here Burns My Candle
by Liz Curtis Higgs




A mother who cannot face her future.
A daughter who cannot escape her past.

Lady Elisabeth Kerr is a keeper of secrets. A Highlander by birth and a Lowlander by marriage, she honors the auld ways, even as doubts and fears stir deep within her.

Her husband, Lord Donald, has secrets of his own, well hidden from the household, yet whispered among the town gossips.

His mother, the dowager Lady Marjory, hides gold beneath her floor and guilt inside her heart. Though her two abiding passions are maintaining her place in society and coddling her grown sons, Marjory’s many regrets, buried in Greyfriars Churchyard, continue to plague her.

One by one the Kerr family secrets begin to surface, even as bonny Prince Charlie and his rebel army ride into Edinburgh in September 1745, intent on capturing the crown.

A timeless story of love and betrayal, loss and redemption, flickering against the vivid backdrop of eighteenth-century Scotland, Here Burns My Candle illumines the dark side of human nature, even as hope, the brightest of tapers, lights the way home.


LIZ CURTIS HIGGS is the author of twenty-seven books with three million copies in print, including: her best-selling historical novels, Thorn in My Heart, Fair Is the Rose, Christy Award-winner Whence Came a Prince, and Grace in Thine Eyes, a Christy Award finalist; My Heart’s in the Lowlands: Ten Days in Bonny Scotland, an armchair travel guide to Galloway; and her contemporary novels, Mixed Signals, a Rita Award finalist, and Bookends, a Christy Award finalist. Visit the author’s extensive website at www.lizcurtishiggs.com.

Giveaway

I have one copy of this paperback book to giveaway courtesy of Waterbrook Multnomah Books. For your first entry (MUST DO THIS ONE FOR ANY OTHER ENTRIES TO COUNT) what is your favorite Bible story (this book is a retelling of the beloved Old Testament story of Ruth and Naomi set in 18th Century Scotland)? Oh - and leave your email address.

For additional entries you can sign up to follow (old followers let me know), Twitter or post it on your blog. Each entry must have it's own comment. (Four entries total.)

This giveaway is for U.S.only and will end Apr 12!

42 comments:

  1. Actually, the story of Ruth and Naomi is my favorite story from the
    Bible. Not only do I enjoy the two women and their lives, but very few women get any mention in the Bible
    as they do! Many thanks, Cindi
    jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  2. I am a follower of your blog.....
    Again, many thanks!
    Cindi
    jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  3. "Tweet!"
    http://twitter.com/cmh512/status/10894762219.
    Thanks, Cindi
    jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  4. I've always liked the story of Noah and the Ark.
    pbclark(at)netins(dot)net

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  5. I follow.
    pbclark(at)netins(dot)net

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  6. My favoite Biblical story is the Story of Moses leading the Jewish people out of Egypt in Exodous.
    enyl(at)inbox(dot)com

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  7. GFC follower.
    enyl(at)inbox(dot)com

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  8. This book sounds really good! I always liked the story of Sampson and Delilah.
    THanks,
    Colleen
    candc320@gmail.com

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  9. I follow via email and google connect.
    Thanks,
    Colleen
    candc320@gmail.com

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  10. I like the story of Moses and would like to see it retold.

    Blessings,
    Sandee61

    Muzzley56[at]aol[dot]com

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  11. I'm a follower!

    Blessings,
    Sandee61

    Muzzley56[at]aol[dot]com

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  12. No need to enter me, babe. (although my favorite tales are Ruth and Esther. Among others.)

    I'm dropping in to say thanks for the e-mail. I've got this posted at Win a Book for you.

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  13. Ruth is one of my favorites, and I'd love to read this. I think my biggest favorite is Elijah's servant seeing the angel army.

    sdeeth at msn dot com

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  14. I like the story of Joseph and the Coat of Many Colors.

    bgcchs(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  15. I'm a follower via GFC.

    bgcchs(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  16. i have always enjoyed 'the book of ruth'

    karenk
    kmkuka at yahoo dot com

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  17. i'm a subscriber ;)

    karenk
    kmkuka at yahoo dot com

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  18. My favorite Bible story is that of Joseph and his brothers.

    misusedinnocence@aol.com

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  19. Old follower. :)

    misusedinnocence@aol.com

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  20. I always like the story of Daniel.

    Thanks,
    Tracey D
    booklover0226 at gmail dot com

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  21. I'm an old follower.

    Thanks,
    Tracey D
    booklover0226 at gmail dot com

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  22. I posted on Twitter..

    http://twitter.com/bl0226/status/11080096073


    Thanks,
    Tracey D
    booklover0226 at gmail dot com

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  23. I like the story of Moses.

    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

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  24. I must agree with windycindy - I love the stories of Naomi...even named one of my daughters for her.
    Thanks for the giveaway.

    libneas[at]aol[dot]com

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  25. Old follower - Libby's Library
    Thank you.

    libneas[at]aol[dot]com

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  26. Tweeted:
    http://twitter.com/LibbysLibrary/statuses/11336796637

    libneas[at]aol.com

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  27. my favorite Bible story is the rising of Lazarus. It inspires me so much.

    bstilwell12 at comcast dot net

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  28. I am a current follower of your blog.

    bstilwell12 at comcast dot net

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  29. I tweeted about this giveaway:
    http://twitter.com/pine1211/status/11423800147

    bstilwell12 at comcast dot net

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  30. I've always liked the story of Noah's Ark..

    dsublady at aol dot com

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  31. tweet
    http://twitter.com/nelricky/status/11731571320

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  32. My favorite Bible story is the one about the Good Samaritan.

    Thank you,

    Christine
    womackcm@sbcglobal.net

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  33. I tweeted about this giveaway http://twitter.com/ossmcalc/status/11811925380

    Thank you,

    Christine
    womackcm@sbcglobal.net

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  34. I have always loved Noah's Ark.
    dmkayes@gmail.com

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  35. I follow via Google Friend Connect
    dmkayes@gmail.com

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  36. I think my favorite story is Esther, I did a Beth Moore study on it and appreciate it all the more.

    steffanie771 at hotmail dot com

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  37. My favorite is the Nativity story.
    rsgrandinetti@yahoo(DOT)com

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  38. My favorite is Joseph and His Coat of Many Colors

    hawkes(at)citlink.net

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  39. Top site, I hadn't come across booksandneedlepoint.blogspot.com previously in my searches!
    Carry on the excellent work!

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