Blog Tour for Jane Kirkpatrick's "Change and Cherish" series
I have three complete sets of this series to give away! Post a comment here to win. Drawing to be held Friday, April 25.
About the Author: Jane Kirkpatrick
Author Bio: Jane Kirkpatrick is the best-selling author of two nonfiction books and fourteen historical novels, including the popular Kinship and Courage series. Her award-winning writing has appeared in more than fifty publications, including Sports Afield and Decision. She’s won the coveted Western Heritage Wrangler Award, an honor shared by such writers as Larry McMurtry and Barbara Kingsolver. Jane is a licensed clinical social worker as well as an internationally recognized speaker. She and her husband, Jerry, ranch 160 acres in eastern Oregon
About the series:
Jane Kirkpatrick discovered the grain of the story when she read that in 1853 Emma Giesy was the only woman in a party of ten Missouri scouts sent to find an Oregon site for their communal society. That got Kirkpatrick considering why a woman had the courage to make such a journey 150 years ago. From that brief mention of Emma Giesy, Kirkpatrick was determined to discover more about this young woman who dared to go against the grain of her communal society’s constraints. Book 1 Description: Emma Wagner seeks a singular voice in her 1850s religious community in Bethel, Missouri when she chafes at the constraints of a culture that values conformity over independent thought, especially in women. Sent West with nine men challenged to secure land set apart from the world's distractions, this novel, inspired by historical events, follows one woman through her isolation from her community and the lessons learned in her spiritual journey. In book one of this fact-filled fiction, Emma discovers what it truly means to serve--and to survive. My Thoughts: Emma is a spunky and determined woman who finds a way to meet life's challenges and overcome them and turn them for good. Based on a true story. Book 2 Description: Based on true events, this second book in the Change and Cherish Historical Series continues the saga of the feisty Emma Giesy, a member of the Missouri Bethelites, a repressive German religious colony. Set against the backdrop of Willapa Bay of the Washington Territory coast in 1856–1861, Emma and her husband, Christian, formerly a prominent leader in the community, carve out their own independent existence. Tragedy strikes, and alone and pregnant, Emma finds that her decision to ensure independence for her little family may cost her everything she holds dear. A Tendering in the Storm is about living with the uncertainties of life and allowing others to give us gifts that will help us find new direction. 
I have a friend who would enjoy historical fiction. Please enter me in the drwaing. Thanks!
Posted by: Ginnie | April 21, 2008 at 10:11 AM
Oh, I would love to win these, thanks for the chance!
Posted by: Carolynn | April 21, 2008 at 10:34 AM
Oh I would LOVE to read these!
Posted by: Tara R | April 21, 2008 at 01:23 PM
I often find I pick up a series half way through and have to back-read so it'd be great to win a set! Please enter me. :)
Posted by: izitjo | April 21, 2008 at 02:52 PM
I love historical fiction and these sound really interesting. Sign me up! ;)
Posted by: Krista | April 21, 2008 at 03:05 PM
Sounds good! Please enter me--thank you!
Posted by: Karin | April 21, 2008 at 04:16 PM
Jane's Change and Cherish Historical Series sounds wonderful!
Posted by: Christy H. | April 22, 2008 at 05:48 AM
I love Jane Kiripatrick's writing, and would love to win this series! Thank you for the opportunity.
cjarvis [at] bellsouth [dot] net
Posted by: Carole | April 22, 2008 at 07:20 AM
These books sound interesting to me! My sister is not a Jane Kirkpatrick fan, but I've never read any of her books. My sister and I are very close but occasionally we do differ in opinions so I am willing to give it a shot! :-)
Posted by: lovedandamazed | April 22, 2008 at 07:22 AM
I am a series addict! A mutual friend of ours "berlysue" has really gotten me hooked on Christian fiction and a good series totally "floats my boat"! I would love to be entered to win...thank you!
Posted by: Rachel | April 22, 2008 at 03:19 PM
LOVE Historic Fiction, and this is my favorite time period!! Would love to be in the drawing! And I love to get a whole season and once. . . .then I don't have the agony of waitin for the next once to come out! LOL
Posted by: Linda | April 22, 2008 at 03:37 PM
I can't tell you how bummed I am that I missed this. Enjoy everyone!
Posted by: Audra Marie | April 26, 2008 at 06:35 PM