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12/9/19 – 12/16/19 Christmas Scavenger Hunt Round-Robin: An Old-Fashioned Texas Christmas

December 9, 2019 By Karen Witemeyer

I hope you're having fun with the Christmas Round-Robin! Remember to visit each author’s blog post where you will find a question that can be answered by reading the first page or two of the free Amazon preview of their book. Collect the answers as you go, then at the end, complete this Google Form to be entered for a chance to win the grand prize! An Old-Fashioned Texas Christmas! In my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Events & Giveaways

My Top 5 Moments from Frozen II

December 5, 2019 By Karen Witemeyer

It is normal operating procedure to go see a movie during the Thanksgiving break around our house. Usually, we go as a family, but this year, circumstances interfered so it ended up being just me and my daughter who hit the theater on Saturday morning. There was no question in either of our minds what we were going to see. Being the Disney Fairy Tale junkies that we are, we had to go see Frozen … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Movies & TV Tagged With: Disney Movies, Frozen II

Meeting Readers in Gainesville, TX

November 21, 2019 By Karen Witemeyer

This past Saturday, Regina Jennings and I had the honor of participating in a book launch event celebrating the Serving Up Love Harvey House Brides novella collection in Gainesville, TX. We had such a great time! Readers drove in from as far as 6 hours away! (Kari Scott gets the award for driving the farthest. You rock, Kari!) We kicked things off with a tour of the historic Santa Fe Depot and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Friendship, Reading, Writing Tagged With: Book Launch, Gainesville, Harvey Girls, Serving Up Love

The Harvey Girls Are Here!

November 7, 2019 By Karen Witemeyer

Ever since I watched Judy Garland in The Harvey Girls as a teenager, I've been enamored with the idea of the Harvey Girls and the significant role these women played in civilizing the West. Women worked as Harvey Girls for a myriad of reasons. Good pay, adventure, travel, and some, like my heroine, to escape trouble at home. Rosalind Kemp becomes a Harvey Girl to flee Texas and the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Harvey Girls, new release, Serving Up Love

Cover Reveal, Giveaway, & Spooktacular Book Deal

October 17, 2019 By Karen Witemeyer

I'm so excited to share with you the cover for the first book in my Hanger's Horsemen series - At Love's Command. It's my first hero-centric cover, and I love it! Not all of the details match the story exactly. On the cover his vest is brown when it should be cavalry blue, and his horse should be a blood roan not a sorrel, but the hero's so rugged and gorgeous that I really don't care. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Reading Tagged With: Book Deal, Cover Reveal, Givewawy

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