Authors for Freedom: Support Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.)

Child sex trafficking is a rapidly growing industry. No longer are men grabbing teenage runaways--men and women are actively grooming children daily for the sex trade. Children as young as three years old! Not only do organizations snatch children, but parents are selling the services of their children nightly, only to send them to school the next morning. O.U.R. is a non-profit organization run by experts that works with local police and government officials not only to rescue children (and others) from sex rings, but also to bring justice to the perpetrators. These individuals have left their government jobs in order to make a difference. They are completely dependent upon the donations they receive. 

Yesterday was World Day Against Human Trafficking. Did you hear about it? Donate to it? Most news outlets didn't cover it. You might have seen it on Facebook or Twitter if you were lucky. If you didn't get the chance, here is another great fundraiser to donate to: Authors for Freedom. 85 authors have joined the O.U.R. team to donate the proceeds of their books today to this amazing organization that fights sexual slavery. Operation Underground Railroad may have only saved 4,000 of the world's 2 million (plus) enslaved children, but each one is grateful for their dedication and their captors are being brought to justice. Consider buying a book (or ten) today in support of your favorite authors and their dedicated fight to end sexual slavery.

Do you want to know more about this organization and what it does? 

Website: https://ourrescue.org/

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/OurRescueOrg/featured

To watch and support their fundraising concert last night: RiseUP

For a list of participating authors or to donate directly to the organization visit: https://my.ourrescue.org/fundraisers/authors-for-freedom

You can also find more information on the books in this fundraiser by visiting their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/authorsforfreedom/

I rarely pass up a chance to do good by buying books, so I'm combing the website to see which authors I can support with my limited funds. I haven't heard of a lot of them, but I will take the opportunity to buy the books that I love and haven't invested in yet. (Excuse? Of course!) Most authors are donating the proceeds from all of their books, but a few only have one featured book instead, so make sure to check the website before you buy. Books and authors I'm excited to support:

Heather B. Moore is one of the authors donating proceeds from all of her books today. Did you know that's over 100 books!?! I feature the Northbrook series here because I love it so much, but she also writes historical romance, Biblical fiction, murder mysteries (under H.B. Moore), and so much more. Be sure to check out Belltown, Northbrook, Timeless Romance and Regency Anthologies, Loving Her Fling, Pine Valley, and Ruth (plus her other Biblical titles).

 Ashtyn Newbold is a Regency Romance author whose gorgeous covers make me want to read her stories. The only book in the promotion is The Last Eligible Bachelor. Tillie Sherbrooke is a lady who has fallen on hard times and taken a job as a lady's maid in order to provide for herself. When her mistress is sent to win over a perspective groom, Tillie is blackmailed into taking her place. Unfortunately, Tillie happens to catch the gentleman's eye and her ruse becomes more than a fight to keep her position.

Chalon Linton is a (mostly) Regency Romance author who seems to write novels of women put in the impossible position of choosing duty and money or love and happiness. Most of her titles are about $10 on Kindle, but there are a few $5-6 for the budget-conscious. Escape to Everly Manner is the book I'm most excited to read, with Adoring Abigail coming in a close second. You can also find paperback copies of her books at Cedar Fort Publishing (including one priced at only $2), who has built a feature page for all of their authors participating in this fundraiser.

Cedar Fort Publishing has made it convenient to find the authors under their publishing umbrella who are participating in this event. You can find ebooks and paperbacks, Book of Mormon study helps, family picture books, and more! You can get 20% off your order with the code SAVINGS and free shipping on orders over $35 (though the shipping is not egregiously expensive).

For other clean Regency authors I don't have time to highlight individually, 

Joanna Barker (LOVE!)

Jen Geigle Johnson 

Esther Hatch (LOVE!)

Anneka Walker

Mindy Burbridge Strunk

Kasey Stockton

Rebecca Connolly is donating proceeds of What a Spinster Wants (only $2).

Naturally, I'm most excited to support the clean romance authors that I love, but there are plenty of other genres to appeal to everyone. Again, the link to participating authors is here.

Kindle Deals Friday July 10, 2020

It's been hard to care about book deals the last month with COVID concerns causing issues with PTA and school planning, but I'll highlight at least a few deals today.


This is the first book I ever read by Elizabeth Camden and I found it fascinating. Anna works at the Library of Congress and ropes a congressman into helping her solve a mystery. The characters were intriguing and imperfect, the setting beautiful (I've always wanted to work in a library!), and the mystery a darker side of history. It's a clean, Christian Romance that whet my appetite for her writing and impeccable research. Only $2 now on Kindle. Also available in Kindle Unlimited.





Isn't the cover beautiful? This is a Christian-themed Western by author Kari Trumbo. I admit she's an author that I keep buying and rarely reading, but I hope to rectify that soon. Natalie moves with her father to a new town to stay with relatives and meets Cody, an amputee who could use the prosthetics her father makes, but doesn't want her help or interference. This is a Kindle Countdown Deal of $1 for the weekend. Also available in KU.




I haven't read this author yet, but this looks like a fine place to start. Clean, suspenseful Western romance collection FREE on Kindle or available in KU.









I pre-ordered this book a month or two ago and was glad to find it in my inbox last week. The only problem? It's taken all of my reading time the last week. There are 24 short stories in here by various authors and they each take 20-30 minutes to read. I'm almost finished with the collection and so far there's only been one dud. Most of the stories are fun, engaging, and well-written. This is a great introduction to unknown authors and I have added at least five more books to my TBR pile. This is a good theme for COVID times, but only a few stories actually deal with quarantine; I was impressed by the breadth of circumstances. I paid all $4 for it, but it's available now as a Countdown Deal for $1. I'll be pre-ordering the next set which comes out in September.

Three Stars for "Hazel and Her Billionaire Tower"

  Billionaire businesswoman Hazel Strickland is tasked with finding a unique business for an exclusive hotel chain and visits her number one pick, Le Chapeau: Hats and Haberdashery in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Inside she discovers gorgeous handmade hats, an apparent clue to her personal quest to find her birth family, and the ex-boyfriend she never forgot. Wesley Bassett is helping his mother run her haberdashery, never expecting sweet Hazel to walk back into his life so abruptly. He’d love to finally propose to her, but her business ventures may again keep them apart. A modern re-telling of Rapunzel.

While this was a sweet romance, I felt it lacked depth and closure. Hazel and Wesley are a fine pairing, but this story takes place over a very short period of time and the author just asks us to believe they are able to start over where they left off, with a few short interactions that Hazel keeps running away from. The big problem that kept them apart is resolved satisfactorily, but the secondary problem of her birth family seemed unnecessary with the written conclusion.

It was so much fun to learn more about the art of haberdashery and Wesley’s mother quickly became my favorite character not only for her ability to create, but also her keen sense of matching hats to people. It naturally made me dream about what hat she would choose for me. The book was a quick, clean read from the fun Billionaire Bachelor Mountain Cove series. While not my favorite book, there were some scenes and people that I enjoyed enormously and would definitely re-read again. You can check out this book here or her previous book of the series (which I enjoyed more) Rosabel and the Billionaire Beast.

I received an ARC for an honest review.