Author Spotlight: Mandi Blake

Hi friends! Today, our author spotlight is on Mandi Blake! Everyone, say hello to Mandi! Without further ado, let's get to know Mandi and her book Mistaking the Cowboy.

Author Bio:
Mandi Blake was born and raised in Alabama where she lives with her husband and daughter, but her southern heart loves to travel. Reading has been her favorite hobby for as long as she can remember, but writing is her passion. She loves a good happily ever after in her sweet Christian romance books and loves to see her characters' relationships grow closer to God and each other.


Here's Mandi!

My latest release is Mistaking the Cowboy, and I loved writing this one. It’s the third book in the Blackwater Ranch series that tells the stories of the Hardings who own and work the family ranch in northern Wyoming.

Mistaking the Cowboy begins when Haley makes a bold decision to surprise the man she’s been chatting with online. She mistakenly lays a welcome kiss on his brother instead!

This isn’t a love triangle, so you can breathe easier. It’s also packed with quirky banter and some funny moments.

Family is also important in the Blackwater Ranch series, and these characters are finding a forever home in the small Wyoming town.

Check out Mistaking the Cowboy to meet Asher and Haley, or start at the beginning with Remembering the Cowboy to meet the whole family.


Mistaking the Cowboy Blurb

She kissed the wrong cowboy, but what if he was the right one?

Haley Meadows was so excited to meet the man she’d been chatting with online that she greeted him with a kiss only to find out she’d planted a big, messy, passionate wet one on his brother instead! She has to spend the rest of her vacation at Blackwater Ranch pretending that she didn’t kiss the wrong cowboy and like it.

Asher Harding is knocked off his feet by an auburn-haired beauty, but his infatuation is quickly squashed when he finds out she mistook him for his brother. She becomes a staple at the ranch during her visit, and getting to know her only deepens his desire for the one woman he can’t have.

As Haley gets to know the Hardings, she finds herself torn between protecting her heart and giving it away to the man she’s falling for. In the moment of truth, she’ll run for the one who stole her heart. Mistaking the Cowboy is the third book in the Christian Blackwater Ranch series, but the books can be read in any order.

 
Purchase Link and to Connect with Mandi:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08DHY5S31
There are lots of places you can connect with me. You can find all of my social media links here to choose which you like best.

I also have a small-town series that is complete with six books! They mix sweet, swoony heroes with a touch of suspense. Check out the Unfailing Love series here.



Friends, I sure hope you enjoyed getting to know Mandi Blake and Mistaking the Cowboy.



Thank you so much for joining us, Mandi!


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Author Spotlight: Lila Diller

Hi friends! Today, our author spotlight is on Lila Diller. Everyone, say hello to Lila! She is one of my critique partners. Without further ado, let's get to know Lila and her book Her Heart's Decision.

Author Bio:
A die-hard lover of stories, introverted Lila loves to learn about people through imagination. When not writing fiction, she’s homeschooling her two boys, editing, blogging, connecting on social media, and pretending her dishes aren't screaming to be cleaned. Having grown up in rural Idaho, she enjoys the small town in NC where she lives with her husband, two energetic boys, and a calico cat. Her passion for fellow believers, especially in fighting the climbing divorce rate inside the church and in worshiping through every circumstance leads her to tackle these problems one blog post at a time and through three published novels since 2017. Join her on a quest for romance—both in fiction and in real life—on her blog at www.liladiller.com.


Info on Her Heart's Decision:
Her Heart's Decision, #1 in the “Love is” series, begins with an inspiring love triangle based on Christian values. Morgan wonders if her boss, Jason, might be her true love, but just as romance begins to bloom, her old flame Tony bursts back into her life and tries to woo her. How will Morgan choose her soulmate?

You can read this book for free when you sign up for my email list at https://www.liladiller.com/landingpagefor1. Or you can buy it for only $0.99 on Amazon or listen to the audiobook. All links are listed on my website at https://www.liladiller.com/books.

Overview of Lila's Books
The “Love is” series is based on the Bible's definition of true agape love in 1 Corinthians 13. It's a contemporary Christian Romance following Morgan’s saga from her first-person point of view and is set in a fictional small town in North Carolina. Morgan deals with dating, engagement, marriage, babies, family drama, and friend troubles in this realistic look at how agape love can be lived out by ordinary Christians.

I also just finished a speculative Biblical fiction about Judas Iscariot. I'm really excited about it! I'm shopping it around to agents right now.


Inspiration for Her Heart's Decision:
I came up with the idea for the entire series first, each book focusing on how a description of true love from 1 Corinthians 13 might be played out in real life. Everything in the books is fiction; none of it actually happened in real life. But the characters, some of the conversations they had, and much of the backstories of the main characters were inspired by my life and the lives of those closest to me. The story of how Morgan's sister Amy Grace attempted suicide was almost exactly how I found out that my sister attempted suicide. Thankfully, the Lord did a great work in her life, and she is doing much better.

My Writing Process:
My process has changed. When I first started, I wrote from the beginning of chapter 1 to The End. There was then a lot of revising and editing involved. Now I try to pre-write more. The better vision I have for more scenes in the book, the easier it is to write and the less revising I need to do. I have found that while I love editing other authors' books (as I do from time to time if anyone is interested), I do not like revising my own work. I'm too close to it. And while I am a very detail-oriented person, I have trouble seeing the big picture. So I need another set of eyes to give me big-picture feedback.

Friends, I sure hope you enjoyed getting to know Lila Diller and Her Heart's Decision.

Below are links to connect with Lila:

I would love to connect with you! You can find me on my blog at www.liladiller.com/blog,
my books at www.liladiller.com/books,
Amazon at www.amazon.com/author/liladiller,
Bookbub at https://www.bookbub.com/profile/lila-diller,
Facebook at www.facebook.com/loveisseries,
Instagram at www.instagram.com/liladiller,
Pinterest at www.pinterest.com/liladiller


Thank you so much for joining us, Lila!

If you're an author and you'd like to be showcased here, just let me know. Must be inspirational or clean, can be fiction or nonfiction.
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