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A Most Inconvenient Marriage was selected by the National Readers’ Choice judges as the Best Inspirational Novel of 2014!

Wo0-hoo! So thanks to those sweet judges, thanks to you readers who bought enough books that I could keep writing ’til I reached this point, and thanks to my family for doing crazy stuff that I can work into my stories!

I appreciate y’all!

Sincerely,

(Award-winning author)

Regina Jennings 😉

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Anyway, this has been an exciting spring, that’s for sure! I’m so pleased to get to share that both my novella An Unforeseen Match and my full-length historical romance A Most Inconvenient Marriage have made finalist. In fact they both double finaled in two contests and An Unforeseen Match finaled in a third.

The nice people holding these contests sent me logos to share, so just pretend like I’m a grandma showing you pictures of my kids. 🙂

An Unforeseen Match in the novella category:

A Most Inconvenient Marriage in the Inspiration Category:

Isn’t that cool?!  I’m still amazed that writing is what I get to spend my time doing. Thank you for reading my books, telling your friends, posting reviews and all those other things that keep me going!

And if you haven’t read one of these stories, what are you waiting for? Jump on board!

God Bless!

-Regina

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Enjoy!

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Can I sign it for you?

While I’d love to fly around like Santa and magically appear at everyone’s house with Sharpie in hand, that won’t be possible, but here’s what I can do: I can mail you a bookplate signed to the friend of your choice. You stick it inside the cover of the book, and Voila! you are suddenly the favorite aunt/niece/sister/daughter around!

How can we make this work?

1. Snap a picture of the receipt showing where you bought your book (Dated in November or December 2014) or a screen shot will work, too, if it was purchased online.

2. Email me at reginajenningsauthor@yahoo.com with the picture, the name you’d like the bookplate signed to, and your mailing address.

3. I’ll get the bookplate in the mail to you as soon as possible.

A few rules, here, please. This offer isn’t good on books that were complimentary copies, only purchased copies. U.S. addresses only, and if you bought the book for yourself, who am I to judge? I’ll sign it to you, too!

Thanks and Merry Christmas!

Love,

Regina

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Using Random.org I drew a winner Monday morning.

The winner of my drawing for a copy of A Most Inconvenient Marriage and the Christmas ornaments is Carrie M. S.! Carrie, I’ll email you to get your mailing address soon.

And the winner of the Grand Prize Fresh Evergreen Wreath is Chris Bures! Chris, you will be hearing from us as well.

Thank you again for kicking off the Christmas season with us! Merry Christmas!

Love,

Regina

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To read more about the project and enter for a chance to win the fresh evergreen wreath which represents the gift of eternal life, click here.

To find your way to the other four blog posts and enter each of the five Christmas Chronicles individual giveaways, read on! We have a list for you at the bottom of this post.

A Letter from Abigail Calhoun

A Most Inconvenient Marriage

Hart County, Missouri 1865

Dear Romeo,

You’re dead. I thought I’d mention the fact in case you’d forgotten. And while I’m not in the habit of writing to dead people, I’ve decided to make an exception for my dearly departed husband.

You were so many things to me—the one who banished my dread of the sick ward, the one who sent me here to Missouri, the one who gave me this challenging job—that I forget who you weren’t. You weren’t my husband really—only in name. You weren’t even Romeo, but the name Jeremiah doesn’t fit you either, so I’ll keep Romeo if you don’t mind.

How I wish you had been here to make the introductions to your family, but if you’d survived then our arrangement would’ve been unnecessary in the first place. Your mother is well and missing you terribly. I’d like to say the same for your sister, but you’d immediately recognize it for a falsehood. Seems there was much you forgot to mention when discussing her condition. A very wise decision.

I do want you to know that I’ve fallen in love with the mountains. Their craggy beauty inspires…and intimidates. Knowing that you’re already in the presence of our Savior, I have to wonder if you’ve asked Him how exactly He created these hills. Did their dark recesses appear only after sin entered the world, or are they a part of their original beauty?

Sometimes the brutality of the wilderness astounds me, and then I think of our Lord who left the glory and comforts of heaven to come suffer with us and for us. How primitive and harsh this world must have seemed. How sharp the rocks to his little feet. How cold the winter gales against his tender cheek. What He endured to bring us joy. Such thoughts embolden me to persevere and protect this plot of earth you left in my care. I’ll do my best to restore it to the prosperous farm you’d remember.

So that’s all I have to say. A pity that in all my acquaintances, the only one I feel like I can truly share my thoughts with is…well, no one really. You are dead and will never read this letter. I’m here alone, just pretending that you, that someone, cares.

But God cares. Even though He feels far away now, this missive is ultimately addressed to Him. If He’s all I have, then it’s enough. Still, what would it be like to have someone here, in the flesh, to share this burden with? Someone who would hold me up when I feel like folding? Someone who could love Ma, Rachel and this rocky farm just as much as I do?

But where would I find such a man? The only one who cared is dead, and that’s why he sent me here. To do what he could no longer do.

Enough ink spilt on fruitless ponderings. This paper is destined for the fire and can take no more of my time, not when I already hear Rachel calling for her breakfast. I’ve found my place in the world and with that I’ll be content.  And I’ll pray that they’ll learn to love me as much as I love them. Thank you again for this charming, inconvenient gift.

Yours truly, although ever so briefly,

Abigail Stuart Calhoun

Thank you for reading Abigail’s letter and for sharing this Christmas celebration with us.

To keep the celebration going we’re having a giveaway. One lucky winner will receive an autographed copy of A Most Inconvenient Marriage, a handwritten copy of Abigail’s letter, and these lovely Christmas ornaments.

To enter, please comment below sharing your favorite Christmas Carol. (And yes, I suppose I’ll be humming them all day long!) For an extra entry share this post on your social media hangouts with the #christmaschronicles tag and then comment here again letting us know where you shared it. Post separately for each share, so I catch each of your entries! A winner will be chosen randomly on December 7th.

And that’s not your only opportunity to win.

We invite you to join us each weekday this week as we hop through cyberspace and history, gleaning the love and joy of the Christmas season from each heroine’s journey.

Monday, December 1^st: Regina Jennings  (Heroine: Abigail Calhoun, A Most Inconvenient Marriage)

Tuesday, December 2^nd: Joanne Bischof  (Heroine: Sarah Miller, This Quiet Sky)

Wednesday, December 3^rd: Amanda Dykes (Heroine: Aria St. John, Bespoke)

Thursday, December 4^th: Karen Barnett (Heroine: Abby Fischer, Out of the Ruins)

Friday, December 5^th: Sarah Sundin (Heroine: Grace Kessler, Where Treetops Glisten)

And don’t forget the Grand Prize Christmas Wreath! Instructions for entering are up there at the top!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Love,

Regina

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