Monday, August 12, 2019

"Jessie and James" by Jennifer Beckstrand BookTour and Give Away

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About the Book

Book: Jessie and James
Author: Jennifer Beckstrand
Genre: Western Historical Inspirational Romance
Release Date: July 24, 2019
BECKSTRAND_Jessie _JamesJessie Madsen has her hands full helping her parents run their small farm and boarding house while every fortune-seeker in the country seems to be flocking to her small town in search of gold. It’s bad enough that claim jumpers won’t quit trespassing on her property, but geologist James Kelsey, mildly intriguing and surprisingly handsome for an Easterner, seems more interested in her than the mining business. Jessie is certain she doesn’t have the time or the need for a man, and after getting her heart broken, she has resolved never to fall for an outsider again. Add stolen cash, a fast-talking con man, and a pair of bandits, and Jessie is indeed up to her eyeballs in trouble. Will she soften her rock-hard exterior and let the geologist discover the hidden treasure in her heart?

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"Jessie and James" by Jennifer Beckstrand is book 3 in the Gold Diggers Collection) series. I haven't read the other books but I definitely have them in my too be read pile.
This is a fun read about gold mining and love. I was kept turning the pages.
This is a clean love story but it does have danger.
My favorite character has to be Jessie, a woman that carries a gun everywhere. I admire her forgiving spirit when it comes to two characters that are bandits. In fact Jessie's parents have that same forgiving spirit. But, I like James also because he is always saying, "What kind of man would I be if I let a woman carry two buckets of water ", and etc.
I really like the ending because I am believer that love conquers all.
I was really surprised to read a book by Jennifer Beckstrand that wasn't in the Amish genre, but I loved it and I think this book would make a great movie. 
I was given a complimentary copy by the author and Celebrate Lit. These opinions are my own.
About the Author
Jennifer beckstrandJennifer Beckstrand is the two-time RITA-nominated, #1 Amazon bestselling Amish romance author of The Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hillseries, The Honeybee Sistersseries, and The Petersheim Brothersseries for Kensington Books. Huckleberry Summer and Home on Huckleberry Hill were both nominated for the coveted RITA® Award from Romance Writers of America. Jennifer has always been drawn to the strong faith and the enduring family ties of the Plain people and loves writing about the antics of Anna and Felty Helmuth, the Honeybee sisters’ aendiBitsy, and Alfie and Benji Petersheim. Jennifer has written twenty-one Amish romances, a historical Western, and the nonfiction book, Big Ideas. She and her husband have been married for thirty-four years, and she has six children and seven adorable grandchildren, whom she spoils rotten.

More from Jennifer

Jessie and James is my first published Western historical novel, and I couldn’t be more excited. The first book I ever wrote was a historical Western, and I’ve been wanting to write another one for ten years. (That first Western is still hanging around my house somewhere. I might decide to publish it next. J) For my research, I traveled to a real mining town about two hours from my house. Yes, it really is named Eureka, and it was a boomtown in the 1880s, the period in which my book is set. I met an old-timer in Eureka who told me some fascinating stories about mining then and now.
Did you know that you may own the ground your house sits on, but you only own it to sixty feet deep? So a mining company can come in and dig a mine right under your house, and it’s perfectly legal. Many mines were dug straight down or in any direction that would get them to ore faster. In the 1880s in Eureka, often they’d dig straight down using only picks, shovels, and dynamite. A plumb bob was utilized to make sure their tunnels were straight up and down. They usually dug down 600 feet then drifted horizontally a couple hundred feet, then dug down again. Some mines went deeper than 1800 feet. Nowadays, there aren’t many mines that deep. They’re more dangerous, so they’re too expensive to insure.
In Jessie and James, James is an ex-cowboy turned geologist looking for gold. Jessie is a feisty, independent woman who runs a boarding house with her parents and thinks Eureka needs a little more fire-and-brimstone preaching to keep the incorrigible miners in line. Jessie doesn’t want anything to do with a gold digger, and she’s willing to use her shotgun to run James off. But James doesn’t scare that easy, especially when the woman on the other end of that shotgun might turn out to be the love of his life.
Jessie and James is full of shotguns, bandits, and heart-stopping romance. Don’t miss it!

Blog Stops

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Bigreadersite, August 9
A Reader’s Brain, August 10
Blessed & Bookish, August 10
Texas Book-aholic, August 11
janicesbookreviews, August 14

Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Jennifer is giving away a $10 Amazon gift card to two winners!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter. https://promosimple.com/ps/e57b/jessie-and-james-celebration-tour-giveaway

10 comments:

Bea LaRocca said...

Thank you for sharing your nice review and the book and author info. This sounds like a must read for me.

Pgtsmith said...

Thanks for the chance to win!

Jennifer said...

Debbie,
Thank you so much for having me on your blog today. I love your review and appreciate it so much. Jessie and James was a blast to write, and I think readers will thoroughly enjoy the story. It's very romantic! ;)

James Robert said...

My family and I all appreciate you bringing to our attention the book description of another great book to read. Thanks so much!

Debbie P said...

This book sounds like a really good read.

Emma said...

this book sounds wonderful.

Lori Smanski said...

Thank you for your review. Sounds like she has pulled off a fantastic book. Cant wait to read it.

Caryl Kane said...

Great review, Debbie! Thank you for being part of the tour.

Paula Shreckhise said...

Thanks for the review and chance to win.
Looks like a good book.

Paula Shreckhise said...

Thanks for the chance to win. Sounds like a great book.