Hello, friends! I am so very excited to be sharing this post with you today! I’ve been keeping almost everything about this story under wraps, and I’m about to burst! So, I’m so glad to be able to reveal to you the title and cover for this book, which releases February, 1, 2022! This story includes so many of my favorite facets of Ireland: the legend of the Claddagh Ring, Galway city and county, the Irish people, their War for Independence, and the underlying tension between the Irish and British. Of course, there is plenty of the Irish culture and charm woven into this story, and I hope you l ..read more

Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt Stop #27 PLEASE NOTE! THIS HUNT IS NOT YET LIVE. IT WILL BEGIN 3/18 AT NOON MST. PLEASE RETURN THEN. Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes! • The hunt BEGINS on 3/18 at noon MST with Stop #1 at LisaTawnBergren.com. • Hunt through our loop using Chrome or Firefox as your browser (not Explorer). • There is NO RUSH to complete the hunt—you have all weekend (until Sunday, 3/21 at mi ..read more

Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt Stop #27 PLEASE NOTE! THIS HUNT IS NOT YET LIVE. IT WILL BEGIN 3/18 AT NOON MST. PLEASE RETURN THEN. Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes! • The hunt BEGINS on 3/18 at noon MST with Stop #1 at LisaTawnBergren.com. • Hunt through our loop using Chrome or Firefox as your browser (not Explorer). • There is NO RUSH to complete the hunt—you have all weekend (until Sunday, 3/21 at mi ..read more

Hello again, friends! Can you believe we are already back to January?? I feel like 2020 both slowed to a snail’s pace, but flew by at the same time! I’m even MORE excited because A Dance in Donegal releases ONE MONTH from today! And to celebrate, Revell and Goodreads are hosting a giveaway of 15 copies of A Dance in Donegal!! If you’ve already preordered (Thank you!!), you can still enter, and gift a friend if you win! https://www.goodreads.com/…/show/313342-a-dance-in-donegal You can find all the information and enter here. And if we aren’t already connected there on Goodreads, be sure to fo ..read more

Welcome to the 11th day of the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! The prizes are building, and today’s winner will receive a copy of A Dance in Donegal, and some yummy chocolates from me! And The Painted Castle by Kristy Cambron Coral by Sara Ella Cold Case Christmas by Jessica R. Patch The Joy of Falling by Lindsay Harrel Literature and Lattes by Katherine Reay Until I Met You by Tari Faris The Light at Wyndcliff by Sarah Ladd When Twilight Breaks by Sarah Sundin The Cowboy’s Christmas Blessings by Jill Kemerer A Dazzle of Diamonds by Liz Johnson It’s not too late to enter the Raf ..read more

Calling all book-lovers! Love Ireland? Even better! I’m looking for enthusiastic readers to help get the word out about the release of my debut novel, A Dance in Donegal. Here are the deets about the book itself: A Dance in Donegal is a Christian historical romance novel set in Ireland in 1921. It releases from Revell Publishers on February 2, 2021. What the book is about: All of her life, Irish-American Moira Doherty has relished her Irish mother’s descriptions of her homeland. When her mother dies unexpectedly in the summer of 1920, Moira accepts the challenge to fulfill her mother’s wish th ..read more

When we left Ireland, part of what was so painful about it all was feeling like we’d lost our tribe. The Irish are an amazingly warm, welcoming lot, and our friendships there were some of the best, deepest, most gratifying of our entire lives. So, to have to leave that behind was one of the most painful experiences I’ve ever had. When we moved back to Arizona, I sort of tried to forget Ireland for awhile. It was just too painful to let the memories come. But slowly, bit by bit, my walls cracked. I just couldn’t keep Ireland out anymore. I finished my book–which is set in Ireland near where we ..read more

Hello my dear reader friends! I am so sorry it has been so long since you’ve heard from me in this space. I have been most active over on my Instagram account. So, if you want to hear more from me, make sure you’re following me there! But, I had to dust off ye olde blog to share some crazy exciting news with you–the cover to my debut novel, A Dance in Donegal! But first, here’s a little bit about the book: All of her life, Irish-American Moira Doherty has relished her Irish mother’s descriptions of her homeland. When her mother dies unexpectedly in the summer of 1920, Moira acc ..read more

Welcome to the 11th day of the 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway! The prizes are building, and today’s winner will receive ALL of the below! I am so excited to get to participate this year, and share Day 11 with one of my favorite authors– Sarah Sundin! Today’s winner will receive these prizes from me and Sarah: The Land Beneath Us by Sarah Sundin & an adorable book-stack ornament from me! Not only will today’s winner get those, but they will also get EACH of these prizes below: Coral by Sara Ella ARC The Joy of Falling by Lindsay Harrel Her Cowboy Till Christmas by Jill Kemerer The ..read more

Another lifetime ago, we lived overseas. And during that time, we were able to take a family trip to London. On that trip, one thing stood out to my children above all others. Bigger than the London Eye, more impressive than the Crown Jewels, even more memorable than the mac’n’cheese at the Hard Rock Cafe. The walking. We walked everywhere. And we walked for ages, and ages. At least in their little minds, and to their little feet, we did. Now bear in mind, at the time, we lived in a small village in rural Ireland. There just wasn’t that much within walking distance, and if you did walk somewhe ..read more