Showing posts with label Amazing Grace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amazing Grace. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 6, 2009


Amazing Grace has been receiving some very nice reviews. Here are two that I just found on the internet. Both reviewers awarded me 4 stars for my short story.

Amazing Grace
Author: Ginger Simpson

From the first moment Grace had met Blake, she knew she had found the man she was destined to spend her life with. Ginger Simpson tells the story of Grace Arbon and her hidden love in ‘Amazing Grace.’ Blake, a blue-collar construction worker, falls short in the eyes of Grace’s father, but after a near fatal car accident, time is pressed to find a donor for her father. Grace leans to Blake for emotional support, as her father’s chances are slipping, but finds he gives much more.



This is a sweet story of a young woman who finds romance away from her father’s social preference, Grace’s character show what most women would do for love. Simpson does take her readers through a short roller-coaster ride. This is well written overall, with the ending predictable. This is one of the stories that a reader will prefer the ending. It is a nice read with the characters introduced well. The plot would have developed more if there were more events taking place. Regardless, it is a good read and I would keep my eye out on this author.

Reviewer: Booklady
Genre: Contemporary Romance
ISBN: 978-1-897559-79-6
Publisher: Eternal Press

And from:
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Amazing Grace by Ginger Simpson
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publisher:Eternal Press
Pages: 42
Author's Website:
Price: $2.95 CA
Rating:4 Stars

Amazing Grace follows the lovely tale of a young woman named Grace who is trying to appease her father. Unfortunately, Grace has not had any luck appeasing her father with the men she has brought home until she meets the handsome Blake Hastings. Grace and Blake fall head over heals in love. Will it last or will Grace's father interfere?

I really enjoyed this story. It was heartwarming and a beautiful tale of love and where it can take you.

Excerpt

A noise drew her attention to the front window. She watched an old, faded pick-up truck sputter up the driveway. A spiral of smoke followed it but dissipated when the vehicle stopped on the circle in front of the house. “Blake’s here. I won’t be late.” She smoothed her dress and waited for the knock.


Her father stood and peeked through the curtain behind his chair, then shook his head. “I can’t believe you want to be seen in that…that horrid excuse for transportation. At least let me have Maynard bring the Mercedes around. He can drive you.”

She squared her shoulders. “Daddy, please. Lower your voice, and be polite. Maynard’s services are not necessary.”

Her heart warmed when she opened the door and found Blake standing on the doorstep. Dressed in nice slacks, a powder blue shirt with a logo drawing attention to his broad chest, and shoes so shiny she saw her reflection, he projected a persona of which anyone would be proud. But Daddy? Her first instinct was to take Blake's arm and dash to the truck, but she smiled and opened the door wider.

“Won’t you come in?”

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

New at Eternal Press & on Fictionwise...

This blurb was taken from the Fictionwise newsletter. Anytime I see my name in print, I get excited. :)

Ginger Simpson Romance Novelet
Amazing Grace
by Ginger Simpson

Blurb: Grace Arbon can't seem to find a man who satisfies the stringent requirements of her father, the mighty Wallace Arbon. But at her best friend's wedding, Grace realizes the man of her dreams should live up to her standards and not those of her father. When Blake Hastings invites her to take a turn on the dance floor and then out on a date, she discards daddy's white-collar standards and makes a check list of her own. Blake is everything thing Grace ever dreamed of, but will she break her father's heart in an attempt to fulfill her own?

Eternal Press
Fictionwise

This story is Book Three in the Stages of Love Series. Coming soon...Hope Springs Eternal.

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Take The Good Where You Can Find It

This is the night I was supposed to be wearing a name tag like this while attending my 45th HS reunion. I went so far as purchase a plane ticket, but then life got in the way and I had to cancel my plans. I missed reconnecting with cherished girlfriends from the good ol' days, but hopefully, I'll have another chance someday soon. I hope they all had tons of fun and laughed a lot. I'm so sorry I couldn't make it. I could consider that I was saved the humiliation of being the oldest looking one. :)

On a good note, I found this beautiful cover for my upcoming release from Eternal Press. Shirley Burnett has done a wonderful job of capturing the essence of my novella, Amazing Grace, which is the third in the Stages of Love Series. I'm so excited about the current announcement from EP Owner, Ally Robertson, that we are going to print by January. Once the fourth and final story of the anthology is released, Chastity's Charms, Forever Faith, Amazing Grace and Hope Springs Eternal will be combined in one book for your reading pleasure.

December 7th is the launch date for Amazing Grace, so please come to The Eternal Press Reader's Loop and celebrate with me then.

Here's a little teaser for you:

A noise drew her attention to the front window. She watched an old, faded pick-up truck sputter up the driveway. A spiral of smoke followed it but dissipated when the vehicle stopped on the circle in front of the house.

“Blake’s here. I won’t be late.” She smoothed her dress and waited for the knock.

Her father stood and peeked through the curtain behind his chair, then shook his head. “I can’t believe you want to be seen in that…that horrid excuse for transportation. At least let me have Maynard bring the Mercedes around. He can drive you.”

She squared her shoulders. “Daddy, please. Lower your voice, and be polite. Maynard’s services are not necessary.”

Her heart warmed when she opened the door and found Blake standing on the doorstep. Dressed in nice slacks, a powder blue shirt with a logo drawing attention to his broad chest, and shoes so shiny she saw her reflection, he projected a persona of which anyone would be proud. But Daddy?

Grace's first instinct was to take Blake's arm and dash to the truck, but she smiled and opened the door wider.
“Won’t you come in?”

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