I’ve been blessed beyond words by you all who have walked this journey with me since first meeting Lonnie and Gideon in “Be Still My Soul”. Now, this spring comes the next part of their story, “Though My Heart is Torn”.
Set in Appalachia, 1901, THOUGH MY HEART IS TORN is the story of Lonnie and Gideon O’Riley, a young couple who fell in love within the pages of BE STILL MY SOUL. Now, as tragedy pulls them apart, this second installment of the Cadence of Grace series explores the deep places of the heart and the blossoms of hope re-found. Here’s a little peek inside the pages of this love story…
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Clearing his throat, he voiced her name. It fell from his lips like sweet honey. Would he ever have a reason to say her name again? Perhaps he would have to whisper it in the silent places of his heart to keep himself from losing his mind. They continued walking and Gideon waited until he had her attention. He longed for her forgiveness, but that seemed selfish. He focused instead on bringing her peace.
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The leaves crunched beneath their boots as they circled the small opening. Lonnie sank to the ground. Her skirts billowed around her. Gideon placed Jacob in the soft fabric of her lap and settled beside his wife and son.
He played with a dry leaf in his hand. She voiced her fears. Her questions. He answered with every shred of honesty that was in him. She spoke of days gone by and he felt himself smile. She shared her fears. Each one pierced him. He wanted to throw them into the wind—blow each one to smithereens with a shotgun. But he couldn’t. He could only listen and nod, give what little comfort he could form into words. His fingers grazed hers. How he wished it were more.
And more than once she reached for his hand, only to tuck it beneath her skirt.
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You can read the first three chapters, here! If you haven’t read “Be Still My Soul”, it would be a joy to introduce you to Lonnie and Gideon. Those chapters are here!
Have you pre-ordered it for yourself or a friend? I would love to send you some signed bookplates and bookmarks! Simply tell me in the comments below and I will contact you for your address. Also, by pre-ordering the book, you get it at the special pre-release price! Plus…the book is often shipped out a few days early, so you should have a little surprise in your mailbox when it’s released on April 2nd. 🙂
Though My Heart is Torn is available for pre-order from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Christian Book Distributors, and more!
If you have an e-reader, you can pre-order it for your Kindle or Nook! A huge, heartfelt thank you for all of you who pick up the book. It means so much to me.
It is such a joy to get to officially share this cover. The designer has done such an amazing job! I hope you like it too. 🙂
Joanne I would love some bookmarks and autographed book plates please! I really want to read this book also Thanks
Blessings
joeym11@frontier.com
Diana Montgomery
334 N 575 E
Valparaiso, IN 46383
Good morning, Diana! It would be my pleasure! I will mark you down and get them sent off shortly. I’m so glad you’re looking forward to book 2 🙂
Just stopping by to say… wahoo!!! Can’t wait to dive into those pages… and I agree, the cover is just amazing. 🙂
Hi sweet friend! I can’t wait for you to read this story. You have been so supportive along this journey! <3
I’ve pre-ordered your book. Looking forward to reading “Be Still My Soul” and the new one–as soon as I can settle in and read! Finding time is sometimes a problem but they are on my list! 🙂 Or I’ll do like my elderly aunt did when she was a teen. She was always getting hollered at because a book was in her left hand even when setting the table or cleaning up the kitchen! Ha.
Karen, you are such a dear. I am so glad you will get to read read Lonnie and Gideon’s story from the beginning. Oh, I love this story about your aunt. What a gal! Now, I think I will have to give this a try today myself as I’m halfway through a book that I’m just going crazy that I can’t sit down and finish. I’ll try not to bump into anything, and you do the same. 😉
Hi Joanne, I love the cover of your latest book, and I’m so excited to get to reading the first 3 chapters. I feel like Lonnie, and Gideon have been waiting for me!
Thank you, Cathie! I’m thinking of doing a ladie’s tea this time around come April, so hopefully you will be able to come!!
I pre-ordered! I am on pins and needles. Cannot wait to find out what happens. Love, love Gideon and Lonnie! Would love the bookplates and bookmarks.
Thank you, Suzanne! I will send you a message and will get those out to you! I hope you have a great day.
I would love some of your signed book mark for me & some of my reading friends.
Also would live some of the autograph book plates too.
Thank you ever so much .
Elizabeth Dent
2511 Newport Dr. S.W
Decatur,Ala. 35603
Elizabeth, it would be such a joy to send you some! My publisher is sending me a batch of bookmarks soon and as soon as they come, I will get everything bundled up for you. So glad you are here and thanks so much for stopping by my facebook page. It’s so wonderful to see you there as well!
I’d love a bookmark and signed bookplate, Joanne! I’ll private message you my address if that’s okay.
Susan, So glad you messaged me. I will get everything tucked in an envelope for you and sent off soon. Take care!
Joanne, Just wanted to tell you that I am two-thirds through your book, and I hate having to put it down! I love your writing, and I cannot wait to read your new book. You have officially become a member of my treasured favorite authors group. You have been blessed with such a talent; BRAVO!
Joanna,
(our names our so similar!) 🙂 It’s so wonderful to see you here and I am so glad to know that you are enjoying Be Still My Soul! Incredibly honored to be in that group. You have blessed me by sharing. Thank you!!
I would love to have some of your bookmarks and autographed book plates! Thank you so much! Can’t wait to read…
Wonderful, Kay. It would be such a joy to send you some. I will message you privately for your address and will get them sent off soon. I’m so glad you stopped by! 🙂
What a lovely cover! My wife’s family is from Appalachia, and I’m sure that she’ll love the book. It’ll be her birthday present.
I’d love a bookmark and bookplate, to give her the joy of anticipation. I’ll message you my address through FB, if that’ll be okay?
Absolutely, Andrew! Messaging me is great. So neat to hear that your wife’s family comes from Appalachia. It is a region so dear to me. I bet she has some great family stories!! 🙂 So thoughtful of you to think of her and giving it as a gift!
Joanne, Your covers–and words–look amazing! Thank you for sharing with me-I’ll put your books in my to-be-read pile!!
Thanks so much, Jocelyn! It’s such a treat for you to visit me here 🙂 And your books are on my TBR as well!
Joanne, I love the cover! It looks like they used the same model to portray Lonnie, or someone very similar. I can’t wait to read this next book; I can’t pre-order it, but I will do my best to get it when it comes out. I would love some bookmarks to hand out. I hand out bookmarks for MaryLu Tyndall all the time. Congrats on this new book and keep doing what the Lord leads you to do. You bless us readers when you obey God’s instructions. Have a great week and God bless.
Debbie, I am so glad! The designer has once again done the most beautiful job capturing the story. Yes, it’s the same model for Lonnie. I think she’s just perfect 🙂 excited too about her blouse as it plays a little role in the story! It would be a joy to send you some bookmarks. I’m making a note here and will email you shortly for your address. I hope you have a great week as well!!
Love this cover and title and really look forward to reading this series! Thanks for writing it – it looks and sounds great! Sincerely, Mary Lou
I would love, love, love some signed bookmarks!
Mary Lou Kwiatkoski 285 Bellevue Road Pgh, PA 15229
Thanks, ever so much!
Thank you, Mary Lou! Just thrilled that you love the title and cover and are looking forward to it! I hope you get the chance to read Be Still My Soul and journey with Lonnie and Gideon from the start 🙂 I have your envelope addressed and as soon as the bookmarks arrived, will get them sent to you!!
Lalalala….hmm hmm hmm….the cover is gorgeous!! I wonder what happens in the book? Cough.
*grin* Thank you! Hmmm….I wonder ?! LOL. I wonder where you are at! Not that you have to message me and tell me, but if you did…I wouldn’t complain 😉
Joanne I am so excited for you and thank you for sending me an advanced copy….which is kinda a mixed blessing ’cause I NEED the third book now!! EXCELLENT READ!! 🙂
Hannah I am so blessed to have you as one of my early readers and a friend! The third book was so much fun to write. I cannot wait to get it to you this fall! 😀
I read and reviewed BE STILL MY SOUL. It was so good. Am looking forward to reading your new book, THOUGH MY HEART IS TORN. I’m sure it’s as good as BE STILL MY SOUL, if not better. I’ve got to get mea copy to read a review. Thanks for the good writing you do. I would love some bookmarks and signed bookplates. I try to get them whenever I’ve read a book. Thanks
Gayle pace
20 S Millstone
Shell Knob, MO 65747
Gayle,
It is always such a joy to get to chat with someone who’s read and reviewed the book. I am SO glad that you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for stopping in a visiting today. I’m almost certain that “Though My Heart is Torn” is going to be in the blogging for books program. If you are a part of that, it should appear soon! I would love to send you bookmarks and bookplates. Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great night!
Joanne, I just finished your book and it’s even better than your last, which I loved! You’re just getting better and better, my friend!!
Lindsay, what a comment to wake up to this morning! I have been on pins and needles with this book and your encouragement means so much. Thank you!!
Hi Joanne! I would love a couple of bookmarks and bookplates. One for me and one for my sister. We’re close-knit, and these would make great birthday gifts for her.
Looking forward to reading your books.
Blessings,
Andrea Cox
andrearenee2004@yahoo.com
Good morning Andrea,
I would love to send them to you for you and your sister! It’s so great meeting you. 🙂 I enjoyed your blog! I will email you right now for your address.
Hi Joanne, I’d love a couple bookmarks for my sister and I. We both cannot wait to read Be Still My Soul. ( Our library does not have any of your books yet, and we can’t afford to buy any ourselves ).
Thank you for the bookmarks! 🙂
silkfairy99@gmail.com
Mallen, I’m marking you down, right now! I will message your for your address. I hope you will get the chance to read Be Still My Soul soon! Hopefully your library will be able to get it. That would be so great. I will send off your things soon. Have a great day!
Hi Joanne,
First I would like to say that I am looking forward to reading your books 🙂
If I could get a couple bookplates and/or bookmarks I would be ever so grateful. I am not comfortable posting my mailing address here but my email is montanamade(at)gmail(dot)com.
Thanks!
Blessings!
Have a great day!
Jasmine <
Jasmine,
Absolutely! It would be such a pleasure to get you some. I just messaged you for your address. Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting and for your interest in reading the Cadence of Grace series. God bless!
I would love some! My mom won’t let me order/pre-order anything until after my birthday (February 17th) But I plan to pre-buy it as soon as I can after my birthday!
Good girl for listening to your mama! I hope you have a wonderful birthday! I will message you for your address and send you a little goodie packet before then. 🙂
Joanne I would love some bookmarks and autographed book plates please, also if you want to throw in some extras i will put them out in the library, they have done it for me for other authors
Shirley Blanchard
111 2nd ave se
Lutz, Fla.
Good morning, Shirley!
I will! Thanks so much for offering to take some to your library. I will tuck some extras in there for you. I hope you have a wonderful day!
Can’t wait for the new book, would love a book mark! Thanks
Patty
I’m so glad, Patty! I have your address and will send you some! 🙂
Joanne I am so excited to read this book!! Would love a book mark and book plates!! Thank you for writing wonderful books!
Michelle, I am so glad! You have been such a sweet supporter of Be Still My Soul, I can’t tell you how excited I am for you to get the next one. I will message you for your address for the bookmarks and bookplates!
Congratulations on your second book, Joanne! I absolutely love the cover – it’s gorgeous. And the premise of the book sounds very intriguing!
Stacy, a belated, belated, thank you! Somehow this didn’t come to my email. I hope all is going well with your writing and I am so excited for you with your new books. Congrats!
Oh, I cannot wait to read this book. Congratulations, dear Joanne. What delicious anticipation. xx
Thank you Dorothy <3
You are a dear and such an encouragement to me.
All of your books that I have read have been a blessing to me! Thank you for sharing your talent with us. This new book is on my list to be read soon. I love the covers on your books too!
June, thank you so much. You are a blessing to me this morning! A much needed bit of encouragement. 🙂 Thank you for your sweet comment and for reading my books. I hope you have a wonderful day!
I have Be Still My Soul and loved it! I will be ordering Though My Heart Is Torn from CBD. I would love the signed bookplates & bookmark. I live in the Appalachian Mountains myself. Thank you so much!
Doris, I am so glad that you loved the story! I am so blessed by your comment and thank you so much for ordering Though My Heart is Torn. I pray that it will bless you in some way. Would you mind sending me your mailing address? And I will pop some bookmarks and bookplates in the mail!
Loved “Be Still My Soul”. Can’t wait for “My Heart is Torn”. Just pre-ordered the book through Amazon. I loved it so much that I loaned the book to a good friend who just finished the book. She said she cried through the last chapter of the book.
Kathy,
I am just so thrilled to hear it! And it just does my heart good to know that you passed it along. I hope your friend enjoys it as well. The book truly is emotional and whenever someone cries, it just touches my heart only because it means so much to know that the book impacted them in some way. Hugs to you all!
You actually make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find
this matter to be really something that I think I would never understand.
It seems too complicated and very broad for me. I am looking forward for your next post, I’ll try to get the hang of it!