About the Book

Title: 21 Days of Love

Compiled by: Kathy Ide

Genre: Non-fiction, Devotional

Release Date: January 1, 2016

Love can be found in many treasured relationships: boyfriend-girlfriend, husband-wife, parent-child … with a special friend, teacher, or pet … in the kindness of a stranger. We even have a national holiday to celebrate love.

The greatest love ever known is God’s abundant love for us, His children. And He often demonstrates that perfect love through imperfect people.

These stories represent all kinds of love. Woven through each story is the sustaining hand of our loving heavenly Father. On Valentine’s Day—and every day—whether your life is chocolates and flowers or loneliness and pain … let these stories fill your heart with hope, peace, and most important, love.

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About the Author

Compiler and editor KATHY IDE has been a published author since 1989. She has written fiction and nonfiction books and is the author of Proofreading Secrets of Best-Selling Authors. She has ghostwritten ten nonfiction books and a series of five novels. She also writes columns of writing and editing tips for blogs and newsletters. Kathy makes her home in Orange County, California.

Guest Post from Kathy Ide

Kick off the new year with love!

21 Days of Love: Stories that Celebrate Treasured Relationships, book 3 in the Fiction Lover’s Devotional series, contains short fiction stories about all kinds of love. Boyfriend-girlfriend. Husband-wife. Parent-child. Teacher-student. Even love for pets and showing love to strangers. Since the greatest love ever known is God’s abundant love for us, His children, the sustaining hand of our loving heavenly Father is woven throughout. Each story is written by a different author and is followed by a brief Life Application in which the author shares how the fictional story relates to our day-to-day lives.

21 Days of Love has chapters written by well-known, best-selling novelists, including Susan May Warren, Sherry Kyle, Renae Brumbaugh, and New York Times best-selling author Cindy Woodsmall. There are also stories by writers you may not have heard of. At the end of each chapter is an author bio that gives some background information about the author. So if you really like a story you read, you can find out what else that author has written. You may just find some new names to add to your favorites list.

And if you haven’t read much Christian fiction, this devotional will give you a small taste of several different authors and genres, without having to commit to reading an entire novel. You might just discover that you actually love Christian fiction!

21 Days of Love, a finalist in the 2017 Selah awards, makes a perfect Valentine’s Day gift for friends and loved ones.

What a wonderful collection of stories to remind us that we are loved. Each author has written from their heart and shares wonderful nuggets of encouragement, hope and contentment. I was going to pick out a few of the stories that I really liked, but I realized I loved them all. They spoke to me in different ways that reminded me that there are people out there who feel unloved. Have you ever felt that way? 

Valentine’s Day just passed and I’m glad it is over. I break inside every year when that holiday comes round. There are many hurting people who have to deal with loneliness on that day.   I pray that I will remember next year to reach out to someone and let them know they are loved. There is one story that I really thought touched on love in a special way. It was about a young girl not having money to buy Valentine’s cards for her class. Oh how my heart went out to her. We sometimes forget even the smallest thing is important to others. We can show our love by sending a card to someone just to let them know they are loved. What better way to show love than to reach out to someone who needs to know they aren’t alone. 

Relationships are a lot of work and sometimes we need to learn to compromise. How many times have you and your spouse stopped talking to each other over a silly little fight? Our pride gets in the way and neither one wants to give in. One of the hardest things to do is ask for forgiveness. When we soften our hearts and prefer one another, the relationship becomes easier and love prevails. I loved the ending of the book where it talks about celebrating Valentine’s Day year round. Buy someone behind you in line a cup of coffee, call someone you haven’t talked to in awhile just to say hi. Tell your children how special they are and how proud you are of them. Take a little extra time and visit someone who lives alone. There are many ways to show love throughout the year. I’m glad I read this book and appreciate how it reminds me to not take things for granted. The greatest gift we can receive is the gift that God loves us and  with that gift we can share his love with others. 

I received a copy of this book from Celebrate Lit. The review is my own opinion. 

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Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Kathy is giving away a

2 Grand Prizes of a full set of the 21 Days Hardback books
3 first place prizes of a hardback copy of 21 Days of Love
4 second place prizes of an eBook copy of 21 Days of Love!!

Click below to enter. Be sure to comment on this post before you enter to claim 9 extra entries! https://promosimple.com/ps/c8e3