A LIFE RENEWED ~ Olivia Rae ~ Giveaway

Please welcome guest blogger author Olivia Rae and her new release A LIVE RENEWED, an Historical Romance set during the time of the Tudor's reign in sixteenth-century England. A time  when being a 'royal' wasn't always a good thing. Oh, there's a giveaway, too.

You Vs Me

by Olivia Rae

When I tell people I write romance novels, most think I write light fluffy happily-ever-after stories with little substance. Some inappropriate comments until they find out I write Christian romance. It’s easy to pigeon-hole people. In today’s society, we do it more than ever. How often have you heard groups screaming at each other all in hopes to prove the other group is wrong? We do this in our daily life too, with our spouses, children, coworkers, etc.

Recently, I heard a friend state there are really only two emotions, love and fear. The more I thought about this, the more I believe it. Fear can trigger so many dark feelings. I’m angry because I am afraid you want to ruin my way of live. I’m sad because I’m afraid you won’t like me. I’m mean because I’m afraid you might hurt me.

My new book, A Life Renewed, takes place in Tudor England. It was a time when you could be burned at the stake if you had a different religion than the Crown’s. (Or if you were a royal, beheaded.) Sad but true, we still see this in some parts of our world today. Fear propels us to do many evil things in the name of religion, progress, or revolution. Fortunately, love can do the same.

If we love our neighbor (who is everyone), we listen and respect them no matter what their views are. We have honest and open dialogues minus the hateful words. If we love, we help others in their sorrow. If we love, we will sacrifice our own needs for others.

My book does end with a happily-ever-after all because of respectful love and the realization that, in Christ, we are more the same than we are different. So, the next time you are ready to blast, criticize or just plain ignore someone, think of what Apostle Paul said in 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7:

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not easily angered; it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”   

Go forth in love and turn you vs me into you and me.

In 1554, Lady Jane Grey, “The Nine Days’ Queen” was executed for high treason.

But what if, instead of feeling the blade on her neck she secretly survived?

Escaping execution, Lady Jane hides as a peasant girl in a principality in Germany. She loves the simple life and never wants to return to England. But her benefactor, a power-hungry German prince, wants to march on London and place her on the English throne again, thereby increasing his dominance in Europe. If she doesn’t agree to his plan, her beloved childhood nurse will be put to death. Desperate for help, Jane must put her trust in the mysterious spy Asher Hayes.   

Asher Hayes is done rounding up Protestants for “Bloody Mary” and wants nothing more than to live a quiet life as a farmer and expunge the blood of many from his hands. Except Queen Mary isn’t done with him yet. She throws his father, mother, and sister into prison on false charges in order to force him to accept one last mission – find and kill Lady Jane Grey. But when Asher discovers Lady Jane isn’t a threat to the throne as he believed her to be, he faces a devastating decision – does he sacrifice his family for the woman who reigns in his heart?

About the Author: 

Olivia Rae is an award-winning author of historical and contemporary inspirational romance. She spent her school days dreaming of knights, princesses and far away kingdoms; it made those long, boring days in the classroom go by much faster. Nobody was more shocked than her when she decided to become a teacher. Besides getting her Master’s degree, marrying her own prince, and raising a couple of kids, Olivia decided to breathe a little more life into her childhood stories by adding in what she’s learned as an adult living in a small town on the edge of a big city. When not writing, she loves to travel, dragging her family to old castles and forts all across the world.

Olivia is the winner of the Golden Quill Award, New England Readers’ Choice Award, Southern Magic Contest, and the American Fiction Award. She is an Illumination Award Gold and Bronze medalist. She has also been a finalist in many other contests such as the National Readers’ Choice Awards, and the National Romance Fiction Awards. She is currently hard at work on her next novel.

Website: http://www.oliviaraebooks.com

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Book Purchase Links: 

Amazon: https://amzn.to/2Wa3LaS

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Kobo: https://bit.ly/3aP2vOr

About the Giveaway: Olivia is offering an eBook copy of her new release - A Life Renewed - to one reader of this blog post who leaves a comment below with name and contact information (ao we can notify you if you're the winner).

Giveaway runs for one week from today ending on Wednesday, April 29, at Midnight, central time.