• Author
  • Books
  • Books–Audio
  • Contact

Patricia Johns

~ Bestselling author

Patricia Johns

Tag Archives: Kensington books

A sneak peek!

20 Thursday Aug 2020

Posted by Patricia Johns in Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Facebook giveaway, HQN, Kensington books, Patricia Davids, Patricia Johns, The Promise, Thursday's Bride

Today, I wanted to give you a sneak peek at the giveaway I will be posting in a few hours. In order to enter, all you have to do is come by my Facebook page and follow the instructions on the post! 🙂 Don’t worry, it’s easy. My latest giveaway is always pinned to the top of the page.

This giveaway is with Patricia Davids, and as you know, I think she’s just wonderful. Not only is she a bestselling author, but she’s the most down-to-earth person. I love doing giveaways with her!

Pat Davids giveaway

 

This giveaway features her newest released, THE PROMISE. If you’re a fan of her Love Inspired Amish writing, then you will LOVE her HQN Amish stories, too. Patricia Davids is an absolute gem.

So come by my Facebook page for a chance to win both books! And if you don’t have the patience, you can pick up both books online or at your local bookstore!

Oh, and psst…

THURSDAY’S BRIDE is currently on sale on Amazon for $0.99 for the Kindle version, and $3.59 for the paperback! 

Pick up a copy now–I don’t know how long it will last! 🙂

Thursday's Bride 3

Giveaway with Rachel J. Good!

20 Monday Jul 2020

Posted by Patricia Johns in Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

amish romance, Facebook giveaway, His Unexpected Amish Twins, Kensington books, love inspired books, Patricia Johns, Rachel J Good, the bishop's daughter, The Nanny's Amish Family

Any Rachel J. Good Amish fiction fans out there?

Rachel grew up near Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and she strives for authenticity by staying in touch with her Amish friends, joining them in work and family events. She’s a USA Today bestselling author, and she’s a fellow Kensington Books author, too! 🙂

Rachel-J-Good

This week on my Facebook page, Rachel and I are teaming up for a giveaway! If you’d like to enter, come by my page. The current giveaway is always pinned to the top of the page, so it’s easy to find.

7 x 5 in

If you’d like to keep up with ongoing giveaways on Facebook, be sure to like my page and follow!

 

Making a scene

09 Thursday Jul 2020

Posted by Patricia Johns in Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

harlequin heartwarming, Kensington books, love inspired, making a scene, Patricia Johns, writer's brain, writer's life

I measure my life out in scenes written. How did my day go? “I wrote two scenes today, and started a third. So good!” or “I just couldn’t get into it today. I wrote one scene, but it was like pulling teeth. There’s always tomorrow, right?”

I realize that makes me seem like a workaholic, and I very likely am! It’s just socially acceptable to be a workaholic author. We’re expected to walk around with stories rattling around in our heads all the time. So the fact that I never really stop thinking about books and stories doesn’t surprise anyone.

When I graduated from university, I applied for a job as a store manager. I had already been working part time at a camera store, and I thought that management would give me more flexibility for my writing. (It didn’t turn out that way–no shock, right?)

Anyway, while I was managing a small store in a wealthy part of Toronto, a lady came into the store pushing a stroller. She threw a pile of negatives down onto the counter and said, “Just print the ones from the birthday party.”

“One of each of all of these?” I asked.

“No! The ones from the party!”

She continued to escalate, shouting at me that I should just do as she said, stomping around. I couldn’t possibly know which photos to print without her help in choosing them.

“I can’t deal with this!” she yelled. “My husband is on a business trip! I do not have the energy for this!”

She went out of the store for a minute, and then came back in and ranted some more. Finally, she took her negatives and left, and I just sort of stood there, stunned. There was a lady in the shop, and she said,

“That wasn’t about you. Don’t take it personally. I know who she is. Do you want to know what that was about?”

“Sure,” I said.

“Her husband was on a business trip,” the woman said, using air quotes. “With the secretary. He’s cheating on her right now, and there’s nothing she can do about it. So maybe that will make you feel a bit better.”

In a way it did–not for vengeance, just for perspective. And ever after, whenever I see someone melting down in public, I remember that poor lady who didn’t know what to do when her marriage was imploding, so she yelled at the manager of the camera shop.

It made me a more empathic person. It also made me a better writer. I didn’t take that outburst personally. I used it for writing fodder, instead. Because whenever I look around and see confusing outbursts, or behaviour that doesn’t make sense to me, my novelist brain kicks into gear and I start making up backstory to make the behaviour make emotional sense.

And all of that goes into writing my scenes day in and day out. It’s never wasted!

104114957_3608580589169236_4970000560161367209_n

 

****

Don’t forget–you can find my bestselling Amish romance at Harlequin’s Love Inspired as well as Kensington Books! And all of them are sold at Walmart, Target, and at booksellers everywhere. 

Facebook Post

 

Top shelf!

06 Monday Jul 2020

Posted by Patricia Johns in Uncategorized

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

Bestseller, bestselling author, Facebook giveaway, Kensington books, love inspired, Thursday's Bride

A reader sent me this picture of my book, THURSDAY’S BRIDE, on the top shelf of the Bestselling Authors shelf in a Meijer’s store in Michigan. How cool is that? I might have squealed when I saw that!

top shelf

 

Do you see it? Top shelf, third from the left. 🙂 I’m in such stellar company as Debbie Macomber, Nora Roberts, Marta Perry… It’s such a thrill to just be on the same shelves as the big girls!

On a different topic, there is a giveaway going on my Facebook page  right now with the lovely Virginia Wise. She writes historical Amish novels about the Amish families who settled in North America, and follows their lives and loves.

july 1-11

Come by my FB page and enter to win the prize pack! I’ll be choosing a winner bright and early on the morning of July 11, 2020. We’d love to see you!

***

Don’t forget–you can find my bestselling Amish romance at Harlequin’s Love Inspired as well as Kensington Books! And all of them are sold at Walmart, Target, and at booksellers everywhere. 

Facebook Post

Jeb’s Wife

29 Monday Jun 2020

Posted by Patricia Johns in Uncategorized

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

amish romance, bestselling author, Jeb's Wife, Kensington books

JEB’S WIFEis the story of a marriage of convenience–a young woman desperate for the money she needs to rescue her brother, and her scarred, reclusive neighbour.

A legal marriage will help them both, but Leah won’t share his bed. He’s older than her, much stronger than her, and a little frightening… Besides, with his injuries, he can’t be wanting a full marriage, can he?

But Jeb can’t help but yearn for his kindhearted wife. He knows he frightens her… but maybe, if she saw the man he truly is, she might change her mind and become a wife not just in his home, but in his arms.

Jeb B

It’s now available for pre-order anywhere you buy your books! It will be hitting the physical shelves in bookstores, Walmarts and Targets September 2020!

I hope you’ll pre-order it now!

~~~

Kensington

Amazon

Facebook Giveaway!

22 Monday Jun 2020

Posted by Patricia Johns in Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

An Alaskan Twin Surprise, Belle Calhoune, Facebook giveaway, Kensington books, love inspired books, The Nanny's Amish Family, Thursday's Bride

I have a new giveaway posted on my Facebook page, so if you’re on FB, click on over and check it out! This one is for three fantastic books–two are mine, and one is Belle Calhoune’s newest release, An Alaskan Twin Surprise.

3.295427.512.9781335488183.jpg copy

If you’d like a chance to win this prize pack of three books, go over and like/follow my page. The giveaway is pinned to the top, and I’ll be doing a draw for the winer June 30. 2020!

***

On the shelves now! 

3.295427.512.9781335488183They need her help. She needs them…

An Amish bachelor. A motherless child.

Can she turn them into a real family?

Schoolteacher Patience Flaud longs for a family of her own—but knows it can never happen. At least she can help Amish bachelor Thomas Wiebe with his small Englisher daughter. As she settles the child into Amish life, Patience begins falling for the bewildered new father and his heartbroken little girl. But is love enough to make them a permanent family?

Harlequin

Barnes and Noble

 

 

Facebook Giveaway!

11 Thursday Jun 2020

Posted by Patricia Johns in Uncategorized

≈ 1 Comment

Tags

Amy Lillard, Facebook giveaway, Kensington books, love inspired books, Loving Jenna, Patricia Johns, The Nanny's Amish Family, Thursday's Bride

This week, and running until June 20, 2020, I have a giveaway on my Facebook page. For any Amy Lillard fans out there, you’ll be excited at the chance to win her newest book, Loving Jenna.

Amy Lillard writes for Kensington Books, too, and we teamed up for this giveaway. She’s an award winning author with more than forty novels and novellas in print. She’s a Mississippi native living in Oklahoma with her deputy husband–talk about real life romance novel right there! 🙂

Come by my Facebook page for a chance to win three books by myself and Amy Lillard!

lillard giveaway 2

The giveaway ends June 20, 2020.

If you’d like to skip the line and buy these books, they are all on the shelves right now! 🙂

lillard giveaway

 

New FB giveaway!

04 Thursday Jun 2020

Posted by Patricia Johns in Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

amish romance, Facebook giveaway, Kensington books, Lisa Jones Baker, Promise at Pebble Creek, The Nanny's Amish Family, Thursday's Bride

I just thought I’d give you all a heads up about the giveaway happening on my Facebook page right now. I’ve teamed up with fabulous Amish author Lisa Jones Baker!

14828706

Lisa writes for Kensington Books, and you’ll love her Pebble Creek series. In fact, for this giveaway, Lisa is offering a copy of her new release, Promise at Pebble Creek, as well as a mystery trinket!

I’m offering two signed copies of my own new releases, The Nanny’s Amish Family, and Thursday’s Bride.

(All of these books are available in Walmart, Target, and bookstores everywhere if you’d like to pick them up. 🙂 )

9781420147483

 

amish books

 

If you’d like to enter to win all three of these books, come by my Facebook page and give it a like! The giveaway is pinned to the top of the page, so you can’t miss it. I’m choosing a winner June 8, 2020, and I’d love to see you there.

And make sure you visit again! I’m having giveaways every week.

 

Suspenders

14 Thursday May 2020

Posted by Patricia Johns in Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

amish romance, inspirational romance, Kensington books, Thursday's Bride

My husband works a physical job, and he does a lot of standing and bending as he works. For the longest time, he wore a belt (normal, right?) but he found that it just didn’t do the job as well as it could! When you’re climbing ladders and reaching into narrow spaces… there’s a lot of… wiggle.

Anyway, after complaining for a long time about this, Mr. Johns’s Amish romance writing wife suggested some good, old-fashioned suspenders. There were a couple of guys at work who used them, too, and so after THEY suggested it, he bought a pair. 🙂

suspenders 2

 

He wears a belt still, because he needs to secure his keys to it, but the suspenders just hold his pants up so much better! He wears them under a second work shirt so they aren’t so obvious, but they’re there!

suspenders 1

One of the things I like about the Amish is their practicality. Yes, they live a simpler life without electricity or cars, but the things they do include in their lives are all incredibly useful! Nothing is wasted. And it was neat to discover that their use of suspenders is probably for good reason! You get men working hard outside, and a belt just doesn’t always cut it…

So there you have it. Suspenders. Maybe they’ll make a comeback. 😉

***

Coming June 2020!
PRE-ORDER NOW!

3.295427.512.9781335488183They need her help. She needs them…

An Amish bachelor. A motherless child.

Can she turn them into a real family?

Schoolteacher Patience Flaud longs for a family of her own—but knows it can never happen. At least she can help Amish bachelor Thomas Wiebe with his small Englisher daughter. As she settles the child into Amish life, Patience begins falling for the bewildered new father and his heartbroken little girl. But is love enough to make them a permanent family?

Harlequin

Barnes and Noble

 

 

 

 

On NetGalley!

11 Monday May 2020

Posted by Patricia Johns in Uncategorized

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

Jeb's Wife, Kensington books, NetGalley, reviews

Calling all reviewers–JEB’S WIFE is now on NetGalley!

If you’d like to read this book and post reviews, you can apply there for the chance.

thumbnail_Jeb's Wife

This is a marriage of convenience story with a touch of Beauty and Beast… and I really think you’ll love it!

 

Patricia Johns’ sensitive storytelling brings depth and heart to this tender story of second chances, as an Amish woman embarks on marriage with the gruff farmer next door . . .

Once, Leah Riehl prayed for a husband. The man she loved chose another, wanting the children that Leah can’t provide. But she’s found a measure of peace, keeping house for her brother, Simon, and teaching in a nearby town. Now though, Simon’s debts to an Englisher gambling ring have left Leah with a desperate dilemma—and a surprising offer from her scarred, reclusive neighbor. Jebadiah King needs to marry in order to claim his family farm. A union, for appearances only, will help them both.
 
Jeb knows his scars make him a less than ideal husband, but he can be a useful one. It’s the least that Leah deserves. But despite the promises he made to himself, Jeb can’t help longing for his lovely, warmhearted new wife. His first marriage brought heartbreak, but Leah’s gentle smiles spark hope again. Are they willing to take the leap that love requires—and open themselves to all the challenges and joy a true marriage could bring?

 

NetGalley

← Older posts
Newer posts →

Patricia Johns, Author

Patricia Johns, Author

Goodreads

Enter your email address to follow this blog and never miss a post!

Join 235 other followers

Create a website or blog at WordPress.com

Cancel
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy