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Pockets of Promise Tour and Giveaway



Title:    Pockets of Purpose, 
Book #2 in The Pocket Quilt Series
Author:   Laurie Stroup Smith
Pub Date:   June 30, 2021
ebook available at:   
Amazon

Paperback available June 30, 2021
ISBN:    978-1-7363662-3-3
Price:   $14.99
Pages:   216
Genre:   Amish 

Hook: Surgical complications leave an Amish auctioneer searching for his passions and purpose.

Back Cover Copy: Two years after exchanging her first love letters with Gideon Petersheim, Dixie Yoder tucks his notes into her pocket quilt and travels from Pinecraft to Holmes County, hopeful for a future together. Upon her arrival, their relationship blossoms until the auctioneer has surgery to remove a cyst from his vocal cords. Complications from the procedure interfere with his healing, leaving him searching for his passions and purpose. Instead of leaning on Dixie through this tough time, he pushes her away and turns his back on God. Frustrated and heartbroken, she is torn between staying in Ohio with the new friends she has grown to love and packing her bags. Having lost everything, he must fight his way back to her, but his apology is long overdue. Only a grand gesture to show her how much she means to him will cause her to pause and reconsider.

Website and Social Media Links

Website           lauriestroupsmith.com

Facebook         https://www.facebook.com/lauriestroupsmith

Instagram        https://www.instagram.com/lauriestroupsmith

Pinterest          https://www.pinterest.com/LaurieMSmith

Goodreads      https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19903556.Laurie_Stroup_Smith

Twitter            https://twitter.com/LStroupSmith

Author Bio and Photo

Short Bio: While writing Amish fiction and contemporary romance, Laurie Stroup Smith strives to inspire readers to serve others. She writes full-time and lives with her husband and their two daughters in Cincinnati.

Long Bio: While writing Amish fiction and contemporary romance, Laurie Stroup Smith strives to inspire readers to serve others. She was named a Finalist in the 2017 ACFW First Impressions Contest and a Semi-Finalist in the 2018 and 2019 ACFW Genesis Contests. She has been interviewed by Loveland Magazine and has been a guest on the Buggy Talk and Fierce Calling podcasts.

Before writing, Laurie earned a bachelor’s degree in both athletic training and exercise science and later obtained her master’s degree in health promotion and education. She now writes full time and lives with her husband and their two daughters in Cincinnati. Connect with Laurie on her website (lauriestroupsmith.com), Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Twitter.

Represented by Julie Gwinn of The Seymour Agency. 

julie@theseymouragency.com











BLOG TOUR SCHEDULE:

 

T, July 6            

Leslie McKee                            Reviews by Leslie  

                        Laura C. Brandenburg               lauracbrandenburg.com

Dawn Teresa                             Read Love

                        Cathy Cermele                         Peaceful Pastime



 

W, July 7

Marilyn Ridgway                       Lighthouse-Academy

                        Angela Brocato-Skaggs              Kentucky Booklover

                        Kailey Bechtel                          All the Bookish Adventures

Connie Porter Saunders            Older & Smarter?

 

 

R, July 8

                        Patti Stephenson                      She Lives to Read

                        Maureen Timerman                  Musings by Maureen

Kris Anderson                           The Avid Reader

Lori Parrish                               Red Headed Book Lady

                        

            

F, July 9

Tina Loveless                            Miss Tina’s Amish Book Reviews

                        Pam Burke                                Southern Gal Loves to Read                              

Vicky Sluiter                             Vicky Sluiter

Carrie Schmidt                         Reading is My Superpower

 

 

 

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