Cover Reveal & Giveaway: All Our Empty Places

"Excited" doesn't begin to describe how delightedly happy I am to reveal the cover for All Our Empty Places!

This novel is the second in what is now the "A Time of Grace" trilogy. (The first book, as most readers of this blog will know, is The Fragrance of Geraniums.)

All Our Empty Places officially releases on Tuesday, September 29, 2015. It will release both in softcover and also as an e-book.

Right now, the Kindle version is on pre-order at Amazon.com for a special early-bird-gets-the-worm price of $0.99 -- My "thank you" to those of you who pre-order! :-) (That price will rise to its normal point as soon as All Our Empty Places releases.) This link will take you to the novel's Amazon page: CLICK HERE.

Thanks to all of you who have supported me and this book with prayer and encouragement during this writing process. Every book is a wholly different experience for me as a writer, and I'm thankful for the ways God has already used this one in my own life. I'm praying that He uses it in yours, as well!

Thus, the journey begun for Sarah, Sam, Grace, and Paulie in The Fragrance of Geraniums continues...

By the way, to CELEBRATE this cover reveal, I'm hosting a GIVEAWAY on Facebook! :-) Drop on by and check it out here: http://www.facebook.com/AliciaGRuggieri

OR you can enter right here if you're logged into Facebook! :-) Read the post for more info:

I'm so delightedly happy to share with you the cover for ALL OUR EMPTY PLACES, Book 2 in the "A Time of Grace" trilogy!...

Posted by Alicia G. Ruggieri on Friday, August 28, 2015

Have a wonderful weekend!

Grace and peace,

Alicia

If You Were a 16-year-old Girl in 1935...

I'm getting more and more excited about sharing with you all the sequel to The Fragrance of Geraniums. :-) One of my favorite parts of writing historical fiction is - you guessed it - the everyday-type of history, and I've loved learning the tidbits of day-to-day living for a lower-class family in 1930s Rhode Island.

Now, if YOU were an adolescent in 1935...

You'd wear:

You'd read:

{Nancy Drew}

You'd put this in your hair:

{finger waves}

You'd have this for supper:

{fried potatoes & hot dogs}

Your little sibling might sleep here:

Your classroom experience might look like this:

Maybe you'd have an after-school job as an oyster-shucker:

You'd think he was the cat's pajamas:

{Cary Grant}

You'd want to look like:

{Loretta Young}

I'm looking forward to bringing you exciting news about the sequel to The Fragrance of Geraniums sometime next week. :-D. If you'd like to be among the first to hear the tidings, you might wish to sign up for my newsletter {upper right-hand corner}.

Thanks for visiting with me, friends!
Grace and peace,
Alicia

*All images from my Pinterest boards. Please refer to them for resource information/citations. :-)