"Stray Affections" Blog Tour

In Stray Affections, the last thing that Cassandra expects out of her Sunday is to be mesmerized at a collectors’ convention by a snowglobe. She’s enjoying some shopping time, with husband Ken at home tending their brood of four young boys, when she’s utterly charmed by the one-of-a kind globe containing figures of three dogs and a little girl with hair the color of her own. She can’t resist taking the unique globe home—even if means wrestling another shopper for it!

            The beautiful snowglobe sparks long-dormant memories for Cassie, of her beloved Grandpa Wonky, the stray she rescued as a child, and the painful roots of her combative relationship with her mother, “Bad Betty” Kamrowski. Life in Wanonishaw, Minnesota is never dull, though, and Cassie keeps the recollections at bay, busy balancing her boys, her home daycare operation, and being a good friend to best pal Margret. But after a strange—flurrious, as Cassie deems it—moment happens with the remarkable snowglobe, Cassie and the people she loves are swirled into a tumultuous, yet grace-filled, and life-changing journey. 

This fictional story is a vivid example on how memories and events from our past can have an impact on our lives today. It shows us the grace of God in allowing us to handle our past disappointments and grudges with a Christian heart. We see Cassie's struggles in dealing with the hurt and pain of her past, through memories ofher father's suicide, to her mother's seemingly harsh behavior toward Cassie, and the guilt of the part she played in the death of her beloved dog. The snowglobe was a reminder that God has forgiven the past and wiped the slate clean. It is up to Cassie to heal her heart and move forward.  When she's able to forgive and heal, she reaps rewards she never would have experienced otherwise.  As a reviewer, I recommend this book for anybody who needs a sweet and gentle reminder of how God's grace wipes our slate clean. 

            “As a believer, I know the power of forgiveness and new beginnings, and of a God, and family and friends, who love me the way I am,” Charlene Ann Baumbich says.  “The heartbeat of change flows through those wonderful gifts.”

            With the quirky, close-knit Midwestern small-town feel that made Charlene Ann Baumbich’s acclaimed Dearest Dorothy novels so popular, Stray Affections invites readers to experience the laughter and the healing of second chances.

Cover art:

Stray Affections

Author Bio:

Charlene Ann Baumbich is a popular author and speaker and an award-winning journalist. In addition to her Dearest Dorothy series of novels, she has written seven nonfiction books of humor and inspiration. A bungee-jumping, once motorcycle-owning grandma and unabashed dog lover, Charlene lives with her husband and rescued dog Kornflake in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She loves telling stories, laughing whenever possible, and considers herself a Wild Child of God.

 

We’re also including a video link of Charlene introducing the book to readers. Please post this clip on your blog in addition to your review. The video is available on facebook and/or YouTube.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/video/video.php?v=101927788491

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWwya52SkjU

 

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