Released today at Amazon.com: Carolyn Astfalk’s latest romance, Ornamental Graces!

This is no Harlequin/gothic/bodice-ripper/shades-of-grey novel. That’s not Carolyn’s style. Ornamental Graces, like Carolyn’s previous novel, Stay with Me, is a Catholic romance with Theology of the Body underpinning the story.

I’m going to be hosting Carolyn (more accurately, I’ll be hosting some characters from the novel) during her book tour next month. But as a “beta reader” (someone who reads a draft or two of a novel and offers feedback to the author on whether a plot point comes out of the clear blue sky, if something a character says doesn’t sound like something that character would say, if canaries are native to western Pennsylvania or if hemorrhoid cream needs to be mentioned at all–I voted NO on that one), I couldn’t resist telling you a little about the book today, on its “birthday!”

Ornamental Graces tells the story of the on-again, off-again romance between Emily, a young teacher obsessed with all things French, and Dan, whose wounds from a past relationship make him wary of starting over. There are some terrific peripheral characters as well; you’ll want to adopt Grandma. Will Dan be able to finally put his past behind him and open up to new love?

Join the Party!

Author Carolyn Astfalk is hosting a book launch party on Facebook tonight (October 11, 2016) at 7:30 PM Eastern. Everyone is invited; come on over, learn more about this book and some other terrific books by Carolyn’s friends, play some fun party games and even participate in the Selfie Scavenger Hunt! If you want to get a head start on the selfies, here’s the info you need.

I look forward to sharing more about this novel during the book tour, and giving you a behind-the-scenes look at some of these great characters! But you don’t have to wait until the book tour to read and enjoy Ornamental Graces.

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