Free Stuff Fridays

Jan 4, 2013

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Free Stuff Fridays
This week’s Free Stuff Friday is sponsored Moody Publishers, a name you know well, I’m sure. They are offering 5 prize packages this week, and each of them will contain the following 5 new books.

The Quiet Place by Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Fierce Women by Kimberly Wagner
The Good Life by Trip Lee
On the Shoulders of Hobbits by Louis Markos
In the Land of Blue Burqas by Kate McCord

I’ve read several of these books and can tell you that they are well worth reading, so I guess you ought to just go ahead and sign up.

Giveaway Rules: You may only enter the draw once. Simply fill out your name and email address to enter the draw. As soon as the winners have been chosen, all names and addresses will be immediately and permanently erased. Winners will be notified by email. The giveaway closes Saturday at noon.

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