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Welcome to my tour stop for How to Woo a Widow by Barbara Allen! This is book one of the Widow Trilogy and is a contemporary women’s fiction novel.

The tour runs April 11-22 with reviews, interviews, guest posts and excerpts. Check out the tour page for the full schedule.

HTWAW.Cover.Proof-page-001About the Book:
Fate may have had its way with the Hamilton sisters, but their destinies are still up for grabs….
Something has to be done about the Hamilton sisters. Faith and Claire Hamilton are so focused on avoiding their pain that they are forgetting how to truly live. Fortunately for them, feisty family friend Ollie knows a little something about what it’s like to cope with the death of a husband. She also knows how to mix a splash of fun into the process. Now, she is determined to impart the lessons she’s learned on the two young widows she loves like daughters. Her efforts start discreetly; Faith doesn’t even realize she is being nudged into the arms of the man she has been denying her attraction to, and Claire’s long-buried lust for life is reignited by a challenging new job. With Ollie’s touch, massive meltdowns are turned into hilarious moments and the weight of shameful secrets is unburdened. Neither sister has any idea Ollie is mentoring the men who have fallen for them in the fine art of widow-wooing, and no one can predict how her students or protégées will fare. How to Woo a Widow is the first of the Widow Trilogy, Life After Death



About the Author:

“Normal” is for other people. The more Barbara Allen fought to be normal, the harder life laughed at her. And just when she thought she’d got the last laugh, life turned against her in a tragedy that almost destroyed her.

Barbara was just 32 years old in 2005,  when her world fell apart. Her husband had been murdered in Iraq at the hands of a fellow soldier. Barbara was left to raise four young boys – just 6,5,3,and 1 year old at the time their father was killed. She wanted to give up. She very nearly did. And yet, in the midst of the darkest moments, she always found some reason to take one more breath. Face one more day.Slowly, she found the strength to piece herself back together as she flew to Kuwait for  one military court proceeding, and then spent years traveling thousands of miles to all the rest. She learned to navigate the military’s criminal justice system. She earned a Masters degree and wrote a book about her ordeal and the grave miscarriage of justice in this case. She learned how it could all have been prevented, and she began advocating for change so it would never happen again. Today, Barbara is deeply entrenched in veterans advocacy and her own steadfast pursuit of justice for her husband. She works as a Veterans Specialist and continues her fight to secure the Purple Heart for her husband.  She has experienced impressive emotional face-plants and vast arrays of  challenges- some self-inflicted, others randomly encountered. And she has acquired the skills to not just overcome it all, but to enjoy the ride.

Barbara may have learned how to turn her adversity into an advantage in life, but this lesson did not come easily. And this upper hand must be diligently maintained.  Now, Barbara brings her life lessons to her audiences in keynote speeches and custom programs. She relates to her audiences’ lives and challenges, and teaches them how to become gladiators in their own life’s arena.
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PLEASW WELCOME BARBARA TO BOOKHOUNDS

  1. What is on your nightstand?

My cats don’t really allow me to keep much on my nightstand. I get away with spare change and a cup of tea. Although if the cats are sleeping with me they dig into the tea as soon as I fall asleep.

 

  1. What author would you totally fan?

Cilla McCain and Beth Ciotta. Cilla is relentless in her effort to tell stories that need to be told, and she has a way of telling them that

capture the reader/ She has been a huge supporter of mine and I have the greatest respect for her. Beth Ciotta’s books are a perfect escape from life and worry. She, too, offered e great constuctive criticism and feedback as well as a quote for this book:)

 

  1. What makes you cringe?

Loud eaters!

 

  1. Do you obsessively plot out each point or just go with the flow?

This book took some time to feel but once I felt it, it practically wrote itself. It was so much fun to ride that wave!

 

  1. Is there a word you love to use?

haha that would have to be ARGH. I use it all the time. I can’t stop.

 

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GIVEAWAY:
$25 Amazon Gift Card (INT)
Ends 4/27
Prizing is provided by the author. You must be 13 or older to enter and have parental permission if under 18. Void where prohibited by law. No purchase necessary to win.

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Comments

  12. What an inpiration.you are. Thank you for sharing.Congrats on your book release. Thank you for sharing and the opportunity.
    Carol L

  16. Love the excerpt and review, like getting to know the authors of the books I read, thank you…..

  18. The book has been added to my tbr shelf. I agree that loud eaters are very annoying 🙂

  28. Oh it sounds so good. I cannot wait to see what all Ollie does mentoring the men…and if it works!

  35. Great post! I enjoyed reading the interview and learning more about this book. This book sounds like such a fun, exciting, and intriguing read!