Blogging at Suspense Sisters

Elizabeth GoddardChristian Fiction

This week I’m blogging over at SUSPENSE SISTERS and I’m sharing 2 easy recipes and a three book Love Inspired Suspense giveaway (which you can find on my contest page on this website). If you’re not familiar with Suspense Sisters–as the name implies, it’s a group blog featuring suspense and mystery romance writers: yours truly (Elizabeth Goddard), Cynthia Hickey, Ellen Kennedy, Nancy Mehl, Dana Mentink, Jill Elizabeth Nelson, Roxanne Rustand. Over the holidays we’re sharing about our family Christian traditions and plenty of wonderful recipes. If you enjoy mysteries and romantic suspense, mark  the SUSPENSE SISTERS blog as one of …

Review of Unlimited by Davis Bunn

Elizabeth Goddardbook reviews, Christian Fiction, Reviews

  I recently took a road trip to Illinois with my DH. Of course, if the kiddos had joined us on the trip, they would have sat in the back seat engrossed in their electronic devices and untouched by the beauty of the heartland. When I think about all the long road trips I took with my family growing up, it makes me sad that my kids don’t enjoy gazing out the window at the countryside passing by. On the other hand, I didn’t do so much gazing myself this time. While my husband drove, I spent some of the …

In the Line of Duty

Elizabeth GoddardChristian Fiction, FBI, In the line of duty, romantic suspense

 Public domain On May 14th, 2012, the FBI released “preliminary statistics for law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty for 2011.”*  According to the stats,  “72 of our nation’s law enforcement officers were feloniously killed.”  The numbers are broken down by region, type of weapon, ambush or conducting an investigation, etc. Law enforcement officers are heroes–willing to risk their lives for the greater good. For people they love and people they don’t. For their country.  Despite rigorous planning and significant safety precautions, sometimes the unthinkable happens. As an author, I want to write stories that honor heroes and …