Friday, February 25, 2011




This week, the
 
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
 
is introducing
 
Operation Bonnet
 
David C. Cook; New edition (February 1, 2011)
 
by
 
Kimberly Stuart
 


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:     Kimberly says:


I am a writer of comedic fiction, and would like to suggest that you laugh regularly when reading my books. Let’s also try for one to two teary moments. If you are crying more than that, you don’t understand my sense of humor and should move on to another author.


I grew up in a book-loving home. Actually, that’s not entirely accurate. My mom loves books. My dad loves to read the first chapters of books and then make us all listen as he recites his favorite passages. I, however, enjoy reading books in their entirety and came into writing as a result of book-love. After earning two fancy degrees in education and Spanish, I promptly let the thinking part of my brain take a breather and instead became pregnant. (I’m sure a lot of other things happened between early literacy and pregnancy but I don’t really remember any of that. If you also have shared your uterus with another human, you understand.)

In an effort to author a book that would entertain my sassy, irreverent, breast-feeding/drooping friends, I wrote my first novel, Balancing Act. People were so nice to me after that, I decided to continue with writing. Also, I can’t craft, knit, or scrapbook, so what else was a nice, Christian girl to do?

In addition to writing books to make my friends laugh and cry, I observe the chaos at the home I share with my unfailingly supportive husband and three offspring. We’re doing our best and so far, no one’s been to prison.

ABOUT THE BOOK  


Twenty-year-old Nellie Monroe has a restless brilliance that makes her a bit of an odd duck. She wants to be a private investigator, even though her tiny hometown offers no hope of clients. Until she meets Amos Shetler, an Amish dropout carrying a torch for the girl he left behind.


So Nellie straps on her bonnet and goes undercover to get the dish. But though she’s brainy, Nellie is clueless when it comes to real life and real relationships. Soon she’s alienated her best friend, angered her college professor, and botched her case.

Operation Bonnet is a comedy of errors, a surprising take on love, and a story of grace.

If you would like to read the first chapter of Operation Bonnet, go HERE.

Watch the book video trailer:



6 comments:

Unknown said...

Looks cute!!

Can't wait to read it!

Rachna Chhabria said...

I like comedy books. We do need to laugh while reading.

Cheryl Klarich said...

Oh, Elsa, you will love this one! Hugs!!!

Rachna, laughing is wonderful medicine, isn't it? Operation Bonnet really delivered!

Terri Tiffany said...

Writing books that make you laugh is hard! I commend her!!

Cheryl Klarich said...

Hi Terri!

Humor can be tricky, for sure.

Kimberly Stuart really goes for it and succeeds. She lets the action speak for itself ... so you get to see from Nellie's unique and quirky point of view, how something like alzheimers disease, (which her beloved grandmother is suffering) is sad,but can also have humorous and tender moments.

And that is such a gift!

Jennifer Shirk said...

Oh, great! I love humor in books!