Welcome to the Book Bee Blogger’s Choice Blog Tour with JustRead Publicity Tours!
Every Life Treasured
I am excited to take part in the Book Bee’s Bloggers Choice Tour today. Bloggers are featuring books that they love and warrant some special attention. Every Life Treasured is a 3-novella collection from Jennifer Q. Hunt, Hannah Hood Lucero, and Aubrey Taylor that celebrates the value of life. 10% of the proceeds from the sale helps to support LoveLine, an organization that helps women reclaim motherhood. Each story is a different genre and a unique perspective from the authors. Give it a look!
A Mother’s Tender Hand by Jennifer Q. Hunt
While others praise her kindness as a social worker, for Alice Vogel it will never be enough. The needs brought on by the Great Depression are as endless as the guilt she can never outrun. Then she meets the Tanner family, who value people—even those the rest of society scorns. With her growing attraction to Seth Tanner and her unexpected admiration for his mother Milly, everything she believes is turned upside down. Will these new friendships that have transformed her life survive the truth of her story?
The Missionary and the Marine by Hannah Hood Lucero
Since her conversion from Islam, Nadia Hamdan has made it her life’s purpose to share the hope she has found in Jesus. As surprising as her new faith is the man she’s fallen in love with–a Marine who spent his career fighting men like her terrorist father. When Nadia vanishes without a trace, Walt nearly loses his own faith. But the aftermath of her captivity will demand a reckoning from them both in what they truly believe about God, life, and unconditional love.
Born for Adversity by Aubrey Taylor
A child grows in Lani’s womb, a constant reminder of the young man she loves and will never have. The handsome François Durant fancies her, and would give her a safe and comfortable life–if only she’ll have ‘it’ taken care of. Instead, Lani seeks solace with her family in Bavaria. There, she will not only face the decision whether to keep the child or give him up for adoption, she will also be challenged to overcome the desire for a man’s love–a challenge made more difficult by the kind young farmer down the road.
10% of all profits will go to the non-profit organization LoveLine which helps women reclaim motherhood.
Excerpts
A Mother’s Tender Hand by Jennifer Q. Hunt
Wednesday, September 19, 1934
Alice Vogel stood before a mill cottage in need of fresh white paint and a new tin roof. It would get neither, she knew, for the inhabitants hadn’t enough to eat. And that was why she was here.
She checked her Manila folder. The Tanner family. Father and Mother, both aged 44. He’d lost an arm in the Great War but had been working in Lindale’s textile mill until an injury last month. Nine children, six still at home. The youngest, Bobby, aged three, was listed as retarded.
She walked up the concrete steps from the street into the front yard. An old tire had been made into a swing that hung from a towering oak, and two gray rockers on the porch gently swayed in the breeze of the autumn day. The sounds of children playing and a rooster crowing came from the backyard. Alice marched up the brick porch steps and rapped on the screen door.
The Missionary And The Marine by Hannah Hood Lucero
12 Months and Three Days Ago
New Orleans, LA
” . . . Happy birthday, dear Walt. Happy birthday to you!” DuWayne Walters beamed at his makeshift family as they concluded the obligatory serenade. His facial muscles strained to maintain the expression when his friends and girlfriend transitioned into an off-key rendition of For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow. They meant well, but the reminder of his involuntary medical retirement from Marine special operations took a sizable chunk out of the enjoyment of being the center of attention.
Iris Jones had one hand resting on her swollen abdomen, fork hovering in her other as if she might stop the cake before it was even cut. Her husband, Barrett Jones, Esquire, draped his arm around her shoulders, restraining her and gently prompting her to lower the fork. They were liked night and day, not just because she was the scrappy street rat while he was from more refined stock.
Walt cleared his throat, pulse ticking up when his girlfriend of three years Nadia Hamdan, slid her hand into his. He automatically met her dark brown eyes which were glinting at him in the candlelit private room of the swanky French Quarter restaurant. Her bright red lips parted, but she didn’t get a word out before Iris spoke loudly across the table.
“You gonna blow that candle out before the whole top of the cake is coated with wax, birthday boy?”
Born for Adversity by Aubrey Reiss Taylor
Lorraine, France
(Formerly Lothringen of the German Reich)
April 1920
My sister grabs my hair as I heave forward into the basin. There is nothing left in my stomach. Monika coughs and waves a hand over her face. “Ugh, could you at least eat something?”
“I’ve tried.”
She tends to the bucket while I splash water on my face and rinse my mouth. I slump to the floor and run a hand over my hair. Monika reappears. “Lani, you have to tell Mama.”
“There is no way.”
“What are you going to do, you can’t hide it forever?” She pinches my side. “You know you can’t do that.”
“No, I know.”
“Once you start to show she’s going to send you away.”
“Would she really do that?”
“Why do you think Käthe went to Switzerland?”
“Because she got married.”
“Not at first.”
“Why did no one ever tell me?”
“Because you weren’t around.” She washes her hands. “Once you came back, it was old news.”
“So, what? We just don’t talk about it? I have a niece or nephew out there no one’s ever told me about?”
“The baby died,” Monika says matter-of-factly, “which for Käthe’s sake is good.”
About The Authors
A lifelong storyteller, Jennifer Q. Hunt has worked as a writer of both fiction and nonfiction, as well as an editor and ghostwriter. She has over twenty-five years of ministry writing experience for churches, pastors, and Christian ministries.
Jennifer writes fiction with faith and purpose. Her Sorrow and Song trilogy shows multi-generations as they wrestle with their place in history and following the Lord through challenging circumstances.
Back in north Georgia after several years away, Jennifer is a happy wife to Christopher and homeschool mother to four elementary-aged children.
For history tidbits, deleted scenes, and more “extras” as well as information about upcoming releases, visit jenniferqhunt.com or follow Jennifer on Facebook at Jennifer Q. Hunt, Author or Instagram @jennifer.q.hunt.author.
Hannah Hood Lucer0 is a wife, mom of three, Army veteran, and self-proclaimed word-slinger. While it is the brackish waters of the Mississippi Sound that flow through her veins, western North Carolina holds her heart. Her love for storytelling is the fruit of a lifetime of cultivation in the vibrant cultures of the Gulf Coast and the Blue Ridge Mountains. She currently resides in South Mississippi with her husband and three children on their ten-acre homestead. They have a dog, thirteen chickens, and at least fifty species of mosquitos, depending on the month of the year. When she isn’t in the garden, at the stove, or homeschooling, she can be found at her computer—just follow the sound of frenetic typing. Her motto is, “Draft, edit, read, repeat.”
In her Gott Mit Uns Series, and her new Separate Ways Series, Aubrey Reiss Taylor unites a fascination for history with a passion for redemption, creating a unique brand of gritty, honest wartime sagas, written from the German perspective. She is the mother of three, and married to her best friend Brian. When she’s not writing or taking care of home and family, she enjoys making music, dancing, reading, and spending time with friends.
Tour Giveaway
(1) winner will receive a $30 gift card (winner’s choice of Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Christianbook, or Baker Book House)!
Be sure to check out each stop on the tour for more chances to win. Full tour schedule linked below. Giveaway began at midnight June 8, 2026 and lasts through 11:59 PM EST on June 15, 2026. Winner will be notified within 2 weeks of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or risk forfeiture of prize. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.
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