No Greater Love

Celebrate Lit Book Tour

About the Book No Greater Love

Book: No Greater Love

Author: Gina Holder

Genre: Christian Romantic Suspense

Release date: April 30, 2019

He said he’d never risk leaving a widow.

She said she’d never love a man in uniform.

Paige McDonald collects antique literature and works at the largest bookstore in Portland, Oregon. When her grandfather, a firefighter, was killed, she vowed never to fall in love with a first responder. An old Bible leads to an unexpected discovery and disrupts everything she knows about herself, her family, and God. Her desire to know the truth sends her to the town of Whitman directly into the radar of Patrol Officer Hamilton Bryant.

After the loss of his best friend and fellow officer, Hamilton vowed never to marry. He won’t risk leaving a widow. Instead, he reserves his passion for serving his family and the town he’s sworn to protect. When a series of robberies and threats against the mayor correspond with Paige’s sudden appearance in Whitman, their paths intersect.

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My Thoughts on No Greater Love:

I love coffee.  So much love for coffee.  And old books, especially old books hold the key to my heart.  Those were the first two reasons I picked up this book.

The cover is cute and drew me in.  Plus I’m a sucker for any small bit of mystery.  This book has mystery and love and old books and coffee.  What could go wrong?!

This is the first book I picked up from this author and now I want to read the other book that you’ll find in the giveaway below.  Also going to have to make sure whether there are more hiding or not.

What’s your favorite coffee drink?  I can’t believe there are people who don’t love coffee.  I’m pretty much a take it any way I can get it kind of gal.  Except for all decaf, I don’t drink caffeinated coffee.  For 15 years now I have drunk almost exclusively decaf coffee due to pregnancies and breastfeeding or both.  I’ve found some pretty good brands and some coffee shops that you have to avoid at all costs.

Coffee is kinda my thing.  So I really loved all the coffee drinks scattered throughout.  Going to have to try some of them out in the future.  

The characters are fun and kept me entertained.  They made me laugh and definitely made me crave coffee.  And made me want to hold and love my old books.

Faith is not just something that is glossed over in this book.  You’re going to be challenged in your faith and beliefs.  If you don’t want to get introspective about your faith and what you believe, don’t read this book.  Highly recommend. 

I have voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from Celebrate Lit. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.  I was not required to write a positive review nor was I compensated in any other way.  All opinions expressed are my own.  I am disclosing this in accordance with the FTC regulations. 

About the Author of No Greater Love

Gina Holder completed the Long Ridge Writer’s Group “Breaking into Print” course and graduated from Faith Bible Institute. In August 2017, she published her first novel, Whither Shall I Go. She is active on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Goodreads. Her Website and Blog is found at http://storiesbygina.wordpress.com.

She lives in Colorado with her husband and daughter. When she’s not working on her next novel, she enjoys reading, watching movies, singing, and playing the piano and organ.

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Fun Facts about No Greater Love (Don’t worry, spoilers weren’t invited to this party.)

1. I love the smell of coffee, but I don’t like the taste. I asked my coffee-loving friends on social media for their favorite coffee drinks to use in the story.
2. Tyler, Tony, and Timothy Thorne were modeled after three brothers I saw playing on a beach in Hurghada, Egypt.
3. R. Electronics was based on an actual store my husband and I saw in a mall.
4. When Paige and Hamilton meet, he is looking for a runaway goat. This happened to my husband and me. We were out admiring large mansions when a police officer pulled up behind us. We thought we were in trouble for loitering. Instead, he asked if we’d seen a goat running around the neighborhood.
5. Hamilton’s deceased best friend is named after my childhood friend, William Donnelly. Will was a U.S. Marine killed in battle in Afghanistan. Like the character in the story, he got married only two months before his death and was killed on Thanksgiving Day. No Greater Love is dedicated in his memory.
6. The character Jessie Faye is named after an elderly woman my husband knew while living in Fossil, Oregon.
7. The diners in the food court scene were written from personal observations at a food court in Colorado Springs.
8. While Whitman is a fictional town, it is modeled after the real town of Enterprise, Oregon, at the foot of the Wallowa Mountains.
9. Several locations in the book are real establishments in Enterprise, including Heavenly’s Restaurant, the Espresso and Car Wash, El Bajios, and the Bowlby stone courthouse.
10. There are several beloved pets in No Greater Love, including a parrot named Gerald, a Persian cat named Delilah, and a labradoodle named Bruce. All the pets have names except for Aunt Hattie’s Dalmatians.
11. Paige McDonald works at Powell’s City of Books in Portland, Oregon when the story opens. Powell’s lays claim to the status of the “largest independent used and new bookstore in the world.”
12. Portland is the fifth city in America with the most coffee shops per capita.
13. The statistics for the Whitman school—100% graduation rate and a 1:13 student-teacher ratio is not fictional. They are the actual statistics of Enterprise High School.
14. Behind the cash registers at Powell’s, there is a fake dictionary definition—“Smell bound: held as if under the spell by the scent of books.” This is the inspiration behind the opening scene of No Greater Love. The word, Bibliosmia, means the smell of old books.

Blog Stops for No Greater Love

Book Reviews From an Avid Reader, July 16

The Becca Files, July 17

Just Your Average reviews, July 18

For Him and My Family, July 19

A Good Book and Cup of Tea, July 19

The Christian Fiction Girl, July 20

Godly Book Reviews, July 20

Library Lady Kid’s Lit, July 21

Moments, July 22

Books, Life, and Christ, July 22

Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, July 23

Retrospective Spines, July 23

Vicky Sluiter, July 24

Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, July 25

Pause for Tales, July 25

Texas Book-aholic, July 26

janicesbookreviews, July 27

Inklings and notions, July 28

Mary Hake, July 28

A Reader’s Brain, July 29

Giveaway for No Greater Love

To celebrate her tour, Gina is giving away a grand prize of a signed paperback copy of No Greater Love and Whither Shall I Go plus a $50 Amazon gift card!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter. https://promosimple.com/ps/e54f/no-greater-love-celebration-tour-giveaway