Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Dance Like a Chicken Day by Merrillee Whren

These quirky holidays are fun to talk about. Who knew there was a special day to celebrate this crazy dance, which is often part of the dancing at a wedding reception?

I love to include weddings in my books. In my latest book, HOMECOMING BLESSINGS, there are two weddings. The heroine's father, who has been a widower for years, gets married. This book was originally published over 10 years ago by Steeple Hill Books, which is now known as Harlequin Love Inspired. As I updated the book for reissue, I decided to add an epilogue to the story that included the wedding of the hero and heroine, since this is the last book in the Dalton Brothers series.

I also added a connection to my previous series about the little fictional town of Kellersburg, located in southwest Ohio. The new connection is Caroline Keller, the sister of Nathan Keller, the hero of Hometown Dad, the third book in the Kellersburg series. I'll be adding to the Kellersburg series with Caroline's story. How is Caroline connected to Homecoming Blessings? She is a friend of Ashley Hiatt, the heroine of Homecoming Blessings.

Here's where you can preorder HOMECOMING BLESSINGS
B&N: http://bit.ly/2Llx7PD
Apple: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1462683094
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2DXFkDK

Have you ever done the chicken dance at a wedding? Do you like to have two different book series connected in some way?

I will give away an ebook copy of the first book in the Kellersburg series, Hometown Promise, to one person who leaves a comment. I will draw the winning name on May 16 at 9 PM MST.

Merrillee Whren is the winner of the 2003 Golden Heart Award presented by Romance Writers of American. She is married to her own personal hero, her husband of forty-plus years, and has two grown daughters. Connect with her on her Facebook page and sign up for her newsletter.


7 comments:

  1. I have not done the chicken dance but my daughter's have. I don't mind two series intertwined as long as I have a short explanation. I already have the ebook.

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    1. Gina, the first time I saw someone doing it, I laughed and laughed.

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  2. I've never done it, but I'll never forget the Mother's Day party each of my two boys' pre-k classes did. Both years they did the chicken dance. It was hilarious. My boys are 23 and 21 now.

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    1. Kimberly, it is hilarious, watching and dancing.

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  3. Maybe I should do that as a form of exercise. Who in the world come up with these type of days?

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    1. Margaret, I wonder that, too. And the dance is good exercise.

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  4. I haven't done the chicken dance anywhere in public, and the world is a better place for it. Haha - I am NOT coordinated.

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