Please join me in welcoming author Liana George to the blog today to chat about her new book, Perfectly Matched!
Liana George is a sought-after speaker, blogger, and author. Before pursuing a career in writing, she was a professional organizer and the former owner of By George Organizing Solutions in Houston. Her first two books in the Hopeful Heart Series, Perfectly Arranged and Perfectly Placed (Scrivenings Press), are based on her experiences as an organizer and her time living abroad in China. The third and final book in the series, Perfectly Matched, will release in 2023. In addition to penning novels, she is also the Co-founder and Creative Director at The Author’s Write Hand, a marketing/platform building/virtual assistance agency for Christian authors. When she’s not putting things in order or scribbling away, you can find her reading, traveling, or watching tennis.
You can connect with Liana on her website, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.
PERFECTLY MATCHED by Liana George
SERIES: Hopeful Hearts #3
GENRE: Inspirational Contemporary Women’s Fiction
PUBLISHER: Scrivenings Press
RELEASE DATE: April 4, 2023
PAGES: 265
Nicki Mayfield is getting married! Or is she?
Three days after deciding to marry so she can adopt the young Chinese girl who has captured her heart, Nicki Mayfield heads to Texas to become Mrs. Ben Carrington. However, as the unlikely pair prepares to say, “I do,” a shocking revelation threatens their plans to become a family.
While searching for the answers to the mystery holding her future hostage, Nicki must also keep Ms. O’Connor’s legacy alive at New Hope Orphanage – whose future is at serious risk.
As she and Ben work toward building their unconventional family, they discover that sacrificial parenting requires putting the child first in ways that bring indescribable joy and unexpected heartbreak to everyone involved.
In the end, will Nicki find her happily ever after, or will circumstances stop her from being perfectly matched in work, life, and love?
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Hi Liana! Welcome back to the blog!
Liana: Summer – I don’t like the cold!
Carrie: I am the exact opposite haha
Liana: Music, I love reading books, but listening to them not so much
Carrie: agreed!! I want to love audiobooks but I just don’t.
Liana: Over, because it’s the only way, right?
Carrie: so I’ve been told… LOL. Since I started asking this question I’ve found that people are very passionate about how to put toilet paper on the roll haha
Liana: Oceans, something about the water calms my soul
Carrie: it does have that effect, for sure.
Q: Around here I like to say that reading is my superpower. If YOU had a superpower, what would it be?
Liana: Organizing. I can organize just about anything – a drawer, a file cabinet, a room, or a project. My brain just enjoys order and structure and for whatever reason I can help others with it.
Carrie: I need you to come help us with our home office haha
Q: When you walk into a bookstore, where do you head first?
Liana: Fiction section (particularly new releases). I’ve always loved stories and it’s where my heart lies most, so perusing all the new story options at a bookstore is always a thrill for me.
Carrie: yes!!!
Q: Writing spaces are as diverse as authors and books. Where is your favorite space to write?
Liana: I’m blessed to have dear friends who own an oceanfront home in the Dominican Republic. Sitting in that breathtaking environment, I do my best writing. Always.
Carrie: i can see why that would be your favorite! I bet that’s so beautiful!
Q: Which of your main characters in Perfectly Matched is most like you?
Liana: The Hopeful Heart Series books (Perfectly Arranged, Perfectly Placed, and Perfectly Matched) all have the same MC, Nicki Mayfield. She is a younger version of myself – organized, perfectionist, with a growing faith
Carrie: i love that!
Q: Which character was the most difficult to write?
Liana: Ben Carrington! I’ve been married to my husband for 30+ years so I forget what it’s like to “date” and I have 2 daughters so I’m not all that good with boys (or male characters for that matter). I had to dig deep and ask my hubby and guy friends if what I wrote would be what a male character would say or do.
Carrie: an important step of research! It’s always nice when a guy sounds like a guy in a novel, instead of not really any different from the female characters. Helps me stay ‘in’ the story.
Q: What do you most want readers to take away from Perfectly Matched?
Liana: That things don’t always happen the way we expect them to. God’s ways are not our ways, and we just have to trust that when He says He will bring something to pass, His word does not return void. Even in the bleakest situations, He can make a way.
Carrie: Amen ♥
Thank you so much for taking time to talk with me! 🙂 Before we say goodbye for today, tell us what‘s coming up next for you.
Liana:I have a devotional book, Uncluttered: Shaping Your Heart and Your Home for What Matters Most, coming out in June 2024 (Scrivenings Press). I still have more devotionals to write for that so that’s my most pressing project. I’m also working on a story for a contemporary romance novella collection that is coming out in late 2024 and I hope to start my next full-length novel in the fall (2023) – I’m just not sure what I’m going to write about yet!
Liana George is offering a signed print copy of each book (3 books total) in the Hopeful Heart series to one of my readers! (US only. Void where prohibited by law or logistics.) This giveaway is subject to Reading Is My SuperPower’s giveaway policies which can be found here. Enter via the Rafflecopter form below.
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What about you? What makes you want to read Perfectly Matched by Liana George?
These looks like a fantastic novels.
Thank you, Michael! I hope you’ll have a chance to read them!
What makes me want to read this book is the cover, I love little kids.
Thank you, Michael! I hope you’ll have a chance to read them 🙂
I love the cover too, Darlene! My publisher found the perfect picture for the cover and I love it!! I hope you’ll enjoy the story inside as much as the cover 🙂
This looks like a great story. I have not read any in this series but look forward to checking them out.
Steph, thank you! I hope you’ll get a chance to read the series and follow Nicki’s adventures!
Sounds like a good story.
Thank you, Rita! I think you’ll enjoy Nicki’s story and adventures 🙂
The series looks amazing!
Donna, thank you! I’ve enjoyed writing the series over the past 5 years and pray it will be a blessing to those who read it 🙂
Hi, loved the interview! It just sounds like a really cool book!
Carrie asks the best questions – I loved being interviewed by her!! I hope you’ll have a chance to read the books!
This sounds like it might tug at my heart strings!
No spoilers, Ms. Barb, but it will definitely tug at your heart! I hope you’ll enjoy the story 🙂
Captivating, emotional, and memorable.
I tried to make it all of those things and more, Anne! Thanks for stopping by!
Thank you so much for sharing. God bless you.
Thanks for stopping by, Debra! Hope you’ll have a chance to read the series 🙂
Liana is a great author, so that’s why I’d be interested in this next book! Would love to win a print copy! Thanks for the opportunity! Lual
Thank you for the compliment, Lual! I hope you’ll be able to get your hands on a copy! Blessings 🙂
Thank you for the interview with Liana George. Although I prefer the mountains over the ocean, I do wish at times she could visit me to help get organized. I will say though since we retired and downsized, less room leaves little room for clutter.
Can’t wait for the opportunity to read PERFECTLY MATCHED, which sounds absolutely amazing and definitely a book I would love to read.
Sounds really good
As an aunt of two nieces adopted from other countries, the premise sounds interesting!
I like that the main character has a love for kids that need parents.
I would really enjoy reading these books, thank you for the giveaway.
It sounds like a really interesting book. Thank you for sharing.
I appreciate the author’s message in this book. The story sounds great, and the cover is so cute!
it is amazing!
I love the premise of the series!
Sounds really interesting.
The subject of the books in this series are very interesting!
With friends who have gone through adoption, these books will interest me and them.
wonderful!
sounds like a fun one
This book sounds like I won’t be able to put it down! I love the title & who can resist that sweet cherub on the cover?!
right?? Such a cutie!
This book sounds like a good one!
Well, first of all, the girl on the cover is absolutely adorable, so how could I not want to read a story that involves her? I’ve had my eye on these books for a while as they sound intriguing to me, but haven’t purchased them yet (tight budget, long list of want-to-read books…I’m also a cluttered person, so maybe I don’t want to feel guilty after reading about a very organized person, ha ha!).
hahaha! I hope you get to read them soon 🙂
They sound like good books my favorite cover is the one with that adorable little girl I love books with children in them as I have 10 younger siblings and 3 young nieces and 3 nephews all under the age of 3.
cute cover
I would like to read it because the cute kid on the cover caught my attention. thank you
right? She’s adorable!