Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes!
- The hunt BEGINS on 6/15 at noon MST with Stop #1 at LisaTawnBergren.com.
- Hunt through our loop using Chrome or Firefox as your browser (not Explorer).
- There is NO RUSH to complete the hunt—you have all weekend (until Sunday, 6/18 at midnight MST)! So take your time, reading the unique posts along the way; our hope is that you discover new authors/new books and learn new things about them.
- Submit your entry for the grand prizes by collecting the CLUE on each author’s scavenger hunt post and submitting your answer in the Rafflecopter form at the final stop, .back on Lisa’s site. Many authors are offering additional prizes along the way!
I’m Roseanna M. White, author of a slew of historical romances, along with some contemporary mysteries from Guideposts. My real life is full (homeschooling mom of two teens, need I say more??) but also very … ordinary. So I offset that by writing about things like spies and nobility and war and mayhem whenever I can. And with my next book, I not only have the start of England’s domestic intelligence agency, MI5, I also have (cue all the music) some circus themes! Here’s a bit about A Beautiful Disguise:
Five years ago, Lady Marigold Fairfax and her little brother, Yates, discovered a horrible truth: the circuses and acrobats and theater troupes that had filled their childhood had also bankrupted their estate, and when their father dies, he doesn’t just leave Yates the earl. He leaves them absolutely strapped. So they do what any enterprising young people with unexpected acrobatic skills would do: open a private investigative firm to spy on their peers…for their peers. Dubbed The Imposters, Ltd., their firm promises “discreet disclosures for the most discerning.” But when Sir Merritt Livingstone hires them to help him root out who is betraying their agents in Germany, the answer will take them uncomfortably close to home. And Sir Merritt himself, with his noble soul and ability to see beneath Marigold’s carefully stitched disguises, has her asking all sorts of impossible questions about the future.
Though there isn’t an actual circus in A Beautiful Disguise, a family of circus performers retired to the Fairfax estate…with some of the non-human stars of the show!
Did you know that the menagerie was one of the biggest draws of a circus in the early 1900s? Just take a look at some of the exotic animals advertised by one of the leading English circuses of the time!
The “modern circus” as we know it today was actually begun by Phillip Astley in 1768, when he and his wife, both skilled riders, established an equestrian school in London, where they taught lessons in the morning and then performed in the afternoons. They did trick riding and speed riding in a circle…which is how he discovered that the ideal size of a circus ring is 42 feet in diameter, because it allows one to use centrifugal force to keep one in the saddle! Astley soon put a roof over his stadium so it could remain open all year…which set the stage for the traveling Big Tops.
It wasn’t long before Astley and his competitors drew in other popular performers from fairs and festivals–acrobats, aerialists, jugglers, clowns, mimes, and so on. Some circuses in the Victorian and Edwardian eras were permanent fixtures, but most traveled not only in their home country, but throughout Europe too.
I can’t wait for readers to meet my retired circus family, the Caesars…and a few furry friends like Leonidas the Lion, Penelope the Monkey, Peabody the Peacock (who kindly donates some loose feathers to Lady Marigold’s wardrobe), and the rest of the crew!
Here’s Your Critical Stop #14 Info:
If you’re interested, you can get a SIGNED copy of A Beautiful Diguise from me right here (and shop for other fun bookish things too!) or order on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, ChristianBook, Baker Book House, or at your local bookstore!
Clue to Write Down: the right
Link to Stop #15, the Next Stop on the Loop: Gabrielle Meyer’s site!
Special Giveaway!
But before you go, I’m offering a special prize!
One lucky winner with a US address will receive a signed copy of any of my books, plus a tote bag of their choice!
If an international winner is drawn, they’ll receive a book sent via their usual online bookseller. =)
Roseanna M. White is a bestselling, Christy Award winning author who has long claimed that words are the air she breathes. When not writing fiction, she’s homeschooling her two kids, editing, designing book covers, and pretending her house will clean itself. Roseanna is the author of a slew of historical novels that span several continents and thousands of years. Spies and war and mayhem always seem to find their way into her books…to offset her real life, which is blessedly ordinary.
I’ve loved every book of yours I’ve read so far. In fact, I’m almost done with A Portrait of Loyalty and getting ready to start on the Culper Ring series. I can’t wait to read this newest book.
This cover is one of the prettiest that I’ve seen! Can’t wait to read A Beautiful Disguise!
I’ve read most all of your books and LOVE them! Thank you for all the hard work you do to enrich the lives of readers. 🙂
Your book sounds really good and it’s definitely going on my list. But I couldn’t get any of the links in your giveaway to work… 😕
That book sounds so interesting! I’ll definitely be checking it out!
Introducing me to bookish things is probably not going to lead to bad decision making, right? 🙂
Currently reading The Lost Heiress! Loving it!
I have enjoyed reading some of your books, thank you for the giveaway.
I believe I have almost all of them!
I love the purple!
I just found one of your newer books at a Library booksale and I’m excited to dive in! Love finding new authors!
Great book cover
Love your books!!!
I’m looking forward to reading your new book! My favorite things in your shop are the jewelry items!
nice cover
Didn’t know how to make a wishlist at Bookish Things. You know I’m not at all tech savvy.
I love the tote bags!
Thanks for being part of the Scavenger Hunt! I love your books!
I love this scavenger hunt! Thanks for the opportunity.
I always love the covers of your books!!! Beautiful!!!
Looking forward to reading your books!
Thank you for the opportunity!
Thanks so much for the chance. I enjoy your books and am enjoying this hunt.
I absolutely adore your tea party book discussions! You never cease to inspire me!
I absolutely adore the tea party get togethers you provide for book discussions! You never cease to inspire me!
I love your stories.
Love your books! Always so good! Thanks for the chance to win!
I’m looking forward to A Beautiful Disguise which I have preordered! It sounds like a really neat book. I LOVED Yesterday’s Tides!
Thanks so much for this contest. I love your books. You are among my top favorite authors.
This is a fun scavenger hunt! Blessings!
Yesterday’s Tides is my absolute favorite of yours! Thank you formthe bonus give away chance!
I love the cover of your book. Thanks for allowing me to enter the giveaway. Great prize!
Thanx for the giveaway! The book sounds fabulous!!!
The books sounds super interesting. I love your strong female characters!
Thanks for the chance to win!
I have loved reading all of your books that I have read, and I can hardly wait for this newest series!
My Goodreads list seems to show I haven’t read any of your books yet, even though I have a few in my “want to read” list. I guess I’ll have to remedy that, soon!
I love all of your books! Yesterday’s Tides is my favorite 🙂
Your book sounds really good. The cover is beautiful. I can’t wait to read it.
Your book sounds interesting! I’m putting it on my to-read list!
Thanks for the awesome giveaways. I love your Shadows Over London series!!
Beautiful cover and color. On my wish list. Blessings
thanks for a chance to win.
Your book sounds like a great read and the cover is gorgeous!
It’s been fun doing this scavenger hunt this sounds so much fun!!
It’s been fun doing this scavenger hunt this sounds so much fun!!
Your bookish things have so many wonderful things I never knew I wanted… I made a wishlist under a Guest for the teal/sport grey sweatshirt. I almost wasn’t going to enter but the book cover was too pretty not to!
I just finished reading A Beautiful Disguise! I LOVED it! Can’t wait for book 2…and this one isn’t even officially released yet. Sigh! 🙂
i think it would be fun to read about the circus.
Tee hee. Cassowaries from Van Dieman’s Land. They travelled a long way! Also, I cannot WAIT to read A Beautiful Disguise!!! So excited!!
I really enjoy your books.
I have read and enjoyed your Codebreakers series. Thank you for the chance.
Sounds like a great book, a stay-up-all night kinda read.
Oops, forgot to leave book titles: The Nature of a Lady, A Beautiful Disguise and sooo many others look wonderful.
Hope to read your work soon. I don’t believe I have had that pleasure yet.
Thank you for this gorgeous giveaway, Roseanna, and for being a part of the scavenger hunt!
I absolutely love the cover of A Beautiful Disguise…it is beautiful!
I recently enjoyed Yesterday’s Tides; it was so good.
I love spy novels!
I love reading historical fiction. The tote is pretty.
I was fortunate to get an ARC of A Beautiful Disguise from NetGalley and it was so fun!!! I’m looking forward to where this series goes.
A Beautiful Disguise sounds like a very interesting plot line.I never knew how circuses got started.
Such a lovely book cover.
Can’t wait to read another of your great books. Looking forward to A Beautiful Disguise.
I love your books!
My parents took my to a circus in Washington, D.C when I was young. I enjoyed it.
What a beautiful book cover and tote bag!
Thank you for the chance to win
I love all your books! This one sounds intriguing!
I look forward to reading your work!
Sounds amazing love the cover
You are a new author to me. I’m looking forward to reading some of your books!
I love the book cover! Thank you for the chance to win!
Thank you
Love hearing about the history of the circus and can’t wait to read your new book! Thank you!
My current WIP is about a circus in San Francisco, so I was excited to see that you’re sort of writing about one as well. I definitely learned some new things in this post!
This looks really good! Thank you for the opportunity!
I’m enjoying this scavenger hunt! I love to connect with writers!
You have become one of my favorite authors. Although I have only read a handful of your books so far, I look forward to reading more! I got to be part of your Yesterday’s Tides launch team, and that was a lot of fun.
Love the cover of A Beautiful Disguise! Can’t wait to read it.
Hey Roseanna, I added the wave necklace to my wish list. Your novels are exquisite masterpieces!
The book sounds really good. Thanks for the chance to win
I enjoy these hunts!
I loved that advertisement. Sounds like an interesting book.
The Number of Love was the first book I read from you and got me back into reading again after a very long of drought! Thank you for your research and stories! Love them!
I really enjoy your books, so I’m excited to be signed up for your NL now. 😊
Thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks for the chance to win! 🙂
I absolutely love all your books, Roseanna! Yesterday’s Tides is one of my favorites. Enjoy your vacation and Happy Anniversary! 💝
The circus aspects sound fascinating.
I can’t wait for A Beautiful Disguise!
I have enjoyed quite a few books by you, mostly the earlier ones! I need to catch-up 🙂
Thank you for participating in the hunt and for the extra giveaway chance to win!
Hearing about the circus was so cool!!!
My daughter and I really enjoy your books. She let me borrow her Culper Ring series so that is what I’m currently reading.
Thank you so much for this opportunity!
I’m a huge fan of your books.
I started A Name Unknown in February and already I’ve read 8 more of your books this year!
I was even able to convince one of my friends to read A Name Unknown and she loved it as well 🙂
As per the giveaway asks, I made a wishlist that includes:
~Watch Pendant
~Sparrow Necklace
~Wave Necklace (so far one of my favorite of your books is The Nature Of A Lady)
~Black Heart Necklace (I quite literally cried while reading On Wings Of Devotion)
~The Nature Of A Lady (special edition)
Thank you so much for the beautiful works that you share with the reader community!
Lovely cover! I love the historical details you include in your books>. Thank you for the opportunity.
Just today at work I shared my copy of Yesterday’s Tides with a co-worker who was interested in reading Christian fiction.
I have saved ‘ A Stray Drop of Blood” Hardback with Red Flourishes to my Wish List. I love that book!!
Oh Wow, I’ve never seen a book locket, but have always dreamed of having a locket. Now, a book locket is on my bucket list.
I LOVE your books Roseanna! I look forward to reading your newest novel. Thank you for sharing your gift of writing with us!
I never been to a circus before, but I love that the main characters are acrobats. 🙂
The cover is beautiful and so looking forward to reading it! Sounds so interesting and I love the plots you develop!
I have ancestors who lived in Peru, Indiana, and I’ve often wondered what it must have been like to live where circuses rested for the winter!
Your cover makes me want to read this book.
Enjoying finding new authors on the scavenger hunt.
Love the cover! That tote bag design looks so beautiful!!
Thank you for the giveaway.
I loved The Number of Love so much! I can’t wait to read more of your books! Thank you so much!
Thank you for the giveaway
What a beautiful book cover!
I love your books and can’t wait to start this new one. This scavenger hunt is fun, I’ve never participated in one before. Thank you for participating and for the opportunity! God bless you!
sounds like a good book
Looking forward to reading this!
Intelligence agency & circus animals?! Sounds like a great read!! Thank you so much for sharing your talents with us.
Thank you for this interesting post! Your book covers are gorgeous, and the subject matter is fascinating!
Your book covers are always so beautiful! Love your historical fiction!
Looking forward to winning – positive thinking 🤗
Good luck to all!
I always enjoy your well researched and frequently unique historical fiction! Interesting article!
Hi, your book sounds like a great read and the cover is Beautiful! Thank you for the chance. Thank you for sharing your post, it is very interesting. I love Circus’s. Have a great day and a great rest of the week.