{"id":3513,"date":"2026-02-13T17:30:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianregency.com\/blog\/?p=3513"},"modified":"2026-02-13T17:30:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:30:26","slug":"a-reluctant-courtship-grand-prize-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/13\/a-reluctant-courtship-grand-prize-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"A Reluctant Courtship Grand Prize Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce that &#8220;Lis&#8221; is the winner of the Reluctant Courtship Grand Prize. Lis left a comment on Thursday, October 17, about how much she likes when authors share about their spiritual journeys and how authors then incorporate those journeys into their novels.<\/p><div id=\"vanes-1288280284\" class=\"vanes-content vanes-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-right: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: 2px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vanessariley.com\/fireswordandsea.htm\" aria-label=\"Fire Sword &amp; Sea\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?fit=1706%2C2560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fire Sword &amp; Sea\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?w=1706&ssl=1 1706w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=200%2C300&ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C1536&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?resize=1365%2C2048&ssl=1 1365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/FireSwordSea_HC-scaled.jpg?w=1280&ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" width=\"569\" height=\"853\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Congratulations, Lis!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianregency.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tea-cup-and-saucer.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1624 aligncenter\" alt=\"Tea cup and saucer\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianregency.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tea-cup-and-saucer-300x225.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tea-cup-and-saucer.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tea-cup-and-saucer.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tea-cup-and-saucer.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tea-cup-and-saucer.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Tea-cup-and-saucer.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone who participated in our Reluctant Courtship Contest. Several of you also won gift cards:<\/p>\n<p>Monday, Oct 14: Marianne<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3482\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3482\" style=\"width: 193px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianregency.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/A-Reluctant-Courtship.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3482\" alt=\"A Reluctant Courtship\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianregency.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/A-Reluctant-Courtship-193x300.jpg?resize=193%2C300\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/A-Reluctant-Courtship.jpg?resize=193%2C300&amp;ssl=1 193w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/A-Reluctant-Courtship.jpg?w=307&amp;ssl=1 307w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Reluctant Courtship<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thursday, Oct 17: Martha J Strum<\/p>\n<p>Monday, Oct 21: Melody D.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Oct 24: Camille<\/p>\n<p>For all the participants who stopped by and showed interest in A Reluctant Courtship, we enjoyed chatting with you. Thank you so very much for your interest both in Regency Reflections and <em>A Reluctant Courtship<\/em>. If you&#8217;d like to learn more about the novel or Laurie Alice Eakes and her other books, please visit her website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lauriealiceeakes.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.LaurieAliceEakes<\/a>.com.<\/p>\n<p id=\"rop\"><small>Originally posted 2013-10-28 05:00:09. <\/small><\/p><div id=\"vanes-827809844\" class=\"vanes-after-content vanes-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 3px;margin-right: 3px;margin-bottom: 3px;margin-left: 3px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?fit=1080%2C1350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Listen to the Write of Passage Weekly Podcast\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?w=1080&ssl=1 1080w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?resize=240%2C300&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?resize=819%2C1024&ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/vanessariley.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/SubstackAd.png?resize=768%2C960&ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" width=\"540\" height=\"675\"   \/><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are happy to announce that &#8220;Lis&#8221; is the winner of the Reluctant Courtship Grand Prize. 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