tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-358302362024-03-13T11:30:16.431-05:00Michelle's Amazing book and movie reviews and blogBook reviews, movie reviews of those I have read/watched.Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.comBlogger221125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-17725884248069341952011-12-29T05:12:00.000-06:002011-12-29T05:13:08.826-06:00Oh Yes I HAVE to get this book!<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" style="cursor: hand; margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a></div><center><span style="font-size: 130%;">This week, the</span></center> <center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size: 100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center> <center><span style="font-size: 100%;">is introducing</span></center> <center><span style="color: #993300; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1616382805">The 13th Demon</a></span></center> <center>Realms (October 4, 2011)</center> <center>by</center> <center><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://brucehennigan.com/">Bruce Hennigan</a></span></center> <br /><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 100%;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W5Z2ZZV7zJo/Tqd885BxCII/AAAAAAAAEFs/xrXLTRYUdNU/s1600/Bruce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W5Z2ZZV7zJo/Tqd885BxCII/AAAAAAAAEFs/xrXLTRYUdNU/s200/Bruce.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>Bruce Hennigan was born and raised in the isolated countryside of Shreveport, La., a place full of possibilities for the active mind of a young boy. The fertile imagination he cultivated while playing deep in the Louisiana woods would lead to a lifelong love of creative writing. <br /><br /><br /><br />In 2006, Hennigan pursued the Certified Apologetic Instructor Certificate from the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. He has become a frequent speaker at regional and state events on apologetics and his strong point is in making these sometimes hard to understand issues easily approachable for the average Christian. Hennigan’s experience in apologetics inspired him to write his new novel, <i>The 13th Demon: Altar of the Spiral Eye</i>, a supernatural Christian thriller that combines science and faith. Now, combining his love for apologetics and his love for the art of writing, Hennigan is pursuing a career as the “Michael Crichton” of Christian fiction building powerful, fast paced stories around the truths of Christian apologetics. <br /><br /><br /><br />Hennigan currently resides in Shreveport with his wife and daughter. He continues to write and to practice radiology at the Willis Knighton Health Care System. He has secured Jeff Jernigan of Hidden Value Group (www.hiddenvaluegroup.com) as his literary agent and has signed a five book deal with the Realms imprint of Charisma Media for “The Chronicles of Jonathan Steel”. <br /><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 100%;">ABOUT THE BOOK</span></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z_bzuW8rAvE/Tqd9J11l2RI/AAAAAAAAEF0/PnHfwWDuzS0/s1600/The_13th_Demon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-z_bzuW8rAvE/Tqd9J11l2RI/AAAAAAAAEF0/PnHfwWDuzS0/s1600/The_13th_Demon.jpg" /></a></div>When Jonathan Steel wakes up on a beach in a raging thunderstorm, naked, beaten, and bleeding, he has no idea who he is or how he got there. But just as he starts to make progress in his slow journey to recovery, tragedy strikes again, taking everything in his new life that he has come to love and rely on.<br /><br />Filled with rage and a thirst for revenge, he searches the countryside for the entity responsible—an entity called only the Thirteenth Demon. His quest brings him to Lakeside, Louisiana, and a small country church where evil is in control and strange writing on the walls, blood-soaked floors, and red-eyed spiders have appeared in the sanctuary.<br /><br /><br /><br />As he faces the final confrontation with an evil presence that has pursued him all of his life, he must choose between helping the people he loves or destroying the thirteenth demon.<br /><br /><br /><br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1616382805">The 13th Demon</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2011/10/13th-demon.html">HERE</a>.Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-12676077894291635712011-12-29T04:40:00.006-06:002011-12-29T05:04:08.810-06:00Another Earth Movie Review<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kkpL74I-cgo/TvxD6KlcFnI/AAAAAAAABCg/3mMZ-RPrVuU/s1600/another%2Bearth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 317px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kkpL74I-cgo/TvxD6KlcFnI/AAAAAAAABCg/3mMZ-RPrVuU/s320/another%2Bearth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691498695642322546" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">I had high hopes for this movie. I know it's not a big "blockbuster" movie. But I thought I would be better than it was.<br /><br />Me, I want fantasy, I want to step outside of reality. My view of reality here isn't that great. I long for something more, or at least the idea of something better or just different.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Another Earth </span>did not provide something different. All it did is give you the idea that there is this parallel earth that may be the same, may be different, may be you could live another life with different choices and consequences, maybe it would be better...<br />MAYBE. That's all this movie was. It was good at posing the questions, but there were no answers. In a movie that by the very title and description should fall outside of reality, this movie did not.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Another Earth</span> did not answer questions, and did not give us even a glimpse of life on this other Earth. We didn't get a fascinating story line, it's just a normal story that anybody might have lived. A minor was driving drunk, killed a family, and was sent to jail for 4 years. The father/husband survived, after being in a coma. The story revolves around their lives after this tragedy and how they are coping with reality. This other earth and chance at another life, a different life, one where his family lived, and she didn't kill them. Yes the possibility was there, but nothing was shown to us, no questions of this other earth were answered, no visions were given, not even life as a dream. NOTHING except harsh reality and questions. Nothing to make me think, "oh this could be better, this could take me out of my reality into a better world." That's what I wanted to see, and failed to see.<br /><br />Of course this isn't a real movie, we haven't found a parallel earth, but since this movie presented the Idea to us, it should have Shown us the possibilities!<br /><br />But my opinion is just my opinion, while I am living a failed life, while I had to go and write about my life before I posted this review to show people where I am coming from.<br /><br />All in all it's an average movie, it's a good drama. I deals with pain, loss, decisions and consequences. And what would happen if you made another choice. If you like dramas that deal with life, a life not your own, then by all means watch it, it's a great movie for you. But presenting it as this fantasy, alternate reality type of movie, that just didn't get me to like the movie.<br /><br />Go to IMDB<a href="http://http//www.imdb.com/title/tt1549572/"> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1549572/ </a>to read more about the movie<br /></span>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-44079446078576591352009-09-08T05:34:00.002-05:002009-09-08T05:43:24.197-05:00Blue Enchantress by Marylu Tyndall<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1602601577">The Blue Enchantress</a></span></center><br /><center>Barbour Books (August 1, 2009)</center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.mltyndall.com/index.html">M.L.Tyndall</a></span></center><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SqRmt-ASo1I/AAAAAAAADCs/7E_Ikss4HFM/s1600-h/Mltyndall3.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378536794911581010" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SqRmt-ASo1I/AAAAAAAADCs/7E_Ikss4HFM/s320/Mltyndall3.jpg" /></a><br />M. L. (MaryLu) Tyndall grew up on the beaches of South Florida loving the sea and the warm tropics. But despite the beauty around her, she always felt an ache in her soul--a longing for something more.<br /><br />After college, she married and moved to California where she had two children and settled into a job at a local computer company. Although she had done everything the world expected, she was still miserable. She hated her job and her marriage was falling apart.<br /><br />Still searching for purpose, adventure and true love, she spent her late twenties and early thirties doing all the things the world told her would make her happy, and after years, her children suffered, her second marriage suffered, and she was still miserable.<br /><br />One day, she picked up her old Bible, dusted it off, and began to read. Somewhere in the middle, God opened her hardened heart to see that He was real, that He still loved her, and that He had a purpose for her life, if she'd only give her heart to Him completely.<br /><br />She had written stories her whole life, but never had the confidence to try and get any of them published. But as God began to change her heart, He also showed her that writing had been His wonderful plan for her all along!<br /><br />Her other current release in the Charles Towne Belles series includes <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1602601569">The Red Siren</a>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong><br /></span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SqRkxS-UU6I/AAAAAAAADCk/WbO-oi4vXO0/s1600-h/The+Blue+Enchantress+Cover.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 208px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378534653056799650" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SqRkxS-UU6I/AAAAAAAADCk/WbO-oi4vXO0/s320/The+Blue+Enchantress+Cover.JPG" /></a>Betrayed by the man she longed to marry, Hope Westcott is about to be auctioned off as a slave to the highest bidder on an island in the Caribbean . After enduring a difficult childhood in an unloving home, Hope?s search for love and self-worth have led her down a very dangerous path. All she ever wanted was to find true love and open an orphanage where she could raise children with all the love she never experienced as a child.? But how can a woman with a sordid past ever hope to run an orphanage, let alone attract the love of an honorable man?<br /><br />Determined to overcome the shame of his mother?s past, Nathaniel Mason worked for many years to build his own fleet of merchant ships in an effort to finally acquire the respect of Charles Towne society. Ignoring the call of God on his life to become a preacher, he forges ahead with his plans for success at a distant port in the Caribbean , when he sees a young lady he knows from Charles Towne being sold as a slave. In an effort to save Hope, he is forced to sell one of his two ships, only to discover that her predicament was caused by her own bad behavior. Angry and determined to rid himself of her as soon as possible, Nathaniel embarks on a journey that will change the course of his life.<br /><br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1602601577">The Blue Enchantress</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/09/blue-enchantress-chapter-1.html">HERE</a><br /><br />View The Book Trailer:<br /><br /><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hosdRaGnWn4&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hosdRaGnWn4&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object><br /><br />The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1602601577Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-6308588439187132272009-08-21T09:49:00.001-05:002009-08-21T09:52:03.245-05:00Kathryn's Fountain by David Claassen<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0975961993">Kathryn's Fountain</a></span></center><br /><center>Cladach Publishing (November 8, 2008)</center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.daveclaassen.com/">David Claassen</a></span></center><p><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SotnyytUcvI/AAAAAAAADAE/UjGdpzmGyrc/s1600-h/daveC.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 95px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 140px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371501102872425202" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SotnyytUcvI/AAAAAAAADAE/UjGdpzmGyrc/s400/daveC.jpg" /></a>I'm a follower of Jesus Christ and seek to live my life to please Him and for His glory. I'm walking this journey with my life's partner, Diann. We've been married since 1972 and have two grown children. Our daughter Julie serves as a missionary with her husband Victor in Mexico in a ministry they founded called Fishers of Men. Check their ministry out at www.fishersofmenmexico.org. Our son Dan is married to Teri and he's a detective in a police department in a suburb of Indianapolis.<br /><br />I have pastored the Mayfair-Plymouth Congregational Church of Toledo, Ohio since 1975, having just celebrated 33 years at the church. You can check out the church at http://www.mayfairplymouth.org/. You can also visit me at my blog, where I add material about every other day or so.<br /><br />I enjoy photography, that's why I'm treating you with a different photo of mine each week on the web site. Over three hundred of my photos are for sale at www.istockphoto.com.<br /><br />I'm also a ventriloquist, of sorts, and treat the children of my church with a "visit with Ricky" every third Sunday of the month in the morning worship services.<br /><br />Raising white homing pigeons is another of my hobbies. I enjoy watching them soar overhead.<br /><br />That's just a little bit about me. Thanks for visiting. God bless you!<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SotnRnXFu5I/AAAAAAAAC_8/Qs1bp4xemwI/s1600-h/kathryn%27s+fountain.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 259px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371500532890712978" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SotnRnXFu5I/AAAAAAAAC_8/Qs1bp4xemwI/s400/kathryn%27s+fountain.jpg" /></a>Kathryn is resigned to living out her last days at Victorian Manor, a beautiful old home for senior citizens. Then one day a miraculous experience happens to Kathryn at the garden fountain, and she begins living an adventure beyond her wildest dreams. Love and sacrifice take on new meaning as she involves a social worker and a police detective in carrying out what she believes to be her calling -- to rescue a street child named Jasmine.<br /><br /><i>Kathryn's Fountain</i> celebrates the gifts that the generations can bring to each other. The conclusion is a resounding affirmation that it's never too late to make a difference.<br /><br />If you would like to read an excerpt from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0975961993">Kathryn's Fountain</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/08/kathryns-fountain-chapter-1.html">HERE</a> </p><p>The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0975961993</p>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-30714882765744811842009-08-14T01:29:00.001-05:002009-08-14T01:32:50.197-05:00Night Watchman by Mark Mynheir<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590529359">Night Watchman</a></span></center><br /><center>Multnomah Books (May 5, 2009)</center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.markmynheir.com/">Mark Mynheir</a></span></center><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SoIqyELDK8I/AAAAAAAAC-0/3Vp6P8FAnk8/s1600-h/_wsb_234x233_markHeadShot.png"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 234px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 233px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368900745380965314" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SoIqyELDK8I/AAAAAAAAC-0/3Vp6P8FAnk8/s400/_wsb_234x233_markHeadShot.png" /></a>Mark Mynheir was born and raised on the east coast of Central Florida. Like most boys growing up, Mark enjoyed sports, mainly football and martial arts.<br /><br />In 1983, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and went through basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina. After serving four years in the Marines, Mark changed gears and pursued a career in law enforcement.<br /><br />During his career as a police officer, Mark has worked as a narcotics agent, a S.W.A.T. team member, and a homicide detective.<br /><br />Over sixteen years ago, during a health crisis involving his oldest son, Mark gave his life to Jesus Christ. Shortly after his conversion, he felt God leading him in a new direction: writing. Now he balances dual careers as a police officer and novelist.<br /><br />He has authored <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590523768">Rolling Thunder</a> (The Truth Chasers Book One), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590523997">From the Belly of the Dragon</a> (The Truth Chasers Book Two), and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590524004">The Void</a> (The Truth Chasers Book Three).<br /><br />Mark is married to the love of his life and has three fantastic children, and they all currently reside in Central Florida.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SoIs2zy4yhI/AAAAAAAAC-8/s8Vn2TcISBA/s1600-h/The+night+watchman.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 261px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368903025907255826" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SoIs2zy4yhI/AAAAAAAAC-8/s8Vn2TcISBA/s400/The+night+watchman.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;color:#000099;">When everything is ripped away...</span><br /><br />Eleven months ago, Ray Quinn was a tough, quick-witted Orlando homicide detective at the top of his game-until a barrage of bullets ended his career.and his partner's life.<br /><br />Now medically retired with a painful handicap, Ray battles the haunting guilt for his partner's death. Numbing the pain with alcohol and attitude, Ray takes a job as a night watchman at a swanky Orlando condo community.<br /><br />But when a pastor and an exotic dancer are found dead in one of the condos in an apparent murder-suicide, Ray can no longer linger in the shadows. The victim’s sister is convinced her brother was framed and begs Ray to take on an impossible case─to challenge the evidence and clear her brother’s name.<br /><br />Ray reluctantly pulls the thread of this supposedly dead-end case only to unravel a murder investigation so deep that it threatens to turn the Orlando political landscape upside down and transform old friends into new enemies. As Ray chases down leads and interrogates suspects, someone is watching his every move, someone determined to keep him from ever finding out the truth─at any cost.<br /><br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590529359">Night Watchman</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/08/night-watchman-chapter-1.html">HERE</a><br /><br />The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1590529359Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-84097803763245301292009-08-07T22:59:00.000-05:002009-08-09T02:01:52.512-05:00The Sacred Cipher by Terry Brennan<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" border="0" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:130%;" > <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0825424267">The Sacred Cipher</a></span></center><br /><center>Kregel Publications (July 31, 2009)</center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><a href="http://terrybrennan.blogspot.com/">Terry Brennan</a></span></center><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SnhxeI6Pd5I/AAAAAAAAC88/KhLr75AchWo/s1600-h/mug+shots+-+Colorado+002.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SnhxeI6Pd5I/AAAAAAAAC88/KhLr75AchWo/s400/mug+shots+-+Colorado+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366163718613727122" border="0" /></a>Over the past 35 years, Terry Brennan has accumulated a broad range of experience in both the profit and non-profit business sectors.<br /><br />His 22-year, award winning journalism career included:<br />• Seven years as a sportswriter and editor with <i>The Philadelphia Bulletin</i>, at the time the largest-circulation afternoon newspaper in the nation;<br />• Leading The Mercury of Pottstown (PA), as its editor, to a Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Writing;<br />• Serving as Executive Editor of a multi-national newspaper firm – Ingersoll Publications – with papers in the USA, England and Ireland.<br /><br />In 1996 Brennan transferred his successful management career to the non-profit sector and served for 12 years as Vice President of Operations for the Christian Herald Association, Inc., the parent organization of four New York City ministries, including The Bowery Mission.<br /><br />Now Chief Operating Officer of the National Organization on Disability, Brennan also won the Valley Forge Award for editorial writing from the Freedoms Foundation. His two adult sons and their families live in Pennsylvania. Terry, his wife Andrea and their two adult children live in New York City. <i>The Sacred Cipher</i> is his first novel.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong></span><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SnhwnN1PIfI/AAAAAAAAC80/4ExvFsUEkmE/s1600-h/thesacredcipher.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SnhwnN1PIfI/AAAAAAAAC80/4ExvFsUEkmE/s400/thesacredcipher.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366162775042105842" border="0" /></a>History's greatest secret could be tomorrow's greatest threat More historically and biblically accurate than The DaVinci Code and just as adventurous as an Indiana Jones movie, The Sacred Cipher combines action and mystery to draw readers into a world of ancient secrets and international escapades.<br /><br />When an ancient scroll appears in a secret room of the Bowery Mission in New York City, Tom Bohannon is both stunned and intrigued. The enigma of the scroll's contents will send Bohannon and his team ricocheting around the world, drawing the heat of both Jewish and Muslim militaries, and bringing the Middle East to the brink of nuclear war in this heart-pounding adventure of historical proportions. The Sacred Cipher is a riveting, fact-based tale of mystery and suspense.<br /><br /><br />If you want to read the Prologue of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0825424267">The Sacred Cipher</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/08/sacred-cipher-prologue.html">HERE</a><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 100%;">The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0825424267</span></strong>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-198222122931983252009-08-05T05:30:00.001-05:002009-08-06T05:44:28.013-05:00Timescape by Robert Liparulo<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/159554500X">Timescape</a></span></center><br /><br /><center>Thomas Nelson (July 14, 2009)</center><br /><br /><center>by</center><br /><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.robertliparulo.com/blog.html">Robert Liparulo</a></span></center><br /><p><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SeKAhgcslJI/AAAAAAAACuY/19FSmxa2xec/s1600-h/Liparulo+piccasual.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 145px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 199px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323959022639682706" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SeKAhgcslJI/AAAAAAAACuY/19FSmxa2xec/s320/Liparulo+piccasual.jpg" /></a>Robert Liparulo is a former journalist, with over a thousand articles and multiple writing awards to his name. His first novel, <i>Comes a Horseman</i>, released to critical acclaim. Each of his subsequent thrillers—<i>Germ, Deadfall</i>, and <i>Deadlock</i>—secured his place as one of today’s most popular and daring thriller writers.<br /><br />He is known for investing deep research and chillingly accurate predictions of near-future scenarios into his stories. In fact, his thorough, journalistic approach to research has resulted in his becoming an expert on the various topics he explores in his fiction, and he has appeared on such media outlets as CNN and ABC Radio.<br /><br />Liparulo’s visual style of writing has caught the eye of Hollywood producers. Currently, three of his novels for adults are in various stages of development for the big screen: the film rights to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1595542299">Comes A Horseman</a>. were purchased by the producer of Tom Clancy’s movies; and Liparulo is penning the screenplays for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0785261788">GERM</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0785261796">Deadfall</a><br />for two top producers. He is also working with the director Andrew Davis (The Fugitive, Holes) on a political thriller. Novelist Michael Palmer calls <i>Deadfall</i> “a brilliantly crafted thriller.” March 31st marked the publication of <i>Deadfall’s</i> follow-up, <i>Deadlock</i>, which novelist Gayle Lynds calls, “best of high-octane suspense.”<br /><br />Liparulo’s bestselling young adult series, <i>Dreamhouse Kings</i>, debuted last year with <i>House of Dark Shadows</i> and <i>Watcher in the Woods</i>. Book three, <i>Gatekeepers</i>, released in January, and number four, <i>Timescape</i>, in July. The series has garnered praise from readers, both young and old, as well as attracting famous fans who themselves know the genre inside and out. Of the series, Goosebumps creator R.L. Stine says, “I loved wandering around in these books. With a house of so many great, haunting stories, why would you ever want to go outside?”<br /><br />With the next two <i>Dreamhouse</i> books “in the can,” he is currently working on his next thriller, which for the first time injects supernatural elements into his brand of gun-blazing storytelling. The story is so compelling, two Hollywood studios are already in talks to acquire it—despite its publication date being more than a year away. After that comes a trilogy of novels, based on his acclaimed short story, which appeared in James Patterson’s <i>Thriller</i> anthology. <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Steve Berry calls Liparulo’s writing “Inventive, suspenseful, and highly entertaining . . . Robert Liparulo is a storyteller, pure and simple.” He lives with his family in Colorado.<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#cc33cc;">Awesome book! From the future world to the Titanic and non-stop action through the whole book, the King family tries to rescue their mom and save the future from destruction. Moving from one time to the next the King family fights to stay alive, find mom and rescue her, and save the future. The house provides the time portals, there once, gone the next time, ever changing, the family works towards their goal. In the mean time fighting to keep the house and stop two other people from the past from getting in their way in the present and destroying the future. Robert Liparulo never ceeses to amaze me with his writing. I can't wait to get the next book!</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#cc33cc;">~Michelle Kralicek at</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#cc33cc;">~<em>Michelle's Amazing Book and Movie Reviews</em></span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SnZAPLSDQfI/AAAAAAAAC8k/IIPHD5YIA_s/s1600-h/Timescape.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 260px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365546635529241074" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SnZAPLSDQfI/AAAAAAAAC8k/IIPHD5YIA_s/s400/Timescape.jpg" /></a>David, Xander, Dad, and Keal have discovered a terrible secret. Now, finding Mom is only a small part of their mission. And time is running out. Using the portals to build an empire, Taksidian wants the house for himself, and there's nothing he won't do to get the family out. The consequences of his meddling reach far beyond the family--to the future of the world itself. The Kings know their survival depends on stopping the bloodthirsty assassin. If only they can find his weakness in time.<br /><br />Most startling of all is their ability to change the path of history. But will their tinkering in time reunite the family and save the future . . . or set mankind on an irreversible course of destruction?<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21955090502&ref=ts"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 250px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 339px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365552082006516802" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SnZFMM_bJEI/AAAAAAAAC8s/zQQrXZ_DGmI/s400/invite_18_opt.jpg" /></a>If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/159554500X">Timescape</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/08/timescape-chapter-1.html">HERE</a><br /><br /><br />Enter the contest to win this book package by clicking on the image!!!<br /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/159554500X</p>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-67626196657045304602009-07-31T16:37:00.000-05:002009-08-01T04:39:36.710-05:00Any Minute by Joyce Meyer and Deborah Bedford<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446582530">Any Minute</a></span></center><br /><center>FaithWords (June 30, 2009)</center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.joycemeyer.org/">Joyce Meyer</a> and <a href="http://www.deborahbedfordbooks.com/">Deborah Bedford</a></span></center><p><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHORS:</span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"></span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Sm-5So98dJI/AAAAAAAAC8U/NDqRm_0Pya8/s1600-h/joycemeyer.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 215px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 249px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363709411107566738" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Sm-5So98dJI/AAAAAAAAC8U/NDqRm_0Pya8/s400/joycemeyer.jpg" /></a><strong>Joyce Meyer </strong>is one of the world's leading practical Bible teachers. A #1 New York Times bestselling author, she has written more than seventy inspirational books, including The Confident Woman, I Dare You, the entire Battlefield of the Mind family of books, her first venture into fiction with The Penny, and many others. She has also released thousands of audio teachings as well as a complete video library. Joyce's Enjoying Everyday Life® radio and television programs are broadcast around the world, and she travels extensively conducting conferences. Joyce and her husband, Dave, are the parents of four grown children and make their home in St. Louis, Missouri.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Sm-5u86k3KI/AAAAAAAAC8c/CLUeJRF_8zw/s1600-h/deborahbedford.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 215px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 357px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363709897498483874" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Sm-5u86k3KI/AAAAAAAAC8c/CLUeJRF_8zw/s400/deborahbedford.jpg" /></a><strong>Deborah Bedford </strong>is a career fiction writer who began her professional life as a journalist in a Colorado mountain town.<br /><br /><i>A Rose By The Door</i>, Deborah's first with Warner Book (name changed to FaithWords in 2006), hit bookstores in November 2001. <i>A Morning Like This</i> was released by Warner Books in 2002. Deborah's short story, <i>“Connor Sapp's Baseball Summer,”</i> is included in Multnomah Publisher's The Storytellers' Collection, Tales From Home, alongside stories by Chuck Colson, Terri Blackstock, Randy Alcorn and Karen Kingsbury.<br /><br />Deborah and Jack have two children, Jeff and Avery. When she isn't writing, Deborah spends her time fly-fishing, cheering at American Legion baseball games, shopping with her daughter, singing praise songs while she walks along the banks of Flat Creek, and taking her dachshund Annie for hikes in the Tetons where they live.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Sm-4HPfdOBI/AAAAAAAAC8M/KgvY2qjMWmU/s1600-h/anyminute.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 158px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363708115778615314" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Sm-4HPfdOBI/AAAAAAAAC8M/KgvY2qjMWmU/s400/anyminute.jpg" /></a>Sarah Harper is driven to achieve success no matter what the cost. She wants to do good and not hurt the people she loves--especially children and her husband, Joe--but her desire to succeed in her career too often leaves little time for family.<br /><br />One cold, autumn afternoon, all of that changes when Sarah's car plunges off a bridge and into a river. She is presumed dead by those on the "outside," but Sarah's spirit is still very much alive. What she discovers on the other side transforms everything about Sarah's view of life--past, present, and future.<br /><br />When Sarah is revived, she is a changed woman. And the unsuspecting world around her will never be the same again.<br /><br /><br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446582530">Any Minute</a>, go here!<br /><br /></p><div style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: url(http://datapipe.libredigital.com/img/HBG/WidgetBackGround.jpg); WIDTH: 189px; BACKGROUND-REPEAT: no-repeat; HEIGHT: 236px"><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-TOP: 31px"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #e6e6e6 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #e6e6e6 1px solid; MARGIN: 5px; BORDER-TOP: #e6e6e6 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #e6e6e6 1px solid" src="http://datapipe.libredigital.com/content/83E27327C3F39223A7267697661606D7E77706C7B7A79787776757B17372A232E54726845555B4E7863515D5046444F70791E1919121C1E1312151C141B1E00182C2D2F282B263A6272666571617E336A696C6162652C666E6A6775666C6E2.jpg" /> </div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a href="http://datapipe.libredigital.com/bil?mUNHuOvDXgKp6YkGiuFW%2Fbpe6IKl3pGPQH7dHBypAk%2FAMMRT%2FAfSTXzQokbHbiJ4%2F1%2FWXBtHYeiMdYMrZqjDZaBmlMBXw36bpC2nNSzdiko%3D" target="_new"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://datapipe.libredigital.com/img/HBG/BrowseInsideBook.jpg" /> </a></div><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 5px"><a href="http://datapipe.libredigital.com/eolink?mUNHuOvDXgKp6YkGiuFW%2Fbpe6IKl3pGPQH7dHBypAk%2B0KzQxg%2FbfcZtl68095ciov2WRuMY2K6BJpYxJZFIn3w%3D%3D" target="_new"><img style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT: 0px" src="http://datapipe.libredigital.com/img/HBG/GetForYourSite.jpg" /> </a></div></div><p> </p><p>The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446582530</p>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-14536362952082548282009-07-28T10:42:00.002-05:002009-07-28T10:45:32.150-05:00Offworld by Robin Parrish<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764206060">Offworld</a></span></center><br /><center>Bethany House (July 1, 2009)</center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.robinparrish.com/">Robin Parrish</a></span></center><p><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cESuxv-WNX8/RpLqnZU02ZI/AAAAAAAAAJs/C91_ZkMeIJY/s1600-h/robin.png"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085384891788745106" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cESuxv-WNX8/RpLqnZU02ZI/AAAAAAAAAJs/C91_ZkMeIJY/s320/robin.png" /></a> Robin Parrish had two great ambitions in his life: to have a family, and to be a published novelist. In March of 2005, he proposed to his future wife the same week he signed his first book contract with Bethany House Publishers. They contracted him for the rights to not only that first book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764202219">Relentless</a> -- but two sequels including <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764201786">Fearless</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764201794">Merciless</a>. A trilogy that unfolded in the consecutive summers of 2006, 2007, and 2008.<br /><br />Robin Parrish is a journalist who's written about pop culture for more than a decade. Currently he serves as Senior Editor at XZOOSIA.com, a community portal that fuses social networking with magazine-style features about entertainment and culture. He and his wife, Karen and son live in North Carolina.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Sm0Z7MEsTsI/AAAAAAAAC78/1jXAra_uvYA/s1600-h/offworld.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 157px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362971235912011458" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Sm0Z7MEsTsI/AAAAAAAAC78/1jXAra_uvYA/s400/offworld.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-size:130%;">"Every Person on This Planet Has Disappeared."</span> </span></span></p><p>Commander Christopher Burke and his crew are humanity's greatest explorers. They've finished their mission on the red dirt of Mars and now they just want to get back to Earth. To see friends, family, and loved ones. To be home. But even with communication to ground control cut and a perilous landing, nothing could prepare the crew for what they discover when they step foot back on planet Earth.<br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#000066;">Everyone...everywhere...is gone.</span><br /><br />It's not a dream. It's not a trick. Now Burke and his team have one mission:find out who or what is behind the disappearance of all mankind.<br /><br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764206060">Offworld</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/07/offworld-chapter-1.html">HERE</a><br /><br />Watch the book trailer:<br /><br /><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gcprHo-u4OA&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gcprHo-u4OA&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object></p><p>The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764206060<br /></p>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-88781150340274873702009-07-24T03:41:00.001-05:002009-07-24T03:43:54.780-05:00The Enclave by Karen Hancock<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764203282">The Enclave</a></span></center><br /><center>Bethany House (August 1, 2009)</center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.kmhancock.com/">Karen Hancock</a></span></center><p><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SmZ_mm6hetI/AAAAAAAAC7s/PtcTYYsITl4/s1600-h/karenp~2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 173px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 236px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361112707688921810" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SmZ_mm6hetI/AAAAAAAAC7s/PtcTYYsITl4/s400/karenp~2.jpg" /></a>Karen Hancock has won Christy Awards for each of her first four novels--<i>Arena</i> and the first three books in the <i>Legends of the Guardian-King</i> series, <i>The Light of Eidon, The Shadow Within,</i> and <i>Shadow over Kiriath</i>. She graduated from the University of Arizona with bachelor's degrees in biology and wildlife biology. Along with writing, she is a semi-professional watercolorist and has exhibited her work in a number of national juried shows. She and her family reside in Arizona.<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:100%;color:#ffcc00;">AB<span style="font-size:130%;">OUT THE BOOK:</span></span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SmZ8kTTmfFI/AAAAAAAAC7k/No9XNFPHtVw/s1600-h/theenclave.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 157px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 236px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361109369530776658" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SmZ8kTTmfFI/AAAAAAAAC7k/No9XNFPHtVw/s400/theenclave.jpg" /></a>When Lacey McHenry accepts a prestigious research fellowship at the world-renowned Kendell-Jakes Longevity Institute, she sees it as a new start on life. But a disturbing late-night encounter with an intruder leads to an unexpected cover-up by Institute authorities, and she soon realizes there's more going on than she ever imagined.<br /><br />She finds a supporter in genetics researcher Cameron Reinhardt. However, Reinhardt is a favorite of the Institute's director, and she can't help wondering if he, too, is in on the cover-up. The brilliant but absentminded researcher turns out to have his own secrets, some of them dark and deadly. The Enclave is characterized by adventure, intrigue, spiritual analogy, and romance, all set in an unusual but fully realized world--one that may have its foundations on earth but which, the more one learns of it, doesn't seem much like the earth we know at all.<br /><br />If you'd like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764203282">The Enclave</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/07/enclave-chapter-1.html">HERE</a> </p><p>he book link is: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0373442726">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0373442726</a></p>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-12221698109270618302009-07-17T07:03:00.000-05:002009-07-21T07:11:59.205-05:00Pirate Hunter by Tom Morrisey<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764203487">Pirate Hunter</a></span></center><br /><center>Bethany House (July 1, 2009)</center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.tommorrisey.com/">Tom Morrisey</a></span></center><p><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SHP4UdtjmNI/AAAAAAAABn4/oQdYx0KhWPs/s1600-h/Tom.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220789423509313746" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SHP4UdtjmNI/AAAAAAAABn4/oQdYx0KhWPs/s320/Tom.jpg" /></a>Tom Morrisey is a mountaineer, aviator, shipwreck diver, and explorer, who holds a Full Cave certification from the National Speleological Society - Cave Diving Section.<br /><br />He has launched, edited or contributed to numerous national publications and is an award-winning adventure-travel writer. A popular speaker, he is also active in both evangelism and the arts. Morrisey earned an MFA in creative writing from Bowling Green State University, and his fiction has been featured in numerous anthologies and magazines.<br /><br />His first novel, Yucatan Deep (Zondervan, 2002) was a finalist for the Christy award, and he is the author of six novels, including <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764203479">Wind River</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/076420467X">In High Places</a>. In addition Tom has also written two nonfiction books: 20 American Peaks & Crags (Contemporary Books, 1978) and Wild by Nature (Baker Books, 2001). He and his family live in Orlando, Florida.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#a93434;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Sl04I6oalGI/AAAAAAAAC5s/4L9Y_0Y9ZY0/s1600-h/piratehunter.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 157px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5358500857469637730" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Sl04I6oalGI/AAAAAAAAC5s/4L9Y_0Y9ZY0/s400/piratehunter.jpg" /></a>High Seas Adventure Meets a High-Tech Quest for Pirate Gold West Indies, 18th century Young Ted Bascombe is rescued by notorious pirate Captain Henry Thatch, finding himself caught up in a world of crime, adventure, and a daily fight for freedom.... Key West, 21st century Marine archaeologist Greg Rhode embarks on a treasure-hunting expedition in the turquoise waters of the Florida Keys, but he's as beguiled by a beautiful diver with different-colored eyes as by the lure of pirate gold...The Hunt Is On! Interweaving these two stories, pro deep-sea diver Tom Morrisey spins a multilayered tale of two young men's quests to escape their past by losing themselves to adventure on the high seas. Romantic and thrilling, this unique novel explores the timeless truth that "where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."<br /><br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764203487">Pirate Hunter</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/07/pirate-hunter-chapter-1.html">HERE</a> </p><p>The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764203487</p>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-65733259731599083222009-07-17T03:47:00.000-05:002009-07-20T03:49:46.036-05:00Through the Fire by Shawn Grady<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764205951">Through The Fire</a></span></center><br /><center>Bethany House (July 1, 2009)</center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.shawngradybooks.com/">Shawn Grady</a></span></center><p><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SmB2aKocSlI/AAAAAAAAC7E/PM8XyuZi8lc/s1600-h/shawnphoto2.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 253px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 226px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359413748473547346" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SmB2aKocSlI/AAAAAAAAC7E/PM8XyuZi8lc/s400/shawnphoto2.gif" /></a>Shawn Grady signed with Bethany House Publishers in 2008. He was named “Most Promising New Writer” at the 39th Annual Mount Hermon Writers Conference. Through the Fire is his debut novel.<br /><br />Shawn has served for over a decade as a firefighter and paramedic in northern Nevada. From fire engines and ambulances to tillered ladder trucks and helicopters, Shawn’s work environment has always been dynamic. The line of duty has carried him to a variety of locale, from high-rise fires in the city to the burning heavy timber of the eastern Sierras.<br /><br />Shawn attended Point Loma Nazarene University as a Theology undergrad before shifting direction to acquire an Associate of Science degree in Fire Science Technology as well as Paramedic licensure through Truckee Meadows Community College.<br /><br />Shawn currently lives in Reno, Nevada, just outside of Lake Tahoe. He enjoys spending time in the outdoors with his wife, three children and yellow Labrador.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SmB2oFxoVtI/AAAAAAAAC7M/Za29L8e-ZaQ/s1600-h/throughthefire.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 157px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359413987688077010" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SmB2oFxoVtI/AAAAAAAAC7M/Za29L8e-ZaQ/s400/throughthefire.jpg" /></a>Firefighting burns in Aidan O'Neill's blood. The son of a fireman, O'Neill has a sixth sense about fire and often takes dangerous risks. When one act of disobedience nearly gets a rookie killed, O'Neill is suspended. His weeks off are supposed to be a time to reflect but instead he escapes to Mexico, where another rash act of bravery actually kills him. But only for a few minutes.<br /><br />Called back to Reno, he's now haunted by visions of hell and paralyzed in the face of fire. And at the worst time, because an arsonist is targeting Reno. With a growing love interest with one of the investigators complicating everything, Aidan must discover where his trust rests as the fires creep ever closer.<br /><br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764205951">Through The Fire</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/07/through-fire-chapter-1.html">HERE</a> </p><p>The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764205951</p>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-70738405685697611712009-07-08T17:16:00.000-05:002009-07-09T05:21:07.768-05:00Fatal Illusions by Adam Blumer<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0825420989">Fatal Illusions</a></span></center><br /><center>Kregel Publications (March 5, 2009) </center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.adamblumerbooks.com/">Adam Blumer</a></span></center><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SlFR-4QVp_I/AAAAAAAAC0I/vcP6TdmPajw/s1600-h/adam_sepia.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 133px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 154px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355151572614883314" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SlFR-4QVp_I/AAAAAAAAC0I/vcP6TdmPajw/s320/adam_sepia.jpg" /></a>Adam Blumer lives in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with his wife, Kim, and his daughters, Laura and Julia.<br /><br />He works full-time as a freelance writer and editor. A print journalism graduate of Bob Jones University (Greenville, SC), he served in editorial roles for fourteen years at Northland Baptist Bible College (Dunbar, WI) and Awana Clubs International Headquarters (Streamwood, IL).<br /><br />He has published numerous short stories and articles. Fatal Illusions released by Kregel Publications (Grand Rapids, MI) is his first novel.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SlFQsakJSwI/AAAAAAAAC0A/ur6glTVdSuo/s1600-h/fatalillusion.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 207px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355150155895622402" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SlFQsakJSwI/AAAAAAAAC0A/ur6glTVdSuo/s320/fatalillusion.jpg" /></a>An amateur magician, an unassuming family . . . a fatal illusion Haydon Owens wants to be the next Houdini. He has been practicing his craft and has already made four women disappear. All it took was a bit of rope and his two bare hands.<br /><br />The Thayer family has come to the north woods of Newberry, Michigan, looking for refuge, a peaceful sanctuary from a shattered past. But they are not alone. Little do they know that they are about to become part of Haydon's next act. Time is running out and already the killer has spotted his next victim. Who will escape alive?<br /><br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0825420989">Fatal Illusions</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/04/fatal-illusions-prologue.html">HERE</a><br /><br /><blockquote>“Fatal Illusions is an engaging, fast-paced read with a captivating storyline that grabs you from page one and doesn't let go. Highly recommended!”--Mark Mynheir, homicide detective and author of <i>The Night Watchman</i></blockquote><br /><blockquote>“An awesome ride!”--Rosey Dow, Christy Award winning author of <i>Reaping the Whirlwind</i></blockquote><br /><blockquote><p>“Adam Blumer tells a fast-paced story that weaves together a serial killer, a physically wounded pastor and his spiritually wounded wife. The twists and turns will keep readers guessing.”--Rick Acker, author of <i>Blood Brothers</i></p><p> </p></blockquote>The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0825420989Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-89796397097493226672009-07-01T14:59:00.002-05:002009-07-01T15:03:38.227-05:00Exposure by Brandilyn Collins<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0310276438">Exposure</a></span></center><br /><center>Zondervan (June 1, 2009)</center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.brandilyncollins.com/index.html">Brandilyn Collins</a></span></center><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SkrA3wAPWeI/AAAAAAAACzw/Qzkv681u_7s/s1600-h/Photo1cropweb.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 216px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 228px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353303171094501858" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SkrA3wAPWeI/AAAAAAAACzw/Qzkv681u_7s/s320/Photo1cropweb.JPG" /></a>Brandilyn Collins is an award-winning and best-selling novelist known for her trademark Seatbelt Suspense®. These harrowing crime thrillers have earned her the tagline "Don't forget to b r e a t h e . . ."® Brandilyn's first book, <i>A Question of Innocence</i>, was a true crime published by Avon in 1995. Its promotion landed her on local and national TV and radio, including the <i>Phil Donahue</i> and <i>Leeza</i> talk shows. Brandilyn is also known for her distinctive book on fiction-writing techniques, <i>Getting Into Character: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn From Actors</i> (John Wiley & Sons). She is now working on her 20th book.<br /><br />In addition to <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0310276438">Exposure</a>, Brandilyn’s other latest release is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0310715393">Always Watching</a>, first in The Rayne Tour series—young adult suspense co-written with her daughter, Amberly. The Rayne Tour series features Shaley O’Connor, daughter of a rock star, who just may have it all—until murder crashes her world.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SkrBKyViB_I/AAAAAAAACz4/E6Qa5n3JD2Q/s1600-h/Exposureweb.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 207px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353303498138191858" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SkrBKyViB_I/AAAAAAAACz4/E6Qa5n3JD2Q/s320/Exposureweb.jpg" /></a><strong>When your worst fear comes true.</strong><br /><br />Someone is watching Kaycee Raye. But who will believe her? Everyone<br />knows she’s a little crazy. Kaycee’s popular syndicated newspaper<br />column pokes fun at her own paranoia and multiple fears. The police in<br />her small town are well aware she makes money writing of her<br />experiences. Worse yet, she has no proof of the threats. Pictures of a<br />dead man mysteriously appear in her home—then vanish before police<br />arrive. Multisensory images flood Kaycee’s mind. Where is all this<br />coming from?<br /><br />Maybe she is going over the edge.<br /><br />High action and psychological suspense collide in this story of terror,<br />twists, and desperate faith. The startling questions surrounding Kaycee<br />pile high. Her descent to answers may prove more than she can survive.<br /><br /><br />To read the first chapter, go <a href="http://www.brandilyncollins.com/books/excerpts/exposure.html">HERE</a>.<br /><br /><blockquote>“More twists and turns than a Coney Island roller coaster! Highly recommended.” ~CBA Retailers</blockquote><br /><blockquote>“Mesmerizing mystery…authentic characters…a fast-paced, twisting tale of desperate choices.” ~TitleTrakk</blockquote><br /><blockquote><p>“Brandilyn Collins is a master of suspense, and Exposure is her best book yet!” ~Dianne Burnett, Christianbook.com</p><p>The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0310276438</p></blockquote>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-90508935966553729052009-06-24T21:56:00.002-05:002009-06-24T22:00:22.844-05:00Shepherds Fall by Wanda Dyson<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400074738">Shepherd's Fall</a></span></center><br /><center>WaterBrook Press (April 14, 2009)</center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.wandadyson.com/">Wanda Dyson</a></span></center><p><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SkGK77wZD3I/AAAAAAAACzQ/bnSDYjn3Xe0/s1600-h/wanda.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350710594550435698" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SkGK77wZD3I/AAAAAAAACzQ/bnSDYjn3Xe0/s320/wanda.jpg" /></a>Wanda Dyson lives with her severely autistic teenager on a busy farm with horses, chickens, dogs, cats, rabbits, and the occasional fox, deer, groundhog, and snake. She could seriously live without the snakes, but that's life in the country.<br /><br />After writing three critically acclaimed suspense novels, she was asked to write the true story of Tina Zahn (<em>Why I Jumped</em>), which was featured on <em>Oprah</em>. Readers characterize her books as "riviting" and "Packed with twists and turns."<br /><br />Wanda serves on the board of several writers conferences across the country including the Colorado Christian Writers Conference, and the Greater Philadelphia Christian Writers Conference.<br /><br />Wanda has finished the second in this series called <em>Shepherd's Run</em>,that will come out in 2010. And she's hard at work on the third and final installment of the Prodigal Recovery Series - Marti's story -- tentatively called Shepherd's Quest.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SkGLQrrUEQI/AAAAAAAACzY/5lPLIhsmBXU/s1600-h/shepherd%27s+fall.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 209px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350710951011422466" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SkGLQrrUEQI/AAAAAAAACzY/5lPLIhsmBXU/s320/shepherd%27s+fall.jpg" /></a>Bounty hunter Nick Shepherd is fearless when it comes to chasing down criminals. It's his difficult ex-wife, rebellious teenage daughter, and dysfunctional siblings that keep him awake at night. In charge of the family business, the Prodigal Recovery Agency, he thinks of himself as a shepherd of sorts. When his "flock" is out of his control, Nick's well-ordered universe falls into chaos.<br /><br />Prodigal Recovery's search for Zeena, a prostitute on the run, leads to a faulty arrest, complicating Nick's business. He is thrown together with Zeena's twin, the beautiful Annie, and the two find themselves on a desperate search. The stakes significantly increase when Nick's daughter is kidnapped. Now, to save someone he loves, Nick must risk everything.but will it be enough<br /><br />If you would like to read a Prologue excerpt from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400074738">Shepherd's Fall</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/06/shepherds-fall-prologue-excerpt.html">HERE</a> </p><p>The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400074738</p>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-64685364212065110782009-06-24T21:50:00.001-05:002009-06-24T21:54:55.758-05:00Firstborn by Conlan Brown<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1599796074">The Firstborn</a></span></center><br /><center>Realms (May 5, 2009)</center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.conlanbrown.com/">Conlan Brown</a></span></center><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Sj7jHXCT1iI/AAAAAAAACzA/JxmnC7d68qs/s1600-h/ConlanBrown.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 243px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349963122945021474" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Sj7jHXCT1iI/AAAAAAAACzA/JxmnC7d68qs/s320/ConlanBrown.jpg" /></a>Born in 1984, Conlan Brown was functionally illiterate until the fifth grade, when he learned how to read and write, as well as a love of story, from his grandmother. Conlan went on to start college at the age of sixteen, and now holds a Master's degree in Communication, which taught him the academic principles needed to write Firstborn.<br /><br />Conlan lives on Colorado's Front Range where he is working on his next book. He enjoys video editing, film scores, and developing high octane, thought provoking fiction that turns pages and excites the senses.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong><br /></span><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Sj7l0c8I_SI/AAAAAAAACzI/-ZABUFDBkC4/s1600-h/the+firstborn.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349966096647126306" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Sj7l0c8I_SI/AAAAAAAACzI/-ZABUFDBkC4/s320/the+firstborn.jpg" /></a><strong>Three supernatural gifts. Two thousand years of division. One moment of truth.</strong><br /><br />Hannah's head hung, long brown hair in her eyes. Her face felt pasty with cold and fatigue and pain. Arms behind her back, she sat in a chair, wrists and ankles tied to the wooden frame, chair legs bolted to the floor. <em>A cold car. A gun. Horror. Pain. Grief. Screaming. A windshield blistering with holes. Darkness. </em><br /><br />It all came over her like a flood. A pouring out of pictures in her mind. But then there was one more thing. Not an image, but a feeling--that half a continent away someone else had felt it all happening too.<br /><br />The Firstborn, those gifted with Foresight, Hindsight, and Insight at the time of Christ's death are divided between themselves. And when an Islamic holy man is murdered outside of his mosque it becomes apparent that one of the Firstborn was to blame. Now, with the threat of a terrorist attack on an unspeakable target the Firstborn are spiraling out of control. Leaders are dying, members are being kidnapped, and unity is being forced. Three heroes, differently gifted and divided must work together to thwart those who would go too far.<br /><br />Their breakneck race against time plunges them into a world of danger and through a gauntlet across the United States. From the Riverwalk of San Antonio, where Devin Bathurst, John Temple, and Hannah Rice must protect one another from assassination, to the gritty streets of Washington DC, a paramilitary compound in Pennsylvania, and ultimately back to our nation's capital, the Firstborn must unite to prevent an impending atrocity from becoming reality.<br /><br /><center>Watch The Trailer</center><p><br /><br /><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zwYPiQDnYu8&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zwYPiQDnYu8&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object><br /><br />If you would like to read the first chapter excerpt of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1599796074">The Firstborn</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/06/firstborn-chapter-1.html">HERE</a> </p><p>The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1599796074</p>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-40045638333617317612009-06-10T23:59:00.001-05:002009-06-11T00:01:29.199-05:00The Deliverer by Linda Rios Brook<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1599794764">The Deliverer</a></span></center><br /><center>Realms (May 5, 2009) </center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.riosbrook.org/store/pc/home.asp">Linda Rios Brook</a></span></center><center> </center><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Si8PFWEQrII/AAAAAAAACyY/Wsy0zBmUHz4/s1600-h/Lindabio09.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 298px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345507867209280642" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Si8PFWEQrII/AAAAAAAACyY/Wsy0zBmUHz4/s320/Lindabio09.jpg" /></a>Linda Rios Brook, President of the RiosBrook Foundation, believes the answers to issues of social justice and righteousness lie in the proper alignment between the church, the marketplace and media and entertainment. She is a sought out speaker and teacher on matters relevant to cultural restoration. Linda worked as a media executive for over 20 years in the field of broadcasting serving as President and General Manager of television stations in Texas, Florida, and Minnesota and was President and part owner of KLGT-TV in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota.<br /><br />Linda has served on several national boards and community organizations and is listed in Who's Who of American Women. She is an ordained minister and has a Doctorate of Practical Ministry from the Wagner Leadership Institute.<br /><br />Linda is also the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1599793148">Lucifer's Flood</a>.<br /><br />Linda is also a teaching Pastor at Covenant Centre International in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Linda is married to Larry Brook, who is the Executive Director of the RiosBrook Foundation.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong><br /></span><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Si8Nc4-h_4I/AAAAAAAACyQ/aTaD3hpDCkQ/s1600-h/the+deliverer.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 219px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345506072694226818" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Si8Nc4-h_4I/AAAAAAAACyQ/aTaD3hpDCkQ/s320/the+deliverer.jpg" /></a><em><strong>Ancient language expert Samantha Yale returns to translate a new batch of scrolls written by the fallen angel from Lucifer's Flood. </strong></em><br /><br />Samantha Yale has taken on a daunting translation project. A set of scrolls, delivered by a man she knows nothing about, tells a fascinating and frightening tale of what went on behind the scenes of biblical history. What is even more incredible is who is telling the tale--a fallen angel who immediately regretted his decision to side with Lucifer.<br /><br />With The Deliverer, Linda Rios Brook brings new depth of imagery into the spirit world. It is a story about rebellion and consequences. It is about demonic strategy to disrupt and destroy the people of God. But ultimately, it is a story about the unrelenting love, grace, mercy, and determination of a sovereign God in pursuit of His children.<br /><br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1599794764">The Deliverer</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/06/deliverer-chapter-1.html">HERE</a> </p><p>The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1599794764</p>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-69085887528792147472009-06-10T23:51:00.003-05:002009-06-10T23:58:42.278-05:00Ghostwriter by Travis Thrasher<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446505587">Ghostwriter</a></span></center><br /><center>FaithWords (May 28, 2009) </center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.travisthrasher.com/">Travis Thrasher</a></span></center><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></p><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SM3OmaiqJ6I/AAAAAAAABwM/S0A6yJIervU/s1600-h/travis.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246076300311537570" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SM3OmaiqJ6I/AAAAAAAABwM/S0A6yJIervU/s200/travis.jpg" /></a>It was during third grade after a teacher encouraged him in his writing and as he read through The Narnia Chronicles by C.S. Lewis that Travis decided he wanted to be a writer. The dream never left him, and allowed him to fulfill that dream of writing fulltime in 2007.<br /><br />Travis Thrasher is the author of numerous works of fiction, including his most personal and perhaps his deepest work, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802486681">Sky Blue</a>, that was published in summer of 2007. This year he has to novels published, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/080248669X">Out of the Devil’s Mouth</a>, and a supernatural thriller, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446505544">Isolation</a>.<br /><br />Travis is married to Sharon and they are the proud parents of Kylie, born in November, 2006, and Hailey, a Shih-Tzu that looks like an Ewok. They live in suburban Chicago.<br /><br />Stop by and visit Travis at his <a href="http://thejourneyiseverything.blogspot.com/">Blog</a> where you can sign up to follow him on Facebook and Twitter!<br /><br />Also check out the radio interview with Travis on Monday June 8th at <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/faithwords">BlogTalkRadio/FaithWords</a> </p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong> </span></p><p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SixdCEEyduI/AAAAAAAACyI/AXg8WAhiubY/s1600-h/ghostwriter.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 209px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344749147816883938" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SixdCEEyduI/AAAAAAAACyI/AXg8WAhiubY/s320/ghostwriter.jpg" /></a>For years Dennis Shore has thrilled readers with his spooky bestselling novels. Now a widower, Dennis is finally alone in his house, his daughter attending college out of state. When he's stricken by a paralyzing case of writer's block and a looming deadline, Dennis becomes desperate. Against better judgment, he claims someone else's writing as his own, accepting undeserved accolades for the stolen work. He thinks he's gotten away with it . . . until he's greeted by a young man named Cillian Reed--the true author of the stolen manuscript.<br /><br />What begins as a minor case of harassment quickly spirals out of control. As Cillian's threats escalate, Dennis finds himself on the brink of losing his career, his sanity, and even his life. The horror he's spent years writing about has arrived on his doorstep, and Dennis has nowhere to run.<br /><br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446505587">Ghostwriter</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/06/ghostwriter-chapter-1.html">HERE</a><br /><br />The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0446505587</p>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-67117050242271077682009-06-04T17:32:00.002-05:002009-06-04T17:41:16.164-05:00Scream by Mike Dellosso<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1599794691">Scream</a></span></center><br /><center>Realms (March 3, 2009) </center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.mikedellosso.com/">Mike Dellosso</a></span></center><p><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SFhx6WVR8II/AAAAAAAABkI/IdTO9NbsKDM/s1600-h/mike6small.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213041815922536578" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SFhx6WVR8II/AAAAAAAABkI/IdTO9NbsKDM/s320/mike6small.jpg" /></a>Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Mike now lives in Hanover, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Jen, and their three daughters. He writes a monthly column for Writer . . .Interrupted.<br /><br />He was a newspaper correspondent/columnist for over three years and has published several articles for The Candle of Prayer inspirational booklets. Mike also has edited and contributed to numerous Christian-themed Web sites and e-newsletters.<br /><br />Mike is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance, the Relief Writer's Network, and International Thriller Writers. He received his BA degree in sports exercise and medicine from Messiah College and his MBS degree in theology from Master's Graduate School of Divinity.<br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SiXXK_PbJFI/AAAAAAAACx4/TzEYRdFwCH4/s1600-h/scream.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 213px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342913116719752274" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SiXXK_PbJFI/AAAAAAAACx4/TzEYRdFwCH4/s320/scream.jpg" /></a><br /><strong>Otherworldly Screams... </strong><br /><strong>A Madman on the Loose... </strong><br /><strong>This Time the Stakes Are Higher Than Ever </strong><br /><br />While talking to his friend on the phone, Mark Stone is startled by a cacophony of otherworldly screams. Seconds later, a tragic accident claims his friend's life. When this happens several more times--screams followed by an untimely death--he is compelled to act.<br /><br />Battling his failure as a husband and struggling with his own damaged faith, Mark embarks on a mission to find the meaning behind the screams and hopefully stop death from calling on its next victim. When his estranged wife is kidnapped and he again hears the screams as she calls from her cell phone, his search becomes much more personal and much more urgent.<br /><br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1599794691">Scream</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/06/scream-chapter-1.html">HERE</a></p><p>The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1599794691<br /></p>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-12823578185769435382009-06-02T19:06:00.003-05:002009-06-02T19:16:20.198-05:00Breathe by Lisa T. Bergren<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1434767086">Breathe</a></span></center><br /><center>(David C. Cook; New edition June 1, 2009)</center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.lisatawnbergren.com/home.html">Lisa T. Bergren</a></span></center><p><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SiMxMCeW_qI/AAAAAAAACxw/Y1irjj-5WR0/s1600-h/LTBcroppedHeadshotSmall.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 144px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 103px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342167665883938466" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SiMxMCeW_qI/AAAAAAAACxw/Y1irjj-5WR0/s320/LTBcroppedHeadshotSmall.jpg" /></a>Lisa T. Bergren is the best-selling, award winning author of over thirty books, with more than 1.5 million copies sold. A former publishing executive, she now splits her time between writing and freelance editing and parenting her three young children with her husband Tim. She lives in Colorado Springs.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SiMr06CjEbI/AAAAAAAACxo/Y1bencrfECQ/s1600-h/breathe.jpg"><span style="font-size:180%;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342161770924675506" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SiMr06CjEbI/AAAAAAAACxo/Y1bencrfECQ/s320/breathe.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-size:180%;color:#663300;">To make a new life, she'll have to learn how to breathe again...<br /><br /></span>By the time Dominic and Moira St. Clair get their ailing sister, Odessa, to Colorado Springs in the winter of 1883, she is nearly dead. Odessa has been seriously aling for the past year from consumption, an illness that claimed the lives of four of her younger brothers, prompting her father, to send his only surviving children west to chase the cure.<br /><br />Moira is beautiful and dangerously headstrong; and pugnacious Dominic is charged with establishing a new arm of the family business--a business he doesn't want.<br />Several days after her arrival, Odessa witnesses what she fears is the murder of miner Sam O’Toole, friend and neighbor to the charming Bryce McAllan.<br /><br />What’s more, Sam leaves her a poem containing clues that seem to direct her to his mine, which is purported to carry a fantastic vein of silver. But if she is ever to rise from her bed again, she must first concentrate on conquering the giant that threatens her─consumption. Indeed, she must learn to breathe again─daring to embrace her life, her future, and hope in her God.<br /><br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1434767086">Breathe</a></span>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/05/breathe-chapter-1.html">HERE</a></p><p>The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1434767086<br /></p>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-74605400071470614672009-05-29T17:44:00.001-05:002009-05-29T17:52:47.548-05:00Rose House by Tina Ann Forkner<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400073596"></a><a href="http://tinaannforkner.wordpress.com/">Tina Ann Forkner</a></span></center><p><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Shyf0HrVo_I/AAAAAAAACxg/aF5OX5r1-pI/s1600-h/tina.bmp"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 219px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 314px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340318975917401074" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Shyf0HrVo_I/AAAAAAAACxg/aF5OX5r1-pI/s320/tina.bmp" /></a>Tina Ann Forkner writes contemporary fiction that challenges and inspires. She grew up in Oklahoma and graduated with honors from CSU Sacramento before settling in Wyoming. She lives with her husband, their three bright children and their dog and stays busy serving on the Laramie County Library Foundation Board of Directors. She is the author of Ruby Among Us, her debut novel, and Rose House, which recently released from Waterbrook Press/Random House.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/ShyensbBx0I/AAAAAAAACxY/BYHCE71kFGQ/s1600-h/rosehouse.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 217px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340317662931175234" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/ShyensbBx0I/AAAAAAAACxY/BYHCE71kFGQ/s320/rosehouse.jpg" /></a>A vivid story of a private grief, a secret painting, and one woman’s search for hope<br /><br />Still mourning the loss of her family in a tragic accident, Lillian Diamon finds herself drawn back to the Rose House, a quiet cottage where four years earlier she had poured out her anguish among its fragrant blossoms.<br /><br />She returns to the rolling hills and lush vineyards of the Sonoma Valley in search of something she can’t quite name. But then Lillian stumbles onto an unexpected discovery: displayed in the La Rosaleda Gallery is a painting that captures every detail of her most private moment of misery, from the sorrow etched across her face to the sandals on her feet.<br /><br />What kind of artist would dare to intrude on such a personal scene, and how did he happen to witness Lillian’s pain? As the mystery surrounding the portrait becomes entangled with the accident that claimed the lives of her husband and children, Lillian is forced to rethink her assumptions about what really happened that day.<br /><br />A captivating novel rich with detail, Rose House explores how the brushstrokes of pain can illuminate the true beauty of life.<br /><br />If you would like to read an excerpt from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400073596">HERE</a> </p><p>The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400073596</p>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-39333245889856365862009-05-26T17:58:00.001-05:002009-05-26T18:07:44.090-05:00Jillian Dare A Novel by Melanie M. Jeschke<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0800733169">Jillian Dare: A Novel</a></span></center><br /><center>Revell (May 1, 2009)</center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.inklingsauthor.com/">Melanie M. Jeschke</a></span></center><p><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Shn8SLnL3-I/AAAAAAAACxQ/UqyFEpHmj5g/s1600-h/JeschkeMelanieM_ath_300-167x250.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 167px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339576222509424610" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Shn8SLnL3-I/AAAAAAAACxQ/UqyFEpHmj5g/s320/JeschkeMelanieM_ath_300-167x250.jpg" /></a> Melanie Morey Jeschke (pronounced jes-key), a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, grew up in Richmond, Virginia, and graduated from University of Virginia as a Phi Beta Kappa with an Honors degree in English Literature and a minor in European and English History.<br /><br />A free-lance travel writer, Melanie contributed the Oxford chapter to the Rick Steves’ England 2006 guidebook. She is a member of the Capital Christian Writers and Christian Fiction Writers as well as three book clubs, and taught high-school English before home-schooling most of her nine children. Melanie lectures on Lewis and Tolkien, Oxford, and writing, and gives inspirational talks to all manner of groups, including university classes, women’s clubs, young professionals, teens, and school children.<br /><br />A fourth generation pastor’s wife (her father Dr. Earl Morey is a retired Presbyterian minister), Melanie resides in the Greater Washington, D.C. area with her children and husband Bill Jeschke, a soccer coach and the Senior Pastor of The King’s Chapel, an non-denominational Christian church in Fairfax, Virginia.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong><br /></span><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Shn7ZR_qCmI/AAAAAAAACxI/TibuXV-Lqj8/s1600-h/jilliandare.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 209px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5339575244970134114" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/Shn7ZR_qCmI/AAAAAAAACxI/TibuXV-Lqj8/s320/jilliandare.jpg" /></a>Jillian Dare leaves her Shenandoah Valley foster home behind and strikes out on her own as a nanny at a large country estate in northern Virginia. She is delighted with the beauty of her new home, the affection of her young charge Cadence Remington, and the opportunity for frequent travel to the Remington castle in England.<br /><br />She is less certain about her feelings for her handsome but moody employer, Ethan. In spite of herself, Jillian realizes she is falling for her boss. But how can a humble girl ever hope to win a wealthy man of the world? And what dark secrets from the past is he hiding? This contemporary story, inspired by the well-loved classic Jane Eyre, will capture readers' hearts.<br /><br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0800733169">Jillian Dare: A Novel</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/05/jillian-dare-novel-chapter-1.html">HERE</a> </p><p>The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0800733169</p><p> </p>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-1196300661396862962009-05-19T16:28:00.006-05:002009-05-19T16:39:07.774-05:00Ulterior Motives by Mark Andrew Olsen<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><center></center><center></center><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><br />Ulterior Motives</span></center><center><br />Bethany House (March 1, 2009)<br />by</center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764202758"></a><br /><center><br />Mark Andrew Olsen</center><center></span></center><p><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;"><br />ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cESuxv-WNX8/ReuFUgDs0LI/AAAAAAAAACc/BDlBbLdJRLw/s1600-h/Olsen.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; FLOAT: left; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5038267195393364146" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_cESuxv-WNX8/ReuFUgDs0LI/AAAAAAAAACc/BDlBbLdJRLw/s200/Olsen.jpg" /></a> MARK ANDREW OLSEN whose novel <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/076422817X">The Assignment</a> was a Christy Award finalist, also collaborated on bestsellers <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764229435">Hadassah</a> (now the major motion picture: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0430431/">One Night With the King</a>), <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764203371">The Hadassah Covenant</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764202006">Rescued</a>. Two of his last books were the supernatural thriller <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764228188">The Watchers</a>, and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/076420274X">The Warriors</a>.<br /><br />The son of missionaries to France, Mark is a Professional Writing graduate of Baylor University. He and his wife, Connie, live in Colorado Springs with their three children.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SgeRwY_8qLI/AAAAAAAACww/zFA5_7kXHUI/s1600-h/ulteriormotives.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 212px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334392544174057650" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SgeRwY_8qLI/AAAAAAAACww/zFA5_7kXHUI/s320/ulteriormotives.jpg" /></a>When an al-Qaeda email is intercepted, threatening an attack on America, it leads to the capture of the group's leader. Yet even under fierce interrogation, the terrorist clings to his jihadist beliefs and refuses to divulge any information. Desperate, the Army resorts to extreme measures--a controversial protocol designed to break a subject's resistance. But the attempt must be masked as an offer of clemency and rely on an outside party, someone who is unaware of the protocol's aims.<br /><br />They find that someone in Greg Cahill, a disgraced soldier who now serves in a prison ministry. Lured by the chance to restore his reputation, Greg befriends a man the entire country despises. And the result proves combustible, the two men having to flee for their lives. With both in need of redemption, they set out to prevent a major catastrophe...<br /><br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764202758">HERE</a> </p><p>The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764202758 </p>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-63410061494322585212009-05-15T02:29:00.002-05:002009-05-15T02:37:35.979-05:00Beloved Counterfeit by Kathleen Y'Barbo<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1602605475">Beloved Counterfeit</a></span></center><br /><center>Barbour Publishing, Inc (May 2009)</center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"><a href="http://www.kathleenybarbo.com/">Kathleen Y'Barbo</a></span></center><p><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SgeKMa1grqI/AAAAAAAACwo/8sXU78QlIL8/s1600-h/Kathleen.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334384229610466978" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SgeKMa1grqI/AAAAAAAACwo/8sXU78QlIL8/s320/Kathleen.jpg" /></a>KATHLEEN MILLER Y’BARBO is a tenth-generation Texan and a mother of three grown sons and a teenage daughter. She is a graduate of Texas A&M University and an award-winning novelist of Christian fiction whose first published work jumped onto the Christian Booksellers Association bestseller list in its first month of release. Kathleen is a former treasurer for the American Christian Fiction Writers, and is a member of the Author’s Guild, Inspirational Writers Alive, Words for the Journey Christian Writers Guild, and the Fellowship of Christian Authors. In addition, she is a sought-after speaker, and her kids think she’s a pretty cool mom, too…most of the time, anyway.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong><br /></span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SgeJfys_RuI/AAAAAAAACwg/RM4VsmHk_x8/s1600-h/belovedcounterfeit.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 203px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334383462923060962" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SgeJfys_RuI/AAAAAAAACwg/RM4VsmHk_x8/s320/belovedcounterfeit.jpg" /></a><strong><em>LOVE CAN COVER A MUTITUDE OF SINS</em></strong><br /><br />Washed ashore on Fairweather Key, Ruby O’Shea and her three nieces─the offspring of the pirate Thomas Hawkins and Ruby’s late sister─have a chance for a new beginning as Ruby takes a job in a boardinghouse and the girls are passed off as her daughters. But will Ruby be able to confess all when she falls for Micah Tate, a widower, wrecher, and soon-to-be preacher?<br /><br />Micah is determined to marry the young woman who has captured his heart despite knowing she has something to hide. But will he be able to remain true to his vows when his lady love’s shady past comes to light?<br /><br />Captain Thomas Hawkins will go to any length to discover the whereabouts of his daughters. What will his determination cost the folks of Fairweather Key?<br /><br />When Ruby finds herself bereft of her newfound love and protector, will she run away in an attempt to escape her present as she did her past? Will Micah’s love cover the multitude of Ruby’s sins, or will Ruby’s duplicity cost her everything?<br /><br /><br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1602605475">Beloved Counterfeit</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/05/beloved-counterfeit-chapter-1.html">HERE</a> </p><p>The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1602605475</p>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35830236.post-74084896328727630612009-05-08T08:58:00.001-05:002009-05-08T09:00:54.123-05:00According to Their Deeds by Paul Robertson<div align="center"><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/1600/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5500/1432/320/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif" /></a></div><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;">This week, the</span></center><br /><center><a href="http://www.christianfictionblogalliance.com/"><span style="font-size:100%;">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance</span></a></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:100%;">is introducing</span></center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#993300;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764205684">According To Their Deeds</a></span></center><br /><center>Bethany House (March 1, 2009) </center><br /><center>by</center><br /><center><span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;">Paul Robertson</span></center><p><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#ff6600;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /></span><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SgD3HoDxJvI/AAAAAAAACwI/xlKW62nt6dU/s1600-h/paulrobertson.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 223px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332533669191034610" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SgD3HoDxJvI/AAAAAAAACwI/xlKW62nt6dU/s320/paulrobertson.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br />Paul Robertson is a computer programming consultant, part-time high-school math and science teacher, and the author of The Heir. He is also a former Christian bookstore owner (for 15 years), who lives with his family in Blacksburg, Virginia.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="color:#ffcc00;">ABOUT THE BOOK:</span></strong><br /></span><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SgD1x0Q2Y0I/AAAAAAAACwA/jucMO6IRNgU/s1600-h/According+to.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 159px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 242px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332532194998379330" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_m32TlugOPkM/SgD1x0Q2Y0I/AAAAAAAACwA/jucMO6IRNgU/s320/According+to.jpg" /></a>A Deadly Game of Justice Versus Mercy Charles Beale lives outside the shadow of Washington, D.C. Politics and power matter only when a client crosses the Potomac to visit his Alexandria Rare Books shop.<br /><br />But that all changes when a former client--a man deeply connected in the Justice Department--is found murdered after a break-in gone bad. When Charles reclaims at auction the books he'd once sold, he quickly discovers he's bought more trouble than he could have ever imagined.<br /><br />Inside one volume are secrets. A collection of sins that, if revealed, could destroy reputations, careers--even lives. Charles soon learns he isn't the only who knows. Going to the police means ruining a multitude of lives. But staying silent puts a target on his shop, his wife--and himself. Charles must decide: Should one mistake really cost you everything?<br /><br />If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764205684">According To Their Deeds</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2009/05/according-to-their-deeds-by-paul.html">HERE</a> </p><p>The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764205684</p>Michelle Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05785390481958021998noreply@blogger.com0