Monday, April 07, 2008

Amber Morn by Brandilyn Collins


This week, the

Christian Fiction Blog Alliance

is introducing


Amber Morn

(Zondervan Publishing Company - April 2008)

by

Brandilyn Collins



ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Brandilyn Collins is a 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 writes for Zondervan, the Christian division of HarperCollins Publishers, and is currently at work on her 19th book. Her first, A Question of Innocence, was a true crime published by Avon in 1995. Its promotion landed her on local and national TV and radio, including the Phil Donahue and Leeza talk shows.

She’s also known for her distinctive book on fiction-writing techniques, Getting Into Character: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn From Actors (John Wiley & Sons), and often teaches at writers conferences.

Brandilyn blogs at Forensics and Faith. Visit her Website
to read the first chapters of all her books.


ABOUT THE BOOK

The whole thing couldn’t have taken more than sixty seconds.

Bailey hung on to the counter, dazed. If she let go, she’d collapse—and the twitching fingers of the gunman would pull the trigger. The rest of her group huddled in frozen shock.

Dear God, help us! Tell me this is a dream . . .

The shooter’s teeth clenched. “ Anybody who moves is dead.”

On a beautiful Saturday morning the nationally read “Scenes and Beans” bloggers gather at Java Joint for a special celebration. Chaos erupts when three gunmen burst in and take them all hostage. One person is shot and dumped outside.

Police Chief Vince Edwards must negotiate with the desperate trio. The gunmen insist on communicating through the “comments” section of the blog—so all the world can hear their story. What they demand, Vince can’t possibly provide. But if he doesn’t, over a dozen beloved Kanner Lake citizens will die...

Amber Morn is the climactic finale to Collins’ widely read Kanner Lake series. All first three titles in the series, Violet Dawn, Coral Moon, and Crimson Eve, were bestsellers. Library Journal placed Crimson Eve on its Best Books of 2007 list, and hailed it the “Best Christian suspense of 2007.”

A few early reviews of Amber Morn:

“… essential reading … a harrowing hostage drama.” – Library Journal

“… heart-pounding … breakneck pace … satisfying and meaningful ending.” – RT Bookreviews

“This cataclysmic ending left me breathless … Kanner Lake is the Best Suspense Series of 2007/2008.” – deenasbooks.blogspot.com

“Collins has saved the best for a last .. a powerful ensemble performance.” -- BookshelfReview.com

“… a staccato tempo … Sometimes you just have to close the book in order to come up for air.” – Dale Lewis

“…a masterpiece of page-turning suspense with a cast of dozens.” – Peg Phifer



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Posting Information


The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0310276411

Author's picture is:



The book cover photo is:

Brandilyn can be reached through the Contact link on her Website

46 comments:

Deborah said...

i'm up even before the email was sent lol

Bonnie S. Calhoun said...

LOL...actually the Newsletter email was sent a half hour ago. They're having delivery problems over at Ezine! :-)

Rel said...

Up down under :)

M. C. Pearson said...

Up at Mimi's Pixie Corner

Nicole said...

Up at hopeofglory.typepad.com

David Meigs said...

I posted. ... with review to follow after I get back on my feet. :(

Ausjenny said...

i've posted.

Angie A. said...

I'm up!

Kim said...

I've posted with a note from Brandilyn about her next work in progress! Yippee!!

Kim
berlysue.blogspot.com

Jill said...

My post is up at http://www.jillelizabethnelson.com/artisticblogger.shtml

~michelle pendergrass said...

Mine's up in the right sidebar

CherryBlossomMJ said...

up

Prairierose said...

Mine's up. I'm about 1/2 way through this book. Intense, but a great read!

Carolyn
http://www.quiettimewithcarolyn.com/Serenity/2008/04/07/blog-tour-amber-morn/

Janna said...

I'm up with a review - great finish to the series!

Janna
http://www.cornhuskeracademy.blogspot.com

Gretchen Geyer said...

Posted, yippee!

Tami said...

My post and review are up. I love her books!
Tami from Tree Swing Reading

Marjorie Vawter said...

My post and comments are up. The review will come later (when I get caught up! Sigh)

Susan Stitch said...

Posted at hisreadinglist.blogspot.com

Great book!

Deena Peterson said...

Posted, Pinged, and Pooped (of the tired kind....stop thinking like that:-)!

Marcia Lee Laycock said...

my post is up a Writer-lee
:)Marci

Erica Vetsch said...

Up with a review.

Amy said...

I'm up!

Christy Lockstein said...

I'm up!

kc said...

My post is up.
www.kcreviews.blogspot.com

Adam Blumer said...

I'm up and pinged.

Vicki said...

Got it done

www.overlookedorchids.com/vblog

loves to read said...

posted

Leah said...

My link is up!

Jim Thompson said...

This time I added a personal comment. http://bookreviewsucanuse.blogspot.com/2008/04/amber-morn-by-brandilyn-collins.html

Anonymous said...

mine is up

Unknown said...

Posted!

Michelle K said...

mine posted

Brittanie said...

Posted.

Mocha with Linda said...

Posted

Ernie W. said...

The post is up.

Edgy Inspirational Author said...

I'm up. Sorry about the delay. For some reason I can't just cut and past anymore and it takes longer to post. Help?

Valerie Comer said...

I'm up In My Little World!

storyline said...

Posted.

Jennifer AlLee said...

I'm up at http://jenniferallee.blogspot.com/

Blessings, y'all!

Kelly said...

I've posted.

Courtney said...

up amomspeaks.com

Janis Rodgers said...

Posts are up at both my blogs!

Peggy Blann Phifer said...

I'm up (way too early!)Oh, yeah, Amber Morn is posted, too. *grin*

Tiffany Amber Stockton said...

I've got the spotlight live and going today on my blog. It includes a bonus personal interview with Brandilyn AND a free book giveaway.

Come on by!

www.ambermiller.com

Georgiana Daniels said...

I'm bringing up the rear!

Jason said...

Not quite Georgiana, not when I'm around...

Posted a review.