Heartless by Anne Elisabeth Stengl

This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Heartless Bethany House (July 1, 2010)
by
Anne Elisabeth Stengl

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Anne Elisabeth Stengl makes her home in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she enjoys her profession as an art teacher, giving private lessons from her personal studio, and teaching group classes at the Apex Learning Center. She studied illustration at Grace College and English literature at Campbell University. Heartless is her debut novel.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Princess Una of Parumvir has come of age and will soon be married. She dreams of a handsome and charming prince, but when the first suitor arrives, she finds him stodgy and boring. Prince Aethelbald from the mysterious land of Farthestshore has traveled far to prove his love--and also to bring hushed warnings of danger. A dragon is rumored to be approaching Parumvir.

Una, smitten instead with a more dashing prince, refuses Aethelbald's offer--and ignores his warnings. Soon the Dragon King himself is in Parumvir, and Una, in giving her heart away unwisely, finds herself in grave danger. When Una makes the wrong choice, catastrophe ensues for the princess and her family, and love, courage, and trust are needed when darkness engulfs the kingdom.

Only those courageous enough to risk everything have a hope of fighting off this advancing evil.

There are some delightful things and scenes: the Twelve-Year Market that appears in its own good time and sells fairy goods; a clever blind cat who is invariably underfoot and has, of course, a secret!

If you would like to read the first chapter of Heartless, go HERE.



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The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764207806

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<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="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px;" /></a></div><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: #993300; font-size: 130%;"> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764207806">Heartless</a></span></center> <center>Bethany House (July 1, 2010)</center> <br /> <center>by</center> <br /> <center><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://anneelisabethstengl.blogspot.com/">Anne Elisabeth Stengl</a></span></center> <br /> <br /> <span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 100%;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyyhdB7gsI1I3vwpNxsZm5HbRVjCmoqDqz2flO1-gJYdzAL6EJ9Fh_8bGENBf7e6k0XnPSlcQtOt4BBrvN25D4kpDs3tCi3yltNhQlO64f1hTAMwXTG3ATNISH-yd8z4FDLLA8Q/s1600/Anne.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqyyhdB7gsI1I3vwpNxsZm5HbRVjCmoqDqz2flO1-gJYdzAL6EJ9Fh_8bGENBf7e6k0XnPSlcQtOt4BBrvN25D4kpDs3tCi3yltNhQlO64f1hTAMwXTG3ATNISH-yd8z4FDLLA8Q/s200/Anne.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /> Anne Elisabeth Stengl makes her home in Raleigh, North Carolina, where she enjoys her profession as an art teacher, giving private lessons from her personal studio, and teaching group classes at the Apex Learning Center. She studied illustration at Grace College and English literature at Campbell University. Heartless is her debut novel.<br /> <br /> <b><span style="color: #ffcc00; font-size: 100%;">ABOUT THE BOOK</span></b> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnaG6vutbbBpOeoEPVe_B4ydjnZyh_sCcSJ_BtxiT3WoTmox5Il7qBQZn11iNseuo5MsK9JvEFntH_iPnTZ-JMAmNU6mx4PNaxDvtMar4Vlnuyhco-TirDFqY9UxN4qbzVL3_nA/s1600/heartless.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCnaG6vutbbBpOeoEPVe_B4ydjnZyh_sCcSJ_BtxiT3WoTmox5Il7qBQZn11iNseuo5MsK9JvEFntH_iPnTZ-JMAmNU6mx4PNaxDvtMar4Vlnuyhco-TirDFqY9UxN4qbzVL3_nA/s320/heartless.jpg" /></a></div>Princess Una of Parumvir has come of age and will soon be married. She dreams of a handsome and charming prince, but when the first suitor arrives, she finds him stodgy and boring. Prince Aethelbald from the mysterious land of Farthestshore has traveled far to prove his love--and also to bring hushed warnings of danger. A dragon is rumored to be approaching Parumvir. <br /> <br /> Una, smitten instead with a more dashing prince, refuses Aethelbald's offer--and ignores his warnings. Soon the Dragon King himself is in Parumvir, and Una, in giving her heart away unwisely, finds herself in grave danger. When Una makes the wrong choice, catastrophe ensues for the princess and her family, and love, courage, and trust are needed when darkness engulfs the kingdom. <br /> <br /> Only those courageous enough to risk everything have a hope of fighting off this advancing evil. <br /> <br /> There are some delightful things and scenes: the Twelve-Year Market that appears in its own good time and sells fairy goods; a clever blind cat who is invariably underfoot and has, of course, a secret! <br /> <br /> If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764207806">Heartless</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2010/07/heartless-chapter-1.html">HERE</a>.

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