Ruby Dawn by Raquel Byrnes

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Ruby Dawn White Rose Publishing (January 27, 2012) by Raquel Byrnes

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Raquel married her college sweetheart seventeen years ago and you can still find them spending time together chatting over a cup of coffee like when they were first dating.

Her husband is her biggest fan and most ardent supporter. He encourages her to take time for writing as often as he can. He regularly gives her gift cards to her favorite coffee house so that she can go there to write and relax.

He has been known to whip up his famous chicken quesadillas complete with guacamole and brownies for dessert.

Raquel has written books for more than a decade. She loves to do research and has taken private detective courses, gun classes, and underground tours to get every detail right for her novels. She writes romantic suspense with an edge-of-your-seat pace. Stories filled with faith, love, and adventure.

In 2009 she signed with agent, Terry Burns, at Hartline Literary. Terry worked to get her Shades of Hope series sold and in 2010, White Rose Publishing purchased the three-book series.


ABOUT THE BOOK

A painful past. A love returns A desperate plan.
Former street kid, Ruby now reaches out to runaways through her medical clinic in the worst part of the city, but her escalating battle with a gang leader puts that in jeopardy.

Cavalier, a risk-taker, charming… Ruby’s first love is now on the right side of the law and the center of a dangerous DEA sting involving her clinic.  Tom’s disappearance ten years ago broke her heart and rattled her faith. As their romance relights, memories of what it costs to love him flood her with fear.

Ruby’s battle with the gang ignites a firestorm of danger, and a pattern of lies from within her own camp emerges. With Tom’s life in the balance and her world cast in shadows, can Ruby trust God as she once did…or has she strayed too far, for too long to ever return?

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


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The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1611161142

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The code for this post is: <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/1611161142">Ruby Dawn</a></span></center> <center>White Rose Publishing (January 27, 2012)</center> <center>by</center> <center><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.raquelbyrnes.com/">Raquel Byrnes</a></span></center> <br /> <br /> <b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 100%;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></b> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEz-BACR3U2HevJD98w4jpjN0j8u9PA84Rh2X1P_MkPwTh8wu4TeylsMbmTPEEcwFSWoi6xZZmRgtXMUtFXOsK2-y0CZrDGKaxMmJjmiceDmhZStwInf0uagK5eqOzs8QC6VXcig/s1600/Raquel+Headshot,+red.+60%25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEz-BACR3U2HevJD98w4jpjN0j8u9PA84Rh2X1P_MkPwTh8wu4TeylsMbmTPEEcwFSWoi6xZZmRgtXMUtFXOsK2-y0CZrDGKaxMmJjmiceDmhZStwInf0uagK5eqOzs8QC6VXcig/s200/Raquel+Headshot,+red.+60%25.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Raquel married her college sweetheart seventeen years ago and you can still find them spending time together chatting over a cup of coffee like when they were first dating.<br /> <br /> Her husband is her biggest fan and most ardent supporter. He encourages her to take time for writing as often as he can. He regularly gives her gift cards to her favorite coffee house so that she can go there to write and relax.<br /> <br /> He has been known to whip up his famous chicken quesadillas complete with guacamole and brownies for dessert.<br /> <br /> Raquel has written books for more than a decade. She loves to do research and has taken private detective courses, gun classes, and underground tours to get every detail right for her novels. She writes romantic suspense with an edge-of-your-seat pace. Stories filled with faith, love, and adventure.<br /> <br /> In 2009 she signed with agent, Terry Burns, at Hartline Literary. Terry worked to get her Shades of Hope series sold and in 2010, White Rose Publishing purchased the three-book series.<br /> <br /> <br /> <b><span style="color: #ff6600; 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/AVvXsEisHcU247ZIRreACCkPLtqZAk3qcR2LbKn4MLucUiguwjr1skNGtRrMX8KAU8m6n6O-m8dKOx2H6HCKFVPG5dOxNt4wTFEKzVrcCdxtqUQ5Ry3oPyCRj6LTAN9m_WS3aIYVS-QWBQ/s1600/Ruby_Dawn.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/AVvXsEisHcU247ZIRreACCkPLtqZAk3qcR2LbKn4MLucUiguwjr1skNGtRrMX8KAU8m6n6O-m8dKOx2H6HCKFVPG5dOxNt4wTFEKzVrcCdxtqUQ5Ry3oPyCRj6LTAN9m_WS3aIYVS-QWBQ/s1600/Ruby_Dawn.JPG" /></a></div>A painful past. A love returns A desperate plan.<br /> Former street kid, Ruby now reaches out to runaways through her medical clinic in the worst part of the city, but her escalating battle with a gang leader puts that in jeopardy.<br /> <br /> Cavalier, a risk-taker, charming… Ruby’s first love is now on the right side of the law and the center of a dangerous DEA sting involving her clinic.  Tom’s disappearance ten years ago broke her heart and rattled her faith. As their romance relights, memories of what it costs to love him flood her with fear.<br /> <br /> Ruby’s battle with the gang ignites a firestorm of danger, and a pattern of lies from within her own camp emerges. With Tom’s life in the balance and her world cast in shadows, can Ruby trust God as she once did…or has she strayed too far, for too long to ever return?<br /> <br /> Watch the book video:<br /> <br /> <iframe width="400" height="301" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/91he6TFg1VU?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <br /> <br /> If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1611161142">Ruby Dawn</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2012/02/ruby-dawn.html">HERE</a>.<br />

Raquel can be reached through the Contact link on her Website

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