Blood Ransom by Lisa Harris

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Blood Ransom Zondervan (April 1, 2010)
byLisa Harris


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Award-winning author Lisa Harris has been writing both fiction and nonfiction since 2000 and has more than fifteen novels and novellas in print. She currently lives with her family in Mozambique, Africa, where they work as missionaries.

From Lisa:

Have you ever noticed how God often uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things? In writing Blood Ransom, I wanted my heroes and heroines to be ordinary people, faced with extraordinary circumstances. Chad and Natalie’s lives were changed not only through the challenges they faced, but also through their reliance on God. And when they set off on their journey to the capital to save Joseph’s family, they never imagined that God would call them to a task that was beyond the scope of their own power.

But while this story is fictional, the issue of a modern day slave trade is very real. It is estimated that there are currently more than 27 million slaves on the world today from Africa, to Eastern Europe … to the United States of America. The fact is, we don’t have to travel around the world to see people hurting and exploited. They’re real people we pass every day, living in our neighborhoods, and attending our churches and schools. They’re empty and broken, searching for freedom and hope in an often hopeless world.


ABOUT THE BOOK

Natalie Sinclair is working to eradicate the diseases decimating whole villages in the Republic of Dhambizao when she meets Dr. Chad Talcott, a surgeon on sabbatical from a lucrative medical practice now volunteering at a small clinic.

Meanwhile, things are unraveling in Dhambizao. Joseph Komboli returns to his village to discover rebel soldiers abducting his family and friends. Those that were too old or weak to work lay motionless in the African soil. When Chad and Natalie decide to help Joseph expose this modern-day slave trade---and a high-ranking political figure involved in it---disaster nips at their heels.

Where is God in the chaos? Will Chad, Natalie, and Joseph win their race against time?

Romance and adventure drive Blood Ransom, by Lisa Harris, a powerful thriller about the modern-day slave trade and those who dare to challenge it.

If you would like to read the prologue and first chapter of Blood Ransom, go HERE.




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The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0310319056

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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> <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/0310319056">Blood Ransom</a></span></center> <center>Zondervan (April 1, 2010) </center> <br /> <center>by</center><center><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://web.mac.com/sgharris/Site/Welcome.html">Lisa Harris</a></span></center> <br /> <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/AVvXsEh9nGfumGF79xrwsbfJGiPXBMwEYB8obiMeGAlGss6QvG_84a-MsI5Gb4JO0OAj1sy8R2_3RG0hXnCEULQY68UDF7zgKKzblw7GmG9CxaNvRj02kyJy89bWrO2X_FU_jNs1AgRo5A/s1600/IMG_0371.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/AVvXsEh9nGfumGF79xrwsbfJGiPXBMwEYB8obiMeGAlGss6QvG_84a-MsI5Gb4JO0OAj1sy8R2_3RG0hXnCEULQY68UDF7zgKKzblw7GmG9CxaNvRj02kyJy89bWrO2X_FU_jNs1AgRo5A/s200/IMG_0371.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Award-winning author Lisa Harris has been writing both fiction and nonfiction since 2000 and has more than fifteen novels and novellas in print. She currently lives with her family in Mozambique, Africa, where they work as missionaries.<br /> <br /> From Lisa:<br /> <br /> Have you ever noticed how God often uses ordinary people to do extraordinary things? In writing Blood Ransom, I wanted my heroes and heroines to be ordinary people, faced with extraordinary circumstances. Chad and Natalie’s lives were changed not only through the challenges they faced, but also through their reliance on God. And when they set off on their journey to the capital to save Joseph’s family, they never imagined that God would call them to a task that was beyond the scope of their own power. <br /> <br /> But while this story is fictional, the issue of a modern day slave trade is very real. It is estimated that there are currently more than 27 million slaves on the world today from Africa, to Eastern Europe … to the United States of America. The fact is, we don’t have to travel around the world to see people hurting and exploited. They’re real people we pass every day, living in our neighborhoods, and attending our churches and schools. They’re empty and broken, searching for freedom and hope in an often hopeless world. <br /> <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/AVvXsEgj93hTCNn8aoRBltxHBddKePsGE5Es039mhNnFONmg8NUUD9KRX_N_F80UXJoyQzYs7Uh0WGz2DsRt3_30vIHJkIgqBJDrZDzYwSJ2aSNI1Wo4WTzPGeC_LqNre1zEjoe8DGKIww/s1600/Blood+Ransom.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/AVvXsEgj93hTCNn8aoRBltxHBddKePsGE5Es039mhNnFONmg8NUUD9KRX_N_F80UXJoyQzYs7Uh0WGz2DsRt3_30vIHJkIgqBJDrZDzYwSJ2aSNI1Wo4WTzPGeC_LqNre1zEjoe8DGKIww/s320/Blood+Ransom.jpg" /></a></div>Natalie Sinclair is working to eradicate the diseases decimating whole villages in the Republic of Dhambizao when she meets Dr. Chad Talcott, a surgeon on sabbatical from a lucrative medical practice now volunteering at a small clinic.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, things are unraveling in Dhambizao. Joseph Komboli returns to his village to discover rebel soldiers abducting his family and friends. Those that were too old or weak to work lay motionless in the African soil. When Chad and Natalie decide to help Joseph expose this modern-day slave trade---and a high-ranking political figure involved in it---disaster nips at their heels.<br /> <br /> Where is God in the chaos? Will Chad, Natalie, and Joseph win their race against time?<br /> <br /> Romance and adventure drive Blood Ransom, by Lisa Harris, a powerful thriller about the modern-day slave trade and those who dare to challenge it. <br /> <br /> If you would like to read the prologue and first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0310319056">Blood Ransom</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2010/04/blood-ranson-prologue-and-chapter-1.html">HERE</a>.

Lisa can be reached through the Contact link on her Website

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