The Protector by Shelley Shepard Gray

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing The Protector Avon Inspire; Original edition (June 28, 2011) by Shelley Shepard Gray

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Shelley Shepard Gray is the beloved author of the Sisters of the Heart series, including Hidden, Wanted, and Forgiven. Before writing, she was a teacher in both Texas and Colorado. She now writes full time and lives in southern Ohio with her husband and two children. When not writing, Shelley volunteers at church, reads, and enjoys walking her miniature dachshund on her town's scenic bike trail.

Check out Shelley's Facebook Fan page



ABOUT THE BOOK

Everyone needs a safe place to call home

When her mother passes away, Ella's forced to auction off her family's farm. Her father died years ago, and she could never manage the fifty acres on her own. But after she moves to town, she can't deny the pain she feels watching the new owner, Loyal Weaver, repairing her family's old farmhouse—everything Ella had once dreamed of doing.

What Ella doesn't know is that Loyal secretly hopes she will occupy this house again...as his wife. He begins inviting her over, to ask her opinion on changes he wants to make. As their friendship blooms, Ella starts to wonder about Loyal's intentions, especially when her best friend, Dorothy, hints that Loyal is not who he seems. There's no way the golden boy of their close-knit Amish community could be interested in Ella, long the wallflower, hidden away caring for her ailing parents.

Should she trust the man she's always yearned for, or the friend who's always been by her side? When one of them threatens to disrupt the independence she's finally achieved, Ella is faced with a choice. She can protect her heart and keep things the way they've always been. Or she can come out of her shell, risk everything for the love she's always wanted, and finally have a place to call home.

If you would like to read an excerpt from The Protector, go HERE.

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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/0062020625">The Protector</a></span></center> <center>Avon Inspire; Original edition (June 28, 2011)</center> <center>by</center> <center><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.shelleyshepardgray.com/">Shelley Shepard Gray</a></span></center> <br /> <br /> <b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 100%;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></b><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSbnt7k9QdbO8Xv-iM33R4FtRGdVkASZJ6ai3F0yq3Xbgu_Q71iFMzdryLibWe37jkkTFZkncPhe-O0cXUlPI63-kj818Y7FcLDGT4-bxN0QDn9oesmkj_Xdz0HIDbQjZs2eahA/s1600/shepard+gray+shelley+ap2.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/AVvXsEhwSbnt7k9QdbO8Xv-iM33R4FtRGdVkASZJ6ai3F0yq3Xbgu_Q71iFMzdryLibWe37jkkTFZkncPhe-O0cXUlPI63-kj818Y7FcLDGT4-bxN0QDn9oesmkj_Xdz0HIDbQjZs2eahA/s200/shepard+gray+shelley+ap2.JPG" width="133" /></a></div>Shelley Shepard Gray is the beloved author of the Sisters of the Heart series, including <i>Hidden, Wanted</i>, and <i>Forgiven</i>. Before writing, she was a teacher in both Texas and Colorado. She now writes full time and lives in southern Ohio with her husband and two children. When not writing, Shelley volunteers at church, reads, and enjoys walking her miniature dachshund on her town's scenic bike trail. <br /> <br /> Check out Shelley's <a href="http://www.facebook.com/#%21/pages/Shelley-Shepard-Gray/154203285072">Facebook Fan page</a> <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/AVvXsEhOCSh15v1GyWEEGCMchRMdpSFCamPD3-x91CqRzKh7bjSml2DUavDMdmwAceOAUTMpqnRi_wlm3dqTmflqo8zAFc-KNaQ3C8JwGA-39kBp3Ghf4fGLbfVdOYL0D7i5iAnc1wF3uw/s1600/Protector%252CThe.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/AVvXsEhOCSh15v1GyWEEGCMchRMdpSFCamPD3-x91CqRzKh7bjSml2DUavDMdmwAceOAUTMpqnRi_wlm3dqTmflqo8zAFc-KNaQ3C8JwGA-39kBp3Ghf4fGLbfVdOYL0D7i5iAnc1wF3uw/s200/Protector%252CThe.jpg" width="132" /></a></div><b>Everyone needs a safe place to call home <br /> </b><br /> When her mother passes away, Ella's forced to auction off her family's farm. Her father died years ago, and she could never manage the fifty acres on her own. But after she moves to town, she can't deny the pain she feels watching the new owner, Loyal Weaver, repairing her family's old farmhouse—everything Ella had once dreamed of doing. <br /> <br /> What Ella doesn't know is that Loyal secretly hopes she will occupy this house again...as his wife. He begins inviting her over, to ask her opinion on changes he wants to make. As their friendship blooms, Ella starts to wonder about Loyal's intentions, especially when her best friend, Dorothy, hints that Loyal is not who he seems. There's no way the golden boy of their close-knit Amish community could be interested in Ella, long the wallflower, hidden away caring for her ailing parents. <br /> <br /> Should she trust the man she's always yearned for, or the friend who's always been by her side? When one of them threatens to disrupt the independence she's finally achieved, Ella is faced with a choice. She can protect her heart and keep things the way they've always been. Or she can come out of her shell, risk everything for the love she's always wanted, and finally have a place to call home. <br /> <br /> If you would like to read an excerpt from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0062020625">The Protector</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2011/06/protector-excerpt.html">HERE</a>.

Shelley can be reached through the Contact link on her Website

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Bridge to a Distant Star by Carolyn Williford

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Bridge to a Distant Star David C. Cook; New edition (June 1, 2011) by Carolyn Williford

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Carolyn Williford has authored seven books, including Jordan's Bend, Devotions for Families That Can't Sit Still, and Faith Tango, as well as numerous articles. She and her husband, Craig, live in Deerfield, Illinois, where he serves as president of Trinity International University. They have two children and four grandchildren.









ABOUT THE BOOK

It All Comes Tumbling Down

As a storm rages in the night, unwary drivers venture onto Tampa Bay’s most renowned bridge. No one sees the danger ahead. No one notices the jagged gap hidden by the darkness and rain. Yet when the bridge collapses vehicles careen into the churning waters of the bay below.

In that one catastrophic moment, three powerful stories converge: a family ravaged by their child’s heartbreaking news, a marriage threatened by its own facade, and a college student burdened by self doubt. As each story unfolds, the characters move steadily closer to that fateful moment on the bridge. And while each character searches for grace, the storms in their lives loom as large as the storm that awaits them above the bay.

When these characters intersect in Carolyn Williford’s gripping and moving volume of three novellas, they also collide with the transforming truth of Christ: Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow me.

If you would like to read the first chapter of Bridge to a Distant Star, go HERE.

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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/1434767035">Bridge to a Distant Star</a></span></center> <center>David C. Cook; New edition (June 1, 2011)</center> <center>by</center> <center><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.carolynswilliford.com/">Carolyn Williford</a></span></center> <br /> <br /> <b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 100%;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></b> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4eM9WyJzfn_ORk8Li47dMd1inpQa-Ij9eNPhgOm_rJV1i8tGkrpVxh3j-PFZ2nZjZ6NAgKQFTqG11jD1At3G9es8lDgcTwjuBQv5GIcUNLRJmw4g043UPSHkGXHFARAX___aqFg/s1600/CarolWilliford.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/AVvXsEg4eM9WyJzfn_ORk8Li47dMd1inpQa-Ij9eNPhgOm_rJV1i8tGkrpVxh3j-PFZ2nZjZ6NAgKQFTqG11jD1At3G9es8lDgcTwjuBQv5GIcUNLRJmw4g043UPSHkGXHFARAX___aqFg/s200/CarolWilliford.jpg" width="190" /></a></div><br /> Carolyn Williford has authored seven books, including Jordan's Bend, Devotions for Families That Can't Sit Still, and Faith Tango, as well as numerous articles. She and her husband, Craig, live in Deerfield, Illinois, where he serves as president of Trinity International University. They have two children and four grandchildren. <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/AVvXsEg8GFg5Kgiwb-6n0MBaH2eNuL_IsUXVnfuz8iTdAt3NkjglCeazw8v_Vjhy-qTKkyC4N3JgPoQVRY04jvY46AflowD2jWCk5UQ52YlGIoOjSf3-BXkB9l0moNj5zCC1Ke1WS-LKMw/s1600/Bridge_To_A_Distant_Star.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/AVvXsEg8GFg5Kgiwb-6n0MBaH2eNuL_IsUXVnfuz8iTdAt3NkjglCeazw8v_Vjhy-qTKkyC4N3JgPoQVRY04jvY46AflowD2jWCk5UQ52YlGIoOjSf3-BXkB9l0moNj5zCC1Ke1WS-LKMw/s200/Bridge_To_A_Distant_Star.jpg" width="129" /></a></div><b>It All Comes Tumbling Down</b><br /> <br /> As a storm rages in the night, unwary drivers venture onto Tampa Bay’s most renowned bridge. No one sees the danger ahead. No one notices the jagged gap hidden by the darkness and rain. Yet when the bridge collapses vehicles careen into the churning waters of the bay below.<br /> <br /> In that one catastrophic moment, three powerful stories converge: a family ravaged by their child’s heartbreaking news, a marriage threatened by its own facade, and a college student burdened by self doubt. As each story unfolds, the characters move steadily closer to that fateful moment on the bridge. And while each character searches for grace, the storms in their lives loom as large as the storm that awaits them above the bay.<br /> <br /> When these characters intersect in Carolyn Williford’s gripping and moving volume of three novellas, they also collide with the transforming truth of Christ: Deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow me.<br /> <br /> If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1434767035">Bridge to a Distant Star</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2011/06/bridge-to-distant-star-chapter-1.html">HERE</a>.

Carolyn can be reached through the Contact link on her Website

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She Makes It Look Easy by Marybeth Whalen

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing She Makes It Look Easy David C. Cook (June 1, 2011) by Marybeth Whalen

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Marybeth Whalen is the wife of Curt and mom of six children. The family lives outside Charlotte, NC. Marybeth is a member of the Proverbs 31 Ministries writing team and a regular contributor to their daily devotions. Her first novel,The Mailbox was released in June 2010. Her next novel, She Makes It Look Easy, will be released in June 2011. Additionally, she serves as director of She Reads, Proverbs 31 Ministries' fiction division.


ABOUT THE BOOK

Ariel Baxter has just moved into the neighborhood of her dreams. The chaos of domestic life and the loneliness of motherhood, however, moved with her. Then she meets her neighbor, Justine Miller. Justine ushers Ariel into a world of clutter-free houses, fresh-baked bread, homemade crafts, neighborhood play dates, and organization techniques designed to make marriage better and parenting manageable.

Soon Ariel realizes there is hope for peace, friendship, and clean kitchen counters. But when rumors start to circulate about Justine’s real home life, Ariel must choose whether to believe the best about the friend she admires or consider the possibility that “perfection” isn’t always what it seems to be.

If you would like to read an excerpt of She Makes It Look Easy, go HERE.


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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/0781403707">She Makes It Look Easy</a></span></center> <center>David C. Cook (June 1, 2011)</center> <center>by</center> <center><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.marybethwhalen.com/">Marybeth Whalen</a></span></center> <br /> <br /> <b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 100%;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></b><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHusTXfwTgknU3l5Fu42JA49BUNci80jYaQ4UI1vgcAmEtksKwLgX07_VNloiewwKl4Vnqcub07MMEmEDDuNcu0eTX5rqTnf6D5dx4Uk1pgxSW2ruGwdndQZYbTJTGUF_i1_z1Fw/s1600/MarybethWhalen.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/AVvXsEiHusTXfwTgknU3l5Fu42JA49BUNci80jYaQ4UI1vgcAmEtksKwLgX07_VNloiewwKl4Vnqcub07MMEmEDDuNcu0eTX5rqTnf6D5dx4Uk1pgxSW2ruGwdndQZYbTJTGUF_i1_z1Fw/s200/MarybethWhalen.JPG" width="150" /></a></div><br /> Marybeth Whalen is the wife of Curt and mom of six children. The family lives outside Charlotte, NC. Marybeth is a member of the Proverbs 31 Ministries writing team and a regular contributor to their daily devotions. Her first novel,The Mailbox was released in June 2010. Her next novel, She Makes It Look Easy, will be released in June 2011. Additionally, she serves as director of She Reads, Proverbs 31 Ministries' fiction division.<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/AVvXsEgWOQEQUgqx5dR3tCbTm2fTu3-AOM5gzRbz7isWwE1O7B82Apfpv4kcHnEmsMC1-Aug9tqQoEUK9_tVg1SBjYSN8mSWWXEKwC41q-3GC98EH89wCbVpFLK2bxrs89tZn0fUEmKvOQ/s1600/She_Makes_It_Look_Easy.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/AVvXsEgWOQEQUgqx5dR3tCbTm2fTu3-AOM5gzRbz7isWwE1O7B82Apfpv4kcHnEmsMC1-Aug9tqQoEUK9_tVg1SBjYSN8mSWWXEKwC41q-3GC98EH89wCbVpFLK2bxrs89tZn0fUEmKvOQ/s200/She_Makes_It_Look_Easy.jpg" width="133" /></a></div>Ariel Baxter has just moved into the neighborhood of her dreams. The chaos of domestic life and the loneliness of motherhood, however, moved with her. Then she meets her neighbor, Justine Miller. Justine ushers Ariel into a world of clutter-free houses, fresh-baked bread, homemade crafts, neighborhood play dates, and organization techniques designed to make marriage better and parenting manageable.<br /> <br /> Soon Ariel realizes there is hope for peace, friendship, and clean kitchen counters. But when rumors start to circulate about Justine’s real home life, Ariel must choose whether to believe the best about the friend she admires or consider the possibility that “perfection” isn’t always what it seems to be.<br /> <br /> If you would like to read an excerpt of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0781403707">She Makes It Look Easy</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2011/06/she-makes-it-look-easy-chapter-1.html">HERE</a>.

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Winning Him Without Words by Lynn Donovan & Dineen Miller

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Winning Him Without Words Regal (February 15, 2011) by Lynn Donovan & Dineen Miller

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Lynn Donovan
Verse: John 15:5 Apart from Me you can do nothing.
Tagline: Challenging Women to Live in Truth

A passionate writer and speaker, Lynn is a woman who presents a compelling message to encourage women to thrive in their marriage. She speaks at events nationwide where she challenges the myths women believe about love, pointing them to life-changing freedom through a relationship with Jesus. She reveals the zany yet meaningful stories of marriage challenges, truths, and triumphs in her life and invites women to share her view from her front row seat to an amazing journey; life lived for Christ.

Married since 1992 to her best friend and biggest enthusiast, Mike, she lives in Temecula, California. They have a son and a daughter and a wacky dog named Peanut. She loves to laugh, enjoys a strong cup of coffee and Fantasy Football and not necessarily in that order.

She lives each day in awe of the grace of God in her ordinary life.

Dineen Miller
Verse: Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
Tagline: Igniting the Soul

Dineen readily admits that one of the greatest lessons she’s learning about life is that there’s purpose in our trials. And it’s all about trusting God and putting our hope in Him. Her favorite stories will always be of the miracles God has wrought in the lives of her family.

Through this lens she also believes her years as a youth counselor, a Stephen Minister, a women’s ministry leader, and a small group leader have prepared her for God’s calling on her life—to write for and speak to those in mismatched marriages like hers.

In addition to writing for Spiritually Unequal Marriage, Dineen writes for Laced with Grace and various other fiction online magazines and newsletters. She’s also won several prestigious awards for her fiction, and her devotional writing has been featured in Our Journey and Christian Women Online Magazine.

Married for 23 years to a guy who keeps her young, she lives in the Bay Area with her husband, two precious daughters, and their dog Shasta, who no doubt is an angel in disguise.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Week after week, they sit in church . . . alone. They are the spiritually mismatched, those who are committed to a spouse who does not share their faith. Feeling abandoned by their spouse and forgotten by their church, they live out their faith in survival mode, guarding the spiritual flame yet never feeling free to share it. But God wants them to thrive—not just survive.

Winning Him Without Words presents 10 Christ centered keys to thriving in a spiritual mismatch. Readers are encouraged to commit to Christian community, to release their spouse to God’s capable hands, to find peace in their relationships with Christ and with their spouse, to continue their pursuit of a growing faith and to love their spouse with fresh enthusiasm. God wants every marriage to exude peace and love, and Winning Him Without Words empowers readers to create that environment in their homes and thrive as God works.

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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/0830756051">Winning Him Without Words</a></span></center> <center>Regal (February 15, 2011)</center> <center>by</center> <center><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.winninghimwithoutwords.com/">Lynn Donovan & Dineen Miller</a></span></center> <br /> <br /> <b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 100%;">ABOUT THE AUTHORS:</span></b> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfd2VMmwwTZfSYh3uJ7uGqGqAacGwvUBC_2nZEIYQ65vmyadu7Wsxu5RcHH1j3WE3BA9BUpMM8b4UN_JX0qUuGDSM4JJsKTrzqgNYm8SWM4E3FmOzHjdlcQg3_md3CuI_MkzAwBw/s1600/Lynn-Donovan2.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfd2VMmwwTZfSYh3uJ7uGqGqAacGwvUBC_2nZEIYQ65vmyadu7Wsxu5RcHH1j3WE3BA9BUpMM8b4UN_JX0qUuGDSM4JJsKTrzqgNYm8SWM4E3FmOzHjdlcQg3_md3CuI_MkzAwBw/s1600/Lynn-Donovan2.png" /></a></div><b>Lynn Donovan</b><br /> Verse: John 15:5 Apart from Me you can do nothing.<br /> Tagline: Challenging Women to Live in Truth<br /> <br /> A passionate writer and speaker, Lynn is a woman who presents a compelling message to encourage women to thrive in their marriage. She speaks at events nationwide where she challenges the myths women believe about love, pointing them to life-changing freedom through a relationship with Jesus. She reveals the zany yet meaningful stories of marriage challenges, truths, and triumphs in her life and invites women to share her view from her front row seat to an amazing journey; life lived for Christ.<br /> <br /> Married since 1992 to her best friend and biggest enthusiast, Mike, she lives in Temecula, California. They have a son and a daughter and a wacky dog named Peanut. She loves to laugh, enjoys a strong cup of coffee and Fantasy Football and not necessarily in that order.<br /> <br /> She lives each day in awe of the grace of God in her ordinary life.<br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6ig1ASE3zKkC2TdFNH6rC8LllD7stij68r9DNxU10ljU-jA8yGhsQyPiJsRh2T6Je-qCPQCYL8_PiqvA5YtupA8GDd-ApHLmmEp6T7DG9_UO-u6JMu81ulb-XieqLSZXLqhHVQ/s1600/DineenMiller.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil6ig1ASE3zKkC2TdFNH6rC8LllD7stij68r9DNxU10ljU-jA8yGhsQyPiJsRh2T6Je-qCPQCYL8_PiqvA5YtupA8GDd-ApHLmmEp6T7DG9_UO-u6JMu81ulb-XieqLSZXLqhHVQ/s1600/DineenMiller.png" /></a></div><b>Dineen Miller</b><br /> Verse: Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.<br /> Tagline: Igniting the Soul<br /> <br /> Dineen readily admits that one of the greatest lessons she’s learning about life is that there’s purpose in our trials. And it’s all about trusting God and putting our hope in Him. Her favorite stories will always be of the miracles God has wrought in the lives of her family.<br /> <br /> Through this lens she also believes her years as a youth counselor, a Stephen Minister, a women’s ministry leader, and a small group leader have prepared her for God’s calling on her life—to write for and speak to those in mismatched marriages like hers.<br /> <br /> In addition to writing for Spiritually Unequal Marriage, Dineen writes for Laced with Grace and various other fiction online magazines and newsletters. She’s also won several prestigious awards for her fiction, and her devotional writing has been featured in Our Journey and Christian Women Online Magazine.<br /> <br /> Married for 23 years to a guy who keeps her young, she lives in the Bay Area with her husband, two precious daughters, and their dog Shasta, who no doubt is an angel in disguise.<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/AVvXsEhtJQIS_07lgYvHAgwphO9juEX4LyoXJYHI-jyjSFkL6OPQ6Roi4MSkoTSrzLcCu-UKUHhXz-KlVGyIZ-dGKbHDxi9_FPj1BLVv2Iu960cmdW_DAYL5C1rAMvzlVm6AiDdHFgWuFg/s1600/Winning+Him+Without+Words-LR.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/AVvXsEhtJQIS_07lgYvHAgwphO9juEX4LyoXJYHI-jyjSFkL6OPQ6Roi4MSkoTSrzLcCu-UKUHhXz-KlVGyIZ-dGKbHDxi9_FPj1BLVv2Iu960cmdW_DAYL5C1rAMvzlVm6AiDdHFgWuFg/s200/Winning+Him+Without+Words-LR.jpg" width="129" /></a></div>Week after week, they sit in church . . . alone. They are the spiritually mismatched, those who are committed to a spouse who does not share their faith. Feeling abandoned by their spouse and forgotten by their church, they live out their faith in survival mode, guarding the spiritual flame yet never feeling free to share it. But God wants them to thrive—not just survive.<br /> <br /> <i>Winning Him Without Words</i> presents 10 Christ centered keys to thriving in a spiritual mismatch. Readers are encouraged to commit to Christian community, to release their spouse to God’s capable hands, to find peace in their relationships with Christ and with their spouse, to continue their pursuit of a growing faith and to love their spouse with fresh enthusiasm. God wants every marriage to exude peace and love, and Winning Him Without Words empowers readers to create that environment in their homes and thrive as God works.<br /> <br /> Watch their book video: <br /> <br /> <object height="249" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kOvAIzW8Zjo?version=3&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kOvAIzW8Zjo?version=3&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="249" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /> <br /> If you would like to read a sample chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0830756051">Winning Him Without Words</a>, go <a href="http://www.winninghimwithoutwords.com/about-the-book/">HERE</a>.

Lynn and Dineen can be reached through the Contact link on their Website

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Pompeii by T.L. Higley

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Pompeii B&H Books (June 1, 2011) by T.L. Higley

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

A fiction aficionado since grade school, T.L. Higley, author of Pompeii: City on Fire (B&H Publishing House, June 2011) started her first novel at the age of eight.

Now the author of nine historical fiction novels, including the popular Seven Wonders series, Higley isn’t just transporting readers: She’s transporting herself, too.

“My Iifelong interest in history and mythology has taken me to Italy, Greece, Egypt, Rome, Turkey, Jordan and Israel, where I’ve gotten to study those ancient cultures in rich detail,” says Higley. “It’s my desire to shine the light of the gospel into the cultures of the past, and I figure what better way to do that than to visit the cultures themselves?”

In addition to her accomplished novelist career, Higley is a business entrepreneur and a mother. In fact, for Pompeii, she brought her daughter along with her to Italy for the research trip.

“We gave it to her as a graduation present, not only because Italy is terrific, but because I believe in exposing children to global cultures,” says Higley, who became a student herself again this year. She’s now a graduate student at American Public University, earning her master’s degree in Ancient and Classical Studies.

When Higley isn’t traveling on research trips, writing her novels, or studying for class, she operates four online retail companies, including KoolStuff4Kids.com – a family-run business that began as a way for her oldest daughter to make some extra money for camp. Today, it is a go-to site for parents, children and teachers all over the country, looking for beads and other kid-friendly craft supplies.

Higley lives with her husband and her three other children (aforementioned daughter now in college) just outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Pompeii, a city that's many things to many people. For Cato, it's the perfect escape from a failed political career in Rome. A place to start again, become a winemaker. But when a corrupt politician wrongfully jails Cato's sister, he must oust the man from power to save her.

For Ariella, Pompeii is a means to an end. As a young Jew, she escaped the fall of Jerusalem only to endure slavery to a cruel Roman general. She ends up in Pompeii, disguised as a young man and sold into a gladiator troupe. Her anger fuels her to fight well, hoping to win the arena crowds and reveal her gender at the perfect time. Perhaps then she will win true freedom.

But evil creeps through the streets of Pompeii. Political corruption, religious persecution, and family peril threaten to destroy Ariella and Cato, who are thrown together in the battle to survive. As Vesuvius churns with deadly intent, the two must bridge their differences to save the lives of those they love, before the fiery ash buries Pompeii, leaving the city lost to the world.

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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/1433668572">Pompeii</a></span></center> <center>B&H Books (June 1, 2011)</center> <center>by</center> <center><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://nopassportrequired.tlhigley.com/">T.L. Higley</a></span></center> <br /> <br /> <b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 100%;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></b><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzGMnBuQm-0yI-vvrbakunVOQirNrxQSPYHpN18qoXDRwqXHjdclFXF85pn12AZu2l_nVRKwIH68QtUDFV_sUnyviSe_wdXt0Ybx6PaQXSeIlzMMyG8GUtGswhHxWA5uexH8hecQ/s1600/Tracy.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/AVvXsEgzGMnBuQm-0yI-vvrbakunVOQirNrxQSPYHpN18qoXDRwqXHjdclFXF85pn12AZu2l_nVRKwIH68QtUDFV_sUnyviSe_wdXt0Ybx6PaQXSeIlzMMyG8GUtGswhHxWA5uexH8hecQ/s200/Tracy.jpg" width="152" /></a></div>A fiction aficionado since grade school, T.L. Higley, author of Pompeii: City on Fire (B&H Publishing House, June 2011) started her first novel at the age of eight.<br /> <br /> Now the author of nine historical fiction novels, including the popular Seven Wonders series, Higley isn’t just transporting readers: She’s transporting herself, too.<br /> <br /> “My Iifelong interest in history and mythology has taken me to Italy, Greece, Egypt, Rome, Turkey, Jordan and Israel, where I’ve gotten to study those ancient cultures in rich detail,” says Higley. “It’s my desire to shine the light of the gospel into the cultures of the past, and I figure what better way to do that than to visit the cultures themselves?”<br /> <br /> In addition to her accomplished novelist career, Higley is a business entrepreneur and a mother. In fact, for Pompeii, she brought her daughter along with her to Italy for the research trip.<br /> <br /> “We gave it to her as a graduation present, not only because Italy is terrific, but because I believe in exposing children to global cultures,” says Higley, who became a student herself again this year. She’s now a graduate student at American Public University, earning her master’s degree in Ancient and Classical Studies.<br /> <br /> When Higley isn’t traveling on research trips, writing her novels, or studying for class, she operates four online retail companies, including KoolStuff4Kids.com – a family-run business that began as a way for her oldest daughter to make some extra money for camp. Today, it is a go-to site for parents, children and teachers all over the country, looking for beads and other kid-friendly craft supplies.<br /> <br /> Higley lives with her husband and her three other children (aforementioned daughter now in college) just outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. <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/AVvXsEhifGH6WSs-EH4j5aAcErOgLwAKuYhiqMCepstKes_viUsBmJPCXIrJzImRMqRuoPNV26aXcUoFG_XZRZVrUSKmfzk2tbzYuo2UXJAOaYjWkMgZXAMrKRe02BBQGi4BlxzRebyWSA/s1600/Pompeii.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/AVvXsEhifGH6WSs-EH4j5aAcErOgLwAKuYhiqMCepstKes_viUsBmJPCXIrJzImRMqRuoPNV26aXcUoFG_XZRZVrUSKmfzk2tbzYuo2UXJAOaYjWkMgZXAMrKRe02BBQGi4BlxzRebyWSA/s200/Pompeii.jpg" width="131" /></a></div>Pompeii, a city that's many things to many people. For Cato, it's the perfect escape from a failed political career in Rome. A place to start again, become a winemaker. But when a corrupt politician wrongfully jails Cato's sister, he must oust the man from power to save her.<br /> <br /> For Ariella, Pompeii is a means to an end. As a young Jew, she escaped the fall of Jerusalem only to endure slavery to a cruel Roman general. She ends up in Pompeii, disguised as a young man and sold into a gladiator troupe. Her anger fuels her to fight well, hoping to win the arena crowds and reveal her gender at the perfect time. Perhaps then she will win true freedom.<br /> <br /> But evil creeps through the streets of Pompeii. Political corruption, religious persecution, and family peril threaten to destroy Ariella and Cato, who are thrown together in the battle to survive. As Vesuvius churns with deadly intent, the two must bridge their differences to save the lives of those they love, before the fiery ash buries Pompeii, leaving the city lost to the world.<br /> <br /> Watch the book trailer: <object height="249" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jcSZUGaUKuw?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jcSZUGaUKuw?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="249" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object><br /> <br /> If you would like to read the Prologue of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1433668572">Pompeii</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2011/06/pompeii-prologue.html">HERE</a>.<br />

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The Sweetest Thing by Elizabeth Musser

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing The Sweetest Thing • Bethany House (June 1, 2011) by Elizabeth Musser

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Elizabeth Musser, an Atlanta native, studied English and French literature at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. While at Vanderbilt, I had the opportunity to spend a semester in Aix-en-Provence,

France. During her Senior year at Vanderbilt, she attended a five-day missions conference for students and discovered an amazing thing: God had missionaries in France, and she felt God calling her there. After graduation, she spent eight months training for the mission field in Chicago, Illinois and then two years serving in a tiny Protestant church in Eastern France where she met her future husband.

Elizabeth lives in southern France with her husband and their two sons. She find her work as a mother, wife, author and missionary filled with challenges and chances to see God’s hand at work daily in her life. Inspiration for her novels come both from her experiences growing up in Atlanta as well as through the people she meets in her work in France. Many conversations within her novels are inspired from real-life conversations with skeptics and seekers alike.

Her acclaimed novel, The Swan House, was a Book Sense bestseller list in the Southeast and was selected as one of the top Christian books for 2001 by Amazon's editors. Searching for Eternity is her sixth novel.


ABOUT THE BOOK

Compelling Southern Novel Explores Atlanta Society in the 1930s.

The Singleton family’s fortunes seem unaffected by the Great Depression, and Perri—along with the other girls at Atlanta’s elite Washington Seminary—lives a life of tea dances with college boys and matinees at the cinema. When tragedy strikes, Perri is confronted with a world far different from the one she has always known.

At the insistence of her parents, Mary ‘Dobbs’ Dillard, the daughter of an itinerant preacher, is sent from inner-city Chicago to live with her aunt and attend Washington Seminary. Dobbs, passionate, fiercely individualistic and deeply religious, enters Washington Seminary as a bull in a china shop and shocks the girls with her frank talk about poverty and her stories of revival on the road. Her arrival intersects at the point of Perri’s ultimate crisis, and the tragedy forges an unlikely friendship.

The Sweetest Thing tells the story of two remarkable young women—opposites in every way—fighting for the same goal: surviving tumultuous change. Just as the Great Depression collides disastrously with Perri's well-ordered life, friendship blossoms--a friendship that will be tested by jealousy, betrayal, and family secrets...

If you would like to read the first chapter of The Sweetest Thing, go HERE.


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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/0764208314">The Sweetest Thing</a></span></center> <center>• Bethany House (June 1, 2011)</center> <center>by</center> <center><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.elizabethmusser.com/">Elizabeth Musser</a></span></center> <br /> <br /> <b><span style="color: #ff6600; font-size: 100%;">ABOUT THE AUTHOR:</span></b><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXzpffu0b52EBK8YlY9VgUSPtb8yxC1HGZQlfvTuJNp8kTn6ZbWKBb9Sai2_2ccDR1ixyEqyjtY4Z8qk4YGs2Oj3O8iKa0e96KyukUAywXAwgHQDke_6eK3kFQcMG4b4wCzvlZ4Q/s1600/ElizabethMusser.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/AVvXsEjXzpffu0b52EBK8YlY9VgUSPtb8yxC1HGZQlfvTuJNp8kTn6ZbWKBb9Sai2_2ccDR1ixyEqyjtY4Z8qk4YGs2Oj3O8iKa0e96KyukUAywXAwgHQDke_6eK3kFQcMG4b4wCzvlZ4Q/s200/ElizabethMusser.JPG" width="133" /></a></div>Elizabeth Musser, an Atlanta native, studied English and French literature at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. While at Vanderbilt, I had the opportunity to spend a semester in Aix-en-Provence, <br /> <br /> France. During her Senior year at Vanderbilt, she attended a five-day missions conference for students and discovered an amazing thing: God had missionaries in France, and she felt God calling her there. After graduation, she spent eight months training for the mission field in Chicago, Illinois and then two years serving in a tiny Protestant church in Eastern France where she met her future husband.<br /> <br /> Elizabeth lives in southern France with her husband and their two sons. She find her work as a mother, wife, author and missionary filled with challenges and chances to see God’s hand at work daily in her life. Inspiration for her novels come both from her experiences growing up in Atlanta as well as through the people she meets in her work in France. Many conversations within her novels are inspired from real-life conversations with skeptics and seekers alike. <br /> <br /> Her acclaimed novel, The Swan House, was a Book Sense bestseller list in the Southeast and was selected as one of the top Christian books for 2001 by Amazon's editors. Searching for Eternity is her sixth novel.<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/AVvXsEhc4A_Cfkcqwi25AjDkWcUT6n07_NG_9P51yE0bm7gaQUH3BLolGsd6nRumEbG7cuXtCzzaAc-wtjYHrBcEl_xexAXAhwSi9b3y-e2cid1z24H6oJXg6dJbPm6lfsk1NjnWqwQS8g/s1600/Sweetest_Thing%252CThe.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/AVvXsEhc4A_Cfkcqwi25AjDkWcUT6n07_NG_9P51yE0bm7gaQUH3BLolGsd6nRumEbG7cuXtCzzaAc-wtjYHrBcEl_xexAXAhwSi9b3y-e2cid1z24H6oJXg6dJbPm6lfsk1NjnWqwQS8g/s200/Sweetest_Thing%252CThe.jpg" width="129" /></a></div><b>Compelling Southern Novel Explores Atlanta Society in the 1930s.</b><br /> <br /> The Singleton family’s fortunes seem unaffected by the Great Depression, and Perri—along with the other girls at Atlanta’s elite Washington Seminary—lives a life of tea dances with college boys and matinees at the cinema. When tragedy strikes, Perri is confronted with a world far different from the one she has always known.<br /> <br /> At the insistence of her parents, Mary ‘Dobbs’ Dillard, the daughter of an itinerant preacher, is sent from inner-city Chicago to live with her aunt and attend Washington Seminary. Dobbs, passionate, fiercely individualistic and deeply religious, enters Washington Seminary as a bull in a china shop and shocks the girls with her frank talk about poverty and her stories of revival on the road. Her arrival intersects at the point of Perri’s ultimate crisis, and the tragedy forges an unlikely friendship.<br /> <br /> The Sweetest Thing tells the story of two remarkable young women—opposites in every way—fighting for the same goal: surviving tumultuous change. Just as the Great Depression collides disastrously with Perri's well-ordered life, friendship blossoms--a friendship that will be tested by jealousy, betrayal, and family secrets...<br /> <br /> If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764208314">The Sweetest Thing</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2011/06/sweetest-thing-chapter-1.html">HERE</a>.

Elizabeth can be reached through the Contact link on her Website

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