Miracle in a Dry Season by Sarah Loudin Thomas

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Miracle in a Dry Season Bethany House Publishers (August 5, 2014) by Sarah Loudin Thomas

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Sarah Loudin Thomas grew up on a 100-acre farm in French Creek, WV, the seventh generation to live there. Her Christian fiction is set in West Virginia and celebrates the people, the land, and the heritage of Appalachia. Her first novel, Miracle in a Dry Season, releases August 2014 through Bethany House. Sarah is represented by Wendy Lawton of Books & Such Literary Agency.

A graduate of Coastal Carolina University in Conway, SC, Sarah once dreamed of being a marine scientist. But her love for words won out and she has spent much of her career in public relations and marketing. She currently oversees fundraising and communications for a Christian children’s home in Black Mountain, NC.

Sarah and her husband Jim live in the mountains of Western North Carolina with Thistle–the canine equivalent to a personal trainer pushing them to hike, run, and throw sticks. Sarah is active in her local church and enjoys cooking and–you guessed it–reading.

ABOUT THE BOOK

In a Drought, It's the Darkest Cloud

That Brings Hope

It's 1954 and Perla Long's arrival in the sleepy town of Wise, West Virginia, was supposed to go unnoticed. She just wants a quiet, safe place for her and her daughter, Sadie, where the mistakes of her past can stay hidden. But then drought comes to Wise, and Perla is pulled into the turmoil of a town desperately in need of a miracle.

Casewell Phillips has resigned himself to life as a bachelor. . .until he meets Perla. She's everything he's sought in a woman, but he can't get past the sense that she's hiding something. As the drought worsens, Perla's unique gift divides the town in two, bringing both gratitude and condemnation, and placing the pair in the middle of a storm of anger and forgiveness, fear and faith.

If you would like to read the first chapter of Miracle in a Dry Season, go HERE.

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The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764212257

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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="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/0764212257">Miracle in a Dry Season</a></span></center> <center> Bethany House Publishers (August 5, 2014) </center> <center> by</center> <center> <span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://sarahloudinthomas.com/">Sarah Loudin Thomas</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/AVvXsEjWw11jT84DNWM6sMqQHpHfOeS5kuSaRvlhgcQtl0gkSp9steehEqdu0Oj9QCeIRN_k5Uxzv6sQzNYKDi4DurZUuOA9CfiYCwpUG2YDxTQQBG6w8PH1tHEO3JQpCCCSQjxIY9_UsA/s1600/Sarah.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/AVvXsEjWw11jT84DNWM6sMqQHpHfOeS5kuSaRvlhgcQtl0gkSp9steehEqdu0Oj9QCeIRN_k5Uxzv6sQzNYKDi4DurZUuOA9CfiYCwpUG2YDxTQQBG6w8PH1tHEO3JQpCCCSQjxIY9_UsA/s1600/Sarah.jpg" /></a></div> Sarah Loudin Thomas grew up on a 100-acre farm in French Creek, WV, the seventh generation to live there. Her Christian fiction is set in West Virginia and celebrates the people, the land, and the heritage of Appalachia. Her first novel, <i>Miracle in a Dry Season</i>, releases August 2014 through Bethany House. Sarah is represented by Wendy Lawton of Books & Such Literary Agency.<br /> <br /> A graduate of Coastal Carolina University in Conway, SC, Sarah once dreamed of being a marine scientist. But her love for words won out and she has spent much of her career in public relations and marketing. She currently oversees fundraising and communications for a Christian children’s home in Black Mountain, NC. <br /> <br /> Sarah and her husband Jim live in the mountains of Western North Carolina with Thistle–the canine equivalent to a personal trainer pushing them to hike, run, and throw sticks. Sarah is active in her local church and enjoys cooking and–you guessed it–reading. <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/AVvXsEi8A1N-cK8X_A8tqPdTRqN7rIArmQXev6y5ydLTwk7KjnaFrwXinanTK5lMblYGl0Zz28a5_WpUDxyQ3ZTFnNpzSgiN427yiEqafJdDpK7VVKwHrSvaSkdPVXFqw5EXP1nq-ewTpA/s1600/Miracle_in_a_Dry_Season.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/AVvXsEi8A1N-cK8X_A8tqPdTRqN7rIArmQXev6y5ydLTwk7KjnaFrwXinanTK5lMblYGl0Zz28a5_WpUDxyQ3ZTFnNpzSgiN427yiEqafJdDpK7VVKwHrSvaSkdPVXFqw5EXP1nq-ewTpA/s1600/Miracle_in_a_Dry_Season.jpg" height="320" width="206" /></a></div> <b>In a Drought, It's the Darkest Cloud <br /><br /> That Brings Hope</b><br /> <br /> It's 1954 and Perla Long's arrival in the sleepy town of Wise, West Virginia, was supposed to go unnoticed. She just wants a quiet, safe place for her and her daughter, Sadie, where the mistakes of her past can stay hidden. But then drought comes to Wise, and Perla is pulled into the turmoil of a town desperately in need of a miracle. <br /> <br /> Casewell Phillips has resigned himself to life as a bachelor. . .until he meets Perla. She's everything he's sought in a woman, but he can't get past the sense that she's hiding something. As the drought worsens, Perla's unique gift divides the town in two, bringing both gratitude and condemnation, and placing the pair in the middle of a storm of anger and forgiveness, fear and faith. <br /> <br /> If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764212257">Miracle in a Dry Season</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2014/08/miracle-in-dry-season-by-sarah-loudin.html">HERE</a>. <br /> <br />

Sarah can be reached through the Contact link on her Website

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