Traveler’s Rest by Ann Tatlock

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Traveler’s Rest
Bethany House Publishers; Original edition (May 1, 2012)
by Ann Tatlock

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Ann Tatlock is the author of the Christy Award-winning novel All the Way Home. She has also won the Midwest Independent Publishers Association "Book of the Year" in fiction for both All the Way Home and I'll Watch the Moon. Her novel Things We Once Held Dear received a starred review from Library Journal and Publishers Weekly calls her "one of Christian fiction's better wordsmiths, and her lovely prose reminds readers why it is a joy to savor her stories." Ann lives with her husband and daughter in Asheville, North Carolina.


ABOUT THE BOOK

A YOUNG WOMAN determined to honor her commitment...

AN INJURED SOLDIER convinced life is no longer worth living...

A RETIRED DOCTOR certain it's too late to be forgiven...

Jane Morrow has a dilemma. She's engaged to Seth Ballantine, a member of the National Guard's 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, and he's returned from Iraq severely wounded. Jane hasn't seen him for nearly a year, and with trepidation, she heads to the VA hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, where he is being treated.

Seth isn't happy to see her. He'd asked her not to come. He wants to end the relationship. But Jane loves him, and despite his injury, she's determined to convince him that they can have a life together. Her faith has never been strong, yet she hopes God will answer her prayers and tell her what to do.

Beautifully written, Travelers Rest takes readers on a journey through pain and tragedy to a place of hope and redemption.

If you would like to read the first chapter of Traveler’s Rest, go HERE.


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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/0764208101">Traveler’s Rest</a></span></center> <center> <br /> Bethany House Publishers; Original edition (May 1, 2012)<br /> </center> <center>by</center> <center><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.anntatlock.com/">Ann Tatlock</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/AVvXsEhpgiDwDInmYciOsysO8FbZhfCqu8-spKeKO9sem8WDzUesnlZ3rtvE6kL0ue6bpJBK7Ns8qIBMQDjoLYOEgqXlb7moLA7hS_GotDK-ypUnBtGnZop8gF6IsQFcmmXc9QdwHSqGFg/s1600/Tatlock.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/AVvXsEhpgiDwDInmYciOsysO8FbZhfCqu8-spKeKO9sem8WDzUesnlZ3rtvE6kL0ue6bpJBK7Ns8qIBMQDjoLYOEgqXlb7moLA7hS_GotDK-ypUnBtGnZop8gF6IsQFcmmXc9QdwHSqGFg/s200/Tatlock.jpg" width="170" /></a></div><br /> Ann Tatlock is the author of the Christy Award-winning novel All the Way Home. She has also won the Midwest Independent Publishers Association "Book of the Year" in fiction for both All the Way Home and I'll Watch the Moon. Her novel Things We Once Held Dear received a starred review from Library Journal and Publishers Weekly calls her "one of Christian fiction's better wordsmiths, and her lovely prose reminds readers why it is a joy to savor her stories." Ann lives with her husband and daughter in Asheville, North Carolina. <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/AVvXsEje7zf-qlXEFQMt2GtrA2pRk3vSYwpIeZrEI1T_evJWLPFW6poLadYiIo950z8Tv1chshGPQkxD_QwWQG07R7On7ncGnz1g-FaU9Iw5rXQmdr7s8z9Dkl2Fq4BJuSrx_qtAJpFHqA/s1600/Traveler's_Rest.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/AVvXsEje7zf-qlXEFQMt2GtrA2pRk3vSYwpIeZrEI1T_evJWLPFW6poLadYiIo950z8Tv1chshGPQkxD_QwWQG07R7On7ncGnz1g-FaU9Iw5rXQmdr7s8z9Dkl2Fq4BJuSrx_qtAJpFHqA/s200/Traveler's_Rest.jpg" width="128" /></a></div><br /> <br /> <b>A YOUNG WOMAN determined to honor her commitment...</b><br /> <br /> <b>AN INJURED SOLDIER convinced life is no longer worth living...</b><br /> <br /> <b>A RETIRED DOCTOR certain it's too late to be forgiven...</b><br /> <br /> Jane Morrow has a dilemma. She's engaged to Seth Ballantine, a member of the National Guard's 30th Heavy Brigade Combat Team, and he's returned from Iraq severely wounded. Jane hasn't seen him for nearly a year, and with trepidation, she heads to the VA hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, where he is being treated.<br /> <br /> Seth isn't happy to see her. He'd asked her not to come. He wants to end the relationship. But Jane loves him, and despite his injury, she's determined to convince him that they can have a life together. Her faith has never been strong, yet she hopes God will answer her prayers and tell her what to do.<br /> <br /> Beautifully written, Travelers Rest takes readers on a journey through pain and tragedy to a place of hope and redemption.<br /> <br /> If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764208101">Traveler’s Rest</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2012/05/travelers-rest.html">HERE</a>.

Virginia can be reached through the Contact link on her Website

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The Sound of Red Returning by Sue Duffy

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing The Sound of Red Returning Kregel Publications (December 9, 2011) by Sue Duffy

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Sue Duffy is an award-winning writer whose work has appeared in Moody magazine, The Presbyterian Journal, Sunday Digest, and The Christian Reader. She is the author of Mortal Wounds (Barbour, 2001), Fatal Loyalty (Kregel, 2010), and The Sound of Red Returning (Kregel, 2011). Sue has also contributed to Stories for a Woman’s Heart (Multnomah). She and her husband, Mike, have three grown children.


ABOUT THE BOOK

After losing everyone she loves, concert pianist Liesl Bower has nowhere to go but to escape into her music. Searching for the peace she usually finds in her concertos and sonatas, Liesl can't shake the feeling that she is being haunted by her past . . . and by someone following her. When she spots a familiar and eerie face in the audience of a concert she's giving for the president in Washington, DC, the scariest day of her life comes back to her with a flash.

It has been fifteen years since Liesl watched her beloved Harvard music mentor assaulted on a dark night in Moscow and just as long since the CIA disclosed to her that he'd been spying for Russia. She had seen that man-that eerie face-the night Professor Devoe was attacked. And now he's back-and coming for her.

ENDORSEMENTS:

“Sue Duffy has mixed the mayhem of political intrigue with the melody of romance.” —Dick Bohrer, author, editor, and former journalism professor

“Intrigue and suspense come together in an incredible story of love and betrayal, commitment and courage, power and danger . . . and a God who controls it all. Sue Duffy is a wonderfully gifted writer and this book is a must-read.” —Steve Brown, founder and president of Key Life and host of Steve Brown Etc.

If you would like to read the first chapter of The Sound of Red Returning, go HERE.

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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/%200825425743">The Sound of Red Returning</a></span></center> <center>Kregel Publications (December 9, 2011)</center> <center>by</center> <center><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.sueduffybooks.com/">Sue Duffy</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/AVvXsEiPjhL5ZSGFj4vfo_r2BwszITrZZ4bFecAz-zFvVAdB2E5VUpSyb5GYP_210RCG73ea_KO5a_EJr9xIL629hyphenhyphenjWzuq416hczBNOZZE9Kab-PVdDGKaiMZaVfEzg9CQBGxirZiel1g/s1600/sueduffy.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/AVvXsEiPjhL5ZSGFj4vfo_r2BwszITrZZ4bFecAz-zFvVAdB2E5VUpSyb5GYP_210RCG73ea_KO5a_EJr9xIL629hyphenhyphenjWzuq416hczBNOZZE9Kab-PVdDGKaiMZaVfEzg9CQBGxirZiel1g/s200/sueduffy.jpg" width="178" /></a></div><br /> <br /> Sue Duffy is an award-winning writer whose work has appeared in <i>Moody</i> magazine, <i>The Presbyterian Journal, Sunday Digest</i>, and <i>The Christian Reader</i>. She is the author of <i>Mortal Wounds</i> (Barbour, 2001), <i>Fatal Loyalty</i> (Kregel, 2010), and <i>The Sound of Red Returning</i> (Kregel, 2011). Sue has also contributed to <i>Stories for a Woman’s Heart</i> (Multnomah). She and her husband, Mike, have three grown children. <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/AVvXsEigtnhZtgnwpmAx0OEA2-4JYp_HzDD19xCmnigR0qNuGQJn4dz1GvU4kfQR8ftNOcPpxV1c0ikzP-9AhQ3xBCPwc5Q-oKuVw9M_kWj_PI_N7E3iX6F3X0MO53P1pwjlFj9_LlxBDA/s1600/Sound_of_Red_Returning_The.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/AVvXsEigtnhZtgnwpmAx0OEA2-4JYp_HzDD19xCmnigR0qNuGQJn4dz1GvU4kfQR8ftNOcPpxV1c0ikzP-9AhQ3xBCPwc5Q-oKuVw9M_kWj_PI_N7E3iX6F3X0MO53P1pwjlFj9_LlxBDA/s200/Sound_of_Red_Returning_The.jpg" width="126" /></a></div>After losing everyone she loves, concert pianist Liesl Bower has nowhere to go but to escape into her music. Searching for the peace she usually finds in her concertos and sonatas, Liesl can't shake the feeling that she is being haunted by her past . . . and by someone following her. When she spots a familiar and eerie face in the audience of a concert she's giving for the president in Washington, DC, the scariest day of her life comes back to her with a flash. <br /> <br /> It has been fifteen years since Liesl watched her beloved Harvard music mentor assaulted on a dark night in Moscow and just as long since the CIA disclosed to her that he'd been spying for Russia. She had seen that man-that eerie face-the night Professor Devoe was attacked. And now he's back-and coming for her.<br /> <br /> ENDORSEMENTS:<br /> <br /> <blockquote>“Sue Duffy has mixed the mayhem of political intrigue with the melody of romance.” —<b>Dick Bohrer</b>, author, editor, and former journalism professor </blockquote><br /> <blockquote>“Intrigue and suspense come together in an incredible story of love and betrayal, commitment and courage, power and danger . . . and a God who controls it all. Sue Duffy is a wonderfully gifted writer and this book is a must-read.” —<b>Steve Brown</b>, founder and president of Key Life and host of Steve Brown Etc.</blockquote><br /> If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/%200825425743">The Sound of Red Returning</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2012/04/sound-of-red-returning.html">HERE</a>.

Sue can be reached through the Contact link on her Website

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Her Restless Heart by Barbara Cameron

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Her Restless Heart
Abingdon Press (April 2012) by Barbara Cameron

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Barbara Cameron is the author of more than 30 fiction and nonfiction books, three nationally televised movies (HBO-Cinemax), and the winner of the first Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award. Her two novellas won the 2nd and 3rd place in the Inspirational Readers Choice Contest from the Faith, Love, and Hope chapter of RWA. Both were finalists for the novella category of the Carol Award of the American Christian Writers Award (ACFW).

When a relative took her to visit the Amish community in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, she felt led to write about the spiritual values and simple joys she witnessed there. She currently resides in Edgewater, FL.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Mary Katherine is caught between the traditions of her faith and the pull of a different life. When Daniel, an Amish man living in Florida, arrives and shares her restlessness, Mary Katherine feels drawn to him and curious about the life he leads away from Lancaster County.  

But her longtime friend Jacob has been in love with her for years. He’s discouraged that she’s never viewed him as anything but a friend and despairs that he is about to lose Mary Katherine to this outsider.  

Will the conflicted Mary Katherine be lost to the English world, or to Daniel, who might take her away to Florida? Or will she embrace her Amish faith and recognize Jacob as the man she should marry and build a life with?

If you want to read the first chapter of Her Restless Heart, go HERE.


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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/1426714270">Her Restless Heart</a></span></center> <center><br /> Abingdon Press (April 2012)</center> <center>by</center> <center><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://barbaracameron.com/">Barbara Cameron</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/AVvXsEh3baExTQue6qINyKYTgWJR47qTNJgQ1HBz42mamkrB-s1asYf7HM_Vn0xc97y7NVV7CZCJ7FnqvUnvriAl5n4UPHXJXo7rIvNO5Ydd4c-XYWKzLe7nP9ikNj0jPbqSBHcfNbCJKQ/s1600/barb300.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/AVvXsEh3baExTQue6qINyKYTgWJR47qTNJgQ1HBz42mamkrB-s1asYf7HM_Vn0xc97y7NVV7CZCJ7FnqvUnvriAl5n4UPHXJXo7rIvNO5Ydd4c-XYWKzLe7nP9ikNj0jPbqSBHcfNbCJKQ/s200/barb300.jpg" width="149" /></a></div>Barbara Cameron is the author of more than 30 fiction and nonfiction books, three nationally televised movies (HBO-Cinemax), and the winner of the first Romance Writers of America Golden Heart Award. Her two novellas won the 2nd and 3rd place in the Inspirational Readers Choice Contest from the Faith, Love, and Hope chapter of RWA. Both were finalists for the novella category of the Carol Award of the American Christian Writers Award (ACFW).<br /> <br /> When a relative took her to visit the Amish community in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, she felt led to write about the spiritual values and simple joys she witnessed there. She currently resides in Edgewater, FL. <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/AVvXsEjx2cVP1NMCTMtvCMGNBy2hty6E4AwTxwoEYshqUiqXOYm_koYPOKPCUbNftw4BM2Lfc-LWhj2vx8zgRtCrPYuzbQkk9q6HXxOxIJH4kBGqKDij2WRXjbnPO1lNuw_4razmJhh-2g/s1600/Her_Restless_Heart.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/AVvXsEjx2cVP1NMCTMtvCMGNBy2hty6E4AwTxwoEYshqUiqXOYm_koYPOKPCUbNftw4BM2Lfc-LWhj2vx8zgRtCrPYuzbQkk9q6HXxOxIJH4kBGqKDij2WRXjbnPO1lNuw_4razmJhh-2g/s200/Her_Restless_Heart.jpg" width="130" /></a></div>Mary Katherine is caught between the traditions of her faith and the pull of a different life. When Daniel, an Amish man living in Florida, arrives and shares her restlessness, Mary Katherine feels drawn to him and curious about the life he leads away from Lancaster County.   <br /> <br /> But her longtime friend Jacob has been in love with her for years. He’s discouraged that she’s never viewed him as anything but a friend and despairs that he is about to lose Mary Katherine to this outsider.   <br /> <br /> Will the conflicted Mary Katherine be lost to the English world, or to Daniel, who might take her away to Florida? Or will she embrace her Amish faith and recognize Jacob as the man she should marry and build a life with?<br /> <br /> If you want to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1426714270">Her Restless Heart</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2012/04/her-restless-heart.html">HERE</a>.<br />

Barbara can be reached through the Contact link on her Website

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Prophet by R.J. Larson

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Prophet Bethany House Publishers (April 1, 2012) by R.J. Larson

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

R. J. Larson is the author of numerous devotionals featured in publications such as Women's Devotional Bible and Seasons of a Woman's Heart. She lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with her husband and their two sons. Prophet marks her debut in the fantasy genre.



ABOUT THE BOOK

Close your eyes, Ela of Parne. Close your eyes and you will see.

Ela Roeh of Parne doesn't understand why her beloved Creator, the Infinite, wants her to become His prophet. She's undignified, bad tempered, and only seventeen--not to mention that no prophet of Parne has ever been a girl. Worst of all, as the elders often warn, if she agrees to become the Infinite's prophet, Ela knows she will die young.

Istgard has turned their back on me. See the evil they do.

Yet after experiencing His presence, she can't imagine living without Him. Determined to follow the Infinite's voice, Ela accepts the sacred vinewood branch and is sent to bring the Infinite's word to a nation torn apart by war. Here she meets Kien, a young Traceland ambassador determined to bring his own justice for his oppressed people. As they form an unlikely partnership, Ela must surrender to her destiny . . . and determine how to balance the leading of her heart with the leading of the Infinite.

Will you accept the branch and speak my will? Will you be my prophet?

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

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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/076420971X">Prophet</a></span></center> <center>Bethany House Publishers (April 1, 2012)</center> <center>by</center> <center><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://rjlarsonbooks.com/">R.J. Larson</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/AVvXsEirFYDhrudgulxH8tXei0yeenh5NoHduLwz8zNLTJKtwHI36nBbyPGsAVO5sH_0Uhf1_0JoKbWIwO7kERw0NFqgNvnOdBjNYASE_ZSFSO30hyost7rQdF4VFATyKiN8Q470Q3eruQ/s1600/About-R--J--Larson~~element63.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirFYDhrudgulxH8tXei0yeenh5NoHduLwz8zNLTJKtwHI36nBbyPGsAVO5sH_0Uhf1_0JoKbWIwO7kERw0NFqgNvnOdBjNYASE_ZSFSO30hyost7rQdF4VFATyKiN8Q470Q3eruQ/s200/About-R--J--Larson~~element63.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br /> <br /> R. J. Larson is the author of numerous devotionals featured in publications such as <i>Women's Devotional Bible</i> and <i>Seasons of a Woman's Heart</i>. She lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with her husband and their two sons. Prophet marks her debut in the fantasy genre.<br /> <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/AVvXsEjKPIXUVcQXgwoHge_TQrXvh9b36MZQnghpgrE0bQcMzf_dCzJcZr3750kVaMXtZwc_ErwCTKtITKJLunJ85jy0XOwRhDjdyurwo_vyENRBREBqW-QdNn2lSUe7xgKzhyphenhyphenxUoPg-pQ/s1600/Prophet.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/AVvXsEjKPIXUVcQXgwoHge_TQrXvh9b36MZQnghpgrE0bQcMzf_dCzJcZr3750kVaMXtZwc_ErwCTKtITKJLunJ85jy0XOwRhDjdyurwo_vyENRBREBqW-QdNn2lSUe7xgKzhyphenhyphenxUoPg-pQ/s200/Prophet.jpg" width="130" /></a></div>Close your eyes, Ela of Parne. Close your eyes and you will see.<br /> <br /> Ela Roeh of Parne doesn't understand why her beloved Creator, the Infinite, wants her to become His prophet. She's undignified, bad tempered, and only seventeen--not to mention that no prophet of Parne has ever been a girl. Worst of all, as the elders often warn, if she agrees to become the Infinite's prophet, Ela knows she will die young.<br /> <br /> Istgard has turned their back on me. See the evil they do. <br /> <br /> Yet after experiencing His presence, she can't imagine living without Him. Determined to follow the Infinite's voice, Ela accepts the sacred vinewood branch and is sent to bring the Infinite's word to a nation torn apart by war. Here she meets Kien, a young Traceland ambassador determined to bring his own justice for his oppressed people. As they form an unlikely partnership, Ela must surrender to her destiny . . . and determine how to balance the leading of her heart with the leading of the Infinite. <br /> <br /> Will you accept the branch and speak my will? Will you be my prophet?<br /> <br /> If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/076420971X">Prophet</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2012/04/prophet.html">HERE</a>.<br />

R.J. can be reached through the Contact link on her Website

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Moonblood by Anne Elisabeth Stengl

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Moonblood Bethany House Publishers (April 1, 2012) 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 is married to the handsome man she met at fencing class and lives with him and a gaggle of cats. She studied illustration at Grace College and English literature at Campbell University. Heartless is her debut novel.

Anne Elisabeth is also the author of the Tales of Goldstone Wood, a series of fantasy adventure novels told in the classic Fairy Tale style.



ABOUT THE BOOK

Moonblood Draws Near, and Soon the Dragons Will Wake

Desperate to regain the trust of his kingdom, Prince Lionheart reluctantly banishes his faithful servant and only friend, Rose Red. Now she is lost in the hidden realm of Arpiar, held captive by her evil goblin father, King Vahe.

Vowing to redeem himself, Lionheart plunges into the mysterious Goldstone Wood, seeking Rose Red. In strange other worlds, Lionheart must face a lyrical yet lethal tiger, a fallen unicorn, and a goblin horde on his quest to rescue the girl he betrayed.

With the Night of Moonblood fast approaching when King Vahe seeks to wake the Dragon's sleeping children, Lionheart must discover whether or not his heart contains courage before it's too late for Rose Red . . . and all those he loves.

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

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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/0764207814">Moonblood</a></span></center> <center>Bethany House Publishers (April 1, 2012)</center> <center>by</center> <center><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://anneelisabethstengl.blogspot.com/">Anne Elisabeth Stengl</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/AVvXsEggGWOvyR6Dz7Q5eqNhmf_Z47rF20nPRmRDo71SCTTWwCaaoQ8BcvCtl5hWQNI6A6ERqepDAgGGmpH7vsCDe6YDMjsrbM_vJtOFcJ0_w8OhWn3cosqyDLoy6WIlMq8j6sPsfZ8NEw/s1600/Anne.asp.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/AVvXsEggGWOvyR6Dz7Q5eqNhmf_Z47rF20nPRmRDo71SCTTWwCaaoQ8BcvCtl5hWQNI6A6ERqepDAgGGmpH7vsCDe6YDMjsrbM_vJtOFcJ0_w8OhWn3cosqyDLoy6WIlMq8j6sPsfZ8NEw/s200/Anne.asp.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>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 is married to the handsome man she met at fencing class and lives with him and a gaggle of cats. She studied illustration at Grace College and English literature at Campbell University. Heartless is her debut novel.<br /> <br /> Anne Elisabeth is also the author of the Tales of Goldstone Wood, a series of fantasy adventure novels told in the classic Fairy Tale style. <br /> <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/AVvXsEh7ZbYRemzLRx_ZWYr6eru3VAq5Eefa0GOYPgow-2oGyPYalLSBqoW6-Y_WSChNoQiYmfeE_yGBWWT1Ru_sNh3AYv6XWrLs_qVFvLSt28hDEwQG_2YnmA06NXPM8OwbQwB9kGOezg/s1600/Moonblood.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/AVvXsEh7ZbYRemzLRx_ZWYr6eru3VAq5Eefa0GOYPgow-2oGyPYalLSBqoW6-Y_WSChNoQiYmfeE_yGBWWT1Ru_sNh3AYv6XWrLs_qVFvLSt28hDEwQG_2YnmA06NXPM8OwbQwB9kGOezg/s200/Moonblood.jpg" width="130" /></a></div>Moonblood Draws Near, and Soon the Dragons Will Wake<br /> <br /> Desperate to regain the trust of his kingdom, Prince Lionheart reluctantly banishes his faithful servant and only friend, Rose Red. Now she is lost in the hidden realm of Arpiar, held captive by her evil goblin father, King Vahe.<br /> <br /> Vowing to redeem himself, Lionheart plunges into the mysterious Goldstone Wood, seeking Rose Red. In strange other worlds, Lionheart must face a lyrical yet lethal tiger, a fallen unicorn, and a goblin horde on his quest to rescue the girl he betrayed.<br /> <br /> With the Night of Moonblood fast approaching when King Vahe seeks to wake the Dragon's sleeping children, Lionheart must discover whether or not his heart contains courage before it's too late for Rose Red . . . and all those he loves.<br /> <br /> If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764207814">Moonblood</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2012/04/moonblood.html">HERE</a>.<br />

Anne can be reached through the Contact link on her Blog

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The Fiddler by Beverly Lewis

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing The Fiddler Bethany House Publishers (April 10, 2012) by Beverly Lewis

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Beverly's first venture into adult fiction is the best-selling trilogy, The Heritage of Lancaster County, including The Shunning, a suspenseful saga of Katie Lapp, a young Amish woman drawn to the modern world by secrets from her past. The book is loosely based on the author's maternal grandmother, Ada Ranck Buchwalter, who left her Old Order Mennonite upbringing to marry a Bible College student. One Amish-country newspaper claimed Beverly's work to be "a primer on Lancaster County folklore" and offers "an insider's view of Amish life."

Booksellers across the country, and around the world, have spread the word of Beverly's tender tales of Plain country life. A clerk in a Virginia bookstore wrote, "Beverly's books have a compelling freshness and spark. You just don't run across writing like that every day. I hope she'll keep writing stories about the Plain people for a long, long time."

A member of the National League of American Pen Women, as well as a Distinguished Alumnus of Evangel University, Lewis has written over 80 books for children, youth, and adults, many of them award-winning. She and her husband, David, make their home in Colorado, where they enjoy hiking, biking, and spending time with their family. They are also avid musicians and fiction "book worms."

ABOUT THE BOOK

Come home to Hickory Hollow, Pennsylvania--the beloved setting where Beverly Lewis's celebrated Amish novels began--with new characters and new stories of drama, romance, and the ties that draw people together.

A wrong turn in a rainstorm leads Englisher Amelia Devries to Michael Hostetler--and the young Amishman's charming Old Order community of Hickory Hollow. Despite their very different backgrounds, Amelia and Michael both feel hemmed in by the expectations of others and struggle with how to find room for their own hopes. And what first seems to be a chance encounter might just change their lives forever.

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

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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/0764209779">The Fiddler</a></span></center> <center>Bethany House Publishers (April 10, 2012)</center> <center>by</center> <center><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.beverlylewis.com/">Beverly Lewis</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/AVvXsEhsKKuJ-AM-DBacwKx7wgQIyNDJ0Kk8HQfrf2pooHN-e3bLsjsCN7B7Z11ZnL-FbL-3g2saKNEMJptsbdTrKI30c3ONdCbht0VI9qYyo23_n5_iL8FtS59br67JGLSXW322TCh5jA/s1600/bev-homepage.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/AVvXsEhsKKuJ-AM-DBacwKx7wgQIyNDJ0Kk8HQfrf2pooHN-e3bLsjsCN7B7Z11ZnL-FbL-3g2saKNEMJptsbdTrKI30c3ONdCbht0VI9qYyo23_n5_iL8FtS59br67JGLSXW322TCh5jA/s200/bev-homepage.jpg" width="146" /></a></div>Beverly's first venture into adult fiction is the best-selling trilogy, The Heritage of Lancaster County, including The Shunning, a suspenseful saga of Katie Lapp, a young Amish woman drawn to the modern world by secrets from her past. The book is loosely based on the author's maternal grandmother, Ada Ranck Buchwalter, who left her Old Order Mennonite upbringing to marry a Bible College student. One Amish-country newspaper claimed Beverly's work to be "a primer on Lancaster County folklore" and offers "an insider's view of Amish life."<br /> <br /> Booksellers across the country, and around the world, have spread the word of Beverly's tender tales of Plain country life. A clerk in a Virginia bookstore wrote, "Beverly's books have a compelling freshness and spark. You just don't run across writing like that every day. I hope she'll keep writing stories about the Plain people for a long, long time."<br /> <br /> A member of the National League of American Pen Women, as well as a Distinguished Alumnus of Evangel University, Lewis has written over 80 books for children, youth, and adults, many of them award-winning. She and her husband, David, make their home in Colorado, where they enjoy hiking, biking, and spending time with their family. They are also avid musicians and fiction "book worms." <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/AVvXsEiXZIbzcqv-4xzVrBkwTuMauVTRQRA40czEcMQ8kQK8uswUENROKM1qfU2NA33qPiWReGWBoJDOXqLj7Lj2vo-YL4oV6WOAMwpvtCrFBK6H9Y9mmI3LkR_FglAOnjYOU-NM9tjl6w/s1600/Fiddler_The.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/AVvXsEiXZIbzcqv-4xzVrBkwTuMauVTRQRA40czEcMQ8kQK8uswUENROKM1qfU2NA33qPiWReGWBoJDOXqLj7Lj2vo-YL4oV6WOAMwpvtCrFBK6H9Y9mmI3LkR_FglAOnjYOU-NM9tjl6w/s200/Fiddler_The.jpg" width="130" /></a></div>Come home to Hickory Hollow, Pennsylvania--the beloved setting where Beverly Lewis's celebrated Amish novels began--with new characters and new stories of drama, romance, and the ties that draw people together.<br /> <br /> A wrong turn in a rainstorm leads Englisher Amelia Devries to Michael Hostetler--and the young Amishman's charming Old Order community of Hickory Hollow. Despite their very different backgrounds, Amelia and Michael both feel hemmed in by the expectations of others and struggle with how to find room for their own hopes. And what first seems to be a chance encounter might just change their lives forever. <br /> <br /> If you would like to read the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0764209779">The Fiddler</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2012/04/fiddler.html">HERE</a>.<br /> <br /> Watch the book video: <br /> <br /> <iframe width="400" height="233" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/W6AjgBiKyQU?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> <br />

Beverly can be reached through the Contact link on her Website

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Always The Designer, Never The Bride by Sandra D. Bricker

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Always The Designer, Never The Bride Abingdon Press (April 2012) by Sandra D. Bricker

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

For more than a decade, Sandra D. Bricker lived in Los Angeles. While honing her chosen craft of screenwriting in every spare moment, she worked as a personal assistant and publicist to some of daytime television's hottest stars. When her mother became ill in Florida, she walked away from that segment of her life and moved across the country to take on a new role: Caregiver.

The Big 5-OH! was released by Abingdon Press in the Spring of 2010, and the novel was very well-received, garnering a couple of nibbles from Hollywood.

Always the Baker, Never the Bride was released by Abingdon Press in September 2010. With its phenomenal reviews, the novel spawned a series of three more books based on the popular cast of characters at The Tanglewood Inn, a wedding destination hotel in historic Roswell, Georgia. The series cemented Sandie's spot in publishing as a flagship author of Laugh-Out-Loud romantic comedy for the inspirational market.

"Being allowed to combine my faith and my humor with my writing dream," says Bricker, "well, that's the best of all worlds, as far as I'm concerned!"

ABOUT THE BOOK

It’s taken Audrey Regan years to establish herself as a wedding dress designer, and to date she’s been roped into creating dresses for nine of her girlfriends. Request #10 follows her vow to “Just say no!” and comes from her very best friend. She can hardly turn Carly down!

Audrey arrives in Atlanta early to perform all of her maid-of-honor duties along with final fittings for a one-of-a-kind dress. But Carly’s wedding is nothing short of an event, complete with Prince Charming, and the festivities make Audrey question whether there’s a prince of her own anywhere in her future.

Enter the groom’s brother and best man. Shaggy-haired, tattooed bad boy J.R. Hunt couldn’t be any more different from Prince Charming if he rode in on a Harley Davidson.  Oh, wait. He actually did ride in on a Harley!

If you would like to read an excerpt of the first chapter of Always The Designer, Never The Bride, go HERE.



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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/1426732236">Always The Designer, Never The Bride</a></span></center> <center>Abingdon Press (April 2012)</center> <center>by</center> <center><span style="color: #006600; font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.sandradbricker.com/">Sandra D. Bricker</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/AVvXsEjYDEmxHulyPObEi7SFgUIWnJCGDnWY4GPn2yMMr9dFKOvuyuavCXQCHqIcTLaFkCN4BuR5TJsla0Nfqz163QvEiNVs1GeDig-K1q45Ymb4HwuUeW5kclTMv5azZzEOqq_KEw48YA/s1600/Sandra.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/AVvXsEjYDEmxHulyPObEi7SFgUIWnJCGDnWY4GPn2yMMr9dFKOvuyuavCXQCHqIcTLaFkCN4BuR5TJsla0Nfqz163QvEiNVs1GeDig-K1q45Ymb4HwuUeW5kclTMv5azZzEOqq_KEw48YA/s200/Sandra.jpg" width="160" /></a></div>For more than a decade, Sandra D. Bricker lived in Los Angeles. While honing her chosen craft of screenwriting in every spare moment, she worked as a personal assistant and publicist to some of daytime television's hottest stars. When her mother became ill in Florida, she walked away from that segment of her life and moved across the country to take on a new role: Caregiver. <br /> <br /> The Big 5-OH! was released by Abingdon Press in the Spring of 2010, and the novel was very well-received, garnering a couple of nibbles from Hollywood. <br /> <br /> Always the Baker, Never the Bride was released by Abingdon Press in September 2010. With its phenomenal reviews, the novel spawned a series of three more books based on the popular cast of characters at The Tanglewood Inn, a wedding destination hotel in historic Roswell, Georgia. The series cemented Sandie's spot in publishing as a flagship author of Laugh-Out-Loud romantic comedy for the inspirational market.<br /> <br /> "Being allowed to combine my faith and my humor with my writing dream," says Bricker, "well, that's the best of all worlds, as far as I'm concerned!" <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/AVvXsEiiWS2XwHRd1njUZzDZ00HgUuVCbq45zoCe9m2Xdvb6ITaXNsAlQKouvwjTKXC7uAZ1tq4bdQ-sR-HC1R7ibd2CYlxwGK5QNr1TPeoy4EbkH91END868pzCrVLtbXmvfecUZKXEDA/s1600/Always_The_Designer_Never_The_Bride.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/AVvXsEiiWS2XwHRd1njUZzDZ00HgUuVCbq45zoCe9m2Xdvb6ITaXNsAlQKouvwjTKXC7uAZ1tq4bdQ-sR-HC1R7ibd2CYlxwGK5QNr1TPeoy4EbkH91END868pzCrVLtbXmvfecUZKXEDA/s200/Always_The_Designer_Never_The_Bride.jpg" width="130" /></a></div>It’s taken Audrey Regan years to establish herself as a wedding dress designer, and to date she’s been roped into creating dresses for nine of her girlfriends. Request #10 follows her vow to “Just say no!” and comes from her very best friend. She can hardly turn Carly down!<br /> <br /> Audrey arrives in Atlanta early to perform all of her maid-of-honor duties along with final fittings for a one-of-a-kind dress. But Carly’s wedding is nothing short of an event, complete with Prince Charming, and the festivities make Audrey question whether there’s a prince of her own anywhere in her future. <br /> <br /> Enter the groom’s brother and best man. Shaggy-haired, tattooed bad boy J.R. Hunt couldn’t be any more different from Prince Charming if he rode in on a Harley Davidson.  Oh, wait. He actually did ride in on a Harley!<br /> <br /> If you would like to read an excerpt of the first chapter of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1426732236">Always The Designer, Never The Bride</a>, go <a href="http://thestorybeginnings.blogspot.com/2012/04/always-designer-never-bride.html">HERE</a>.

Sandra can be reached through the Contact link on her Website

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