Thursday, July 24, 2014

A Cover Reveal for Stephanie Greenhalgh


Release Date: Coming October 2014

 

Synopsis: In the small town of Woodsville, Ruby Hood it settling into her role as Guardian of the Wood. In the blink of an eye, her monumental high school graduation comes and goes without her attendance. There are too many other things on her mind. Her mom, Christine Wood, has just returned from caring for Ruby's ill grandmother. Kent Wolf finally gets released from the hospital and Kayla Wolf is desperate to make amends, while Dylan Hunter works to hone his Huntsman skills.

 

Everything seems like it’s going to work itself out, until Ivy Snow shows up on Ruby’s front porch with an RV filled with seven dwarves. As a new darkness casts a shadow over Woodsville, Ruby is unsure where to turn when turmoil erupts in the Wood, and finds herself aligned with an unusual cast of characters. One she is certain is lying to her. As time progresses, she wrestles to uncover the truth and save innocents. And as Guardian of the Wood, Ruby worries that she can’t save everyone, but what if she is the one who needs saving?

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

WHAT'S HAPPENING!

Well, it's going to be a busy year, and one that I am grateful for.


I've signed a 6-book contract with Harlequin Heartsong Presents and am signing a novella for Barbour's "Eligible Bachelor" collection to release May 15.


The Nosy Neighbor Mystery series is selling well, and I am working on the third in that series. God had blessed me beyond measure in my writing this year, and for that, I Praise Him!

Monday, June 16, 2014

Genesis 2014 Finalists

The finalists for the 2014 Genesis Writing Contest for Unpublished Writers.

These finalists will now move on to the final round of judging, and the winner of each category will be announced during the gala at the 2014 ACFW National Conference in St. Louis this coming September.

All semifinalists who are not moving on will receive their first and second round judged entries within the next week. Please be patient, as we get these out to you as fast as we can.

Congratulations to our finalists and thank you to all who entered Genesis 2014 this year.

Contemporary

Sally Bradley

Brandy Heineman

Jennifer Sienes



Historical (Through Vietnam Era)

Heidi Chiavaroli

Jennifer Lamont Leo

Cynthia Roemer

 

Historical Romance (Through Vietnam Era)

Kristi Ann Hunter

Marilyn Rhoads

Abigail Wilson

 

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller

Andrew Huff

Timothy Moynihan

Dennis Ricci

 

Novella

Nicole Deese

Grace Olson

Peggy Trotter

 

Romance

Susan Crawford

Tari Faris

Laurie Tomlinson

 Romantic Suspense

 Loretta Eidson

Michelle Lim

Carolyn Miller

 

Short Novel

Peggy Miracle Consolver

Candee Fick (double finalist)

 

Speculative

Megan Ebba

Jennifer Gallagher

Clint Hall



Young Adult

Sara Ella

Ashley Mays

Sarah E. Morin

Monday, May 12, 2014

Christian Retailing's Best Awards finalists



The following contests recently announced their finalists. Note and celebrate with us the ACFW members represented in the fiction categories of the following awards programs:

Christian Retailing's Best Awards finalists

Fiction: Amish
The Guardian, Beverly Lewis (Baker Publishing Group)
The Letters, Suzanne Woods Fisher (Baker Publishing Group)
The Outcast, Jolina Petersheim (Tyndale House Publishers)

Fiction: Contemporary

Damascus Countdown, Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale House Publishers)
Grace Unplugged, Melody Carson (B&H Publishing Group)
Unspoken, Dee Henderson (Baker Publishing Group)

Fiction: General

Iscariot, Tosca Lee (Howard Books)
Outlaw, Ted Dekker (Hachette Book Group)
When The Morning Glory Blooms, Cynthia Ruchti (Abingdon Press)

Fiction: Historical

Flight of The Earls, Michael K. Reynolds (B&H Publishing Group)
Return to Me, Lynn Austin (Baker Publishing Group)
The Dancing Master, Julie Klassen (Baker Publishing Group)
What Once Was Lost, Kim Vogel Sawyer (WaterBrook Multnomah)
When the Clouds Roll By, Myra Johnson (Abingdon Press)

Fiction: Mystery and Suspense

Dark Justice, Brandilyn Collins (B&H Publishing Group)
Invisible, Ginny L. Yttrup (B&H Publishing Group)
Shattered, Dani Pettrey (Baker Publishing Group)
Vanished, Irene Hannon (Baker Publishing Group)

Young Adult Fiction

Captive Maiden, Melanie Dickerson (Zondervan)
Fairest Beauty, Melanie Dickerson (Zondervan)
Past Darkness, Laurel Woiwode (Crossway)
AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association) Golden Scroll Awards finalists
Novel of the Year: 
Slow Moon Rising by Eva Marie Everson(Revell), 
The Ohana by C. W. Schutter (River Ranch Publishing), 
On Distant Shores by Sarah Sundin (Revell), and 
The Survivor by DiAnn Mills (Zondervan)
CAN (Christian Authors Network) Golden Scrolls Award finalists:

Fiction Book of the Year finalists:

Catherine’s Pursuit by Lena Nelson Dooley (Charisma House Book Group), 
All My Belongings by Cynthia Ruchti (Abingdon Press), and 
On Distant Shores by Sarah Sundin (Revell).

SELAH Awards (Blue Ridge Mountain Christian Writers' Conference) finalists:

Young Adult Fiction
Elaine Marie Cooper—Fields of the Fatherless (Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas)
Tessa Emily Hall—Purple Moon (Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas)
Eddie Jones—Dead Low Tide (Zonderkidz)

First Novel (Tie for Third)
Dianna T. Benson—The Hidden Son (Ellechor Publishing House)
Carole Brown—The Redemption of Caralynne Hayman (Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas)
Aaron D. Gansky—The Bargain (Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas)
Tessa Emily Hall—Purple Moon (Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas)

Fiction: Novella
Paula Mowery—Be the Blessing (Pelican Book Group)
Linda Wood Rondeau—A Christmas Prayer (Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas)
Gina Welborn—Mercy Mild (Barbour Publishing)

Fiction: Speculative
Ian Acheson—Angelguard (Lion Hudson)
Lisa Belcastro—Shenandoah Crossings (OakTara)
Lisa Belcastro—Shenandoah Nights (OakTara)

Fiction: Suspense
Richard L. Mabry, M.D.—Stress Test (Thomas Nelson)
Linnette R. Mullin—Finding Beth (CrossRiver Media Group)
Jordyn Redwood—Poison (Kregel)

Fiction: Historical
Vikki Kestell—Joy on This Mountain (Faith-Filled Fiction)
Ann Tatlock—Sweet Mercy (Bethany House Publishers)
Liz Tolsma—Snow on the Tulips (Thomas Nelson)

Fiction: Romance
Rachel Hauck—Once Upon a Prince (Zondervan)
Maureen Lang—All in Good Time (Tyndale Publishers)
Davalynn Spencer—The Rancher’s Second Chance (Love Inspired / Heartsong Presents)

Fiction: Contemporary Women
Normandie Fischer—Sailing Out of Darkness (WhiteFire Publishing)
Anita Higman—Winter in Full Bloom (Moody Publishers)
Cynthia Ruchti—When the Morning Glory Blooms (Abingdon Press)

ACFW's hat is off to these authors. Congratulations!

Friday, May 09, 2014

Thursday, May 08, 2014

2014 Golden Scroll Awards

AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association) announces finalists for the 2014 Golden Scroll Awards for Publisher, Editor, and Fiction Editor of the Year as well as their finalists for their Novel and Nonfiction Books of the Year. The winners will be announced at the 2014 Golden Scroll Awards, now a CBA sanctioned event, to be held Sunday, July 22nd from 12:30 to 
3 p.m. at the World Congress Convention Center in Atlanta, GA. 

Honored for outstanding ministry partnerships with their authors, the Golden Scroll Publisher of the Year finalists are Abingdon Press, New Hope Publishers, and Thomas Nelson Publishers.



Editor of the Year finalists are
Liz 
Heaney of Liz Heaney Editorial Services, 

Cindy Lambert of Somersault Group and Lambert Editorial, 

and Katara Patton of Tyndale House Publishers. 



The Fiction Editor of the Year finalists are Stephanie Broene of Tyndale House, 

Joyce Dinkins of New Hope Publishers, and Pam Pugh of Moody Publishers. 


AWSA Nonfiction Book of the Year Award finalists include
​:

Standing Tall After Falling Short by Emily Parke Chase from Wingspread, 

Unexpected Love: God's Heart Revealed in Jesus' Conversations with Women by Julie Zine Coleman from Thomas Nelson, 

Ragged Hope: Surviving the Fallout of Other People’s Choices by Cynthia Ruchti from Abingdon Press, 

and Wounded Women of the Bible: Finding Hope When Life Hurts by Dena Dyer and Tina Samples from Kregal 
Publications.

The Novel of the Year Award finalists include
​:

 Eva Marie Everson for Slow Moon Rising: A Cedar Key Novel from Revell,

 The Ohana by C. W. Schutter from River Ranch Publishing, 

On Distant Shores by Sarah Sundin from Revell, 

and The Survivor by DiAnn Mills from Zondervan. 


Other awards to be presented at the Golden Scrolls Award Banquet will 
​​
include CAN (Christian Authors Network) Nonfiction and Novel Books of the Year awards. The CAN finalists for Nonfiction Book of the Year include
​:

I Don’t Chase the Garbage Truck Down the Street in My Bathrobe Anymore by Dianne Barker from CrossBooks, 

Partly Cloudy with Scattered Worries by Kathy Collard Miller from Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas, 

I Believe in Heaven – Real Stories from the Bible, History and Today by Cecil Murphey and Twila 
Belk from Regal. 


CAN finalists for Fiction Book of the Year include
​:

Catherine’s Pursuit by Lena Nelson Dooley from Charisma House Book Group, 

All My Belongings by Cynthia Ruchti from Abingdon Press, 

and On Distant Shores by Sarah Sundin from Revell. 


In addition, the AWSA Member of the Year, the Beyond Me Award, as well as the prestigious 2014 Golden Scroll Lifetime Achievement Award will also be presented at the Golden Scroll Banquet. Jerry Jenkins will be the keynote speaker with Stacy Hawkins Adams as emcee. Authors Carol Kent and Pam Farrel will present awards. Recording artist Gwen Smith will perform a parody written by Martha Bolton dedicated to editors and publishers
​.

 
The Golden Scroll Awards banquet are open to all authors, editors, publishers, agents, booksellers and other CBA industry professionals. Tickets are $54.99. For more information or to register for the banquet, go to www.ScrollAwards.com (http://www.scrollawards.com/) . 


AWSA, the sponsors of the Golden Scroll Awards Banquet, is an outreach of Right to the Heart Ministries and consists of over 400 top ICRS women authors who both publish and speak nationally. See _www.AWSA.com_ 

Monday, May 05, 2014

ACFW Genesis Semi-finalists 2014

2014 Genesis Semi-Finalists

Genesis

Here are the semi-finalists for the 2014 Genesis Contest.

Contemporary
Robin Archibald
Sally Bradley
Kimberli Buffaloe
Lindsay Harrel
Brandy Heineman
Tanara McCauley
Holly Michael
Carrie Padgett
Linda Sammaritan
Jennifer Sienes

Historical (Through Vietnam Era)
(Because of a three-way tie, Historical has 12 Semifinalists)

Heidi Chiavaroli (double semifinalist)
Pat Jeanne Davis
Mark Fisher
Kathleen Freeman
Jennifer Lamont Leo
Dana McNeely
Joanna Politano (double semifinalist)
Cynthia Roemer
Terri Wangard
Lora Young

Historical Romance (Through Vietnam Era)
Misty Beller
Paula Bicknell
Patricia-Riddle Gaddis
Kristi Ann Hunter
Robert Kaku & Gail Kaku
Elizabeth Lukinuk
Rachel Muller
Marilyn Rhoads
Delores Topliff
Abigail Wilson

Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Janice Boekoff
Andrew Huff
Mary McCay
Marion McNair
Timothy Moynihan
Dena Netherton
Deb Read
Dennis Ricci
Chris Storm
Bob Sweet

Novella
Renee Blare
Nicole Deese
Beatrice Fishback
Sarah McDaniel
Grace Olson
Crystal Ridgway & Destanie Ridgway
Craig Savige
Christine Schimpf
Chandra Lynn Smith
Peggy Trotter

Romance
Jennie Atkins
LeAnne Bristow
Ashley Clark
Susan Crawford
Tari Faris
Laura Hodges Poole
Sherri Murray
Dena Netherton
Laurie Tomlinson
Andrea Michelle Wood

Romantic Suspense
Nancy Blosser
Loretta Eidson
Emilie Hendryx
Jackie Layton
Michelle Lim
Sara Luther
Carolyn Miller
Linda Rodante (double semifinalist)
Chris Storm

Short Novel
Meghan Carver
Peggy Miracle Consolver
Candee Fick (double semifinalist)
Nicole Jarrell
TC Larson
Kelly Anne Liberto
Sally Pitts
Crystal Ridgway & Destanie Ridgway
Preslaysa Williams

Speculative
T.J. Akers
Carol Eaton
Megan Ebba
Jennifer Gallagher
Clint Hall (double semi-finalist)
Margaret Hamlin
Lauricia Matuska
Don Palmer
Luke Scott

Young Adult
Erica Collins
Jennifer Dyer
Carol Eaton
Jessica Edgerton
Sara Ella
Glenn Haggerty
Karley Kiker
Ashley Mays
Sarah E. Morin
Kristen Joy Wilks

Finalists will be announced around mid-June.  The awards for the Genesis Contest will be given during ACFW’s national conference gala in September in St. Louis. 
Congratulations to all!

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

A NEW YEAR AND REFLECTIONS ON THE OLD

In 2013, I published 21 books counting indie ebooks and traditionally published print books. That gave me a total of 34 publications since I started writing seriously in 2007. My goal was to quit the day job and become a full time writer. I met that goal in May of 2013 and published the 34 book on the last day of December. The book which squeaked in at the last minute was Mistaken Assassin.

Marilu wakes one morning to the realization that the man next to her is not her husband. That awareness is the beginning to ten year's of memories returning. One of which leads her to believe she is a paid assassin. As she struggles with the realization of who she is and what she was, she begins a search for her daughter. Things are complicated when she runs into Brad Morrison, the undercover agent who is the brother to the man Marilu had been hired to kill. Together, the two go on the run to prove that all is not as it seems and Marilu is nothing more than a Mistaken Assassin. Can she let go of her fear and uncertainty to let God's will prevail?

KINDLE         NOOK


I signed a five book contract with Harlequin, two of which released in 2013, with three releasing in 2014. I published two novellas with Barbour publishing. A Pioneer Christmas collection made the CBA best-sellers list at #8.

God has richly blessed my writing and I am looking forward to many more blessings in 2014. In addition to my sporadic blog here, I am also a contributor to Cozy Mystery Magazine, Suspense Sisters, and Christian Historical Fiction Society.

I hope you stick with me on this crazy life of a hybrid author.



Tuesday, December 03, 2013

CHRISTMAS GIVEAWAY!

A Merry Christmas raffle and a free gift!
What could make the season brighter than a chance to win two terrific Christmas Collections and get some new recipes?
The Pioneer Christmas Collection authors want to celebrate the Advent season
by giving our readers a FREE Christmas Cookbook PDF
featuring recipes connected to our stories PLUS family recipes from our own holiday traditions.
If that’s not enough, we’re offering a raffle for two terrific Christmas classics signed by ALL the authors:
our own
A Pioneer Christmas Collection
and
A Log Cabin Christmas Collection.
Raffle


Like one of us on Facebook, sign up to follow my blog, Shannon’s blog, or Vickie’s newsletter for a chance to win the two books. Rafflecopter contest runs until midnight, Pacific time, Wednesday, December 11.
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If all else fails, comment on this blog and you’ll get a free PDF of the cookbook sent to your email address!
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Monday, November 25, 2013

SIXTEEN REASONS TO GIVE THANKS

Here are 16 more reasons to give thanks this Thanksgiving, sixteen Christian ebooks for 99¢ each. They will be on sale from November 27, 2013 through Monday, December 2, 2013. Click the links below the graphic to "look inside" each book on Amazon and download your digital copies!

99 cents, sale, Christian fiction

Contemporary Romance

Shadows of Doubt by Susette Williams

Raffealle Gellermine has a very protective uncle and two protective brothers. They never like the men she brings home. Mathew Flannigan has a past, but for the life of her, she can’t figure out why Uncle Rob and her brothers are trying to encourage a relationship between them. Could her brothers be right? Does she unconsciously choose the wrong type of men as an act of rebellion? Can she trust Mathew? Especially with her heart? Will shadows of doubt keep Raffealle from finding true love? BUY Shadows of Doubt HERE

Honorable Intentions by Susette Williams

Have you ever wished you had a second chance with someone? Brand Stanford married Monica because she claimed to be carrying his child. Their marriage was one of convenience—for her. When they had finally become a happy family, Monica was killed in a skiing accident. Now, Brand is faced with having to raise their three-year-old daughter on his own. Tessa Duggan’s family had been lifelong friends with the Stanfords; and even remained in contact with them after moving out of state. Tessa kept secrets to herself for nearly ten years. She’d loved Brand for as long as she could remember. Having raised a son on her own, Tessa knows what it’s like to be a single parent. When Brand’s wife dies in a skiing accident, Tessa agrees to help Brand’s mother take care of his three-year-old daughter during the summer. Is it a chance for them to start over again? Or will Brand break her heart the second time around? BUY Honorable Intentions HERE

Scrooge Falls in Love by Susette Williams

Tate Stephens, the high school principal, begrudgingly agrees to play Scrooge in the school Christmas play. Tate is irritated that Charity Fletcher, his nephew’s teacher and director of the play, chose his handicapped nephew for the part of Tiny Tim. Didn’t she find it cruel to typecast his nephew that way? Can the school play be a success, or will Tate become the Scrooge who wouldn’t change and spoils Christmas? Charity Fletcher is inspired by how precocious, outgoing and sweet Matthias Reeves is in spite of his bone disease. His over-protective uncle, Tate, on the other hand, can be quite infuriating. She reluctantly gives Tate a role in the school play so that he can make sure that Matthias is safe. Charity hopes that Uncle Tate will make a similar transformation as Scrooge in their rendition of the play. If Matthias is lucky, perhaps his teacher and uncle can find true love with a happily ever after ending. BUY Scrooge Falls in Love HERE

The Gingerbread House by Jacqueline Hopper

Keren Joel has a phobia and, without realizing it, she's passed it on to her son, forcing her to seek professional help. What she doesn't expect to find is the man who'd been her best friend, twenty years earlier, and his shrine to a moment that forever changed the adults they became. BUY The Gingerbread House HERE

Faith, Hope & Love by Kimberly Rae Jordan

Six years after Colombian rebels took her missionary husband hostage, Cassie MacIntyre gets word that Quinn has been released and is on his way home. While initially excited to have her husband back, it isn’t long before joy turns to heartache as Cassie realizes that his time in captivity have robbed Quinn of his faith in God and apparently, his love for her. The man who has come back to her is a stranger. Cassie struggles to keep alive the hope that there is a future for their marriage, their family and the love they once shared. BUY Faith, Hope & Love HERE

Waiting For Rachel by Kimberly Rae Jordan

Damian Karlsson has decided it’s time to settle down and have a family. He has set his sights on Rachel Perkins, but can’t figure out why she won’t even give him a chance. It seems to Damian she feels something for him, but still she resists. Damian is determined to find out why. Though she is attracted to Damian, Rachel is equally determined to keep her secrets close to her heart. Men she loved have betrayed her in the past, and she isn’t prepared to take that risk again. But when her secrets are forced out in the open, will Rachel discover that forgiveness and trust are worth the risk when it leads to love? BUY Waiting For Rachel HERE

Act of Love by K. R. Jordan

After a year that involved a box office flop and a spectacular break-up, actor Jackson Wyatt returns home to fulfill a promise to his sister to act in a play at her community theater. What he didn’t count on was his sister casting his ex-girlfriend as the female lead opposite him. Returning to his roots has Jack taking a hard look at his life, and he finds himself wanting the things he gave up so many years ago. Natasha can’t believe she agreed to play opposite her ex in the play ‘The Gift of the Magi’ at her best friend’s theatre. But she feels a certain kinship to the main character, Della, and it’s not just her long hair. As if facing a Christmas where she barely has the money to make ends meet, let alone buy presents for those she loves wasn’t hard enough, now she’s having to deal with Jack’s reappearance in her life. Through Natasha, Jack sees a side of life he’s missed out on. With love as her currency she gives more to others than he ever could with all his money. But would she be willing to give him a second chance at love? BUY Act of Love HERE

Eden by Suzanne D. Williams

The last thing Eden Riske expected when she came home was the discernment of fellow teacher Austin Lowell. Football coach, history teacher, fitness buff, Austin is strength and patience in a handsome package. However, it seems even his presence can’t stop the rumors swirling around her or the hatred of someone determined to do her harm. But this job is supposed to be her salvation, her way out of her troubled past. Except now, everything is falling apart, and the one thing that might destroy her is the very secret she’s held inside for so long. BUY Eden HERE

Baggage Claim by Amanda Tru

Montana native, Rachel Saunders, is looking forward to her all-expense paid weekend trip to New York. But, when her luggage is lost and she is accosted by an infuriating Homeland Security agent named Dawson Tate, events take a dangerous turn. Now, can she and Dawson elude their enemies and prevent a terrorist attack before the bomb in their possession is detonated in the center of Manhattan--all while keeping their obvious attraction to one another in check? BUY Baggage Claim HERE

Secret Santa by Amanda Tru

It was time for Hailey Rhodes to admit the truth: things were not going well. After losing her job as a teacher, she finds herself broke, unemployed, and tricked into accepting a date from a department store Santa Claus. When new opportunities and new love interests present themselves, will Hailey choose a career and a man she's always admired, or will she wait for the identity of her Secret Santa to be revealed? BUY Secret Santa HERE

The Romance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Amanda Tru

After one last performance, Calyssa Durant will be trading in her ballet slippers for an uncertain future. Having sacrificed so much of her life to become a ballerina, Calyssa has met her goals only to long for something more. She will dance the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in the 'Nutcracker' one more time before quitting her traveling ballet troupe. But, when a late-night rehearsal ends with surprising danger, Calyssa and theater owner, Nikolas Clauson, are caught in a battle with an unexpected villain. As the smoke clears, Calyssa finds herself on a journey to her own, real-life 'Land of the Sweets'. Will she also find her own Nutcracker Prince, or will his stormy past and current secrets be more than this ballerina can overcome? BUY The Romance of the Sugar Plum Fairy HERE

Curtain Calls and Christmas Wishes by Cynthia Hickey

Do Christmas wishes really come true? Lacey Cooper dreams of directing plays. When the manager at the local theater company falls ill, she gets her chance to direct the annual Christmas play, A White Christmas. Then, the lead role is injured in an accident and Lacey must ask the man in charge of stage setup to step in. Dillon Marks is growing tired of his job as probation officer, but volunteers on a regular basis at the local theater company, bringing several of his clients with him. When Lacey begs him to step into the leading role, he initially says no. He can sing, but can't dance at all. She finally convinces him to step into the role. When Lacey makes it clear that she isn’t interested in a man with a dangerous profession, the two try to squelch their growing attraction for each other. Then, they are snowbound in the theater with a mad man and their feelings come to the surface. Can these two find love among the lights and action of a White Christmas? BUY Curtain Calls and Christmas Wishes HERE

Speculative Romance Adventure

Babel’s First Light by Sherry Chamblee

A family of secrets is no family at all. Jaiyl only wanted to escape, until she learned the truth. Finally she must face the hardest decision of her life - either fight for the freedom of those she loved, or be safe, and alone forever. BUY Babel’s First Light HERE

Romantic Suspense

Mountain of Fear by Cynthia Hickey

Widowed and broke, Rachel Kent collects her two children, packs up their belongings, and heads across the Ozarks to stay with her parents. They stop for the night at a newly opened campground, then take a short hike. The three return to find the other occupants of the campground murdered. They flee the campsite and stumble upon a ranger’s cabin, where they enlist the help of handsome, former-Army Ranger, Wesley Ward, who informs them a survivalist group laid claim to the mountain. Can a man who wants only to escape his past and be left alone and a woman damaged by life forge a love that survives a flight through the Ozark Mountains? BUY Mountain of Fear HERE

Captured Innocence by Cynthia Hickey

She’ll do everything it takes to save her son, even marry a stranger. Jocelyn Nielson is on the run from a man involved in selling children. When a man shows up on her doorstep, claiming to be her knight in shining armor, she’s reluctant to trust him. After all, memories are returning, and they are exposing things best left buried in the past. Conley Hook, private detective, is determined to protect Jocelyn and her son at all costs. Even if it means his life. Together, the two must learn to trust God and each other in their quest to save the Captured Innocent. BUY Captured Innocence HERE

Young Adult Romance

A Miracle for Mari by Suzanne D. Williams

Mari Tatum has a secret. Forced to be Mary, the mother of Jesus, in the church play, she finds herself working alongside Shay McNab, the very boy she’s keeping a secret from. Yet in the story of Christ’s birth, she finds that in God’s hands her fall from grace can become a miracle. BUY A Miracle for Mari HERE

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

BLACK FRIDAY DEALS


Mountain of Fear                                      Captured Innocence                             Finding A Way Home


                                                                 Mountain Redemption

Tis the Season for Deals. Buying someone a Kindle for Christmas? Load it up with .99 sale books. More books on sale listed here www.cynthiahickey.com

MOUNTAIN OF FEAR 4 1/2*
Widowed and broke, Rachel Kent collects her two children, packs up their belongings, and heads across the Ozarks to stay with her parents. They stop for the night at a newly opened campground, then take a short hike. The three return to find the other occupants of the campground murdered. They flee the campsite and stumble upon a ranger’s cabin, where they enlist the help of handsome, former-Army Ranger, Wesley Ward, who informs them a survivalist group laid claim to the mountain. Only God can help them now. Can a man who wants only to escape his past and be left alone and a woman damaged by life forge a love that survives a flight through the Ozark Mountains?

CAPTURED INNOCENCE 5*
She'll do everything it takes to save her son, even marry a stranger.
Jocelyn Nielson is on the run from a man involved in selling children. When a man shows up on her doorstep, claiming to be her knight in shining armor, she's reluctant to trust him. After all, memories are returning, and they are exposing things best left buried in the past.
Conley Hook, private detective, is determined to protect Jocelyn and her son at all costs. Even if it means his life.
Together, the two must learn to trust God and each other in their quest to save the Captured Innocent.


FINDING A WAY HOME (New Release)
Shelby Jenkins, former bad girl of Springdale, left town at eighteen when her boyfriend's best friend attacked her. Now, seven year's later, she's returned with her daughter to run the diner left to her by her late grandmother. Can Shelby and the town let bygones be bygones? Can Shelby trust that God knows what is best for her as she is drawn back into caring for her first love?
Blake Harvey is riddled with guilt over his part in Shelby leaving town years ago. Can she forgive him? Can he accept her forgiveness if it's given and make amends to his past treatment of her?

MOUNTAIN REDEMPTION 5*
Revenge is not always sweet.
Can their love survive a feud between mountain people and the moonshiners who are determined to take away all they hold dear?
Phoebe Lillie grows worried when her Pa doesn't return after what she thought was a routine hunting trip. Then, the new handsome school teacher arrives in Pine Ridge and starts wanting to make changes with his city ways. She resents his attentions, wanting only to find her Pa. When her and the teacher stumble across an illegal whiskey still, they are thrust into a feud that threatens to tear them, and the Ozark mountain hollow, apart. Then Phoebe is subjected to a horrible attack. Revenge fills her soul. Can God bring her out of her suffocating need for revenge before she loses Jacob's love?
Jacob Wright, takes the job of school teacher in Pine Ridge, after his job in law enforcement results in an innocent woman's untimely death. He's sworn never to draw his gun on another living person. He doesn't expect his new job to put him in the middle of a feud straight out of the wild west. Jacob must choose between his resolve and the life of the woman he loves.
Set during the Depression in the Ozark mountains, this story is sure to please readers of both historical and romantic suspense. Full of grace, forgiveness, and redemption, it still has plenty of danger for the most avid suspense fan.

Friday, October 04, 2013

A PEEK AT NINE GREAT BOOKS! - 99 CENT SALE




Nine Christian authors have joined together to offer you NINE ebooks, each for 99 cents for 99 hours. The sale runs from 12:01 a.m. EST Friday, October 4, 2013, through 11:59 p.m. PST Monday, October 7. Click the links below the graphic to "look inside" on Amazon and pick up your digital copies!
 
First Lines
 To Protect and Serve by Staci Stallings
“I promise concern for others, and a willingness to help those in need,” Jeff Taylor said as he stood, hands clasped behind his back, shoulder-to-shoulder with 28 of Houston’s finest. His chest swelled with the words he had committed to memory in anticipation of this very moment more than ten years before. “I promise strength… strength of heart to bear whatever burdens might be placed upon me…”
 Raspberries and Vinegar by Valerie Comer
 Josephine Shaw gritted her teeth as she jerked the harvest-gold range forward on worn linoleum. There it was again. That incessant scratching could only be from one source. Mice. Of course the old trailer would have the despicable creatures. It’d been vacant for how long? The beam of her flashlight found half a dozen naked newborns sheltered in a nest of insulation and wood chips. A full-grown rodent shot through the gap she’d created and scuttled right over her foot. Jo gasped, nearly dropping the light as she jerked back.
 A Time to Say Goodbye by J. M. Downey
 A lady should always have five minutes of peace. May Lynn Whitley pushed through the glass doors and made her way to the end of the porch, squeezing the rail. And she needed that peace.
 Something about Sam by Susette Williams
 Samantha Marlow had never held a job as a cook before but had always cooked for her family on their ranch. How much harder could it be to cook for a few extra men?
 A light tap on the window startled her, bringing her cascading back to reality. She was alarmed by the dark haired stranger’s sudden presence. As she rolled down the window she noticed a slightly amused look on his face.
 Patient Love by Rikki Strong
 Jasmine threw her phone across the room, sank down to the floor of the apartment she had moved into just days before, put her face in her hands, and cried. How could he have done this to her? Maybe if she crawled to bed and pulled the covers over her face, when she woke up the next morning, it would have never happened.
 Fudge Laced Felonies by Cynthia Hickey
 I marched into church on Sunday—not to search for God, but to find a killer. My prey stood in the corner of the foyer, lurking in the shadows. With narrowed eyes, I intended to face him. Instead, the delicious aroma of coffee wafted in the air, beckoning me like a siren’s song. I glared at the one I pursued long enough to let him know I meant business and switched my course across the tiled narthex of the large church to the fellowship wing. I needed caffeinated reinforcement before confronting the villain.
 The Road Home by Naty Matos
 When Desiree woke up that day, she talked to her lover as she used to do every morning. Talking to him used to set the tone for the rest of her day. He had something important to tell her that day. He revealed to her that He would come to take her home with him that day if the conditions were favorable, but she needed to make it happen.
 Out of a Dream by Rosemary Hines
 Michelle Baron’s heart raced, pounding in her ears. She panted, gasping for every breath. Her eyes searched for an escape. The passageway was dark, narrow. A faint beam of light flickered at the end. She fought the damp, suffocating air. Footsteps from behind made louder and louder slaps on the pavement. How much farther could her legs carry her?
 Rain Dance by Joy Dekok
 Jonica
Life as I knew it ended.
 Stacie
I wanted it to be over.
 
9, 99 cents, sale, Christian fiction

 

Contemporary Romance


 

Raspberries and Vinegar by Valerie Comer


 

Josephine Shaw: complex, yet singleminded. A tiny woman with big ideas and, some would say, a mouth to match. But what does she really know about sustainable living as it relates to the real world? After all, she and her two friends are new to farming.

 

Zachary Nemesek is back only until his dad recovers enough to work his own land again. When Zach discovers three helpless females have taken up residence at the old farm next door, he expects trouble. But a mouse invasion proves Jo has everything under control. Is there anything she can't handle? And surely there's something sweet beneath all that tart.

 


 

To Protect and Serve by Staci Stallings


 

Jeff Taylor is a fireman's fireman. No situation is too dangerous to keep him on the sideline if lives are at stake.

 

Lisa Matheson runs a semi-successful ad agency that's on the brink of falling apart. When she falls for a handsome but shy firefighter, it's possible that life might just be going her way for a change. The only problem is she can't control Jeff and the death wish he seems to have...

 


Patient Love by R. M. Strong


 

Jasmine Williams is trying to put her life back together after her fiancé dumps her hours before their wedding. Returning home to her parents' beachfront B&B she begins to realize how much Philip had insisted on controlling--everything from her hairstyle to her opinions of her home church; even how she viewed God's love. Just as she regains her identity, a summons from Philip demands she take him back. Will this time be different?

 


 

Something about Sam by Susette Williams


 

Having lost the family ranch due her parents untimely death and their past debts, Samantha Marlow is forced to look for a job for the first time in her life. Accustomed to using her nickname, Sam, she is hired as a cook, based off of her resume, site-unseen.

 

Jake Dampier needs someone to manage his household while he manages his ranch. He never anticipated his foreman would hire someone without interviewing them in person, especially someone as young and beautiful as Sam. The last thing he wants is a distraction—but it may turn out to be just what he needs.

 


 

Historical Romance


 

A Time to Say Goodbye by J. M. Downey


 

Cotton plantation daughter, May Lynn Whitley sees nothing wrong with owning others. After all how would they fend for themselves if it wasn't for gracious people like her family? But a handsome young preacher’s probing words and mesmerizing blue eyes unlock a new sense of justice and lead her on a journey that will change her life and soul. But she is betrothed and May Lynn’s controlling fiance’ will do anything to make sure they wed. Anything including destroying all that she holds dear. Set in Antebellum America, May Lynn’s adventure spans the Eastern Seaboard as she joins a movement she once scorned.

 


Mystery/Suspense


 

Fudge Laced Felonies by Cynthia Hickey


 

While transplanting the rosebush her church's handsome greeter, Ethan Banning, inadvertently killed, Summer and Ethan discover a hidden stash of diamonds, a rusty can full of cash, and a bloody-gardening glove. This discovery sets Summer and her candy-making aunt on a search for a killer.

 

As Summer gets closer to the truth-not only of the theft but of her true feelings for Ethan-the diamond thief hatches a plan to hush the feisty sleuth.

 


Out of a Dream by Rosemary Hines


 

Newlywed Michelle Baron should be enjoying life in the quaint coastal community of Sandy Cove, Oregon. Her husband has joined his uncle’s law firm, and they have a cozy new home ~ what more could she want? But a series of nightmares leads her on a spiritual journey that challenges her Christian heritage as well as her marriage. Where will she find answers to her disturbing dreams? And how will those answers impact her life?

 


 

Women's Fiction


 

Rain Dance by Joy Dekok


 

What happens when a Christian woman facing a childless future and a woman seeking an abortion are waiting to see the same doctor? What if after that "chance" encounter they are unable to forget each other? What if they find themselves drawn together in spite of their drastic differences by their surprising similarities? What if they somehow find the courage to become friends? Rain Dance takes the reader into the hearts of these two women as they journey closer to the heart of the One who offers hope and healing.

 


The Road Home by Naty Matos


 

He was finally coming. He told Desiree that once her task was complete, he would be there to pick her up. And they could finally be together forever. Desiree was finally going to be with the one she loved. But what did she need to do? And how was she going to figure out what it was?

 


 

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