Showing posts with label Christian fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christian fiction. Show all posts

Saturday, September 13, 2014

Hunter: New YA novel from Anaiah Press due in November



Anaiah Press announces the cover reveal for Hunter, a new novel in the YA-directed Anaiah Surge imprint. Title character Hunter must deal with a cross-country move and a mystery which may lead to danger for her. Written by Renee Donne, the novel looks into the life of a high school junior and the disruptions which can occur with a new location.

Here’s the blurb from the publisher:

Moving across the country isn’t Hunter’s ideal start to her Junior year of high school. She has no friends to hang out with, no beaches to lounge on, and she’s living just a few miles from the secluded hiking trail where her father died when she was a baby.

Living in Wyoming isn’t all bad, though, thanks to Logan, the handsome veterinary assistant at the animal clinic where she lands an after school job. And he seems just as interested in her as she is in him.




As Hunter begins to settle into her new home, she learns more about the circumstances surrounding her father’s tragic death, and it may not have been the accident everyone believes. Something dangerous lurks in the woods, and Hunter might be the next victim.”



The publisher describes the author this way: “Renee Donne is a native Floridian with a penchant for writing books with a western theme. In her head she's a world traveler and an amateur chef. In real life, she's a hometown girl with an affinity for fine wine and good friends. Her favorite place to write is sitting on her veranda, overlooking the beach.”

The novel is scheduled for release on Nov. 4.

Monday, December 2, 2013

Christian fiction goes out west with 'A Mighty Fortress' by Faith Blum






Author Faith Blum takes readers from southern Illinois to the wilds of Montana in her novel “A Mighty Fortress.” Her inspirational Western fiction sees farmers becoming ranchers and lost souls being found. Set in the late 1870s, the story describes the Western movement and its inherent dangers as seen through the eyes of Joshua and Ruth Brookings, the youngest siblings of a close knit Christian family.

As Joshua and Ruth travel west to their parents’ new ranch, they encounter stagecoach robbers and desperation as the driver is killed and they must flee for their lives on foot. As they fight to stay alive in unfamiliar country and to make their way to civilization, the reader is part of the journey. Pursued by the thief they outwitted, they need all of their faith and skills to get through the ordeal.


Read more of my review here.

Join Faith Blum on her virtual book tour here.

Monday, April 29, 2013

Lori Copeland's 'Sisters of Mercy Flats' offers historical romance with Christian flair






Three nuns walk into a saloon. Not a bad start to a rowdy joke. Also not a bad start to a rousing western romance novel. In the case of "The Sisters of Mercy Flats," by prolific author Lori Copeland, the nuns are there to sell cattle. Sisters Anne-Marie, Abigail and Amelia McDougal are selling more than beef; they are selling the illusion of having religious vocations. They don't own the cows they offer for sale and no vows back up the habits they wear.


For more of this review, click here.

Saturday, January 19, 2013

A wealth of reading awaits in 'Harvest of Rubies' by Tessa Afshar





Author Tessa Afshar whisks readers into the Persian Empire a generation after the lifetime of Esther to weave a story of intrigue and romance. “Harvest of Rubies” takes us into the royal court alongside Sarah, a young Jewish woman who possesses great skill as a scribe. Her cousin Nehemiah (yes, the wall-building Nehemiah) helps her to find a position as Senior Scribe to Damaspia, the queen of Persia and wife of Artaxerxes. Sarah serves the queen but finds herself far beyond the depth of her social skills as she moves among the Persian nobility.


Read more of this review here.

Monday, October 1, 2012

Jennifer Hudson Taylor's 'Path of Freedom' provides history, adventure


Author Jennifer Hudson Taylor shares an intriguing story of faith, friendship, courage and love in “Path of Freedom,” part of the Quilts of Love series from Abingdon Press. Her novel takes us inside the world of Quakers and the Underground Railroad from the viewpoint of a Flora Saferight, a young Quaker woman called into service on a dangerous mission because of her training as a midwife.



Flora and her young sister Irene will accompany Bruce Millikan as they spirit an escaped slave couple to safety in the north. There’s a complication: Flora and Bruce have been at odds since their school days. Can they declare a truce long enough to complete their assignment? Guided by a quilt provided by Flora’s mother, the threesome begins their dangerous journey. They collect the escapees in a specially built wagon and head north.


Read the full review here.