>SARAH SUNDIN’S NETFLIX AND NOSTALGIA CONTEST

>Please welcome my friend and debut author extraordinaire, Sarah Sundin. She’s become something of a phenomenon in the blogosphere with five-star reviews popping up everywhere. Authentic. Detailed. Delightful. These are just some of the words used to describe A Distant Melody. To celebrate, Sarah is hosting a social sharing promotion! Click the icon below to enter this fab-o contest. Tell …

>THE PASTOR’S WIFE by Jennifer AlLee / Review

> This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducingThe Pastor’s Wife Abingdon Press (February 2010)byJennifer AlLee ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jennifer AlLee was born in Hollywood, California and for the first 10 years of her life lived over a mortuary one block from Hollywood and Vine. An avid reader and writer, she completed her first novel in high school. That manuscript is …

>SAINT’S ROOST by Terry Burns on CFBA

> This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducing Saint’s RoostSundowners (September 20, 2009) byTerry BurnsABOUT THE AUTHOR: Terry has over 30 books in print, including work in a dozen short story collections and four non-fiction books plus numerous articles and short stories. His last book Beyond the Smoke is a 2009 winner of the Will Rogers Medallion for best youth …

>CFBA presents Mary DeMuth’s A SLOW BURN

> This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducing A Slow BurnZondervan (October 1, 2009)byMary DeMuthABOUT THE AUTHOR: Mary E. DeMuth is an expert in Pioneer Parenting. She enables Christian parents to navigate our changing culture when their families left no good faith examples to follow. Her parenting books include Authentic Parenting in a Postmodern Culture (Harvest House, 2007), Building the …

>COFFEE CUP BIBLE SERIES – Enter for a Giveaway

>(Dallas Texas) – The coffee industry is one of the leading industries in America. Specialty coffee houses provide cozy intimate spaces to read, study and visit. That’s exactly what Sandra Glahn had in mind when she wrote her Coffee Cup Series Bible studies. Recently added to her already existing studies are Kona with Jonah and Frappe’ with Philippians. These Bible …

>A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS up on CFBA

> This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducing A Little Help from My Friends FaithWords (October 15, 2009) byAnne Dayton & May VanderbiltABOUT THE AUTHOR: ANNE DAYTON graduated from Princeton University and is earning her master’s degree in English literature at New York University. She works for a New York publishing company and lives in Brooklyn. MAY VANDERBILT graduated from …

>A CHAT WITH CHRISTINA BERRY

>When I first met Christina Berry and her mom Sherrie Ashcraft, Christina and I were finalists in the Genesis contest. We were both unpublished, but hopeful that we would soon find homes for our novels. This is something I’ve noticed and love about conferences—you seem to find those who are kindred spirits, and when you see their joy in landing …

>WATCH OVER ME by Christa Parrish on CFBA

> This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducing Watch Over Me(Bethany House October 1, 2009)byChrista ParrishABOUT THE AUTHOR:Christa Parrish graduated high school at 16, with every intention of becoming a surgeon. After college, however, her love of all things creative led her in another direction, and she worked in both theatre and journalism. A winner of Associated Press awards for …

>Review and Giveaway of A SLOW BURN by Mary E. DeMuth

>A SLOW BURN by Mary E. DeMuth My Review: This second course in the Defiance Texas Trilogy was a bit of a surprise to me. Instead of continuing with Jed Pepper’s story, Mary takes us deep into the lives of Daisy Chance’s fragile, drug-addicted mother, Emory, and Jed’s warm-hearted friend, Hixon, whose own life is marked by uncertainty and grief. …