> 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 …
>Myra Johnson’s ONE IMPERFECT CHRISTMAS on CFBA with a Giveaway
> This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducing One Imperfect ChristmasAbingdon Press (September 2009)byMyra JohnsonABOUT THE AUTHOR: Making up stories has been second nature to me for as long as I can remember. A select group of trusted friends back at dear old Mission High waited eagerly for the next installment of my “Great American Spy Novel” (think Man from …
>ROSE HOUSE by Tina Ann Forkner up on CFBA with REVIEW
>MY REVIEW: It’s my pleasure today to introduce a fellow Oklahoman and writing friend, Tina Ann Forker. In a follow up novel to Ruby Among Us, Tina takes the reader back to the Sonoma Valley area with Rose House. The setting, this time, though, is contemporary and what a lovely journey it is. Two sisters, the sole survivors of a …
>DAISY CHAIN by Mary E. DeMuth on CFBA with REVIEW
> This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducingDaisy ChainZondervan (March 1, 2009)byMary DeMuth ABOUT 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 Christian …
>ENGAGING FATHER CHRISTMAS by Robin Jones Gunn Up on CFBA
> This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducingEngaging Father ChristmasFaithWords (October 30, 2008)byRobin Jones Gunn REVIEW OF THE BOOK: If you love British settings as I do, you will enjoy this delightful novella. From the performance of A Christmas Carol to the quaint coffee shop run by Miranda’s boyfriend’s family, you feel the spirit of Christmas. Ian, her boyfriend, has …
>REVIEW of PAINTED DRESSES by Patricia Hickman (CFBA)
> MY REVIEW: One part Southern Fiction. One part mystery. One part journey of self discovery. Painted Dresses brings all my favorite elements of fiction together in a delicious mix of wounded characters, breath-taking prose, and a unique angle to the classic road-trip story. I was drawn into the story immediately by the tangy descriptions of Gaylen Syler-Boatwright’s cousins and …
>TRY DARKNESS by JAMES SCOTT BELL up on CFBA
> This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducingTry Darkness(Center Street – July 30, 2008)byJames Scott BellABOUT THE AUTHOR:JAMES SCOTT BELL is a former trial lawyer who now writes full time. He has also been the fiction columnist for Writers Digest magazine and adjunct professor of writing at Pepperdine University. The national bestselling author of several novels of suspense, he grew …
>Review / Giveaway of SISTERCHICKS GO BRIT by Robin Jones Gunn
> MY REVIEW:This latest installment of the popular Sisterchicks series finds two midlife mamas off to merry ole England. Liz has always wanted to meet Big Ben face to face, while her best friend Kellie’s dream is to have an interior design business. The two dreams become a reality through the not-so-subtle maneuverings of Opal, a sprightly Brit, who needs …
>CFBA Presents LOVE STARTS WITH ELLE by Rachel Hauck
> This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducingLove Starts With Elle(Thomas Nelson – July 8, 2008)byRachel Hauck ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rachel Hauck is a forty-something, a child of the ’60’s, ’70’s, ’80’s, ’90’s and ’00’s, who roller skated through the ’70’s into the ’80’s with Farrah Fawcet hair and a three-speed orange Camero. She graduated from Ohio State University (Go …
>Review of CALICO CANYON by Mary Connealy, Up Today on CFBA
> This week, theChristian Fiction Blog Allianceis introducingCalico CanyonBarbour Publishing, Inc (July 1, 2008)byMary Connealy ABOUT THE AUTHOR:MARY CONNEALY is an award-winning author and playwright, married to Ivan a farmer, and the mother of four beautiful daughters, Joslyn, Wendy, Shelly and Katy. They live in Decatur, Nebraska. Mary is a GED Instructor by day and an author by night. And …