Debbie Alsdorf
Debbie Alsdorf is an author, speaker and the founder of Design4Living Ministries. In this Faithful Fifteen interview, Alsdorf discusses her latest book, A DIFFERENT KIND OF WILD, and explains how women can apply her advice and insights to their spiritual and everyday lives. She also recounts her own rocky faith journey, names some of her personal and professional mentors, and shares the message she hopes readers will take away from her work. » Click Here

Patti Lacy
Patti Lacy is the author of two works of Christian fiction, WHAT THE BAYOU SAW and AN IRISHWOMAN'S TALE. In this interview, Lacy discusses the inspiration behind her vivid and colorful settings, and describes the rewarding aspects of being a published writer. She also reveals what she likes to do during her downtime and shares details about her next book, tentatively titled MY NAME IS SHEBA. » Click here to read the interview, about WHAT THE BAYOU SAW and a review of AN IRISHWOMAN'S TALE.

Deborah Vogts
In this interview, Deborah Vogts discusses her inspiration behind SNOW MELTS IN SPRING --- the first installment of her Seasons of the Tallgrass series --- and explains the role faith plays in her writing. She also recounts her journey to becoming a published author and shares what she hopes readers will take away from her work. » Click here to read the interview and about the book.

THE JUSTICE GAME by Randy Singer (Legal Thriller)
After the target of an investigative report storms a Virginia Beach news studio, he executes one of the reporters on live television. Following the victim’s funeral, her family files a lawsuit against the gun company who manufactured the killer’s weapon of choice. As the lawyers for each side battle each other, they discover there are unseen players intent on controlling them both. For some, justice is a game. For others, it’s a matter of life and death.

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VALLEY OF THE SHADOW by Tom Pawlik (Psychological Thriller)
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Conner fought his way through the woods. Tendrils of mist curled around his legs like serpents seeking to pull him to the ground. But he had to keep going. No ghostly whispers from the dark, save one. One single, moaning plea. “Help Me!” Don’t miss this sequel to the award-winning novel, VANISH.

“Fans of Dean Koontz or Ted Dekker will appreciate.” --Library Journal

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LOVE’S FIRST LIGHT by Jamie Carie (Historical Romance)
Christophé, the Count of St. Laurent, has lost his entire family to the blood-soaked French Revolution and must flee to an ancient castle along the southern border of France to survive. But the medieval city of Carcassonne proves more than a hiding place. Here Christophé meets the beautiful widow Scarlett. Although their acquaintance begins brightly enough, when the Count learns that Scarlett is related to the man who murdered his family, he turns from love and chooses revenge.

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THE FRONTIERSMAN’S DAUGHTER by Laura Frantz (Historical Romance)
Lovely and high-spirited, Lael Click is the daughter of a celebrated frontiersman. Haunted by her father’s ties to the Shawnee Indians and her family’s past, Lael comes of age in the fragile Kentucky settlement her father founded. As she faces the many trials of life on the frontier, Lael draws strength from the rugged land. But the arrival of a handsome doctor threatens her view of her world, her God, and herself. Can the power of grace and redemption break through in this tumultuous place?

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CERTAIN JEOPARDY by Captain Jeff Struecker, with Alton Gansky (Suspense)
Six American men live behind a protective façade, their real work hidden from neighbors and friends. Different in countless ways, they are intimately the same in one: at any moment their lives can be altered with a phone call. They are Special Ops.

Informed by the true combat experience of Captain Jeff Struecker and finessed by award-winning novelist Alton Gansky, CERTAIN JEOPARDY is an immersing and pulsating fictional account of what really happens at every level of a stealth engagement: the physical enemy encounter, the spiritual war fought within a soldier, and the emotional battles in families back at home.

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THINGS LEFT UNSPOKEN by Eva Marie Everson (Fiction)
Jo-Lynn Hunter is at a crossroads in life when her great-aunt Stella insists that she return home to restore the old family manse in sleepy Cottonwood, Georgia. Jo-Lynn longs to get her teeth into a noteworthy and satisfying project. And it’s the perfect excuse for some therapeutic time away from her husband.

But beneath the dust and the peeling wallpaper, things are not what they seem, and what Jo-Lynn doesn’t know about her family holds just as many surprises.

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FORSAKEN by James David Jordan (Thriller)
What would it take for you to renounce your faith in Christ? Author James David Jordan confronts readers with this challenging question in his new book, FORSAKEN. A unique love story wrapped in an action thriller, FORSAKEN is the first of a two-book series featuring Taylor Pasbury, a beautiful but troubled former Secret Service agent hired by the world’s most famous televangelist after he receives terrorist threats.

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HALLIE’S HEART by Shelly Beach (Fiction)
Mona VanderMolen, an antique dealer in a small Michigan town, is trying to keep her business alive. As Mona faces the uncertainties of her own future, Hallie, Mona's 15-year-old niece, suddenly arrives on her doorstep. Guilt-ridden over her sister's drowning several years earlier, Hallie has run off to her aunt's cottage. As the two women work through their problems and learn to forgive, will an unfortunate accident tear them apart once again?

HALLIE’S HEART won a Christy Award in 2008.

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MORNINGSONG by Shelly Beach (Fiction)
In this highly-anticipated follow-up to the Christy Award-winning HALLIE’S HEART, a terrifying accident on the shores of Lake Michigan has shattered Mona’s life and left her with disabling injuries.

Just when she thinks things couldn’t get worse, trouble comes looking for Mona again. And trouble’s name is Hallie. A brewing family storm and Hallie’s hidden fears are the last thing Mona wants to deal with. But can she turn away her sister? Even as the dark clouds continue to roll in, a hope waits for both of them --- if only they can catch their breath long enough to find it.

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COME SUNDAY by Isla Morley (Fiction)
Abbe Deighton is a woman who has lost her bearings. Once a child of the African plains, she is now settled in Hawaii, married to a minister, and waging her battles in a hallway of monotony. There is the leaky roof, the chafing expectations of her husband’s congregation and the constant demands of motherhood. But in an instant, beginning with the skid of tires, Abbe’s battlefield is transformed when her three-year-old daughter is killed, triggering in Abbe a seismic grief that will cut a swath through the landscape of her life and her identity.

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ESSIE IN PROGRESS by Marjorie Presten (Fiction)
Can Essie continue to juggle her job, her motherly duties, her impulsive husband and a forlorn father-in-law who has taken up residence in a dilapidated sailboat?

For every well-meaning, time-starved wife and mother, ESSIE IN PROGRESS is a clever foray into a life so harried and yet so familiar. Writing with a unique style and genuine Southern sensibility, author Marjorie Presten offers a stirring message about discovering and embracing life as it’s meant to be lived --- the life God wants for you.

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BERTIE’S WAR by Barbara Blakey (Fiction)
Bertie wants to be a good kid, but her fear keeps tripping her up and she finds herself tumbling into embarrassing, and sometimes dangerous, situations. By the time Bertie enters seventh grade in the fall of 1961, it seems like the whole world has gone crazy --- and taken Bertie along with it. As news of the Cuban Missile Crisis throws the nation into a panic, Bertie will be forced to confront her fears face-to-face, both at school and at home.

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TALKING TO THE DEAD by Bonnie Grove (Fiction)
In this tender, quirky debut novel about embracing life, Bonnie Grove patiently walks readers through the depths and mysteries of extreme sorrow after the death of a loved one. As she takes an unflinching look at the mental health industry, Grove’s training in counseling and psychology brings realism and empathy to grief and mental breakdown. While Kate must confront her own loss to find the grace to go on, readers will be led to the God who is always willing and able to comfort hearts in pain.

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BREATHE: A Novel of Colorado - The Homeward Trilogy, Book 1 by Lisa T. Bergren (Historical Romance)
By the time Dominic and Moira St. Clair get their ailing sister Odessa to Colorado Springs in the winter of 1883, she is nearly dead. Seriously ailing for the past year from the consumption, their father has sent his only surviving children West to chase the cure.

Several days after her arrival, Odessa witnesses what she fears is the murder of miner Sam O’Toole, friend and neighbor to Bryce McAllan. As others near the O’Toole mine die, Odessa must choose between settling into love and solving the mystery, never dreaming she might do both.

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CRITICAL CARE by Candace Calvert (Fiction)
“ER” move over… Candace Calvert’s new Medical Hope Opera series has arrived!

If you’re a fan of TV medical drama, a reader who enjoys charismatic characters, action, humor, romance --- with an encouraging message of hope --- CRITICAL CARE is for you. Think: “Grey’s Anatomy” finds its soul!

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YOU MAKE ME FEEL LIKE DANCING: Va-Va-Va Boom Series, Book 1 by Allison Bottke (Fiction)
In this first book of the Va-Va-Va Boom series, Susan Anderson owns and operates a hip hair salon on the Las Vegas strip, decorated with her collection of disco memorabilia. Now happily married, Susan is known for her business savvy, her fabulous vintage ensembles, her faith, her big heart --- and the impromptu disco dance numbers salon staff and clients join in when the spirit moves. If life is a dance, Susan’s mastered all the moves.

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THE KING’S LEGACY: A Story of the Wisdom of the Ages, by Jim Stovall (Fiction)
From the bestselling author of THE ULTIMATE GIFT, now a major motion picture, comes an ageless tale with a profound message: Sometimes wisdom is where you least expect it. This summer, Jim Stovall’s classic parable, THE KING’S LEGACY, will return in an updated, revised gift edition. Featuring an enhanced look and new illustrations, this simple, insightful story is perfect for readers of all ages.

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WHAT BOTHERS ME MOST ABOUT CHRISTIANITY: Honest Reflections from an Open-Minded Christ Follower, by Ed Gungor (Christian Living/Spiritual Growth)
If you were to ask an atheist or skeptic what bothers him most about Christianity, chances are that person would have a list of issues to discuss. But what would happen if you were to pose that same question to a Christian --- or, better yet, an evangelical pastor? The answer might surprise you.

In WHAT BOTHERS ME MOST ABOUT CHRISTIANITY, Pastor Ed Gungor owns up to the valid criticism that affronts Christianity. Gungor maintains that having faith is not intellectual suicide and that mystery is an essential quality of the Christian belief.

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SCARED: A Novel on the Edge of the World, by Tom Davis (Fiction)
Once a celebrated and award-winning photojournalist, Stuart Daniels is reeling from debt, a broken marriage and crippling depression. The source of Stuart’s grief is his most famous photo, a snapshot of brutality in the dangerous Congo.

Stuart is given one last chance to redeem his career: A make-or-break assignment covering the AIDS crisis in a small African country. It is here that Stuart meets Adanna, a young orphan fighting for her life in a community ravaged by tragedy and disease. What seemed like a chance encounter will forever change their lives.

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CROSSING THE LINES by Richard Doster (Historical Fiction)
In this much anticipated follow-up to SAFE AT HOME, family man Jack Hall wants nothing more than to be a respectable newspaper reporter, see a good baseball game now and again, love his wife and watch his son grow up in their middle-class, white community. Then he finds himself on the fault line where black meets white in the American South of the late 1950s. Once again, historic events sweep Jack --- and his idealistic son, Chris --- into harm's way. Will this be the collision that destroys his family forever?

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GHOSTWRITER by Travis Thrasher (Suspense)
Now a widower, author Dennis Shore is finally alone in his house, his daughter attending college out of state. When he's stricken by a paralyzing case of writer's block and a looming deadline, Dennis becomes desperate. Against better judgment, he claims someone else's writing as his own, accepting undeserved accolades for the stolen work. He thinks he's gotten away with it…until he's greeted by the true author of the stolen manuscript. Reviewed by Susan Miura.

A FLICKERING LIGHT: Portraits of the Heart, Book 1 by Jane Kirkpatrick (Historical Romance)
It was a time of economic hardship for many when even 14-year-old girls were expected to get jobs that would contribute to the family’s support. Jessie Gaebele was no exception. But little did she know how being apprenticed to FJ Bauer would ignite her passion not only for photography but for forbidden romance as well. Reviewed by Maggie Harding.

THE SWEETGUM LADIES KNIT FOR LOVE by Beth Pattillo (Fiction)
Once a month, the six women of the Sweetgum Knit Lit Society gather to discuss books and share their knitting projects. Inspired by her recently-wedded bliss, group leader Eugenie chooses “Great Love Stories in Literature” as the theme for the year’s reading list --- a risky selection for a group whose members span the spectrum of age and relationship status. Reviewed by Melanie Smith.

IF TOMORROW NEVER COMES by Marlo Schalesky (Fiction)
Childhood sweethearts Kinna and Jimmy Henley had simple dreams --- marriage, children, a house by the sea…everything they needed for happily ever after. What they didn’t plan on was years of infertility, stealing those dreams, crushing their hopes. Now, all that’s left is the memory of young love, and the desperate need for a child to erase the pain. Until…Reviewed by Maggie Harding.

THE OWNER’S MANUAL FOR CHRISTIANS: The Essential Guide for a God-Honoring Life, by Charles R. Swindoll (Christian Life)
Written for all believers, THE OWNER’S MANUAL FOR CHRISTIANS captures the essentials of the Christian life in simple, inspiring terms. Clear biblical teaching and pastoral instruction encourages readers onto the Christian life they long for…and can have. It just takes a God-given desire for obedience and the practical applications this book teaches. Reviewed by Margaret Oines.

RELEARNING JESUS: How Reading the Beatitudes One More Time Changed My Faith, by Matthew Paul Turner (Christian Life)
Join popular author Matthew Paul Turner on a spiritual journey to discover just who Jesus is. Filled with Turner's spot-on humor, incisive insights and no-holds-barred transparency, RELEARNING JESUS offers readers a fresh perspective on their faith and a reintroduction to their Saviour. Reviewed by Michele Howe.

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF GOD: Dangerous Beliefs in the New Spiritual Openness, by R. Albert Mohler Jr. (Christian Living)
As biblical scholar, author, and president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Dr. Albert Mohler writes, “The entire structure of Christian truth is now under attack.” With wit and wisdom he tackles the most important aspects of these modern issues. In the age-old battle to preserve the foundations of faith, it's up to a new generation to confront and disarm the contemporary shams and fight for the truth. Reviewed by Michele Howe.

LIVING THE LORD’S PRAYER: The Way of the Disciple, by Albert Haase, OFM (Christian Living/Spiritual Growth)
Hidden in the Lord’s Prayer is a complete picture of our life with God. Albert Haase examines each line, to explore a deeper understanding of this teaching of Jesus and explain how it can shape us spiritually as we grow in Christ. Reviewed by Evelyn Bence.

LOVE IS A VERB: Stories of What Happens When Love Comes Alive, by Gary Chapman (Christian Life/Love & Marriage)
Rather than a typical marriage self-help book filled with lengthy explanations of principles and techniques, LOVE IS A VERB is a compilation of true stories displaying love in action. These stories --- written by everyday people --- go straight to the hearts of readers, who often say that illustrations are the most effective parts of a book. Reviewed by Margaret Oines.

Elizabeth White
Elizabeth White is the author of such Christian romance titles as CONTROLLING INTEREST, FAIR GAME, the Texas Gatekeepers series, and the newly released TOUR DE FORCE. In this interview, White discusses what prompted her to center this latest novel on a character from a previous work, and describes how she was able to portray the world of professional ballet so accurately in the text. She also reveals her most and least favorite aspects of being a novelist, elaborates on the role her spirituality plays in her writing, and shares what she hopes readers will take away from her books. » Click here to read an interview and about the book.

Mary E. DeMuth
Mary E. DeMuth is the author of several fiction and nonfiction titles, including WISHING ON DANDELIONS, BUILDING THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY YOU NEVER HAD, ORDINARY MOM, EXTRAORDINARY GOD and the newly released DAISY CHAIN. In this interview, DeMuth recounts her journey to becoming a published author and motivational speaker, and names some of the people who have inspired her both personally and professionally. She also shares her favorite books and reveals what she hopes readers will take away from her work.» Click here to read an interview and about the book.

Lyn Cote
In this interview, award-winning inspirational romance author Lyn Cote discusses what prompted her to write her latest novel, THE DESIRES OF HER HEART, and describes her fascination with the rapidly changing history of Texas, where the book takes place. She also credits both C. S. Lewis and Charles Dickens as personal influences, reveals her weakness for homemade pie à la mode and shares the most rewarding aspect of being an author. » Click here to read an interview and about the book.

Keri Wyatt Kent
Journalist and public speaker Keri Wyatt Kent is the author of several books, including GARDEN OF THE SOUL, LISTEN and OXYGEN. Her latest release, REST, expounds on the idea of the Sabbath, a topic she introduced in her 2005 publication, BREATHE. In this interview with FaithfulReader.com's Marcia Ford, Kent discusses the physical, spiritual and practical benefits of keeping Sabbath, and explains how to plan to do so amidst hectic work and personal schedules. She also describes how keeping the Sabbath can level social hierarchy, provides advice on incorporating play into days of rest, and shares details about her upcoming book, SIMPLE COMPASSION. » Click here to read an interview and a review.

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