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Thirsty by Tracey Bateman

Fiction, REVIEWSon November 19th, 20096 Comments

If I have to admit there is a “fictional monster” I’m fascinated with, it would be the vampire. I decided to participate in a blog tour for a series of books. A vampire included in a Christian Fiction book strikes me as strange. Read the book description below. Have you read this book yet?

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by Tracey Bateman

"Hello, I’m Nina Parker.and I’m an alcoholic." For Nina, even in recovery, the truth of the declaration has demolished her hopes and condemned her to return to the town she ran away from nearly two decades earlier-Abbey Hills, Missouri. But the place she once called home is no safe haven. A ritualistic-style murder.

Animals disappearing from the Ozark reserve where Nina works, and turning up slaughtered. And someone-or some thing-watching Nina. Wanting her. Stalking her with a 250-year-old desire that burns like a raging wildfire.

Nina’s ex-husband Hunt shows up, hoping to protect Nina and Megan, the angry teenage daughter who followed her to Missouri. But another man has entered the picture, testing Nina as she attempts to walk the tightrope of recovery-and the power of thirst. Much more than Nina Parker’s love hangs in the balance. The battle between love and obsession is destined to unfold to its startling, unforgettable end.

NOTE FROM TY: I will be posting a review soon and also check out Touched by a Vampire.

BOOK REVIEW | Wounded: A Love Story

Fiction, REVIEWSon August 13th, 2009No Comments

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by Claudia Mair Burney

Gina Merritt struggles with being a single mother and her mental illness. She seeks relief by attending the Ash Wednesday service at her beloved church home. To her shock, the comfort she seeks comes in the form of a vivid vision, followed by blood flowing from her palms.

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BOOK REVIEW | Illusions

Fiction, REVIEWSon August 6th, 2009No Comments

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by Wanda B. Campbell

Denise Hightower has been married to Pastor Bryce Hightower for over three years. She’s confident in his love for her and enjoys being by his side. That is until she finds out her husband and pastor has a secret addiction.

Being the First Lady, Denise already has to deal with scrutiny and in many ways protects her husband. She tries to pretend all is normal in front of the congregation, but  when the burden starts to get the best of Denise, her self-esteem plummets. As she moves farther away from Bryce, can their marriage survive?

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BOOK REVIEW | The Someday List

Fiction, REVIEWSon June 18th, 20093 Comments

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by Stacy Hawkins Adams

Rachelle Covington lives the kind of lifestyle that most women can only dream about. She’s married to a handsome surgeon, has two beautiful children and a gorgeous home. As a stay-at-home mom, she’s able to be there for her children and her husband, but Rachelle feels like something is still missing. As her husband, Gabe, prepares for a mission trip to Africa, she spills her “hidden” frustrations out on him. Unknown to Gabe, Rachelle’s concerns began with a disturbing correspondence from the past. Without anyone’s knowledge, Rachelle sets off to visit her college friend, Jillian, not knowing what to expect.

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BOOK REVIEW | The Whole Truth

Fiction, REVIEWSon April 9th, 2009No Comments

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by James Scott Bell

Steve Conroy is a lawyer who’s about to run out of options. He’s divorced, sorely missing his ex-wife, struggling in the courtroom and trying to keep clean from his drug habit. When an opportunity arises out of the blue, Steve takes this as a sign to get his troubled life back on track. As he learns more about his new client, he starts to questions whether this opportunity is for real, especially when the client appears to be a blast from the past. Or the dead?

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BOOK REVIEW | Dark Pursuit

Fiction, REVIEWSon April 7th, 2009No Comments

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by Brandilyn Collins

I have had the opportunity to read the Hidden Faces and Kanner Lake Series by Brandilyn Collins. Last November, she released a stand alone book, Dark Pursuit.

Darell Brooke is known as the "King of Suspense,” but right now living up to that name has become a struggle for the first time in his career.  After ninety-nine books, he can barely keep his thoughts coherent long enough to string together a complete scene. His loss of memory and feeble attempts at writing have come as a result of a car accident that left his seventyish body changed forever.  Darell is not the only one with issues. Seems he has a relative with even bigger issues.

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BOOK REVIEW | Too Little, Too Late

Fiction, REVIEWSon January 1st, 2009No Comments

I’m still catching up on book reviews from 2008.  Here’s one I read awhile ago.

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by Victoria Christopher Murray

Jasmin Larson Bush is back. Fans of Victoria Christopher’s Murray groundbreaking Temptation, may recall Jasmin’s havoc on one marriage. The consequences of her sin from the novel A Sin and a Shame are still wreaking havoc in Too Little, Too Late. Jasmin is determined to protect her marriage to Minister Hosea Bush and keep her daughter’s real father from ever finding out the truth. Life is going along pretty good. Then, the unexpected happens.

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