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April 13, 2014
Two Sci-Fi Audiobooks Giveaway
Want to win copies of two of my science fiction/alternate history/time travel novels? I’m giving away 15 coupons for each novel to download them from Audible, and the giveaway will be open until May 2, 2014. All you have to do is click on the rafflecopter widget at the bottom of the post to enter.
In the 2150s, a scientist discovers time is actually fluid; past, present, and future all exist at the same time. What he doesn’t know, is if the current timeline can change when something is changed in the past. The U.S. government wants him to find out. The theme being to make right what once went wrong.
Narrated by actor , who had voiceovers in films such as Jaws…..
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Out-of-Time-Audiobook/B00F57TNFG
[image error]In this combination of the novels New Frontier and Final Frontier, this is the story of alternate timelines, partial political thriller, and time travel, in which a United States President is kept from being assassinated, but there are other unintended consequences as a result.
In 1976, Ronald Reagan becomes President of the United States, declares the U.S. will plant a base on the moon by 1980 and a base on Mars by 1989. The Iranian Hostage Crisis occurs, but Reagan issues a stronger response, but as a result, Osama bin Laden rises to power earlier than he normally would have in the prime timeline.
Meanwhile, The Soviet Union decides to build a starship that will travel to the stars because they want to one-up the United States, but as is usually the case, nothing seems to go right.
In the early 1990s the U.S. and the Russians join forces, which leads the joint venture to the other side of the galaxy by means of a wormhole. When they attempt to return to Earth, they find themselves in the past, where they try to fix certain events in the past while they wait for history in general to catch up to where they launched the joint mission to begin with. Things go wrong as events do not play out as planned and numerous cases of unintended consequences result from the multiple attempts at fixing the timeline.
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Beyond-the-New-Frontier-Audiobook/B00GSX96KS/
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March 23, 2014
Audiobook Giveaway for Christian Fiction Series
Want to win free copies of my Christian fiction series, The End Times Saga? I'm giving away 10 free coupons of each novel to download the audiobooks from Audible. The contest is open from March 23 to April 11. I'm giving away the first four novels plus the short story, Jon Ryan. Just sign-up to win using the rafflecopter widget at the bottom of this post.
In Times of Turmoil, the first novel in The End Times Saga, we follow how the Evans family gained their riches and eventually their power to influence events in the United States. We see important events that the Evans family gets themselves involved in: such as the return of the Israelites to Israel, the assassination of President Kennedy, the terrorism of 9/11, and eventually events that lead to government tyranny in the United States with the sole purpose of destroying Christianity and its influence in the United States.
Link to Audible: http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Times-of-Turmoil-Audiobook/B00HZOM0AC
In Times of Trouble, the second novel in The End Times Saga, FBI Agent Brian Atwood is used to danger, and when he hunts down leads to a terrorist plot and saves a United States Airbase, he's eventually offered a position to be the personal bodyguard of the President of the United States. The job not only tests his skills as an agent, but also his faith as a Christian when he discovers that the President has the morals of an alley cat. As Brian tries to come to terms with doing his job and having to look the other way, his world begins to crumble. His wife is dying of cancer and his son was taken away by the government because he has Down Syndrome. What else can go wrong? As the End Times approaches and the United States disintegrates into chaos, Brian must try to save his family.
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Times-of-Trouble-Audiobook/B00FY50TUM
Times of Trial, the 3rd novel in The End Times Saga, is the story about three Christian families who experience the persecution of Christians first hand when the U.S. becomes a Police State. Two get rounded up by government forces as the President declares a dictatorship, initiates Michael Evans' Order 21, and lays the U.S. on a course that will mean its ultimate destruction. The third family make their way from Arizona to Wyoming, where they hope a town built by Doomsday Preppers twenty years earlier will keep them safe. Micheal Evans also tries to manipulate events in the Middle East to try to to bring war between Israel and Iran.
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Times-of-Trial-An-End-Times-Thriller-Audiobook/B00H3RGMI2/
Timothy Phillips is now known as Times of Rebellion for the ebook version. This is the 4th novel (in spite of the title number being wrong on Audible) in The End Times Saga.
Can a nineteen year old stay true to the faith he was brought up on when he's under the spotlight?
Timothy Phillips dreams come true when he discovered by the producer of a national talent show. So what's the problem? The recording contract is not in the Southern Gospel he would prefer to sing. As he begins recording and performing the music, he encounters increasing hostility towards Christians. Can he stay true to his faith, or will he end up compromising his beliefs little by little the more famous he becomes?
When his world comes crashing down, will he have anything left to help him stand as the end times approach?
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/pd/Teens/Timothy-Phillips-Audiobook/B00I5OENRE
In this short story, Jon Ryan dreamed of becoming a doctor his entire life. Before he graduates from medical school, the government takes over healthcare, making him wary about the profession he's going to school for, but not enough to quit chasing his dream. He practices medicine as medical plagues and disasters occur, all the while the government says they're on top of things. Eventually, government oppression forces him to make changes to his practice that will affect his life as the End Times approach.
On Audible: http://www.audible.com/pd/Fiction/Jon-Ryan-An-End-Times-Short-Story-Audiobook/B00EZ5NBGQ
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February 11, 2014
Crossreads Book Blast – Timothy Phillips
By Cliff Ball
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Can a nineteen year old stay true to the faith he was brought up on when he's under the spotlight?
Timothy Phillips dreams come true when he's discovered by the producer of a national talent show. So what's the problem? The recording contract is not in the Southern Gospel he would prefer to sing. As he begins recording and performing the music, he encounters increasing hostility towards Christians. Can he stay true to his faith, or will he end up compromising his beliefs little by little the more famous he becomes? When his world comes crashing down, will he have anything left to help him stand as the end times approach?
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Cliff Ball lives in Texas, born in Arizona, is a Christian and is Baptist. Has two BA's, and a Certificate in Technical Communications from the University of North Texas. Has published ten novels and four short stories in multiple genres, but is currently writing a Christian fiction series called "The End Times Saga." Cliff's first taste of being published was when he won third in high school for a short story written in Creative Writing class for a young adult magazine.
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February 10, 2014
New Release: Times of Destruction, book 5 of The End Times Saga
Times of Destruction, book 5 of The End Times Saga, is now available for sale on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Smashwords for the other e-readers. Until February 28, it'll be $.99 on Kindle and Nook, and on Smashwords, it'll be $.99 with a coupon. The links will be below.
After the rapture occurs, Michael Evans introduces the man who becomes the world leader. The new leader, calling himself the Patriarch and renaming the United Nations to the Union of United Earth, consolidates his power and moves the new world capital to the city of Babylon in Iraq. The Patriarch divides the world into ten administrative regions and has ten men administer those regions for him. Next, he appoints a world-renowned prosperity gospel preacher as the new High Priest for the global religion. During the first three and a half years, the Patriarch reorganizes the world economy, the High Priest creates a loyalty mark for people to take to show their loyalty to the Union, and then disasters begin occurring as predicted in the Bible. The first trumpet announces hail and fire mixed with blood, which kills 1/3 of plant life. The second announces a great mountain, an asteroid, burning with fire from space that's hurled into the sea and kills 1/3 of ocean life. The third is a comet that turns 1/3 of the waters bitter. The fourth extinguishes 1/3 of the light from the sun, moon, and the stars. The fifth, those that aren't sealed by God are harmed by demon possessed "locusts." The sixth, world war three occurs. The seventh, will be in the next novel, the next three and a half years. As they deal with this, they have to put up with two witnesses who show up in Jerusalem, preaching the Gospel, and warning of the beast and his false prophet. As the Patriarch deals with the disasters, the witnesses, and the Jews in Israel, the world moves closer to the middle of the Tribulation, where the Patriarch's life will change and the judgments begin to ramp up.
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January 23, 2014
Upcoming fifth novel in The End Times Saga
Currently, I'm writing the fifth novel in The End Times Saga, called "Times of Destruction." Based on how many words I've written with the others, I'd say I'm about halfway through. It'll be based mostly in the first three and a half years of Tribulation period right after the rapture, and I plan on writing a novel based on the last three and half years of the Tribulation a couple months from now. I'm even thinking of the possibility of writing a novel in the Millenial period and maybe writing another one about the Great White Throne Judgment, but I'm not sure at this point. My church's pastor has been conducting a Bible study on Sunday nights on the book of Revelation, and he divided it up from chapters 1 through 11 and then 12 through 22. He put the Bible study in book form, so now I'm following the outline he has of what'll happen in the Tribulation, which has his thoughts and what other prophecy preachers feel might happen, but with my own twist. I'm mostly doing the story around the seven trumpets, along with how the future anti-Christ reacts to all these disasters, plus his reaction to the two witnesses in Jerusalem as they lead thousands of Jews to Christ.
In my story, anyone who used to know Christians personally will have forgotten about them and their hearts hardened towards the possibilty of Jesus being the Messiah, which is completely different from the Left Behind series in that it really didn't matter with those characters, since everyone could be saved even if they rejected Christ before the rapture. Why LaHaye and Jenkins wrote it that way, I haven't the slightest idea. Since I don't currently write paranormal, trying to write the background stuff that goes on, as far as involving angels and demons go, is a little out of my league. I have the new leader of the world and the false prophet tell everyone that aliens abducted the "haters" and took the children under five (including the unborn) because the world needs to be united in peace, harmony, and unity, and the children won't be returned until that's achieved. Of course, humans being humans, none of that really happens, but because God sends a mass delusion, they all believe aliens abducted millions of people. I also altered parts of the ending to "Times of Trial," in regards to the future anti-Christ announcing who he is and who his false prophet is, since, at the time, I didn't even know I was going to have more than two novels in this series. It should fit more in line with the Tribulation timeline, or I hope it will, anyway. I'm sure there are many who disagree with the timeline of events, but this is based on what I've been taught over the years.
Here are the Trumpets and how I'm treating them…
1. Revelation 8:1-7 KJV – The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth; and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. — In this novel, it follows the very last paragraphs from Times of Trial about the Yellowstone caldera blowing up, which sets off other volcanoes along the North American Ring of Fire. The hot ash and lava burn up all the plant life in North America, and also activates every fault line on the continent, causing earthquakes, and kills nearly everyone in North America (about 600 million people).
2. Revelation 8:8-9: And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed. – I'm currently at this point in the novel. It goes a little sci-fi here as I have the Chinese trying to harness the power of a mountain-sized asteroid, but things go wrong. Six months after the first trumpet, the asteroid plunges into the Pacific.
3. Revelation 8:10 -11: And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great start from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters become wormwood: and many mend died of the waters, because they were made bitter. — I'm going to have this as a meteor, probably one that usually passes by Earth, but this time it's caught by our gravitational pull. I'm still trying to decide which continent's water supply is ruined.
4. Revelation 8:12: And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. — I was thinking of having the two witnesses show the power of God by having them do this, which really gets the world upset at them, and demanding that the leader of the world do something about the two. I'm also going to have the leader threaten them, so they order a drought and some plagues, like flies and locusts, similar to when Moses did it in Egypt.
5. Revelation 9:1-6: And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, and as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree: but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. — I'm not sure how I'm going to correctly describe demon possessed locusts (probably the same way John described them) coming from what I would think was an active volcano, but I do know how humans will be in the novel when struck by them — zombies! (I guess that would be somewhat paranormal?)
6. Revelation 9:13-19: And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God. Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angles which are bound in the great river Euphrates. And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand (200 million): and I heard the number of them. And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpants, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. — Sounds like modern warfare to me, and John could only describe it from his experience, not knowing how to describe tanks, drones, and aircraft. I plan on having Russia, with Iran having the idea, of supplying the Middle East with enough armanents and supplies to try to destroy Israel easily, since I had Iran in the previous novels try to nuke Israel out of existence, which didn't work. Since this involves the whole world, other countries will try to take advantage and a nuclear war will occur. This isn't Armageddon, that happens at the end of Tribulation, after pretty much all technology has been destroyed in this war.
7. The Seventh trumpet announces the next 3 1/2 years, talking about mankind's sins, and how they'll be judged for it in the next 3 1/2 years, but I'll add that to the next novel. Chapter 11 also talks about the two witnesses, about how they're finally overcome by the anti-Christ and killed. For 3 1/2 days, the remaining people of Earth will celebrate their "deaths." Then they're resurrected and ascend to heaven. The anti-Christ enters the Temple of Jerusalem right before that and finally declares he's God, demanding the Jews also worship him. When the two witnesses disappear into the clouds, the anti-Christ gets assassinated, where he'll be indwelt with Satan, rise again, and truly becomes the anti-Christ, and will also give power to the false prophet. This is where this novel will end.
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January 6, 2014
2013 Novel Sales
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a great new year. As I do twice a year, I post what I've sold/given away over the year (or previous six months in the case of posting in June). As I discovered over the year when putting books into Kindle Select, that it's become really over-rated, even the Kindle Countdown idea could use a lot more work, since I couldn't get that to work for me either. Free days work well in that I'm getting lots of downloads, but doesn't seem to boost sales beyond that, or even net borrows from Amazon Prime Members. I guess that depends on an authors' particular genre. I did a little bit better than 2012 and I hope I do better in 2014 than I did in 2013. As I near February, I'll have been an indie author for six years. Time sure does fly!
As for how I marketed my works, I have a very limited budget. I tried blog hops, $.99 and free ebook sales with other authors through Crossreads, along with the Book Blasts blog posts, ads through Facebook (they're a total waste of money), Fiverr ads, the $5 can add up a lot if you do that all the time, and some ads through smaller sites. I've posted on Facebook groups/pages, on various message boards, constantly Tweeted to Twitter, Google+, and LinkedIn every 30 minutes using Hootsuite to schedule them, and even joined re-Tweeting groups. Most of this stuff worked for me, but your mileage may vary. I find word of mouth works the best, especially when you have multiple people volunteering to review your novels (helps joining sites/groups that do that), since a lot of them have a blog and a following. While I may not get hundreds upon hundreds of sales a month (or even dozens of reviews), I do have consistent sales, at least on Amazon.
This year I even expanded my books into the audiobook world, but I was highly skeptical, since I'm not an audiobook listener. I'd rather read. I only had my End Times Saga plus two other books done as audiobooks. At first, I wanted to do it myself, but decided most of it's too technically involved for me, so I went through ACX, which I started doing back in September. One of my novels, Out of Time, was even featured in ACX's email to its producers, which netted me an actor who's done voices in movies like Jaws. For a couple of my novels, I'm actually getting better sales in audio than I am in ebook or paperback, which kind of surprises me, even though it shouldn't. When I worked in a library, we had just as many audiobook rentals as we did regular books. The only problem I have with ACX is that they seem to be really picky. One of my narrarators has had to re-do three novels twice, which is why two of them (Times of Turmoil and Timothy Phillips) are not yet ready for sale, while Xavier Doolittle isn't available because short stories don't seem to sell as audiobooks (for me), as I discovered with Jon Ryan.
A majority of my sales are through Amazon, followed by B&N, which seemed to fall off a lot for me when I compare it to last year, probably something to do with the upheaval that company is having with their brand. Apple is up and down, Sony hardly exists, while Kobo's sales for me disappeared when they had that scandal over erotic novels, even though all of my novels are clean reads. My paperback sales are also up and down. A couple of my older novels aren't selling like they used to, so I'm thinking of retiring those, but will give them one more year before I decide. Unlike all the prognosticators out there predicting this or that for publishing in 2014, I have no idea where my path will lead. I do know that I plan on writing and finishing at least two more novels this year, which will be in my series, The End Times Saga. I also plan on eventually writing an antediluvian novel about Noah's time. I'm discovering that there's a lot to research about that particular time period. So stay tuned.
Out of Time: A Time Travel Novella
Amazon - 452
Barnes & Noble Nook - 44
Apple - 57
Kobo - 31
Sony Reader - 4
Smashwords 28 free downloads
Through my ebookstore - 9 free
Audible/ACX – 35
Link to book page
The Usurper – a Political Thriller
Amazon - 22
B&N - 30
Apple -18
Kobo - 1
Diesel - 1
Smashwords - 1 sale, 19 free
Createspace - 3 paperbacks
Through my ebookstore - 4 free
Book page
Voyager and the Aliens – science fiction short story
Amazon - 6
B & N - 2
Apple - 6
Kobo - 10
Smashwords - 13 free
My ebookstore - 4 free
Book page
New Frontier – Alternate History/Sci-Fi (New Frontier Series #1)
Amazon - 26
B & N - 44
Apple - 12
Kobo - 1
Smashwords - 1 sale, 27 free
Createspace - 1 paperback
My ebookstore - 6 free
Book page
Beyond the New Frontier – (New Frontier Series 1 & 2)
Amazon – 87, 1074 free downloads
B&N – 6
Createspace - 2
Audible/ACX - 10
Book page
Times of Trouble (The End Times Saga #2)
Amazon - 454
B & N - 122
Apple - 5
Sony - 7
Smashwords - 123 free
Createspace - 5 paperbacks
Lulu - 4
My ebookstore - 13
Audible/ACX – 12
Book page
Jon Ryan: An End Times Short Story
Exclusive to Amazon Kindle (until January 22)
Amazon - 39, 972 free downloads, 2 borrows
Audible/ACX – 1
Book page
Don’t Mess With Earth – Alternate History/Fantasy
Amazon - 34
B&N - 20
Apple - 3
Smashwords - 26 free downloads
Through my ebookstore - 1 free
Link to book page
Shattered Earth – Alt History/Fantasy
Amazon - 13
B & N - 31
Apple - 23
Kobo - 5
Smashwords - 34 free
Through my ebookstore - 4 free
Book page
Dust Storm – Christian Romance Western Short Story
Amazon - 2
B & N - 8
Apple - 5
Kobo - 1
Sony - 3
Smashwords - 15 free
My ebookstore - 5 free
Book Page
Final Frontier – Sci-fi/Time Travel (New Frontier Series #2)
Amazon - 20
B & N - 31
Apple - 10
Sony - 1
Smashwords - 41 free
Createspace - 1 paperback
My ebookstore - 4 free
Book page
Times of Turmoil – Christian Thriller (The End Times Saga #1)
Amazon - 431, 2289 free downloads, 12 borrows
B & N - 47
Apple - 3
Smashwords - 2 sales
Createspace - 8 paperbacks
My ebookstore - 9 free
Book page
Times of Trial (The End Times Saga #3)
Amazon - 318
B & N - 80
Apple - 4
Kobo - 1
Smashwords - 1 sale, 163 downloads
Createspace - 9
My ebookstore - 10
Audible/ACX – 7
Book page
Xavier Doolittle: An End Times Short Story
Amazon - 32
B&N - 11
Apple - 1
Smashwords - 58 free
Book page
Timothy Phillips (The End Times Saga #4)
Exclusive to Amazon until January 5th.
Amazon - 39, 1978 free downloads
Book page
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December 30, 2013
CrossReads Happy New Year Free Book Bash!
It's a Happy New Year's Book Bash!
And Start The New Year Off With FREE Christian Books!
Happy New Year! The holiday season is drawing to a close and it's time to start thinking about 2014. Here at CrossReads, we want to help you kick off the new year with some great books – for free! New Year's Eve and New Year's Day you can download free books from Christian authors. So start your year off by loading up on books – and be sure to tell your friends! The books from our book sale are listed below – Fiction first followed by Non-Fiction – enjoy!
Fiction:
Timothy Phillips by Cliff Ball
Futuristic 
Can a nineteen year old stay true to the faith he was brought up on when he's under the spotlight? Timothy Phillips dreams come true when he's discovered by the producer of a national talent show. So what's the problem? The recording contract is not in the Southern Gospel he would prefer to sing. As he begins recording and performing the music, he encounters increasing hostility towards Christians. Can he stay true to his faith, or will he end up compromising his beliefs little by little the more famous he becomes? When his world comes crashing down, will he have anything left to help him stand as the end times approach?
Jon Ryan by Cliff Ball
Thriller 
Jon Ryan dreamed of becoming a doctor his entire life. Before he graduates from medical school, the government takes over healthcare, making him wary about the profession he's going to school for, but not enough to quit chasing his dream. He practices medicine as medical plagues and disasters occur, all the while the government says they're on top of things. Eventually, government oppression forces him to make changes to his practice that will affect his life as the end times approach.
A Thing Devoted by Lotis Key
Family Fiction 
Three, adopted, multi-racial children, struggle with the question of God’s seeming indifference to their pain. Ten year old Abster, a tiny spy in the house of loss and confusion, keeps a daily record of her observations. This intimate story of one family's journey through fire, considers the purpose of suffering, its defining nature, and ultimately its life giving power.
The Twelfth Juror by Alexandra Swann and Joyce Swann
Christian Fiction 
Young, beautiful, ambitious Megan Cleary seems to have the perfect life: a dream job in a prestigious law firm in New York City, an upscale boyfriend, and a fabulous apartment. But her perfect world is shattered when one night, while she is working late, she is brutally beaten and raped by a stranger. Afraid and ashamed, she refuses to admit what has happened to her, but she cannot forget her terrifying ordeal, and shortly afterward she illegally buys a handgun to protect herself. A few months later Megan is attacked again, but this time she is armed and ready. She shoots her assailant and flees the scene before the police arrive and discover the body. She never tells anyone that she owns a gun, or that she has killed a man, but her professional and private life begins to unravel as she struggles to gain control of the fear and guilt from which she cannot free herself. When events beyond her control leave her financially destitute and emotionally drained, she returns to parents' home in Buffalo to start over. This page turning story of loss and redemption will leave the reader guessing to the very end.
The Quest For Forgiveness by J.L.Rothdiener
Christian Fiction 
Singer-songwriter Briana Bays rose from obscurity to the center spotlight. She had everything… fame, talent, beauty, and one of the most successful music careers in history. The world was her stage, but the screaming adulation of her fans could not fill the hole in her heart. Her past was shrouded in shadows, some of her own making, and some of which she was trying desperately to pierce. No amount of success could bring her the one thing she needed most… forgiveness…
Non Fiction:
21 Prayers for Teen Girls by Shelley Hitz and Heather Hart
Prayer is something that we hear Christians talking about all the time – but when it comes to actually talking to God, we often don't know what to say.
Written specifically for teen girls, the prayers in this book are the prayers of our hearts. You can pray them or use them for inspiration for prayers of your own. You can pray about anything and everything – God is always listening. We encourage you to pray along and make a habit out of praying for God to mold you into the woman He created you to be.
Purposeful Planning by Phyllis Sather
Family [easyazon-image align="right" asin="B00BTRT55Y" locale="us" height="160" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I..." width="107"]At one time or another we all feel left behind – whether because of illness, loss of a loved one, or the busyness of parenting and/or homeschooling. These timeless pieces, written by someone who went from the life of an active and involved woman to a near invalid within just a few weeks, speak to the heart of anyone who feels like they've’ve been put on the shelf and possibly forgotten.
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25 Days 'Til Christ by Paula Whidden
An Advent Devotional for the Family 
For those families who desire to keep Christ at the center of Christmas, it takes effort but that doesn't mean it cannot be fun.
Couple Corners by Paula Whidden
52 Faithful Choices for a More Joy-Filled Marriage 
Recall that moment on a road trip with your spouse, when you reach a corner and one of you calls out, “Turn left.” The other shakes his head and says, “No, it’s right.” If you were in separate vehicles, you would part ways and check out your own destination. This is a couple corner. As you read this book, you will discover 52 uniquely different corners we encounter as couples. You'll begin as if you were taking a drive. The easiest corners start in first gear. Truly brave and daring couples will progress all the way to the final choices. When you do, you’ll be speeding down the highway of marriage in fifth gear, which moves you forward the fastest, but also contains the biggest risks.
Where Life Meets Faith by Kimberley Payne
Devotional 
Do your life and your faith overlap? Where Life Meets Faith holds a collection of devotional articles, which explore the challenges of living life and building a relationship with God.
Happy New Year!
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Timothy Phillips is FREE on Kindle December 30 to January 2nd. Follow the link to take you to your home Amazon store: http://getBook.at/timothyphillips
Can a nineteen year old stay true to the faith he was brought up on when he's under the spotlight?
Timothy Phillips dreams come true when he's discovered by the producer of a national talent show. So what's the problem? The recording contract is not in the Southern Gospel he would prefer to sing. As he begins recording and performing the music, he encounters increasing hostility towards Christians. Can he stay true to his faith, or will he end up compromising his beliefs little by little the more famous he becomes?
When his world comes crashing down, will he have anything left to help him stand as the end times approach?
After January 6th, Timothy Phillips will be available to buy on Nook, Kobo, and Apple, and other stores. It is available to pre-order on Kobo and Apple. Also available in paperback and will be available as an audiobook in the coming months.
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December 3, 2013
CrossReads Book Blast, You’re Strong Enough
Kassi L. Pontious Kassi Pontious is the author of the Christian teenage and young adult books, You’re Enough Series. Kassi wrote the You're Enough Series, beginning with You're Strong Enough to help struggling teenagers and young adults who come from dysfunctional families and who feel lost and confused. Her goal is to help her readers to find a way to cope, to forgive, to believe, and to trust again. Kassi is a graduate of the LDS Christian church missionary program and a leader of Christian youth groups. Kassi has studied religion extensively, including four years at seminary and three years at Orem Institute of Religion. She served an eighteen-month mission in North Carolina, leading a group of fifty sister missionaries. Kassi understands what it is like to be from a divorced and dysfunctional family. Her parents divorced when she was four and she lived with six different families during her childhood. She works with kids that come from divorced and dysfunctional families, teaching them how to cope, and maximize their potential despite their challenging home lives. Kassi is married and has four beautiful children. She runs a successful real estate brokerage firm in Alpine Utah. She loves hiking, playing sports, geo caching, and swimming.
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November 26, 2013
CrossReads Book Blast with Laura J. Marshall
Faith, Love, and Fried Chicken:
Volume I, Summer (Serial Novel)
FREE Nov. 25 – 28th!
Faith, Love, and Fried Chicken (Serial Novel)
By Laura J. Marshall
About the Book
Excitement. That’s what Jaycee has been saving for since high school. With plans to leave rural Twain, Georgia, the “to where” and the “to what” have been the only questions stopping her. Will her intentions change when Dash Matheson pulls her wandering heart in his direction? Feel the summer heat of the Fourth of July in this southern series as Jaycee finds love. (Volume I, Summer of a four part short story series under the Faith, Love, and Fried Chicken title.)
Faith, Love, and Fried Chicken:
Volume II, Fall (Serial Novel)
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Volume II, It’s autumn in Twain, Georgia. Jaycee has herself a new job and with it, a new problem. Is it something bug spray can fix? Dash is struggling with more than just the reality of the pain from his injury. Could Jaycee be hiding something from him? The pumpkins are ripe on the vine and the pecans are ready to be shelled. Come spend Thanksgiving week in this southern series as Jaycee finds love.
A four part serial novel under the Faith, Love, and Fried Chicken title.
Volume III, Winter coming December 2013.
Volume IV, Spring coming March 2014.
Faith, Love, and Fried Chicken:
Volume I, Summer (Serial Novel) on Kindle
Faith, Love, and Fried Chicken:
Volume II, Fall (Serial Novel) on Kindle
About Laura J. Marshall
Laura J. Marshall is a full-time mother of five boys and part-time writer and blogger. She operates a popular blog called The Old Stone Wall which hosts and promotes Christian Authors and encourages interaction between readers and authors. Laura writes Christian Romantic fiction and the best-selling Battle Cry Devotional Series. You can find out more about Laura and her other books online at LauraJMarshall.com
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