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The Authors Who Hooked Us Are...
Shawn Grady
Tanya Stowe
The Authors Who Hooked Us Are...
Shawn Grady
Shawn Grady pens himself as a novelist who routinely runs red lights and often sees dead people. For over a decade he’s served as a firefighter and paramedic in northern Nevada where he lives with his wife, three children and a yellow Labrador. The author of Through the Fire, Tomorrow We Die and Falls Like Lightning, Shawn was named Most Promising New Writer at the 39th Annual Mount Hermon Writers Conference. He loves to spend time with his family in the outdoors, especially if it involves water.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Firefighting burns in Aidan O'Neill's blood, but his innate gift for reading flames has made him overconfident and sometimes puts lives in danger. When one call goes horribly wrong and a rookie is hurt, Aidan ends up suspended and finds himself questioning everything.
It couldn't have happened at a worse time.
An arsonist is targeting Reno, leaving a scorched path of destruction. The department needs Aidan back, but his return is troubled. The gift he relied on for so long has gone silent... and it's as though the fires are coming for him, hunting him down. Teaming with a beguiling fire investigator who may know more than she's saying, Aidan must discover where his trust rests as the flames burn ever closer.
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Tanya Stowe
Tanya Stowe has been married to her high school sweetheart for thirty-eight years. They have four children and eighteen grandchildren. She says, “We are a big, rowdy bunch with a definite sense of purpose. We’re not sure what it is, but we know we have one!” Tanya has written for television, publicity firms and national publications. Her first novel, Time’s Embrace, a time-travel romance, was released in 1993. Tanya’s first Inspirational romance, Tender Touch, was released in 2010. White Christmas, a Christmas novella will be available December 2011.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Lacy Butler is graced with the gift of healing. She can save strangers…even those undeserving…yet fails to save her mother. Rejecting her gift, God, and society, she's content to live alone high above the mining town of Harperville. But her solitude is shattered when Royce Darnell builds a water flume through the middle of her mountain. To protect her sanctuary, Lacy sabotages his efforts. Little does she expect Royce to track her through a blizzard and end up half frozen to death on her doorstep. She can heal him, but why should she when he threatens to steal her peace...and her heart? With the livelihood of the miners and their families depending on his project, Royce refuses to stop building, no matter how good the reason or how lovely the masked saboteur turns out to be. Besides, he's convinced God wants Lacy to use her gift for good and not to hole up in her cabin like a reticent recluse afraid of human contact. But first, she must learn to trust, and Lacy doesn't trust anyone, not Royce and especially not God. Soon Royce finds himself in a battle to save the two things he loves the most…Harperville and Lacy. Is his faith strong enough to save them both?
Both authors have questions for our readers.
Shawn: Do you have a “fire” story? Ever had to call 911? Do tell!
Tanya: Have you ever had difficulties with a person then suddenly found yourself obligated to that person?
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