Sneak Peek

Archive: Fiction

Each month, WaterBrook Multnomah gives readers a sneak peek into an upcoming title. See below for our most recent peek.

Sneak Peek: Indivisible by Kristen Heitzmann

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Battling his own personal demons, Police Chief Jonah Westfall knows the dark side of life and has committed himself to eradicating it. When a pair of raccoons are found mutilated in Redford, Colorado, Jonah investigates the gruesome act, knowing the strange event could escalate and destroy the tranquility of his small mountain town. With a rising drug threat and never-ending conflict with Tia Manning, a formidable childhood friend with whom he has more than a passing history, Jonah fights for answers—and his fragile sobriety. But he can’t penetrate every wound or secret—especially one fueled by a love and guilt teetering on madness.

Read the first two chapters of Indivisble now!

SNEAK PEEK: Forget Me Not by Vicki Hinze


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Crossroads Crisis Center owner Benjamin Brandt was a content man—in his faith, his work, and his family. Then in a flash, everything he loved was snatched away. His wife and son were murdered, and grief-stricken Ben lost faith. Determination to find their killers keeps him going, but after three years of dead ends and torment, his hope is dying too. Why had he survived? He’d failed to protect his family…

Read the first chapter of Forget Me Not now!

 

SNEAK PEEK: Lady Carliss and the Waters of Moorue


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Determined, smart and a master of both the sword and the bow, Lady Carliss has proven herself as a veteran Knight of the Prince. Returning from a mission of aid, Carliss is plunged into adventure once again as she searches for the marauders responsible for kidnapping a friends’ family. Along the way she is reunited with Sir Dalton and discovers that the struggle in her heart is far from over… [read more]

Read the first chapter of Lady Carliss and the Waters of Moorue now!

 

VIDEO: “Beautiful Bird”, the music video of the novel Broken Angel


Sigmund Brouwer’s wife, Christian music artist Cindy Morgan wrote this song having never read her husband’s book. But when she sent the song to him, Sigmund was taken with how much of the song mirrored the emotions and storyline of his book, Broken Angel. Watch the video below (which features Sigmund and Cindy’s two daughters) and be taken along on the wings of hope.

And be sure to look for the follow up book to Broken Angel, Flight of Shadows releasing in May 2010.

SNEAK PEEK: An Absence So Great, A Novel


 

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 At the turn of the century, eighteen-year-old Jessie Ann Gaebele has moved to Milwaukee in search of a fresh start. Though inspired by a new opportunity to operate photography studios for those who have fallen ill to mercury poisoning, a piece of her past she’s trying hard to forget makes its way into the foreground of her life.

An Absence So Great is the last book in the Portraits of the Heart series by best selling novelist, Jane Kirkpatrick.

Download and read the first chapter of An Absence So Great here!

 

VIDEO: Book trailer for Meltdown by Chuck Holton


VIDEO: Chuck Holton talks about Meltdown


 

Also, be sure to check out all the books in the Task Force Valor series by clicking here!

PDF Download: Saints in Limbo


pdf_1002Need an escape from the winter days of January? Be transported to a different time and place as you journey to the deep South in River Jordan’s acclaimed novel, Saints in Limbo.   Download Chapter One of Saints in Limbo by clicking here!

“River Jordan’s Saints in Limbo is a compelling story of the mysteries of existence and, especially, the mysteries of the human heart.” –RON RASH, author of Serena and Chemistry and Other Stories

Ever since her husband Joe died, Velma True’s world has been limited to what she can see while clinging to one of the multicolored threads tied to the porch railing of her home outside Echo, Florida. When a mysterious stranger appears at her door on her birthday and presents Velma with a special gift, she is rattled by the object’s ability to take her into her memories–a place where Joe still lives, her son Rudy is still young, unaffected by the world’s hardness, and the beginning is closer than the end. As secrets old and new come to light, Velma wonders if it’s possible to be unmoored from the past’s deep roots and find a reason to hope again.

Download Chapter One of Saints in Limbo by clicking here!

CONTEST: Enter to win a FREE COMPUTER!


Vicki Hinze, author of Forget Me Not, is hosting a contest on her website.  Just pre-order your copy of Forget Me Not between now and March 16, 2010 and go to her site to enter to win a free computer. Click here for details!

Not sure what the book is all about? Here’s a brief description:

Three years ago, his wife and child were murdered and their killers never identified. Now a new victim appears and survives, a woman who looks eerily like his deceased wife and wears her necklace—and someone wants her dead.  Pursued by killers, soul-weary and afraid to trust, do these two dare risk their lives and their hearts, and will it be enough for them to survive?

Read/Download the prologue and first chapter here!

NEWS: Inspiring tales are at heart of books by Beth Pattillo, Candy Paull


Beth Pattillo in The TennesseanThe Tennessean recently interviewed Beth Pattillo about her new book The Sweet Gum Ladies Knit for Love.

Read the article online here.