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<\/a>Brandilyn Collins is a best-selling novelist known for her trademark Seatbelt Suspense\u2122. These harrowing crime thrillers have earned her the tagline \nBrandilyn writes for Zondervan, the Christian division of HarperCollins Publishers, and is currently at work on her 19th book. Her first, A Question of Innocence, was a true crime published by Avon in 1995. Its promotion landed her on local and national TV and radio, including the Phil Donahue and Leeza talk shows.She\u2019s also known for her distinctive book on fiction-writing techniques, Getting Into Character: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn From Actors (John Wiley & Sons), and often teaches at writers conferences.Brandilyn blogs at Forensics and Faith<\/a>. Visit her Website<\/a>
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ABOUT THE BOOK<\/strong> Bailey hung on to the counter, dazed. If she let go, she\u2019d collapse\u2014and the twitching fingers of the gunman would pull the trigger. The rest of her group huddled in frozen shock.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Dear God, help us! Tell me this is a dream . . .<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The shooter\u2019s teeth clenched. \u201c Anybody who moves is dead.\u201d<\/strong><\/em> Police Chief Vince Edwards must negotiate with the desperate trio. The gunmen insist on communicating through the \u201ccomments\u201d section of the blog\u2014so all the world can hear their story. What they demand, Vince can\u2019t possibly provide. But if he doesn\u2019t, over a dozen beloved Kanner Lake citizens will die…<\/p>\n Amber Morn is the climactic finale to Collins\u2019 widely read Kanner Lake<\/a> series. All first three titles in the series, Violet Dawn<\/a>, Coral Moon<\/a>, and Crimson Eve<\/a>, were bestsellers. Library Journal placed Crimson Eve on its Best Books of 2007 list, and hailed it the \u201cBest Christian suspense of 2007.\u201d<\/p>\n A few early reviews of Amber Morn:<\/p>\n \u201c\u2026 essential reading \u2026 a harrowing hostage drama.\u201d \u2013 Library Journal<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201c\u2026 heart-pounding \u2026 breakneck pace \u2026 satisfying and meaningful ending.\u201d \u2013 RT Bookreviews<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cThis cataclysmic ending left me breathless \u2026 Kanner Lake is the Best Suspense Series of 2007\/2008.\u201d \u2013 deenasbooks.blogspot.com<\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201cCollins has saved the best for a last .. a powerful ensemble performance.\u201d — BookshelfReview.com<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201c\u2026 a staccato tempo \u2026 Sometimes you just have to close the book in order to come up for air.\u201d \u2013 Dale Lewis<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n \u201c\u2026a masterpiece of page-turning suspense with a cast of dozens.\u201d \u2013 Peg Phifer<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Amber Morn (Zondervan Publishing Company – April 2008) by Brandilyn CollinsABOUT THE AUTHOR: Brandilyn Collins is a best-selling novelist known for her trademark Seatbelt Suspense\u2122. These harrowing crime thrillers have earned her the tagline \u201cDon\u2019t forget to b r e a t h e \u2026\u00ae\u201d Brandilyn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\nThe whole thing couldn\u2019t have taken more than sixty seconds.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
\nOn a beautiful Saturday morning the nationally read \u201cScenes and Beans\u201d<\/a> bloggers gather at Java Joint for a special celebration. Chaos erupts when three gunmen burst in and take them all hostage. One person is shot and dumped outside.<\/p>\n