{"id":142,"date":"2008-04-15T21:56:14","date_gmt":"2008-04-16T03:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=142"},"modified":"2008-04-15T21:57:40","modified_gmt":"2008-04-16T03:57:40","slug":"my-soul-to-keep-by-melanie-wells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=142","title":{"rendered":"My Soul To Keep by Melanie Wells"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, the<\/span>
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Christian Fiction Blog Alliance<\/a><\/center>
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is introducing<\/center>
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My Soul To Keep<\/a>
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(Multnomah Books – February 5, 2008)<\/center>
by<\/center>
Melanie Wells<\/a><\/center>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/font><\/strong>
\n<\/a>A native of the Texas panhandle and the child of musicians, Melanie Wells attended Southern Methodist University on a music scholarship (she’s a fiddle player), and later completed graduate degrees in counseling psychology and Biblical studies at Our Lady of the Lake University and Dallas Theological Seminary.She has taught at the graduate level at both OLLU and DTS, and has been in private practice as a counselor since 1992. She is the founder and director of LifeWorks counseling associates in Dallas, Texas, a collaborative community of creative therapists.
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\nWhen the Day of Evil Comes<\/em><\/a> is her first published work of fiction, and the first of a three-book series. The second work, The Soul Hunter<\/em><\/a> was released in May, 2006. Melanie lives and writes in Dallas.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/font> <\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a>As nasty as I knew Peter Terry to be, I never expected him to start kidnapping kids. Much less a sweet, funny little boy with nothing to protect him but a few knock-kneed women, two rabbits and a staple gun\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s psychology professor Dylan Foster\u2019s favorite day of the academic year\u2026graduation day. And her little friend Christine Zocci\u2019s sixth birthday. But the joyful summer afternoon goes south when a little boy is snatched from a neighborhood park, setting off a chain of events that seen to lead nowhere.<\/p>\n

The police are baffled, but Christine\u2019s eerie connection with the kidnapped child sends Dylan on a chilling investigation of her own. Is the pasty, elusive stranger Peter Terry to blame? Exploding light bulbs, the deadly buzz of a Texas rattlesnake, and the vivid, disturbing dreams of a little girl are just pieces of a long trail of tantalizing clues leading Dylan in her dogged search for the truth.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike water rising to a boil, My soul To Keep\u2019s suspense sneaks up on you\u2026before you know it, you\u2019re in the thick if a frightening drama\u2026Superbly crafted<\/em>.\u201d
\n—ROBERT LIPARULO<\/strong>, author of Deadfall, Germ,<\/strong><\/em> and Comes A Horseman<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWritten with passion, a good dose of humor and, dare I say it, soul, this novel reminds us that we all, with grace and good fortune, bumble our way toward salvation<\/em>.\u201d
\n—K. L. COOK<\/strong>, author of Late Call <\/em><\/strong>and The Girl From Charmelle<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

MY REVIEW:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n

Having read and enjoyed both When the Day of Evil Comes<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and The Soul Hunter<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, I was not disappointed to find that My Soul to Keep<\/strong><\/em><\/a> was true to the pattern already set. Although I was sometimes frustrated with Dylan’s frequent cluelessness (at least it seemed that way to me), I think that very trait made the story that much more believable. All in all, My Soul to Keep<\/strong><\/em><\/a> is a humorous but suspenseful read that will keep you engrossed to the end. I look forward to more books from the imagination of Melanie Wells.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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