{"id":5134,"date":"2010-06-30T00:08:23","date_gmt":"2010-06-30T05:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=5134"},"modified":"2010-06-30T00:08:23","modified_gmt":"2010-06-30T05:08:23","slug":"refuge-on-crescent-hill-by-melanie-dobson-cfba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=5134","title":{"rendered":"Refuge on Crescent Hill by Melanie Dobson – CFBA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This week, the<\/span>
\n Christian Fiction Blog Alliance<\/span><\/a>
\n is introducing<\/span>
\n Refuge on Crescent Hill<\/a><\/span>
\n Kregel Publications (March 11, 2010)
\n by
\n Melanie Dobson<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n


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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Melanie Dobson is the award-winning author of The Black Cloister<\/em>; Love Finds You in Liberty, Indiana<\/em>; and Together for Good<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Prior to launching Dobson Media Group in 1999, Melanie was the corporate publicity manager at Focus on the Family where she was responsible for the publicity of events, products, films, and TV specials. Melanie received her undergraduate degree in journalism from Liberty University and her master’s degree in communication from Regent University. She has worked in the fields of publicity and journalism for fifteen years including two years as a publicist for The Family Channel.<\/p>\n

Melanie and her husband, Jon, met in Colorado Springs in 1997 at Vanguard Church. Jon works in the field of computer animation. Since they’ve been married, the Dobsons have relocated numerous times including stints in Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Colorado, Berlin, and Southern California. These days they are enjoying their new home in the Pacific Northwest.<\/p>\n

Jon and Melanie have adopted their two daughters \u2014Karly (6) and Kinzel (5). When Melanie isn’t writing or entertaining their girls, she enjoys exploring ghost towns and dusty back roads, traveling, hiking, line dancing, and reading inspirational fiction.<\/p>\n

ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/strong>
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THE HOMECOMING WASN\u2019T WHAT SHE EXPECTED\u2026<\/strong><\/div>\n

Jobless, homeless, and broke, Camden Bristow decides to visit the grandmother she hasn\u2019t seen in years. But when Camden arrives in Etherton, Ohio, she discovers that her grandmother has passed away, leaving her the 150-year-old mansion on Crescent Hill. The site of her happiest summers as a child, the run-down mansion is now her only refuge.
\n When Camden finds evidence that she may not be the mansion\u2019s only occupant, memories of Grandma Rosalie\u2019s bedtime stories about secret passageways and runaway slaves fuel her imagination. What really happened at Crescent Hill? Who can she turn to for answers in this town full of strangers? And what motivates the handsome local Alex Yates to offer his help? As she works to uncover the past and present mysteries harbored in her home, Camdem uncovers deep family secrets within the mansion\u2019s walls that could change her life?and the entire town?forever.<\/p>\n

If you would like to read the first chapter of Refuge on Crescent Hill<\/a>, go HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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

Refuge on Crescent Hill has all the elements needed for a great book \u2013 interesting characters, a mystery to solve, plenty of suspense, a little romance, some humor, a bit of history, and some surprises. Although the story was told from several points of view, it was never hard to follow. The author set just the right tone with the spooky old house and its rumors of ghosts. Unexpected twists in the plot kept me awake until the book was finished \u2013 I couldn\u2019t put it down.<\/p>\n

Refuge on Crescent Hill is a well crafted story with a satisfying ending. I highly recommend it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week, the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is introducing Refuge on Crescent Hill Kregel Publications (March 11, 2010) by Melanie Dobson ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Melanie Dobson is the award-winning author of The Black Cloister; Love Finds You in Liberty, Indiana; and Together for Good. Prior to launching Dobson Media Group in 1999, Melanie was the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,60,67,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-contemporary-fiction","category-mystery","category-romance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5134"}],"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=5134"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5140,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5134\/revisions\/5140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}