{"id":5363,"date":"2010-08-03T03:46:46","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T08:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=5363"},"modified":"2010-08-02T23:49:13","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T04:49:13","slug":"final-touch-by-brandilyn-and-amberly-collins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=5363","title":{"rendered":"Final Touch by Brandilyn and Amberly Collins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cESuxv-WNX8\/TA3PbPpKjHI\/AAAAAAAAEFE\/e9Dq6nSnpCA\/s1600\/FIRSTWildCardTours2.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/firstwildcardtours.blogspot.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480264388542368882\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 145px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cESuxv-WNX8\/TA3PbPpKjHI\/AAAAAAAAEFE\/e9Dq6nSnpCA\/s200\/FIRSTWildCardTours2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>It is time for a <span style=\"color: #990000;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/firstwildcardtours.blogspot.com\/\">FIRST Wild Card Tour<\/a><\/strong><\/span><strong> <\/strong> book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books.  A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured.  The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old&#8230;or for somewhere in between!  <span style=\"color: #990000;\"><strong>Enjoy your free peek into the book!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><em>You never know when I might play a wild card on you!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div><strong>Today&#8217;s Wild Card authors are: <\/strong><\/div>\n<p><br class=\"spacer_\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 180%; color: #cc0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandilyncollins.com\/\">Brandilyn Collins and Amberly Collins<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 180%; color: #cc0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 100%; color: #cc0000;\">and the book:<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 180%; color: #cc0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/031071933X\">Final Touch (Rayne Tour, The) <\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Zondervan (May 7, 2010)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">***Special thanks to Krista Ocier of Zondervan for sending me a review copy.***<\/p>\n<div><strong><span style=\"font-size: 130%; color: #333399;\"><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\">ABOUT THE AUTHORS:<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cESuxv-WNX8\/SgEX-HeNCEI\/AAAAAAAACuo\/NhMVlC_je0g\/s1600-h\/amber+and+brandilyn\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332569789708437570\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 181px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cESuxv-WNX8\/SgEX-HeNCEI\/AAAAAAAACuo\/NhMVlC_je0g\/s200\/amber+and+brandilyn\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>Brandilyn and Amberly Collins are a mother\/daughter team from northern California.<\/p>\n<p>Brandilyn Collins, known for her trademark Seatbelt Suspense, is the bestselling author of Violet Dawn, Coral Moon, Crimson Eve, Eyes of Elisha, and other novels.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the Brandilyn&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandilyncollins.com\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Amberly Collins is a college student in Long Beach, California, majoring in marketing. She\u2019s active in her Alphi Phi sorority and dotes on her Yorkie puppy, Bear.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video about the first book in the Rayne Series:<\/p>\n<p>\n<object width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/6hooLmPRoz0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/6hooLmPRoz0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1?rel=0&amp;color1=0x5d1719&amp;color2=0xcd311b&amp;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><\/embed><\/object>\n<\/p>\n<p>Product Details:<\/p>\n<p>List Price: $9.99<br \/>\n Reading level: Young Adult<br \/>\n Paperback: 224 pages <br \/>\n Publisher: Zondervan (May 7, 2010) <br \/>\n Language: English <br \/>\n ISBN-10: 031071933X <br \/>\n ISBN-13: 978-0310719335<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #cc0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 180%;\">Press the browse button to view the first chapter:<\/span> <\/strong><br \/>\n <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cESuxv-WNX8\/TFTjDIG93KI\/AAAAAAAAEO0\/t-lzWsDzZNE\/s1600\/Final+Touch+by+Brandilyn+Collins+and+Amberly+Collins\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500270687782034594\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cESuxv-WNX8\/TFTjDIG93KI\/AAAAAAAAEO0\/t-lzWsDzZNE\/s200\/Final+Touch+by+Brandilyn+Collins+and+Amberly+Collins\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"overflow: auto; height: 307px;\">\n<div class=\"zondervanbrowseinside\" style=\"margin: 5px 0pt; color: white; text-align: left; width: 142px; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"height: 29px; background: url(http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/zondervan\/images\/bi_bg_top.gif) no-repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; display: inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 6px; float: left; width: 18px; height: 20px; margin-left: 10px;\"><a style=\"display: block; height: 20px;\" title=\"Go to: Zondervan.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\">Z<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; display: inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float: left; width: 95px; height: 12px; margin-left: 5px;\"><a style=\"display: block; height: 10px;\" title=\"Browse Inside Final Touch By:Brandilyn Collins, Amberly Collins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/Zondervan\/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310719335&amp;WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidget948e7c38-4bb0-44e2-84f1-3872cdfec80d\" target=\"_blank\">Browse Inside<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 2px; text-align: center; padding-left: 1px; background: url(http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/zondervan\/images\/bi_bg_mid.gif) repeat-y;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/Zondervan\/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310719335&amp;WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidget948e7c38-4bb0-44e2-84f1-3872cdfec80d\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: medium none; width: 124px; display: inline;\" title=\"Browse Inside Final Touch By:Brandilyn Collins, Amberly Collins\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/images\/product\/medium\/031071933X.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of Final Touch\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 39px; background: url(http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/zondervan\/images\/bi_bg_bottom.gif) no-repeat scroll center bottom transparent;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; display: inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float: left; width: 38px; height: 20px; margin-left: 10px;\"><a style=\"display: block; height: 20px;\" title=\"Browse Inside Final Touch By:Brandilyn Collins, Amberly Collins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/Zondervan\/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310719335&amp;WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidget948e7c38-4bb0-44e2-84f1-3872cdfec80d\" target=\"_blank\">Browse<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; display: inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float: left; width: 38px; height: 20px; margin-left: 4px;\" title=\"Learn more about Final TouchBy:Brandilyn Collins, Amberly Collins\"><a style=\"display: block; height: 20px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/Cultures\/en-US\/Product\/ProductDetail.htm?ProdID=com.zondervan.9780310719335\">Info<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; display: inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float: left; width: 38px; height: 20px; margin-left: 4px;\" title=\"Add this to your website.\"><a style=\"display: block; height: 20px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/Cultures\/en-US\/Product\/ProductDetail.htm?ProdID=com.zondervan.9780310719335&amp;bis=1\">Add<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>MY REVIEW:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Final Touch by Brandilyn and Amberly Collins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/031071933X\">Final Touch <\/a>is the chilling third and final book in the Rayne Tour series. In the first two books, Shaley O&#8217;Connor, daughter of a rock star, encountered danger and even murder while touring with her mother. In this final installment, Shaley finds herself in the most desperate situation of her life with no help in sight. As she faces an unthinkable future with an evil man who thinks he is a prophet of God, Shaley can depend only on herself and the Lord to deliver her to safety.<\/p>\n<p>The story moves at the usual intense pace expected in books by the Collins ladies. Characters are well fleshed out with some focus on several secondary people. This one kept me turning pages until I reached the last one. Recommended for mature teens and young adults &#8211; and any other adult who enjoys suspense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is time for a FIRST Wild Card Tour book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books. 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