{"id":920,"date":"2008-12-03T01:07:59","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T06:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/\/?p=920"},"modified":"2008-12-03T01:07:59","modified_gmt":"2008-12-03T06:07:59","slug":"dark-pursuit-by-brandilyn-collins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysongreflections.com\/?p=920","title":{"rendered":"Dark Pursuit by Brandilyn Collins"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"500\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"125\">\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5500\/1432\/1600\/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand\" src=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/5500\/1432\/320\/CFBAreviewer_gif.0.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"371\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:130%;\">This week, the<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianfictionblogalliance.com\/\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">Christian Fiction Blog Alliance<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:100%;\">is introducing<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 130%; color: #993300;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/031027642X\">Dark Pursuit<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nZondervan (December 1, 2008)<br \/>\nby<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-size: 130%; color: #006600;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandilyncollins.com\/\">Brandilyn Collins<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/h3>\n<h3>ABOUT THE AUTHOR:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/SRe-ADqqshI\/AAAAAAAAB0s\/3nfoSYwhl5Q\/s1600-h\/Photo1cropweb.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266887197426627090\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 189px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/SRe-ADqqshI\/AAAAAAAAB0s\/3nfoSYwhl5Q\/s200\/Photo1cropweb.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandilyncollins.com\/\">Brandilyn Collins<\/a> is known for her trademark Seatbelt Suspense\u00ae. She is currently working on her 20th book. For chances to win free copies of her work, join her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=33729783622\">Fan Club on Facebook<\/a>. Here\u2019s what Brandilyn has to say about why she wrote Dark Pursuit:<\/p>\n<p><em>In John Milton\u2019s Paradise Lost Satan\u2019s followers, kicked out of heaven, boast about storming the gates and reclaiming their territory. Beelzebub scoffs at their boasting as merely \u201chatching vain empires\u201d and suggests a different revengeful scheme: seduce mankind away from God. So Satan visits the Garden of Eden to teach humans the very thing he and his cohorts have learned to be futile\u2014the dark pursuit of hatching their own vain empires instead of following God. He presented man with this \u201cgift\u201d of death, disguised as life. And man fell for it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Upon this theme of man\u2019s fall and spiritual blindness, I created the characters and events in Dark Pursuit. The story clips along at a fast pace, with much symbolism running underneath.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>ABOUT THE BOOK:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/SRe-K33MntI\/AAAAAAAAB00\/ukWv8eUYOFI\/s1600-h\/DarkPursuitweb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266887383236517586\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_m32TlugOPkM\/SRe-K33MntI\/AAAAAAAAB00\/ukWv8eUYOFI\/s200\/DarkPursuitweb.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><strong>Dark Pursuit\u2014A twisting story of murder, betrayal, and eternal choices<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Novelist Darell Brooke lived for his title as King of Suspense\u2014until an auto accident left him unable to concentrate. Two years later, reclusive and bitter, he wants one thing: to plot a new novel and regain his reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Kaitlan Sering, his twenty-two-year-old granddaughter, once lived for drugs. After she stole from Darell, he cut her off. Now she\u2019s rebuilding her life. But in Kaitlan\u2019s town two women have been murdered, and she\u2019s about to discover a third. She\u2019s even more shocked to realize the culprit\u2014her boyfriend, Craig, the police chief\u2019s son.<\/p>\n<p>Desperate, Kaitlan flees to her estranged grandfather. For over forty years, Darell Brooke has lived suspense. Surely he\u2019ll devise a plan to trap the cunning Craig.<\/p>\n<p>But can Darell\u2019s muddled mind do it? And\u2014if he tries\u2014with what motivation? For Kaitlan\u2019s plight may be the stunning answer to the elusive plot he seeks&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the first chapter of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/031027642X\">Dark Pursuit<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/brandilyncollins.com\/books\/excerpts\/dp.html\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Brandilyn and her books <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandilyncollins.com\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can purchase your own copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/031027642X\">Dark Pursuit Here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>MY REVIEW:<\/h3>\n<p>As I have come to expect from Brandilyn&#8217;s books, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/031027642X\">Dark Pursuit<\/a> is a hang-onto-your-seat crazy ride. It is riddled with those &#8220;Oh no!&#8221; moments that keep me turning the pages when I should be doing something else. And as always, just when I think I have things figured out, Brandilyn throws in another unexpected twist that takes the story off in another direction.<\/p>\n<p>What happens when a famous suspense novelist tries to play God by manipulating his granddaughter real life situation? It isn&#8217;t pretty but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/031027642X\">Dark Pursuit <\/a>delivers plenty of drama and suspense along with some great spiritual lessons. Run, don&#8217;t walk, to your nearest bookstore and get a copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/031027642X\">Dark Pursuit<\/a> for yourself.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Come and visit with some of those posting for this tour:<\/p>\n<p>Adam at <a href=\"http:\/\/northwoodsblumer.blogspot.com\/\">Northwoods Blumer<\/a><br \/>\nAmber at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ambermiller.com\/\">A Fiction-Filled Life<\/a><br \/>\nAmy at <a href=\"http:\/\/sprightly-amyanne.blogspot.com\/\">sprightly<\/a><br \/>\nAmy at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myfriendamysblog.com\/\">My Life<\/a><br \/>\nAndie at <a href=\"http:\/\/frommipov.blogspot.com\/\">frommipov<\/a><br \/>\nAngela at <a href=\"http:\/\/sevendogsandababy.blogspot.com\/\">One Baby, Seven Dogs, and a Mommy<\/a><br \/>\nApril at <a href=\"http:\/\/projectinga.blogspot.com\/\">Projecting A<\/a><br \/>\nApril at <a href=\"http:\/\/constantkansas.blogspot.com\/\">Living In A State Of Constant Kansas<\/a><br \/>\nBecky at <a href=\"http:\/\/womenathome.typepad.com\/savvymom\/\">Savvy Mom<\/a><br \/>\nBonnie at <a href=\"http:\/\/bonniescalhoun.blogspot.com\/\">Bonnie Writes<\/a><br \/>\nBrittanie at <a href=\"http:\/\/abookloverforever.blogspot.com\/\">A Book Lover<\/a><br \/>\nC.J. at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cjdarlington.blogspot.com\/\">C.J. 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