Christian Fiction Fans discussion

Injections of Joy

We’ve heard a lot about injections lately and we’re told they’re doing a good job. There’s another injection doing a good job: something unexpectedly cheerful can feel just like an injection of joy. I won a prize! Definitely unexpected and definitely something good.

There’s also the usual sage saying, handy hint and stress reducer. And news of three of my books being reduced to as low as £0.77/$0.99 (similar prices for all markets) or a little bit more for the other three.

Hop on over to https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog... and share your idea of an injection of joy. Children? Grandchildren? Holiday? Meeting someone new and super...? Finally being able to meet in church together again, or a restaurant, or concert?

Latest blog: 52 things to do once in your life - you may be surprised – they’re not quite what I expected. Take a look here:

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

And you’ll find news of a greatly reduced PAPERBACK. If you think this world is getting stranger by the day, wait til you see what Chester had to put up with. Some find the truth in most extraordinary ways.




Reduced from US$10.45 to $6.99;
£8.95 to £5.99
€8.95 to €6.99
Ca$ 12.95 to Ca$ 9.99
Au$ 17.52 to Au$13.99

These prices are a very few cents more than Amazon permits me to sell it for and they will remain until the end of October.

Please visit the blog for your Handy Hint, Sage Saying and Stress Reducer and you’ll be very welcome to leave some chatter in the comments box.

I shall soon be raising the price of Immortality: This Is Probably a Novel back to its usual price (which is not that much anyway!). However, it has just received a super review on Goodreads from someone I don't know (but wouldn't mind getting to know!). I'll let it speak for itself:

"Maria Melo rated it - 5* it was amazing

The prose is engaging and lively, and I was absorbed right from the first page. It is, at times, an unsettling read, mirroring Chester’s own experiences as he leaves London to go into hiding in New Zealand and is visited by people with troubling stories to tell. Are they real, or are they hallucinations or spirits? This is both a morality tale and a redemption tale, and the storytelling is so skilled that the layers of meaning are revealed and understood in good time, and to powerful effect. A compelling novel that I didn’t want to put down, this is a highly-recommended read. This book might be especially profound if, like me, you are at a time in your life when you are more introspective about the meaning of life and your significance in the world, and it speaks to your ruminations about past actions and their consequences, and how you can proceed to live more compassionately, and less selfishly.

This is an insightful review. You can see why I wish this lady well.

The low prices will only last until the end of the month.



Reduced from:
US$10.45 to $6.99;
£8.95 to £5.99
€8.95 to €6.99
Ca$ 12.95 to Ca$ 9.99
Au$ 17.52 to Au$13.99

The ebook has also been reduced to £0.77 and US$0.99 and similar in other countries and it is FREE on Kindle Unlimited.

November’s blog post has something for everyone.

There’s something for readers – want to choose an Indie author for me to interview?

Something for authors – want to have a mini interview?

Something for everyone – fancy writing a drabble and posting it in the comments? Go ahead, have fun. A drabble is a very short story – exactly one hundred words, no less, no more.

You’ll find the blog here: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

And the cat’s been crying again. Ignored apparently.



And the cat is not what she seems.

I hope you’ll take a look at the answers to the question “Why do you write?” Three authors have responded. It’s a bit like saying “What makes you tick?” Let’s see what goes on in their heads!

And, as the heading says, there’s a gift for you – a free world-wide gift of a Christian fiction ebook so long as you get to it between 5th and 9th December.

Here’s the link to the blog:
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

★MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE★

And for those who don’t celebrate Christmas – I hope you will have a wonderful time as we run up to yet another new year – happy holidays!

Can't think of a New Year's resolution?

I can never think of a resolution that I’m likely to remember beyond the first few days. Failure! But I offer you one which will make you think hard, and three which are easy peasy.

There’s also three more answers from authors to the question ‘Why do you write?’ Drop in to

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

and see what they have to say – what drives them?

No ebooks on sale but



PAPERBACK is on Amazon in the US for $4.29 Makes a good present perhaps? I reduced the price and Amazon, the readers' friend, has reduced it even further.

I wish you a happy and healthy new year.

February’s blog takes a look at two more authors’ reasons for writing. Writing takes up an awful lot of time so why do they do it?

There’s also a poem by a Goodreads member and it sure will make you think. Are we all sometimes guilty of this? Can we change? Does giving an orange, banana or choccie bar help? You be the judge.

I’m also asking you to share on the blog your favourite stress reducers.

The link takes you to a place to ponder and share:

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

And where can you find a ‘love that never died’? Hide in Time is a time travel romance about someone who regrets having misjudged the man she loved. Ouch!



0.99 until 2nd February in US and UK or FREE on Kindle Unlimited

Don’t you wish you could change the world?

Visit https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog... and help us do better in a troubled world.



It's reduced to 0.99 in the US and UK until 4th February.

In this book, Chester is paying a high price for attempting to improve the world he inhabits.

He has achieved his burning ambition to become an investigative reporter but what has he sacrificed in the process? And now he's become the target, will he survive to enjoy his achievement?

Off the grid in New Zealand, his quiet life is shattered when a stranger knocks on his door and takes him to the gates of Hell and back. He holds onto his sanity through the promise of returning to the one girl he has ever loved.

You are invited into this mystery: intriguing, exciting and deadly.

And it's FREE on Kindle Unlimited.

For Readers and Authors and anyone in between

Which of these four opening chapter sentences do you like best?
https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

Which is your favourite opening line from any chapter of any book you have read? Please comment in the blog if you want to share.

And for authors, would you like to tell readers of the blog your favourite opening line from the first chapter of any one of your books?

As usual, there’s a bargain for readers:




One Dark Night is reduced to 0.99 in the UK & US until 6th April and, of course, it is FREE on Kindle Unlimited.

Here’s how BookBub describes it: “English Lieutenant Karl Thorsen won’t rest until he hangs smuggler Daniel Tynton for his crimes. Caught between them is Lucy Yorton, a young woman torn away from her life of privilege and thrown into a whirlpool of temptation and betrayal. Can she decide where her heart truly lies?”

The Joseph Store

Regular readers of my blog will know I like to chat about not only books but also good ideas for life. The Joseph Store is worth checking out in these difficult times, there's information on the blog. In times of inflation, it saves you money and that’s just for starters.

If you have ideas that help out in times of inflation, uncertainty and rising costs of everything except your income, please join in and leave a comment. And readers, it’s a good idea to check out the blog more than once because April’s blog received 49 comments so it’s worth seeing what others had to say.

Here it is: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...



is on sale for 0.99 in US and UK and also FREE on Kindle Unlimited until 7th May. Here’s what a Goodreads reviewer had to say about it:

What a beautifully written book. I instantly fell in love with the characters and cared about what happened to them. I loved the history, the little gems of information which sent me off to research further and the concept of the story. I found it believable even though it’s a work of imagination and fiction. Hide in Time is a must read for all those looking for a well written book in which to lose oneself. Highly recommended.

Jubilee Joy – many countries around the world are celebrating Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s 70th anniversary of service as Queen. Here’s a quotation from one of her speeches:

"On our own, we cannot end wars or wipe out injustice, but the cumulative impact of thousands of small acts of goodness can be bigger than we imagine." 25 Dec 2016

If you take a look at my blog https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog... you’ll also find a few questions about your favourite titles of my books but also, if you are an author, we’d like to know your own favourite from the books you have written and for readers we’d like to know which title of every book in the world (!) that you think is the best and why.

Also –Immortality: This Is Probably a Novel is FREE on 2nd July – and always FREE on Kindle Unlimited.

Does Your Life Have a Theme?

Have you ever looked back on your life and seen a theme? I doubt that most of us have. But if you have, I’d love to hear about it.

Here’s where to tell us:

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

If you are a reader, I’d love to know what theme you feel authors never tackle. Or, tell us your favourite theme in books in general or in a single book.

If you are an author, please tell us how you arrived at the theme of one of the books you have written (no links please but do put the title). Here's where to tell us:

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

There’s also a stress reliever tip for the tough times ahead.

“The Times They are a changin’”

Here in the UK, we not only have a new Prime Minister, we also now have a King.

Take a look at www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/2...

to see a very interesting interview with new author, Rosemary Mairs, and put yourself in her place and see which books you’d choose in the situation she finds herself.

If you go to my Goodreads blog: www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/2... you’ll see a little more information but I thought some of you might like to know that I haven’t been twiddling my thumbs for the last couple of years, I’m actually hoping to publish soon… hope is a wonderful thing, don’t you agree?

Here’s some info on what should be published this September:

Title: Mistake in Time

Genre: Time Travel Romance

Available for sale: On Amazon Kindle and Paperback

Blurb: To keep this post shorter, the blurb is on my blog only at the moment.

Some chapter titles

Chapter One - A white sports car
Chapter Two - The old, musty case
Chapter Three - They will have no tomorrows

My first time travel romance, Hide in Time is a stand alone book and so is Mistake in Time but they share certain settings etc. This, apparently, means they are an 'anthology series'.

I hope you’ll enjoy a romp through time.

Time Travel Romance, new release from Anna Faversham which is also in the adventure/mystery and a few other genres! And it has Christian themes throughout.




Have you ever been a little hasty and made a mistake? Liberty Taffet has. She thinks it doesn’t matter and she can put it right but some things just don’t work out.

Follow Liberty (and the two men who follow her) into her life-changing adventure.

Mistake in Time

Prices are reduced until 4th October.

Also available on Kindle Unlimited – Free!


Readers' Favorite 5 star review
There is a wonderful romanticism about time travel. The idea of moving to a simpler period of history that we admire in order to escape the complex and messy aspects of our modern lives is a deeply appealing one. That romanticism is captured wonderfully by author Anna Faversham in her new novel which sees protagonist Liberty get so lost in the idea of escaping her life into the past that a mishap sees her sent to the wrong past entirely. The author’s prose does a marvelous job of bringing to life the feel and spirit of the 1960s, with descriptive writing that made me feel like I was walking down the streets of London. This gifted prose extends to the protagonist herself with quirks and mannerisms that made her feel fully realized and grounded in reality. Overall, Mistake In Time is a fun and exciting adventure through the ages with an engaging protagonist adventuring through a vividly realized vision of the swinging 60s.

Have you ever made a mistake? Liberty made one that couldn’t be put right. In her haste to distance herself from her two-timing love-of-her-life, she sets off to go to Regency England. Simple. She knew exactly what to do to get there. What could go wrong?

Find out more on https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

“…rooted for her, as she tried to courageously navigate through her problems…”

Christian themes throughout - Liberty has a lot to learn.

If you fancy going on a journey that goes wrong (!) please take a look at Mistake in Time

I opened my emails at the beginning of October and got a shock. One of my oldest books had won a prize and I began to look at the dear old thing with new eyes – the eyes of the Readers’ Favorite reviewer, who is now one of my favourite people!

“One Dark Night by Anna Faversham is a very good book offering romance, danger, adventure, mystery, excitement and so much more and I found it was very hard to put down. I really was rooting for Lucy to end up with a good life for all the grief she had endured and was hoping she would pick the man I liked best. I also hoped that all the bad people would get what they deserved. Anna Faversham did a perfect job of combining all the elements into one winning story and I highly recommend One Dark Night be added to your reading list.”

I hope you will like set in the early nineteenth century, as much as the reviewer did.

If you take a look at my blog https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog... if you wish you can also tell us how a particular choice changed your life.

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

Blog with bargains? Yay! A blog with two bargains - more yays!

Time travel romance. If you like a romance with a little bit of mystery, a touch of humour and something of the thriller, then please grab a copy and visit another time, another place. From 31st March


Time Travel Romance: Landing in Swinging London wasn't in the plan - but it sure is fun. Pursued by both a goodie and a baddie, Liberty runs into a few problems, to say the least. Will she ever get to her coveted life in Regency England or must she settle for something completely different? From 27th March.

Christian themes throughout.

Both are 0.99 for 7 days and, of course, if you are a Kindle Unlimited member, they are free! Something to read during the Easter break perhaps?

What else has this blog got? There’s a very short Easter story for readers and you can tell us what your favourite genre is in the comments section. Authors really like to know who likes what!

And there’s a question for authors too.

Then there’s a completely daft ‘Random Act of Kindness’ and a couple of good ones to help this troubled world.

So here’s the link again: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

This book gives you a glimpse of what lies beyond... (or does it?)

“The pacing is great. The dialog is great. The sense of place is … phenomenal.”

“…you’ll love watching Chester’s world slowly unravel.”

“I realised just how clever the plot is”

“His yearning for Kate was also intriguing; what had happened between them, would they be reunited?”

“…the storytelling is so skilled that the layers of meaning are revealed and understood in good time, and to powerful effect. A compelling novel that I didn’t want to put down, this is a highly-recommended read.”

All the above are Goodreads’ reviewers and are obviously intelligent, kind, wonderful people! I promise I am not related!

If you pop along to my blog, you’ll find an excerpt too:

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

It’s good to treat yourself occasionally and at 0.99 it doesn’t cost much. (US and UK)

Immortality: This Is Probably a Novel 0.99 until 4th May or FREE with Kindle Unlimited.

This link to the blog here on Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog... doesn’t take you far. But buying the books will take you into another world, another time. Maybe you want to get into the heads of the smugglers? Or those who want to hang the smugglers? Or perhaps you’d like to follow the girl who has to make a decision about these two men?

And this is what reviewers say about just one of the books: “A great historical fiction with all the elements of a classic”, “ Dark romantic mystery on a knife edge throughout”, “Romance, danger, adventure, mystery, excitement and so much more”, “A gripping tale”, “A cracking good book”, “Highly Recommended”.




Don’t leave it too long – they are reduced from 26th to 31st May
Of course, they are FREE on Kindle Unlimited all year round!

And if you follow the link - here it is again https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

- you'll find some thoughts to set you thinking too because sometimes it's good to look in the rear view mirror when we're driving, isn't it? And just occasionally in life it's good to look back and see who had an influence on you and who changed your life.

Light up someone’s life – or make them think hard. If you have a favourite quotation, would you like to share it on my blog?

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

This month’s bargain book is

It's a time travel romance and Liberty finds herself pursued by two men and escapes into an unexpected time. Liberty learns a lot from her church friends which will support her in her future.

“The course of true love never did run smooth.” William Shakespeare - and time travel doesn’t help either!

0.99 in US and UK. And, as usual, it is free on Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited.

Please pop over to the blog and leave a good quotation from a book you've read or written.

Amazon #1 Best Seller in Books>Romance>Time Travel. If you like a romance with a little bit of mystery, a touch of humour and something of the thriller, then please grab a copy and visit another time, another place and find a love that never died.

0.99 in US and UK from 25th August to 31st Hide in Time

Also on Kindle Unlimited so sort of FREE! And all my books have Christian themes.

Now the sneaky peek at the forthcoming release of another Time Travel. Here's the opening sentence:

“From the outside Eleanor saw no discernible reason why Flint Cottage should be dirt cheap to rent.”

If you were offered somewhere that looked like a dream cottage in an English country village and it was dirt cheap, would you take it without viewing it? Perhaps you would if there was usually very little available to rent at a price you could afford? Perhaps you would if you had walked out on a no-good two-timing whatsit and had nowhere else to go? Might it seem like a dream come true?

To find out more go to the Goodreads blog here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

A ghost story based on truth.

Beware the Midnight Train – October release of spooky mystery

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

If you follow the link it’s a short cut to more information about a shivers-down-the-spine mystery. Some of the characters never get to shiver, some are cool even in the face of… of what? Just be careful to check you’re getting on the right train.

In the blog you’ll start to get the ‘feel’ of the book, so please take a look and let me know what you think of the title.

Christian themes throughout

If you’re in the northern hemisphere I expect the nights are getting longer and the days are getting shorter. For Ellie, the young lady who’s chosen to live in Flint Cottage, it’s spring and the days should be getting longer, but sometimes the days get much shorter and so do the nights. She should have known better. But at least it’s not boring.

Chapter Four – A few drawbacks. (Life’s like that, isn’t it?)
Chapter Five – Real cool . (If you saw a ghost, would you be real cool?)
Chapter Six – Do you believe in ghosts? (What on earth can you say?)

Hop over to the blog and find out a little more.

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

Quotation from Beware the Midnight Train:
‘Don’t try to predict your future – be brave, create it. And create it she would! The past is behind. Her future begins today.’

I didn’t intend to launch this spooky book close to Halloween – it was meant to be finished in July or August. ‘Things’ got in the way. Ghosts will be ghosts and it seems I was overuled, so late October it is then.

If you’ve been following my other blog posts in the past couple of months, you’ll know something about this time travel book (with a slow burning romance bumbling along). But did I mention that the ghosts want Ellie to do something for them? The dishy vicar cautions Ellie. The loveable, zany, almost famous neighbour cautions her too. Does she take any notice? Okay, you can guess the answer – but would you? And when you find out the worrying consequences of time travel, would you still be determined to seek justice?

Beware the Midnight Train will be reduced until 14th November so please take a look soon. Here's the link:



Both ebook and paperback are ready and waiting

From time to time, we stumble across someone who is making a difference in this world of ours. A difference for good. Take a look at my blog here:

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

And you will meet someone who is doing just that. And spiders and other creepy crawlies are helping out too. Take a look at what Chris Horn has to say.

You will also find that one of my time travel romance books has been reduced to 0.99 in the UK and US. And if you live in the US, you’ll be able to get the AI Audio version for a bargain price as well.

Christian themes throughout



Mistake in time is a #1 Amazon Best Seller in Time Travel Romance and I hope you will find it worth investigating. 0.99 until June 3rd.