Today is release for for Debbie McQueen’s novel The Scarlett Cord! It is a fictional retelling of the story of Rahab and the city of Jericho. The story is old, but you’ve never heard the story of Rahab quite like this. The Scarlet Cord is a story of survival, breaking free, finding your place, discovering faith, and finding love.
The Scarlet Cord is a story of survival, breaking free, finding your place, discovering faith, and finding someone who sees you for who you really are.
Rahab grows up under the harsh rule of her father who forces her to use her body for his gain. After a great loss, she flees her father’s house, but eventually she falls back into living the life of a harlot in order to survive. Despite how she lives and what she has endured, she feels a pull towards the stories of the Hebrew people and their God and somehow knows that her future lies with them. She ends up in the right place and time to be used mightily by the God of the Israelites. She even finds a love she never thought she would have.
Salmon is a commander among the Hebrew people. He was born in the desert, and has been wandering all his life. He has never wed, and feels deeply that God has someone set aside for him. He just hasn’t met her yet. Salmon is sent into the city of Jericho as a spy and ends up finding his love in a brave, strong, independent, confident woman, despite that she happens to be a harlot in a godless city.
Debbie McQueen is a wife to a supportive and kind man and a mother to two amazing girls. She currently earns her paycheck working as a lunch lady, where she loves being able to interact with her students and help provide food for them while they are in school. Debbie values her faith and her family above all else. She has served in ministry at church since she was a teenager in many different ways. She has served in children’s ministry where she loves playing, singing, and helping teach kids. She has also been involved in many study groups, where she first read about Rahab among other Women of the Bible, and fell in love with her story. She has always enjoyed writing, but she really had a desire to write this story and share it with others, and hopes that her daughters will follow her example, and reach for their dreams.
Today is Release Day for Scythe of Darkness by Dawn Husted! Scythe of Darkness is a YA Urban Fantasy novel. Dawn has a Facebook event going on all week for the release. Join in the party here and have some fun!
For Mia Hieskety, surviving high school meant focusing on exams and attending the occasional party. After breaking up with her boyfriend, who she didn’t even like, dating was off the agenda. That is, until Thanatos came along.
Mia finds herself lured by the mysterious new student with two-toned eyes. Determined to find out who Thanatos is, what he is, and why he seems so interested in her, she accompanies him to his home where a sinister world awaits.
Discovering the truth, a supernatural connection that intertwines with her past, Mia’s life is at risk—and she doesn’t know who to trust.
About the author:
Dawn Husted is the author of Scythe of Darkness, a YA urban fantasy novel. She graduated with a BS from Texas A&M University. When not writing, she’s either camping or dreaming about camping. She’s a member of SCBWI, and lives in southern Texas with her husband and two kids.
Her romanticism of the supernatural is well-crafted in Scythe of Darkness. This gripping YA weaves fate and destiny in a new unsuspecting way.