Review: The Visionary

Hello Again Friends,

Well, summer is moving right along and promotion efforts for The Visionary are heating up. This week I'm happy to bring you another review - this one from fellow author, Victoria Pitts Caine. But first the COVER (finally!) and blurb.....

A Visionary is someone who sees into the future; Taylor Forrestier sees into the past but only as it pertains to her work. Hailed by her peers as “a visionary with an instinct for beauty and an eye for the unique” Taylor is undoubtedly a brilliant architect and gifted designer. But she and twin brother Trevor share more than a successful business. The two share a childhood wrought with lies and deceit and the kind of abuse that’s disgustingly prevalent in today’s society.  Can the love of God and the awesome healing power of His grace and mercy free the twins from their past and open their hearts to the good plan and the future He has for their lives?

Now for Vicki's review!

The Forrestier twins, Trevor and Taylor, attempt to leave behind their haunting childhood, but neither realize how they’re paralyzed by their past. They are both ambitious and articulate bosses at T & T Enterprises but their fierce loyalty to each other lets few others enter into their personal realm of anguish.

Pamela S. Thibodeaux has artfully set this gripping novel in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The old, stately mansions of the area serve as an appropriate backdrop when twins have been hired by Alex Broussard to restore an old house thought to be visited by pirates. Taylor uses her insight and visionary senses to sketch the home as it once stood and how, if left to her, it would look again.

Trevor and Taylor’s careful plan to start over erupts when they quarrel over Trevor’s overprotective attitude. He’s constantly worried about Taylor and she’s found a peace with God that Trevor cannot fathom. An accident leaves Trevor hospitalized and dealing with his past.

 As Taylor and Alex fall in love, Trevor deepens his relationship with Pam who works at the twin’s office. The restoration project continues as the twins struggle with the very thing that locks them away from trusting and loving others.

After an accident which leaves Taylor comatose, Alex is forced with the decision to let his love for her go and bargains with God promising he will follow Him the rest of his life.

With hurricane Gustav threatening to make landfall Taylor reveals her childhood misery with the man she loves, determined to overcome and needing to know Alex will not turn away, will not blame the child.

Ms. Thibodeaux handles multiple story lines well within this novel. This intriguing story encourages the reader that all things are possible when we turn our lives over to God. ~ Reviewed by Victoria Pitts-Caine, Author of Alvarado Gold http://vcaine.homestead.com/ 

Wow, THANK YOU, Vicki!

Well Friends, hope you're enjoying these reviews as much as I am. Stay tuned next week for another update and review.

Until later.....take care, God Bless and remember....if you want to change your life you must first change your thoughts!

Pamela S Thibodeaux
"Inspirational with an Edge!" (tm)

Author Spotlight - Victoria Pitts-Caine!

Well Friends, as promised today I'm spotlighting friend and fellow author, Victoria Pitts Caine and her novel, Alvarado Gold.

Victoria first attempted writing twenty years ago when she published a small article in an adoptive parent magazine. Then her super-mom gene took over and she enjoyed the events surrounding her daughters' lives: school, sports, music, dance and cheer.

When her oldest left for college and the empty nest syndrome set in, Victoria began researching her family genealogy. After several years of investigation, she felt some of the family stories needed to be told. From one of them, her first novel began to take shape.

Alvarado Gold is an inspirational novel with a mixture of adventure, intrigue and romance. The heroine, Addie Brown, reconnects with her cousins at her grandfather's funeral, but there’s one cousin missing, Donnie. Is it by choice or does he have some other motive? As she's researching family documents, one of which refers to gold buried near the small Texas town of Alvarado, she meets Gary Wright, who touches her empty heart. Gary insists on helping Addie and her cousins with their quest, but then strange occurrences and threatening notes lead her to believe Gary is working with Donnie. Addie tries to unravel the family secrets, be the first to reach the gold and deal with her own indecision. Should she trust Gary? If she does, she’ll need to tell him the secret she’s kept hidden in her heart.

Other than writing, Victoria enjoys reading, craft work and collectibles. She is also an exotic gemstone collector.

Blurb:
As the hot, oppressive Texas heat takes the breath from her lungs, Addie Brown stands at her grandfather's grave. Deep within her, she senses her anchor to family is gone. She looks across the freshly dug chasm at three of her four cousins. Nothing more than smiling faces on Christmas cards and vacation photos, she remembers once when they were close but something happened. Snapping her back to reality, the minister reads, To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven. She wonders when will be my time? But Addie has bargained with God and lost and she feels she can never share her secret with anyone. But through an unusual turn of events, she realizes there is a truth and meaning to the passage from Ecclesiastes that begins to drive her life.

Alvarado Gold is available now from The Wild Rose Press!

Find out more about Vickie and her writing on her blog.

Until later, take care and God Bless!

Whose Mind?

The more I read The Secret and study some of the teachers featured in the documentary, I’ve noticed that many of them are Quantum Physicists.

One theory Quantum Physicists adhere to is that you can’t have a universe without mind entering to it. Hence, how our thoughts create the world in which we live.

Now, the Bible talks a lot about positive confession and how a man is the product of what he thinks, so there is no doubt that thoughts and attitudes can shape the world in which we live.

But I have a question….if its true that you can’t have a universe without mind entering into it, whose mind created the universe?

If the universe we live in was “created” through thought, whose thought?

Personally this is where my belief in God comes in. This goes back to Genesis and the beginning and how the earth and everything in it was created when God spoke (but He had to think before He could speak, right?).

Just a thought.

On another note: Next week I'll be spotlighting author Victoria Pitts-Caine and her book Alvarado Gold so drop back by!

PamT

New Contract!

Well Friends, who couldn't use some good news in the midst of a hurricane?

The Wild Rose Press has sent me a contract for my short story, Winter Madness!

Now as soon as the mail service is restored here in SW Louisiana, I'll get it out.

As I mentioned in my last post, hubby and I decided to ride out the storm at home. Although we did receive some wind and rain, we sustained no damage.

We'll get out and about to check on the homes of our family members who did evacuate.

For those who think staying home is not the wisest choice, let me assure you we watched the storm very closely and had everything prepared to grab and run should Gustav had shifted more west and strengthened.

Although we were prepared, as I mentioned in an earlier post, I believe we were also Divinely Protected.

On another note, my Friend Victoria Pitts-Caine has spotlighted me over on her blog. Check it out!

I'll be spotlighting Vicki later this month, so check back!

Until later remember....Under the shadow of His wings is protection and safety.