Saturday Spotlight - The Covering by Dana Pratola!

Good Morning Friends!

Today's Spotlight is my friend, Dana Pratola with her book The Covering. I've read this book and highly recommend it to those who love edgy, sensual Christian fiction!

Now more about Dana in her own words.....

God has blessed me with a wonderful husband and three dynamic kids, all of whom are destined to make wide, colorful splashes in this world. We live in New Jersey with our Maltese, Lola, and German Shepherd, Jett. I have no hobbies to speak of, unless you include writing. I don’t.

God gave me a passion to write Christian Romance. These books don’t contain explicit sex scenes, but my characters have real desires, struggles and choices to make. A lot of the time they make the wrong ones. No subject is prohibited but good always triumphs. This is not your mother’s Christian fiction. 

BLURB: What do a Christian woman and a faithless biker have in common? The devil of course.

EXCERPT: Vaulting from the bed, Gunnar slapped at his body, desperate to quench the consuming flames that caused his flesh to bubble and his skin to pucker and shrink away.

He tried to scream, but the nauseating stench of sulfur robbed his breath.

If he could just pass out from the pain it would be over. But he’d been asleep and that hadn’t prevented this. Sleep prompted the nightmares.

His heart pounded so fast and hard, he expected it to explode in his chest, but he wouldn’t be so lucky. Then, as quickly as the flames ignited, they vanished, and he collapsed to the floor, shuddering and wheezing. He sucked in as much air as he could with his face pressed into the carpet fiber.

As usual, the images of hell and its demons slowly dissipated, as did the pain. Though he would recall being racked with unspeakable agony, the only lasting physical effects would be strained muscles acquired from his ineffectual fight. Even now, his entire body throbbed.

When he was able to release his white‐knuckle grip on the carpet, Gunnar pulled himself up to sit on the  

edge of the bed and dropped his head into his hands. He wouldn’t survive another night of this.

Purchase your copy of The Covering  HERE!

Find out more about Dana by visiting her Website, FaceBook page or following her on Twitter @DanaPratola

Well friends, I hope you enjoyed this Saturday Spotlight! Stay tuned next week when we host another great author and his or her book(s)!

Until later...take care, be blessed and remember.... Ask(in trust)~Believe(with faith & passion) ~Receive(with gratitude)~Share the blessing!

 

Special Guest - Dana Pratola

Good Morning Friends,
Well you are just being bombarded with great new reads to keep you busy while waiting on The Visionary! Tomorrow I'm on my way to Seattle, WA to visit kids & granson but don't worry, I'll have my laptop so I won't be totally out of touch.

Today is another White Rose author, this one with her debut novel, The Covering. Dana a 47 yr. old mother of 3, married 25 yrs. who says, "The Lord is my Savior, writing is my passion and publishing inspirational books that show the grace of God is my ministry."  Find out more about Dana by visiting her Website and Blog!

BLURB: Gunnar doesn’t think he’s worth saving – if there is such a thing. He doesn’t want anything from a God who failed him so bad in the past. Tessa is determined to keep him alive. But how much can she do when he refuses to be helped?

EXCERPT:
“What are you doing with Tessa?” Dominic demanded.

“We were just talking.”

“About what?”

“None of your business.”

“She’s my sister.”

Gunnar moved a bit further out of reach. “Yeah, and you don’t want her with me, I get it. But I didn’t
ask for your approval.”

“You better,” Dominic retorted.

“Tessa isn’t a girl anymore, bro. She’s a woman. Not the kind of woman you’d picture me with, I’ll give you that…” Gunnar looked out the window to where Tessa was wiggling a huge box from the front seat of her car. “But I like her.”

Dominic stood, flexing the hand he’d just used to punch Gunnar. He relaxed his posture slightly. “You
like a lot of women.”

Gunnar lowered his head. Yes, another reminder that his past would always haunt him. But he couldn’t
change his feelings for Tessa, and if it meant being selfish to grab hold of her, so be it. Coming to that
conclusion was unexpected, and to be pondered at a later time.

“Have you seen me with, or heard me mention other women since I met your sister?” He could almost
see Dominic replaying the days in his mind before his lips bent.

“And the bike show?” Dom asked. “There’s no way you looked, but didn’t touch.”

The Covering is available in Ebook & Print!  It is also availble for Kindle and other E-readers!

I've read this book friends and let me tell you, as a reader I was just plain blown away. As an author, I'm impressed - very impressed - with this author's work.

Well friends, that's about it for today - hope you enjoy this special spotlight. Stay tuned this week for more good things to come!

Until later...take care, God Bless and remember.... Love felt on the spiritual/emotional level is the truest, purest form~only then can it be expressed physically~through word, deed and action

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



 

5 Heart Review from TRS!

Hello Friends,

Sorry no Saturday Spotlight this week - yes, there was a new release from White Rose Publishing, The Covering by Dana Pratola but the book will be here on tour August 29th so I'm holding off on spotlighting it - if you want to find out more though, here's the link to the book & Dana's website!

However, I received great news on Friday!

The Visionary received a 5 heart review from The Romance Studio!

Reviewer, Brenda Talley said.... "The love of God is expressed extensively throughout this amazing book. It is not a book to be read by the faint of heart. However, I assure you that you will be blessed if you take time to read it. It will bless your soul. I laughed and cried—mostly cried. The book was intensely emotional. There are multiple layers of the story which constantly kept me on my toes. It definitely affected me when the book was completed. I highly, very highly, recommend this book to anyone. Kudos, Ms.Thibodeaux!"          
Read the entire review HERE!

And if that wasn't exciting enough - the review will be up @ TRS for their 5 Heart Sweetheart Vote beginning 8/8/11. The winner gets some free advertising so PLEASE run over there and vote!

Here's the link again! http://www.theromancestudio.com/5heart_form.php

Well Friends, been an exciting week - stay tuned for more from Clash of the Titles as well as another review on The Visionary!

Until later...take care, God Bless and remember....God is MUCH bigger than the boxes we put Him in!

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