I am excited to be part of this blog tour for a new Christian Western! Faith Blum joins us today to talk
about her new release, The Solid Rock. It is about a talented detective with a mission to find
his kidnapped colleague who finds himself working undercover with a heinous outlaw who has more
plans than first meet the eye.
About the Book
Joshua woke with a quiet groan. As his senses woke up one at a
time, he cracked his eyelids open. Sure enough, there was a silhouetted form standing at the foot of the
bed. From the smell, the person was either from the brothel down the street or had recently left one.
He forced himself to breathe evenly and reached for the knife in his thigh holster. With as tough and
evil a voice as he could imitate, he spoke, “State your intentions.”
Pinkerton detective, Joshua Brookings, is sent on a job that seems simple on the surface. His fellow
detective has been kidnapped and his boss, William Pinkerton senses foul play. Joshua is sent to
investigate Edward's case in hopes of finding the kidnapped detective and helping solve the case that has
taken over ten years to investigate.
Arriving in Cheyenne, Joshua finds much more than a simple kidnapping. Yet again, he must go
undercover, something he made his boss promise never to make him do again. The only Christian in the
outlaw group, Joshua falters and almost loses faith in God’s providence. Will he stand on the solid Rock
or drown in the sinking sand?
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Excerpt
Four days later,
Joshua and Poseidon left the train to ride the rest of the way to Cheyenne. He
took a deep breath and marveled at how different it was from Chicago. He could
hardly believe his brother-in-law, Micah, had lived that city for so long. It
was so hard to breathe.
He mounted his horse and
started off in a gentle canter.
“Heavenly Father.” Joshua
paused and sighed. “You know how heavy my heart is right now. Protect Mr.
Harris and give Elizabeth peace. I can’t imagine what it’s like for either of
them right now.
“You are awesome in
power, unchangeable, immutable, always present, all-knowing, all-powerful, You
are the only True God. Despite my heavy heart and how my mind is racing ahead
of me to figure this mystery out, I can’t help but praise You.”
Poseidon snorted and
Joshua patted him. “Sorry, Boy. I’m talking too much again, aren’t I? Now,
where was I? Oh, yes, praising my Savior.”
Poseidon shook his head
and fought the bit. “You wanna run?” Joshua laughed and looked around. There
was nothing for miles, not even a hill. “All right, let’s go.”
He dug his heels into
Poseidon’s sides as he urged the horse into a gallop. “Yeehaw!” Joshua yelled
as he grabbed his hat before the wind stole it. He closed his eyes and relished
the whip of the wind brushing his face and blowing through his almost too long
hair.
The smile on his face
couldn’t have been wiped off even if he had wanted it gone. The exhilaration
and intense joy he felt was something that could only be found when galloping
on a horse in the summer winds.
Joshua watched the flat
farmland whiz past him, the only things marring the wheat and corn fields being
the scarecrows sticking their ugly heads over the waving crops. Joshua laughed
as Poseidon splashed through a stream, soaking them both.
“Thank you, Poseidon, I
needed to be cooled down.”
Joshua slowed his horse
down. “Nice run, Boy. I think we both needed that. I’m glad the trains didn’t
connect so we could ride.”
He rode on a few more
hours in silence, listening to nature, meditating on God’s Word and mulling
verses around in his head, praising God, praying, and making his way one step
at a time closer to Cheyenne.
Giveaway
Faith is giving away a full set of paperback books! Fill out this form to earn entries to the giveaway. Each entry gives you one point, plus there
are opportunities for bonus entries.
If you haven't read
any of my books and would like to try one for free, I am working on getting A Mighty
Fortress available for free on all formats. It is currently free on Barnes and Noble, iBooks, and
Kobo. If you also wouldn't mind helping me get it
free on Amazon, I would appreciate that. To help, all you have to do is grab 1, 2, or 3 of the links where it
is free and go to AMF's Amazon
page, click on "tell us about a lower price" and submit a link or three. Thank you!
Facebook Party
To celebrate her release, Faith is holding a Facebook party on March 31st from 2-4 Central time. You can
join her and 3 other authors here. There will be fun, games, giveaways, excerpts, and more. Some of the
giveaways will stay open through Friday evening, April 1st. Fun fact: the other three authors are all
homeschool moms.
About the Author
Faith Blum started writing at
an early age. She started even before she could read! She even thought she could write better than Dr.
Seuss. Now that she's grown up a little more, she knows she will probably never reach the success of Dr.
Seuss, but that doesn't stop her from trying.
When she isn't writing, Faith enjoys doing many right-brained activities such as reading, crafting, writing,
playing piano, and playing games with her family. One of her dreams is to visit Castle City, Montana
someday to see the ghost town she chose for her characters to live in. She currently lives on a hobby farm
with her family in Wisconsin.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HymnsoftheWest
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Website: http://www.FaithBlum.com
Tour Schedule
March 26
Writings, Ramblings, and Reflections-Tour Introduction
Writing Dreams-Excerpt and Spotlight
God’s Peculiar Treasure Rae-Spotlight
Tee Garner-Excerpt, Spotlight, Interview
March 28
George's Shorts-Spotlight, Review
Karan Eleni-Excerpt, Spotlight, Review
BlondeRJ-Excerpt
Rebekah Lyn Books-Excerpt
Zerina Blossom's Books-Excerpt, Spotlight
Life is a Four-Letter Word-Spotlight
March 29
In the Bookcase-Excerpt, Review
Ruth's Real Life-Excerpt
Kelsey's Notebook-Review, Interview
Shire Reviews-Review
With a Joyful Noise-Excerpt, Spotlight
Melanie D. Snitker, Author-Excerpt, Spotlight
Wildflower Acres-Spotlight
March 30
Clean Indie Reads-Spotlight
Jaye L. Knight-Excerpt, Spotlight
Stories by Firefly-Excerpt, Spotlight, Interview
Chess Desalls-Excerpt
Kendra’s Thoughts-Excerpt, Interview
Frances Hoelsma-Excerpt, Spotlight
March 31
Prairie Dust Trail-Review
David Todd-Interview
The Overactive Imagination-Excerpt
Reading in June-Excerpt, Spotlight
Rachel Rossano’s Words-Excerpt, Spotlight
Trust and Obey-Guest Post, Spotlight
April 1
Writings, Ramblings, and Reflections-Tour Wrap-up, giveaway announcement
Thank you for being part of my tour!
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure! I'm looking forward to reading the book soon! :)
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