Welcome
to my book review page, this month featuring . . .
Shirlee
McCoy, a home schooling mom and ardent fan of
romantic suspense who set a goal of seeing
nine of her own romantic suspense novels in print. She reached that
goal this year.
The
Guardian's Mission
(Love Inspired Suspense, August 2008) is the first in Shirlee's new
Sinclair Brothers Series.
Feisty
Martha Gaber finds herself trapped in a fast-paced, life-or-death
situation the moment she meets up with undercover ATF agent Tristan
Sinclair in her isolated mountain cabin. She has no intentions of
trusting him with her life, but soon finds it may be the only way
to stay alive---for now.
Tristan
Sinclair sure didn't expect the complication of lovely Martha Gaber
on his current assignment to bust gun runners. Would she play along,
pretending to be his girlfriend? Or would the situation turn ugly
with little hope of him keeping her alive and completing his mission?
The
Guardian's Mission
was inspired by a dear friend of Shirlee's, "a funny, charismatic
person who always seems to find herself in strange situations. I took
that idea and ran with it, throwing Martha into not just a strange
predicament, but a dangerous one."
Many of Shirlee's books are set in or around the Lynchburg, Virginia
area where her mother-in-law lives on Smith Mountain Lake. Along with
her husband and children, she visits every summer. "Something
about the beauty of the lake and the mountains reminds me of God's
never-changing attributes," said Shirlee. "His faithfulness,
mercy and love for us. His creativity which He has graciously gifted
to His children. Those thoughts and feelings are reflected in my heroine's
love for nature and in the fact that she retreats to the mountains
when she needs time to think."
"Martha's struggles to stay true to her faith while pursuing
her dreams (i.e., marriage and family), is is often reflected in my
stories. How do we balance what we want with what we know is right?
How do we give up something we desire in favor of what we know God
wants for us? The answers to those questions should be easy, but they
aren't always. It's human nature to kick and claw for what we think
we need rather than trusting that what we have is what God wants for
us." Shirlee has woven that idea throughout The
Guardian's Mission.
This
action packed, feisty and tender love story will leave you antsy for
more. Good news! Steeple Hill will release the second book in the
Sinclair Brothers Series in November this year, and the third in May
2009.
"There
is a fourth brother. A rather mysterious guy," Shirlee says.
"Who knows? He may have his own book eventually!" For more
about these and her other novels, go to www.shirleemccoy.com.
