Only to make things a little fun and interesting, the first person who can tell us what famous writer did Shawn get his inspiration to simply keep writing,  will win FREE copy of Through the Fire. Simply include the answer in your comment and post it below!

I had an amazing interview with Shawn Grady today. Shawn is a firefighter who lives in Reno Nevada with his wife and three children…now if that isn’t the foundation of a great novel then I don’t know what is! Check out our interview.

BTW – To find out more about Shawn Grady please visit www.ShawnGrady.com.

(Published by Bethany House)

Even Smoke Runs From the Fire…

Firefighting burns in Aidan O’Neill’s blood, but his innate gift for reading flames has made him overconfident and sometimes puts lives in danger. When one call goes horribly wrong and a rookie is hurt, Aidan ends up suspended and finds himself questioning everything.

It couldn’t have happened at a worse time.

An arsonist is targeting Reno, leaving a scorched path of destruction. The department needs Aidan back, but his return is troubled. The gift he relied on fro so long has gone silent…and it’s as though the fires are coming for him, hunting him down. Teaming with a beguiling fire investigator who may know more than she’s saying, Aidan must discover where his trust rests as the flames burn even closer.

Max, a Scottish terrier, takes his usual morning trot down to the loch where he hears a mysterious Voice humming in the reeds saying, “Come to Me…follow the fire cloud.” He embarks on an unknown journey from Scotland meeting other animals along the way including Liz, a brilliant, petite black cat from France. Max and Liz become the brave leaders for their group, and eventually, for the entire ark. The mysterious journey, filled with danger, humor, trials, and triumphs, leads them across Europe to the Middle East. The moment of arrival for these animals is spectacular as the ark is miraculously transformed into the animals’ natural habitats.

Throughout the previous one-hundred years, Noah and family have endured ridicule from villagers while building the ark. Now this family must painfully witness the loss of lives and total destruction of the earth through the mighty flood.

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After the journey to the ark, the voyage in the ark begins. Liz finds ways to keep the animals occupied, including daily exercise lead by the flamingos and a talent night where the animals entertain each other with their natural abilites. But a sinister plot develops. Someone is out to kill Noah and his family. Liz follows clues that lead her to discover a stowaway who has deceived them all. Max and Liz foil the plot, but at a high price. The end climaxes with unexpected twists and turns, taking the reader from despair to hope.

Jenny Cote developed an early passion for God, history, and young people. Her first book, Now I Sea!, is an inspirational of sea stories and spirtual reflections. She now writes full time and lives in Roswell, Georgia, with her husband Casey and son Alex.