Friday, 19 June 2009

• Fiction: Never the Bride

  My curiosity got the best of me when I heard about a new novel entitled Never the Bride.  It's about a 35 year old woman who wants nothing more than to be married.   With sarcasm and humor, she laments to her friends and co-workers about her current single-status.  Then, out of nowhere, he appears.  Not the "he" she had been dreaming of, be "He" who could truly satisfy her heart's desire. 

  Yes, this is yet another book in which God shows up as a character and interacts with the protagonist.  (This seems to be a new trend in Christian fiction.)  Read the summary below, and if you're interested in reading it for yourself, you can purchase a copy here.  Or, leave a comment and you might win a copy!   

                                    
  Summary:
  Jessie Stone has spent thirty-five years fantasizing about marriage proposals, wedding dresses, and falling in love.  She’s been a bridesmaid eleven times, waved dozens of couples off to sunny honeymoons, and shopped in more department stores for half-price fondue pots than she cares to remember.  

                                                             
  But shopping in the love-of-her-life department hasn't been quite as productive.  The man she thought she would marry cheated on her.  The crush she has on her best friend Blake is at very best…well, crushing.  And speed dating has only churned out memorable horror stories.

  So when God shows up one day, in the flesh, and becomes a walking, talking part of her life, Jessie is skeptical. What will it take to convince her that God has a better love story than one of the thousands she’s cooked up in her journals?  Will she trust Him with her pen when it appears her dreams of being the bride are forever lost?

  A romantic comedy with a spiritual twist, Never the Bride is what it means to lose control—and getting more than any woman could ever imagine.
  
  Author Bios:
  Cheryl McKay is the co-author (with Frank Peretti) of the Wild and Wacky, Totally True Bible Stories series, which has sold nearly 200,000 copies, and the screenwriter of the award-winning film The Ultimate Gift. Rene Gutteridge has published thirteen novels including Ghost Writer, My Life as a Doormat, the Boo Series, the Occupational Hazards Series, and the Storm Series. Together, McKay and Gutteridge are the authors of The Ultimate Gift, a novelization based on the feature film and popular book by the same title.

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