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Web of Lies

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by Brandilyn Collins


  Leslie Williams hurries out to her car on a typical workday morning — and discovers a dead body inside. Why was the corpse left for her to find? And what is the meaning of the message pinned to its chest?

  In Coral Moon, the senseless murder of a beloved Kanner Lake citizen spirals the small Idaho town into a terrifying glimpse of spiritual forces beyond our world. What appears true seems impossible.

  Or is it?

  Softcover: 978-0-310-25224-5

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  Crimson Eve

  Brandilyn Collins, Bestselling

  Author of Violet Dawn

  Carla stared at the gun and David Thornby — or whatever his name was. Her mind fissured, one side pleading this was some sick joke, the other knowing it was not. Her throat ran dry, air backing up in her lungs. She swallowed.

  “Please. You must have the wrong person. There’s no reason for someone to want me dead. I don’t have any enemies.”

  “Then you’d best rethink your friends.”

  Realtor Carla Radling shows an “English gentleman” a lakeside estate — and finds herself facing a gun. Who has hired this assassin to kill her, and why?

  Forced on the run, Carla must uncover the scathing secrets of her past. Secrets that could destroy some very powerful people. Perhaps even change the face of a nation . . .

  Crimson Eve is book three in the Kanner Lake Series. Set in a small lakeshore town in pristine northern Idaho, this series combines suspense and fast-paced action with intriguing, well-crafted characters and many an unexpected twist.

  Also available: Violet Dawn and Coral Moon in the Kanner Lake Series.

  Softcover: 978-0-310-25225-2

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  Amber Morn

  Brandilyn Collins, Bestselling

  Author of Violet Dawn

  The whole thing couldn’t have taken more than sixty seconds.

  Bailey hung on to the counter, dazed. If she let go, she’d collapse — and the twitching fingers of one of the gunmen would pull a trigger. The rest of her group huddled in frozen shock.

  Dear God, tell me this is a dream . . .

  The shooter’s teeth clenched. “Anybody who moves is dead.”

  On a beautiful Saturday morning the nationally read “Scenes and Beans” bloggers gather at Java Joint for a special celebration. Chaos erupts when three gunmen burst in and take them all hostage. One person is shot and dumped outside.

  Police Chief Vince Edwards must negotiate with the desperate trio. The gunmen insist on communicating through the “comments” section of the blog — so all the world can hear their story. What they demand, Vince can’t possibly provide. But if he doesn’t, over a dozen beloved Kanner Lake citizens will die . . .

  Softcover: 978-0-310-27641-8

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  Eyes of Elisha

  Brandilyn Collins

  The murder was ugly.

  The killer was sure no one saw him.

  Someone did.

  In a horrifying vision, Chelsea Adams has relived the victim’s last moments. But who will believe her? Certainly not the police, who must rely on hard evidence. Nor her husband, who barely tolerates Chelsea’s newfound Christian faith. Besides, he’s about to hire the man who Chelsea is certain is the killer to be a vice president in his company.

  Torn between what she knows and the burden of proof, Chelsea must follow God’s leading and trust him for protection. Meanwhile, the murderer is at liberty. And he’s not about to take Chelsea’s involvement lying down.

  Softcover: 978-0-310-23968-0

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  Dread Champion

  Brandilyn Collins

  Chelsea Adams has visions. But they have no place in a courtroom.

  As a juror for a murder trial, Chelsea must rely only on the evidence. And this circumstantial evidence is strong — Darren Welk killed his wife.

  Or did he?

  The trial is a nightmare for Chelsea. The other jurors belittle her Christian faith. As testimony unfolds, truth and secrets blur. Chelsea’s visiting niece stumbles into peril surrounding the case, and Chelsea cannot protect her. God sends visions — frightening, vivid. But what do they mean? Even as Chelsea finds out, what can she do? She is helpless, and danger is closing in . . .

  Masterfully crafted, Dread Champion is a novel in which appearances can deceive and the unknown can transform the meaning of known facts. One man’s guilt or innocence is just a single link in a chain of hiddenevil . . . and God uses the unlikeliest of people to accomplish his purposes.

  Softcover: 978-0-310-23827-0

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  Brink of Death

  Terror rocks Grove Landing when a woman is murdered in her home. The victim’s young daughter, Erin, witnessed the crime but is too traumatized to give a description. Desperate detectives ask neighbor Annie Kingston, with a background in art, to interview Erin for a composite. But what if Annie’s lack of experience in forensic art leads Erin astray? The detectives could end up searching for a face that doesn’t exist, leaving the real killer to stalk the neighborhood.

  Softcover: 978-0-310-25103-3

  Stain of Guilt

  For the highly succesful TV show American Fugitive, forensic artist Annie Kingston agrees to draw the updated face of Bill Bland, a cunning fugitive wanted for a double murder committed twenty years ago. In studying the man and his crime, Annie knows she must descend into the mind of a killer—a mind of greed, darkness . . . and death. Book Two in the Hidden Faces Series.

  Softcover: 978-0-310-25104-0

  Dead of Night

  The Redding, California, area is terrorized by a serial killer with an unusual method for murder. Annie Kingston is called in to draw sketches of the victims’ faces so they can be identified. As the body count rises, the pressure increases to find this heinous killer. The Sheriff thinks he’s close—maybe too close. How can Annie—and her son—stay safe as the killer closes in? Book Three in the Hidden Faces Series.

  Softcover: 978-0-310-25105-7

  Web of Lies

  In the fourth and final book of the Hidden Faces Series, Annie Kingston and a new ally—Chelsea Adams from Eyes of Elisha—are drawn into a terrifying battle against time, greed, and a deadly opponent.

  Softcover: 978-0-310-25106-4

  Capture the Windfor Me

  Brandilyn Collins

  One thing I have learned. The bonfires of change start with the merest spark. Sometimes we see that flicker. Sometimes we blink in surprise at the flame only after it has marched hot legs upward to fully ignite. Either way, flicker or flame, we’d better do some serious praying. When God’s on the move in our lives, he tends to burn up things we’d just as soon keep.

  After her mama’s death, sixteen-year-old Jackie Delham is left to run the household for her daddy and two younger siblings. When Katherine King breezes into town and tries to steal her daddy’s heart, Jackie knows she must put a stop to it. Katherine can’t be trusted. Besides, one romance in the family is enough, and Jackie is about to fall headlong into her own.

  As love whirls through both generations, the Delhams are buffeted by hope, elation and loss. Jackie is devastated to learn of old secrets in her parents’ relationship. Will those past mistakes cost Jackie her own love? And how will her family ever survive if Katherine jilts her daddy and leaves them in mourning once more?

  Softcover: 978-0-310-24243-7

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  Cast a Roadbefore Me

  Brandilyn Collins

  A course-changing event in one’s life can happen in minutes. Or it can form slowly, a primitive webbing splaying into fingers of discontent, a minuscule trail hardening into the sinewed spine of resentment. So it was with the mill workers as the heat-soaked days of summer marched on.

  City girl Jessie, orp
haned at sixteen, struggles to adjust to life with her barely known aunt and uncle in the tiny town of Bradleyville, Kentucky. Eight years later (1968), she plans on leaving — to follow in her revered mother’s footsteps of serving the homeless. But the peaceful town she’s come to love is about to be tragically shattered. Threats of a labor strike rumble through the streets, and Jessie’s new love and her uncle are swept into the maelstrom. Caught between the pacifist teachings of her mother and these two men, Jessie desperately tries to deny that Bradleyville is rolling toward violence and destruction.

  Softcover: 978-0-310-25327-3

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  Color theSidewalk for Me

  Brandilyn Collins

  As a chalk-fingered child, I had worn my craving for Mama’s love on my sleeve. But as I grew, that craving became cloaked in excuses and denial until slowly it sank beneath my skin to lie unheeded but vital, like the sinews of my framework. By the time I was a teenager, I thought the gap between Mama and me could not be wider.

  And then Danny came along. . . .

  A splendidly colored sidewalk. Six-year-old Celia presented the gift to her mother with pride — and received only anger in return. Why couldn’t Mama love her? Years later, when once-in-a-lifetime love found Celia, her mother opposed it. The crushing losses that followed drove Celia, guilt-ridden and grieving, from her Bradleyville home.

  Now thirty-five, she must return to nurse her father after a stroke. But the deepest need for healing lies in the rift between mother and daughter. God can perform such a miracle. But first Celia and Mama must let go of the past — before it destroys them both.

  Softcover: 978-0-310-24242-0

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  Table of Contents

  Cover Page

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  Dedication

  Contents

  Acknowledgments

  A Note to My Readers

  Prologue

  Thursday, September 22

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Friday, September 23

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Saturday, September 24

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Sunday, September 25 – Monday, September 26

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  Chapter 33

  Chapter 34

  Chapter 35

  Chapter 36

  Chapter 37

  Chapter 38

  Chapter 39

  Chapter 40

  Chapter 41

  Chapter 42

  Chapter 43

  Chapter 44

  Chapter 45

  Chapter 46

  Chapter 47

  Chapter 48

  Chapter 49

  Chapter 50

  Chapter 51

  Chapter 52

  Chapter 53

  Chapter 54

  Chapter 55

  Chapter 56

  Chapter 57

  Chapter 58

  Chapter 59

  Chapter 60

  Chapter 61

  Chapter 62

  Chapter 63

  Chapter 64

  Chapter 65

  Chapter 66

  Chapter 67

  Chapter 68

  Chapter 69

  Chapter 70

  Chapter 71

  Chapter 72

  Saturday, October 22

  Epilogue

  Read an excerpt from Dark Pursuit

  About the Publisher

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