I love discovering new authors and I hope you do, too! Today I want you to meet the lovely Sarah Loudin Thomas whose debut novel, Miracle in a Dry Season, releases next month. I love the premise of Sarah’s stories, which I’ll let her explain to you…

Sarah: “My books feature characters who seem to have the ability to perform one of Jesus’s miracles. In the first book, Miracle in a Dry Season, it’s feeding the 5,000 and in the second, A Trail of Stones, it’s healing. Each novel tackles a Christian theme. The third manuscript, currently being revised, is The Miracle of Drowning featuring a character who thinks she walked on water.”

If you’re intrigued like me, then you can get a taste of Sarah’s writing with her FREE e-novella, Appalachian Serenade. Here’s the synopsis:

Appalachian Serenade

Delilah Morrissey has always wanted to be a mother, but when she becomes a young widow, that dream now seems farther away than ever. Unable to continue to live alone in Chicago, her only option is to accept her sister’s offer to move in with her family back in West Virginia. Will Delilah have the faith to pursue a new dream–even if it means giving up the old?

In this charming novella, debut novelist Sarah Loudin Thomas introduces readers to Wise, West Virginia–a small town nestled in an Appalachian valley where the everyday miracles of life and faith play out in stories of healing, hope, and love.

Includes an excerpt of Miracle in a Dry Season, the first full-length novel in the Appalachian Blessings series–a book New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber called, “Wonderful, simply wonderful.”

Bethany House have put together some great info regarding Sarah’s stories, including where to download your free copy of Appalachian Serenade, which you can access here:

http://www.bhppromos.com/AppalachianSerenade.html

And if that’s not enough to convince you to check out Sarah’s writing, then meet the lovely lady herself in this video as she chats about her childhood, her writing, and day job!

And here’s the synopsis for Miracle in a Dry Season

Miracle in a Dry Season

In a Drought,
It’s the Darkest Cloud That Brings Hope

It’s 1954 and Perla Long’s arrival in the sleepy town of Wise, West Virginia, was supposed to go unnoticed. She just wants a quiet, safe place for her and her daughter, Sadie, where the mistakes of her past can stay hidden. But then drought comes to Wise, and Perla is pulled into the turmoil of a town desperately in need of a miracle. Casewell Phillips has resigned himself to life as a bachelor . . . until he meets Perla. She’s everything he’s sought in a woman, but he can’t get past the sense that she’s hiding something. As the drought worsens, Perla’s unique gift divides the town in two, bringing both gratitude and condemnation, and placing the pair in the middle of a storm of anger and forgiveness, fear and faith.

“Wonderful, simply wonderful. A story of love, healing, and forgiveness sure to grip the heart of every reader.” –Debbie Macomber, New York Times #1 bestselling author

“Thomas’s fiction debut offers sympathetic, wholesome protagonists seeking to live faithful, prayerful lives and engaging supporting characters in subplots that explore the overarching themes of forgiveness, redemption, and the wideness of God’s love.” –Publishers Weekly