By Dawn V. Cahill
Two amazing young women are visiting us today. Please help me welcome identical twins Livy and DeeDee McCreary, singers and dancers extraordinaire, who star in my new novel, Sapphire Secrets.
Dawn V.
Cahill: Livy, since this is your story, why don’t we start with you? Tell us
why you want to share your story with the world.
Livy:
Picture this--a spooky graveyard at midnight. Howling wind. And a strange old
man who tells me to seek the truth about my mother’s death. Wouldn’t you be
curious, too?
DVC:
Indeed I would.
Livy: Sapphire
Secrets is basically my testimony. And what an incredible journey. Not only did
I find out the truth about my mother’s death, I also found God. Now, I just want
the world to know that God loves them. So many people have never experienced
His love. They don’t know what it’s like when God grabs ahold of you and pulls
you into His arms - so unlike anything you’ll ever experience.
DVC:
But you weren’t raised to believe in God. What made you change your mind?
Livy:
I met someone who wasn’t afraid to share Christ with me. At first, I was
resistant. Our parents and grandma raised us to be suspicious of organized
religion. But then, one day everything changed. I had an accident and…
DVC: Spoiler
alert!
Livy: Whoops.
Anyway, as a result, I might never dance again. But without the accident, I
might not have found God.
DVC:
DeeDee, what do you think about Livy’s conversion?
DeeDee:She’s always spouting religious mumbo-jumbo. Not my thing. But ask me anything
about dance. I can get into that.
DVC: Okay,
dance it is. One of my readers wants to know, were all those dance lessons
growing up a pleasure, or a chore?
DeeDee:
I won’t lie and say they were a piece of cake. Dance lessons are grueling. If I
hadn’t had Livy to learn and practice with, I’m sure I would have given up a
long time ago. But now, I marvel at what my body can do. I’m pumped that we get
to pay it forward by teaching other little girls the beauty of dance.
Livy:
Our mom’s passion for dance rubbed off on us. I couldn’t have quit if you paid
me. For me, the downside of dance was the memorization. Not only the
choreography, but all the French terminology. Like pas de bourres and ronde jambes…
DeeDee:
The intense competitions…
Livy:
Outgrowing our favorite leotards…
DeeDee:
Hardly ever any boys in class to tease or flirt with.
DVC: How
times change! A couple of single fathers brought their daughters into your
studio for lessons.
Livy
[giggling]: Don’t forget to mention how cute they were.
DVC: And
now you’re dating one of them, aren’t you?
Livy: Spoiler
alert!
DVC:
My lips are sealed. Let’s let the readers find out for themselves, shall we?
DeeDee:
Don’t forget to tell them about your prequel, When Lyric Met Limerick, a short
story about a fateful meeting…the day our amazing and talented parents met.
DVC:
Readers, just click on my Amazon author page to find both books: http://www.amazon.com/Dawn-V.-Cahill/e/B00QPRC2EY/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1
Check
my webpage, dawnvcahill.com, for future giveaways and updates on Livy and
DeeDee’s continuing saga. And thank you, ladies, for letting my readers get to
know you today.
Livy
and DeeDee [in unison]: So long, lovely readers.
DeeDee:
Peeps, you have to come back for Book 2, because this crazy author is going to
put me through an even worse ordeal than Livy’s. I have no clue how I’m going
to get out of this mess…
Sapphire
Secrets blurb:
Filled with mystery, romance, and unforgettable
characters, Sapphire Secrets is the story of a Seattle woman’s relentless
pursuit of truth and God’s power to heal and transform broken lives.
Twins Livy and DeeDee McCreary open a dance studio in honor of their late mother, whom they lost when they were six. Problem is, Livy remembers nothing of the day her mother died. The more she questions her family about that awful day, the more she suspects she’s been lied to all her life. While she’s seeking answers to what really happened, she keeps crossing paths with handsome engineer Scott Lorenzo, who compels her to question the New Age philosophy she was raised on. What if there is a personal God out there who cares about her?
Before Livy can discover answers, a brutal accident interrupts her search. Her life flips upside down as she faces a future she is not prepared for. Yet the unanswered questions continue to haunt her. Can she find the strength to keep on with her quest, even if it means losing the two people most dear to her—her twin, and the man she loves?
2015 Finalist, ACFW First Impressions Contest
Twins Livy and DeeDee McCreary open a dance studio in honor of their late mother, whom they lost when they were six. Problem is, Livy remembers nothing of the day her mother died. The more she questions her family about that awful day, the more she suspects she’s been lied to all her life. While she’s seeking answers to what really happened, she keeps crossing paths with handsome engineer Scott Lorenzo, who compels her to question the New Age philosophy she was raised on. What if there is a personal God out there who cares about her?
Before Livy can discover answers, a brutal accident interrupts her search. Her life flips upside down as she faces a future she is not prepared for. Yet the unanswered questions continue to haunt her. Can she find the strength to keep on with her quest, even if it means losing the two people most dear to her—her twin, and the man she loves?
2015 Finalist, ACFW First Impressions Contest
Dawn
V. Cahill’s bio:
Author Dawn V. Cahill pens "Stories of
Victorious Faith for the 21st Century," nearly always with a crossword
puzzle, sudoku, or dark chocolate nearby. "The characters in my stories
face situations that would have been unthinkable even 20 years ago. We live in
a vastly different world than our parents did, and that's the world I write about."
Seeing an unfilled niche in the Christian market for edgier fiction, Ms Cahill birthed Hot Topic Fiction (HTF) at an intensive four-day writers conference. HTF isn't afraid to explore the question, how does God want us Christians to live out our faith in this not-so-brave new world? Without insulting the reader by offering pat or easy answers--because there aren't any--HTF tells stories of ordinary Christians following hard after Christ in a world of terror and violence, of upside-down morality, of hostility to Judeo-Christian values.
HTF's first book is due for launch in June 2016.
Seeing an unfilled niche in the Christian market for edgier fiction, Ms Cahill birthed Hot Topic Fiction (HTF) at an intensive four-day writers conference. HTF isn't afraid to explore the question, how does God want us Christians to live out our faith in this not-so-brave new world? Without insulting the reader by offering pat or easy answers--because there aren't any--HTF tells stories of ordinary Christians following hard after Christ in a world of terror and violence, of upside-down morality, of hostility to Judeo-Christian values.
HTF's first book is due for launch in June 2016.
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