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June: Ambassador Authors in the News

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Summer is a great time to relax with a good book and our Ambassador authors have been busy promoting theirs. Here are some of the media outlets featuring our authors during the month of June:

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Summer Sale: Five Books for the 4th!

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Need a gAmbassador's top summer reads ood book for the upcoming July 4th holiday? Ambassador recommends five great summer reads and this week they’re all on sale for $2.99 each for the Kindle! There’s nothing better than stretching out poolside or on the beach with a great book. And we’ve got some hot titles to add to your summer lineup:

Alana Candler, Marked for MurderAlana Candler, Marked for Murder by Joanie Bruce: Add some suspense to your summer with the search for Alana Candler’s stalker. When someone kidnaps her from a hotel and leaves her to die, Jaydn Holbrook, CEO and owner of the largest company in Tennessee, saves her life and promises to protect her. Alana’s trust in God’s protection intrigues him and compels him to explore her faith further. As tensions build, Jaydn and Alana are caught up in a dangerous web of hiding from the pursuer trying to kill them and fighting the attraction they feel for each other. BUY NOW

An Intimate CollisionAn Intimate Collision: Encounters with Life and Jesus by Craig Lounsbrough: This summer, face a sweeping and torrential infusion of what God intends for your life. Many of us live out flat, marginalized and ineffectual Christian lives. We fall achingly short of intimately connecting with and deeply interjecting the truths of scripture into the everyday realities of our lives as we live them out amidst the incessant demands and tangled complexities of the 21st century. Commit to change this summer. BUY NOW

Making RoomMaking Room by Elisa Pompili: Join 26-year-old Elizabeth on a two-week vacation to the North Carolina coast. While there, Elizabeth is intrigued by Nathan Monroe, a man who challenges her in all things faith- and family- related. Elizabeth can’t figure out why, but she feels compelled to share pieces of her story with Nathan, leading the pair into a deeper bond than Elizabeth could have ever expected. Can Elizabeth and Nathan’s relationship sustain the distance and their different beliefs? Will Elizabeth ask God for help, or will her continual resistance keep her from experiencing God’s promise of a foundational, unending sense of peace? BUY NOW

Silo CountrySilo Country by Amanda Robin Larcher: Summer in France as young Amanda Vissac moves from Paris to the small village of Thym with her family. She must adjust to a new life and new friends, navigating childhood, school bullying, and questions about God. BUY NOW

 

Till The Storm Passes ByTill the Storm Passes By by AnnaLee Conti: A quest for answers and a deathbed confession compel Evie Parker to cross the continent to Juneau, Alaska, where she struggles to unravel a past shrouded in mystery. Can she come through storms, both physical and emotional, to open her heart to true love? BUY NOW

 

Google + Hangout: Chat with Author Peter Hubbard and Win Prizes

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Love Into LightYou’re invited to a Google + Hangout with author Peter Hubbard on Tuesday, July 2 at 7pm Central. We’ll be discussing the Defense of Marriage Act ruling, the end of Exodus International and Peter’s new book, Love Into Light: The Gospel, The Homosexual and The Church.

Could God use one of the most controversial moral issues in our nation to awaken His church rather than damage it? Pastor Peter Hubbard believes He can. In his new book Love Into Light: The Gospel, The Homosexual and The Church Hubbard asks “How can Christians live in a culture that promotes the gay lifestyle, yet worship in a culture that never talks about it– other than possibly to condemn it?”

Love Into Light seeks to inject the cultural conversation with the same love and truth that Jesus offers. For those that see homosexuality as somehow worse than other sins, Hubbard offers clarity through his real-life counseling examples and scripture, explaining that self-righteous judgment of homosexuality is a sin just like homosexual behavior itself. “If our attitude toward a gay or lesbian person is disgust, we have forgotten the gospel,” says Hubbard. And for those who feel the Bible is an outdated resource on the topic, Hubbard argues its relevance.

Please RSVP now! (Click “yes” under “are you going?”)

Still not sure if you should attend? Here are three more reasons:

1. We guarantee you’ll walk away with fresh insight into this challenging topic!

2. We’ll be offering an EXCLUSIVE discount for the Love Into Light ebook!

3. We’ll be giving away great prizes during the Google + Hangout!

New Book Explores Christian Response to Pain

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Touching the HemAuthor Uses Personal Experience with Physical Suffering to Help Others

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Whether it’s a sprained ankle or a terminal illness, we are all bound to suffer physical pain at some point in our lives. But as Christians, how should we respond to that affliction? Whether it’s an illness or injury Touching the Hem: A Biblical Response to Physical Suffering (Ambassador International; May 2013; $11.99, paperback) explains to those that are hurting how to cope by looking upward, outward and inward.

In 2007 author Elizabeth Johnson received an incurable diagnosis.  Doctors discovered she has an auto-immune disease that led to chronic fatigue, emergency surgeries and a new way of life. “God used my illness to completely rearrange my life,” she explains. “I was desperate to find a book that taught me how to respond to this devastating news and I couldn’t find anything.” Since Elizabeth was no longer able to work, she spent many hours at home resting, regaining strength and writing.

Touching the Hem prompts readers to seek answers in five areas: God’s character, God’s works, our circumstances, our response and God’s response. Touching the Hem also provides valuable resources including a chart identifying healings performed during Christ’s earthly ministry, a catalog of verses that explain the purpose of trials and practical suggestions for dealing with illness. “When I received my diagnosis I was overwhelmed with the desire to study God’s Word on the subject of sickness and healing,” she says. “My hope and prayer is that this book instructs and encourages others who find themselves or their loved ones in similar situations.”

About the Author:  Elizabeth Johnson was diagnosed with Wegener’s Granulomatosis in 2007, shortly before she and her husband were married. Elizabeth and her husband, James, currently reside in South Carolina where they are preparing for a dual ministry in church-planting and military chaplaincy.

To learn more about the author and her book, Touching the Hem, visit her at Touchingthehembook.com or facebook.com/touchingthehem.  To connect with the author, please contact publicist Alison Storm at [email protected].

 

Farm Animals Encourage Children to be Unique

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Each The SameAuthor Teaches Children that God’s Love Endures Even Though We Are All Different

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: What do cows, sheep, horses, and children all have in common? They all have a purpose and God loves them each the same. This is the message that children’s book author Michelle Worthington teaches in her new book Each the Same (Ambassador International; April 2013; $18.99, hardcover). Taking place in a barnyard with all of the farm animals, Worthington reminds young readers that everyone is different and special.

The cows are in the milking shed, the horses are in the stable, and the sheep are in the field. They all have their jobs to do to help make the farm a happy place to live. Each animal is different but the farmer loves them each the same. In this charming children’s book, Australian author Michelle Worthington teaches children that everyone, even animals, have a different purpose but are all loved equally by God. “Each the Same was written after a discussion with my eldest son on the way home from Church about the way God loves all of us and we are all special in our own way”, says Worthington. “Each of us were created with a purpose to make the world a better place and to serve Him”.

Worthington uses her love of writing and creative mind to teach children valuable lessons in Each the Same. With easy to read words, this little book can help children learn to read and may become a bedtime favorite night and night again.

For more information about the author and her new book please visit michelleworthington.com or facebook.com/michelleworthington.author. For interview requests please contact publicist Alison Storm at [email protected].

Mother’s Day Flash Sale: 3 Books, 1 Low Price!

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flashsale smallNeed a gift mom will love? Stock her up on some great summer reading material! Now through midnight on Sunday, May 5 you can buy mom three great books for just $19.99, shipping included! You’ll receive all three books in Carrie Daws’ Crossing series, including the latest installment Romancing Melody. Mom will love these books, but don’t take our word for it– check out some of the recent reviews on Amazon:

  • “Carrie Daws’ book, Romancing Melody, is fantastic. The word “Wow!” kept coming to my mind while I was reading it.” -Paula McGrew
  • “Romancing Melody the 3rd book in A Crossing Journey series is out of this world. I loved this book and the whole series.” -inspiremichelle
  • “Ms. Daws does it again! From the first page to the last I was hooked.” -Rita Noel

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Former Prisoner Uses Experience to Help Others Survive the Justice System

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Surviving the Justice ExperienceBook Pinpoints Five Spiritual Lifelines for Families of Offenders

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The numbers are staggering– 90 million family members and friends of incarcerated or released felons are currently in the US according to estimates from author and clinical psychologist Kevin J. McCarthy. “I think I’ve scratched the surface of a horrible, horrible reality,” says McCarthy. “In reality, family members of offenders serve their prison sentence in the community.” With hopes of helping a growing group of underserved people, McCarthy reveals his experience with the American justice system in his new book Surviving the Justice Experience: An Essential Christian Resource for Families of Offenders (Ambassador International; May 2013; $16.99, paperback). McCarthy openly shares how his decisions landed him in prison and five spiritual lifelines for weathering any storm.

In his book McCarthy, who spent four years behind bars in California, highlights five spiritual lifelines that are key for getting through a prison sentence: mercy, grace, forgiveness, faith and hope. McCarthy holds nothing back as he shares his personal pain and difficulties with readers. Surviving the Justice System is a practical tool for family and friends of those who have spent time in prison, providing practical tips on how to help cope with social stigma.

McCarthy launched the Dismas Project, a non-profit focused on addressing the needs of children, spouses, and family members of offenders as well as the prisoners themselves. He says there are currently very few Christian resources available to these individuals.

McCarthy works tirelessly on prison outreach, corresponding monthly with 137 death row inmates in Louisiana and Mississippi. “I tell them that I’m just like they are. The only difference between us is our address at this time,” says McCarthy. “I might be a free man walking around but in my heart I remember what the experience is like.” McCarthy says there are many ministries for regular inmates, but few targeting the worst of the worst. “If Jesus could find me and touch my heart, he could do that for the hardest heart on death row.”

About the Author: Dr. Kevin J McCarthy is a retired clinical psychologist with 25 years of experience working with wounded families. His personal life experiences have served as a basis for developing a spiritual outreach to offenders and their families. Those experiences include recovery from an extended history of alcohol and drug abuse which led to a period of incarceration. Dr. McCarthy approaches his work from the level of his personal experiences and his clinical training ensuring a unique approach to the possibilities of a personal transformation. His current efforts have included authorship of three books on the dynamics of a redeeming life.

To learn more about the author and his new book Surviving the Justice System, visit http://dismasproject.com. For interview requests, please contact publicist Alison Storm at [email protected]

Announcing a Buy 1 Get 1 Free Sale!

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BOGONow is the time to beef up your digital library with Ambassador International’s Buy 1 Get 1 Free Sale! Scoring your free eBook from iTunes is easy!

1. Purchase ANY Ambassador International book title from ANY online retailer. It could be a new release or an old favorite. Buy it from a major retailer (like Amazon or ChristianBook.com) or a mom and pop. You can snap up a hard copy or the digital version– just buy an Ambassador book now!

2. Forward your receipt to [email protected]. Show us proof of your purchase and let us know which FREE eBook you want. Choose from three HOT titles:

Christian Living:

Marriage Triage by Stephen Goode

Christian Fiction:

Crossing Values by Carrie Daws

Children’s:

Chocolate Socks by Holly Durst

3. We’ll forward you a promo code so you can download the eBook of your choice for FREE from the iTunes store! Quantities are limited so don’t wait! Offer ends July 31 or while supplies last.