{"id":384,"date":"2010-08-03T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/final-touch-by-brandilyn-and-amberly-collins-2.html"},"modified":"2010-08-03T10:10:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-03T10:10:00","slug":"final-touch-by-brandilyn-and-amberly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/final-touch-by-brandilyn-and-amberly\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Touch By Brandilyn And Amberly Collins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just started this book yesterday and it&#8217;s a good, riveting read. It&#8217;s a short book and I&#8217;ll be posting my review soon.<br \/><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\">~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cESuxv-WNX8\/TA3PbPpKjHI\/AAAAAAAAEFE\/e9Dq6nSnpCA\/s1600\/FIRSTWildCardTours2.jpg\"><a href=\"http:\/\/firstwildcardtours.blogspot.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 145px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_cESuxv-WNX8\/TA3PbPpKjHI\/AAAAAAAAEFE\/e9Dq6nSnpCA\/s200\/FIRSTWildCardTours2.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480264388542368882\" \/><\/a><\/a>It is time for a <span style=\"color:#990000;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/firstwildcardtours.blogspot.com\/\">FIRST Wild Card Tour<\/a><\/span><\/strong> book review! If you wish to join the FIRST blog alliance, just click the button. We are a group of reviewers who tour Christian books.  A Wild Card post includes a brief bio of the author and a full chapter from each book toured.  The reason it is called a FIRST Wild Card Tour is that you never know if the book will be fiction, non~fiction, for young, or for old&#8230;or for somewhere in between!  <span style=\"color:#990000;\"><strong>Enjoy your free peek into the book!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>You never know when I might play a wild card on you!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>Today&#8217;s Wild Card authors are: <\/strong><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandilyncollins.com\/\">Brandilyn Collins and Amberly Collins<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;\"><span style=\"font-size:100%;color:#cc0000;\">and the book:<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/031071933X\">Final Touch (Rayne Tour, The) <\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Zondervan (May 7, 2010) <\/p>\n<p>***Special thanks to Krista Ocier of Zondervan for sending me a review copy.***<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:130%;color:#333399;\"><span style=\"color:#cc0000;\">ABOUT THE AUTHORS:<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cESuxv-WNX8\/SgEX-HeNCEI\/AAAAAAAACuo\/NhMVlC_je0g\/s1600-h\/amber+and+brandilyn\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 181px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_cESuxv-WNX8\/SgEX-HeNCEI\/AAAAAAAACuo\/NhMVlC_je0g\/s200\/amber+and+brandilyn\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332569789708437570\" \/><\/a>Brandilyn and Amberly Collins are a mother\/daughter team from northern California. <\/p>\n<p>Brandilyn Collins, known for her trademark Seatbelt Suspense, is the bestselling author of Violet Dawn, Coral Moon, Crimson Eve, Eyes of Elisha, and other novels. <\/p>\n<p>Visit the Brandilyn&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brandilyncollins.com\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Amberly Collins is a college student in Long Beach, California, majoring in marketing. She\u2019s active in her Alphi Phi sorority and dotes on her Yorkie puppy, Bear.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video about the first book in the Rayne Series:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"320\" height=\"265\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/6hooLmPRoz0&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;color1=0x5d1719&#038;color2=0xcd311b\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Product Details:<\/p>\n<p>List Price: $9.99<br \/>Reading level: Young Adult<br \/>Paperback: 224 pages <br \/>Publisher: Zondervan (May 7, 2010) <br \/>Language: English <br \/>ISBN-10: 031071933X <br \/>ISBN-13: 978-0310719335 <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#cc0000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:180%;\">Press the browse button to view the first chapter:<\/span> <\/strong><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cESuxv-WNX8\/TFTjDIG93KI\/AAAAAAAAEO0\/t-lzWsDzZNE\/s1600\/Final+Touch+by+Brandilyn+Collins+and+Amberly+Collins\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_cESuxv-WNX8\/TFTjDIG93KI\/AAAAAAAAEO0\/t-lzWsDzZNE\/s200\/Final+Touch+by+Brandilyn+Collins+and+Amberly+Collins\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500270687782034594\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"OVERFLOW: auto; HEIGHT: 307px\">\n<div style=\"margin: 5px 0; color: white; text-align: left; width: 142px; font-family: verdana; font-size: 10px;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"height: 29px; background: url('http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/zondervan\/images\/bi_bg_top.gif') no-repeat;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 6px; float:left; width: 18px; height: 20px; margin-left: 10px;\"><a style=\"display: block; height: 20px;\" title=\"Go to: Zondervan.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\">Z<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 95px; height: 12px; margin-left: 5px;\"><a style=\"display: block; height: 10px;\" title=\"Browse Inside Final Touch By:Brandilyn Collins, Amberly Collins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/Zondervan\/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310719335&#038;WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidget948e7c38-4bb0-44e2-84f1-3872cdfec80d\" target=\"_blank\">Browse Inside<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 2px; text-align: center; padding-left: 1px; background: url('http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/zondervan\/images\/bi_bg_mid.gif') repeat-y;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/Zondervan\/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310719335&#038;WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidget948e7c38-4bb0-44e2-84f1-3872cdfec80d\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none; width: 124px; display: inline;\" alt=\"Cover of Final Touch\" title=\"Browse Inside Final Touch By:Brandilyn Collins, Amberly Collins\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/images\/product\/medium\/031071933X.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 39px; background: url('http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/zondervan\/images\/bi_bg_bottom.gif') bottom no-repeat;\">\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 38px; height: 20px; margin-left: 10px;\"><a style=\"display: block; height: 20px;\" title=\"Browse Inside Final Touch By:Brandilyn Collins, Amberly Collins\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/Zondervan\/browseinside.html?isbn=9780310719335&#038;WT.mc_id=biHTMLWidget948e7c38-4bb0-44e2-84f1-3872cdfec80d\" target=\"_blank\">Browse<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 38px; height: 20px; margin-left: 4px;\" title=\"Learn more about Final TouchBy:Brandilyn Collins, Amberly Collins\"><a style=\"display: block; height: 20px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/Cultures\/en-US\/Product\/ProductDetail.htm?ProdID=com.zondervan.9780310719335\">Info<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; display:inline; text-indent: -5000px; margin-top: 10px; float:left; width: 38px; height: 20px; margin-left: 4px;\" title=\"Add this to your website.\"><a style=\"display: block; height: 20px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zondervan.com\/Cultures\/en-US\/Product\/ProductDetail.htm?ProdID=com.zondervan.9780310719335&#038;bis=1\">Add<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just started this book yesterday and it&#8217;s a good, riveting read. 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