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Eyes of Elisha (Chelsea Adams Series #1)
Brandilyn Collins
Zondervan, 2001
A Compelling Read
I met Brandilyn Collins at the 2007 ACFW Conference. (American Christian Fiction Writers) She was such a delightful lady I just had to buy one of her books. (Like I need an excuse to buy books.) I had to limit my purchases somehow so I chose books from authors I met at ...
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Getting Into Character: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn From Actors
Brandilyn Collins
Wiley, 2002
Combination of Lajos Egri + John Cleaver on Character
This book seemed to be one-half Lajos Egri (The Art of Creative Writing) and one-half John Cleaver (Immediate Fiction). Like both of these authors, Brandilyn Collins explains how to create well-developed, compelling characters that you can let loose in your stories.
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Stain of Guilt (Hidden Faces Series #2)
Brandilyn Collins
Zondervan, 2004
Excellent Second Installment
Forensic artist Annie Kingston is back in this second installment of The Hidden Faces Series. Annie has been asked to draw the updated face of killer Bill Bland for the popular TV show American Fugitive. Bland has been on the run for 20 years and the authorities hope ...
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Crimson Eve (Kanner Lake Series #3)
Brandilyn Collins
Zondervan, 2007
4 1/2 Stars...How Does She Keep Doing It?
A woman on the run from a dangerous secret. Another woman, with a key to open the mystery. And men desperate to shut them down before positions of power are shaken at their foundations. Hmm. This could play right into some of the things we see in politics nowadays.
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Dark Pursuit
Brandilyn Collins
Zondervan, 2008
A new stand-alone ?Seatbelt Suspense?? from bestselling author Brandilyn Collins. Kaitlan Sering?s estranged grandfather, novelist Darell Brooke, was the legendary King of Suspense?until an auto accident left him unable to concentrate. Now she?s begging him to protect her from a real serial killer. Can his muddled mind devise a plan to catch the ...
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Violet Dawn (Kanner Lake Series #1)
Brandilyn Collins
Zondervan, 2006
Wonderful start to an awesome series!
If you like Christian suspense/fiction this is a wonderful series. This book (as well as most of Brandilyn Collins books) is one that you won't want to put down. While these don't necessarily have to be read in order, I would definitely recommend it.
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Coral Moon (Kanner Lake Series #2)
Brandilyn Collins
Zondervan, 2007
Don't Read On A Dark and Stormy Night- Totally Amazing!
Leslie Brymes, reporter for the Kanner Lake Times has dreams of going national. Hoping her coverage of actress Edna San's murder last year would raise her to the stardom she dreams of. But when she awakens one morning to find seventy something year old Vesta Johnson, a ...
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Amber Morn (Kanner Lake Series #4)
Brandilyn Collins
Zondervan, 2008
Great Ending to a series!
I hate to see this series come to an end. But, I guess it has to sometime. Only so much can go wrong in one little town. I was a little apprehensive about this book, I thought it was going to be a little boring since it was only about one incident. But, I found it to ...
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Web of Lies (Hidden Faces Series #4)
Brandilyn Collins
Zondervan, 2006
CAUGHT BETWEEN FEAR AND FAITH
Best-selling suspense novelist Brandilyn Collins continues her string of compelling faith fiction with Web of Lies, a harrowing forensic thriller that pinpoints the collision between fear and faith.
Annie Kingston, a forensic artist, teams up with Chelsea Adams, a ...
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Dread Champion (Chelsea Adams Series #2)
Brandilyn Collins
Zondervan, 2002
Hard to put down
Dread Champion is the sequel to Brandilyn Collins' book, Eyes of Elisha. While I enjoyed Eyes of Elisha, the plot didn't hold as many surprises as I would have liked. I'm very glad I kept reading. Dread Champion far exceeded my greatest expectations. The many ...
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Dead of Night (Hidden Faces Series #3)
Brandilyn Collins
Zondervan, 2005
Read with your lights on!
Annie Kingston has once again been called to use her forensics drawing expertise in another case. This time a serial killer is targeting her home town. The killings though are took close for Annie and her family. There's pressure to find out who the killer is. Annie ...
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Brink of Death (Hidden Faces Series #1)
Brandilyn Collins
Zondervan, 2004
You won't be able to put it down
I love this series. From the very first page I was completely hooked. Highly recommended!
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Eyes of Elisha MM
Brandilyn Collins
Zondervan, 2006
Chelsea Adams has a vision in which she sees the death of a young woman. When she comes back to consciousness after that vision, she looks into the eyes of a dinner guest and experiences a terrifying moment of recognition. She?s certain that he is the murderer of the young woman in her vision. Plenty of twists and turns of plot right up until the ...
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Color the Sidewalk for Me (The Bradleyville Series #2)
Brandilyn Collins
Zondervan, 2002
I can see why this book is an award winner!
Color the Sidewalk For Me is about a woman, Celia, who returns home after a 17 year absence to nurse her father back to health after having a stroke. She struggles through her tumultous relationship with her mother and unresolved feelings for the love of her life, ...
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Capture the Wind for Me (The Bradleyville Series #3)
Brandilyn Collins
Zondervan, 2003
An easy enough read...that proves meaningful as well.
I couldn't put this book down! It entangles you in its web of family ties, small-town life, hidden secrets, newfound love, grief and loss.... It's just a delicious book. The basic gist of the plot is that teen Jackie's mother died a few years ago, and her father has ...
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