A Sounding Brass

Smoke River #3

by Shelley Bates

Award-winning author Shelley Bates pens the story of a sheltered young woman torn between a magnetic leader and the man out to discredit him.

Genres: Christian Fiction, Contemporary, Romance, Christian

ebook

First published June 14, 2006

About the author

Shelley Bates holds an M.F.A. in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in Pennsylvania, where she teaches as adjunct faculty. She was the winner of RWA's RITA Award for Best Inspirational Novel in 2005, a finalist for that award in 2006, and, writing as Shelley Adina, was a Christy Award finalist in 2009. Three of her books have shortlisted for the American Christian Fiction Writers' Carol Award for book of the year.

A transplanted Canadian, Shelley returns there annually to have her accent calibrated. Between books, she enjoys traveling with her husband, playing the piano and Celtic harp, and spoiling her flock of rescued chickens.

Reviews

[Loraine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Claire Montoya is a member of a Christian group called The Elect. Similar to the Amish but very focused on Old Testament type rules and regulations for their salvation although they believe in Jesus. When their senior Shepherd is brought up on charges of raping some of the young women, the sect begins to fall apart. That is when Luke Fisher steps into to turn them to a new kind of religion, but little do they know that Luke Fisher is not the person they believe he is. Meanwhile Claire Montoya is torn between Luke the Evangelist and Ray Harper a crime investigator and unbeliever.

I did find Claire somewhat naive in the beginning but enjoyed seeing the changes as she grew in her confidence and faith. The Elect was more like a cult than a Christian group in my opinion. Well written, quick and easy read with a nice ending.

[Elaine]

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[Kathleen Clark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Christi, this is the one, band is all female called Five Wise.

[Dani Moore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another book about a group like the FLDS. Taken in by an evil man pretending to be godly. I did enjoy reading as he got his "come-upance" as they say.