The Solid Rock | Cover Reveal, Giveaway, and Interview

You've seen Faith Blum on my blog before, and here she is again! :) I was privileged to read The Solid Rock as a beta reader and it sure is full of excitement! Do you want to see the cover? Oh wait...you must gather all fifteen clues first! 

About the Book

Joshua woke with a quiet groan. As his senses woke up one at a time, he cracked his eyelids open. Sure enough, there was a silhouetted form standing at the foot of the bed. From the smell, the person was either from the brothel down the street or had recently left one.

He forced himself to breathe evenly and reached for the knife in his thigh holster. With as tough and evil a voice as he could imitate, he spoke, “State your intentions.”

Pinkerton detective, Joshua Brookings, is sent on a job that seems simple on the surface. His fellow detective has been kidnapped and his boss, William Pinkerton senses foul play. Joshua is sent to investigate Edward's case in hopes of finding the kidnapped detective and helping solve the case that has taken over ten years to investigate.

Arriving in Cheyenne, Joshua finds much more than a simple kidnapping. Yet again, he must go undercover, something he made his boss promise never to make him do again. The only Christian in the outlaw group, Joshua falters and almost loses faith in God’s providence. Will he stand on the solid Rock or drown in the sinking sand?

About the Author

Faith Blum started writing at an early age. She started even before she could read! She even thought she could write better than Dr. Seuss. (The picture doesn't show it well, but there are scribblings on the page of Green Eggs and Ham). Now that she's grown up a little more, she knows she will probably never reach the success of Dr. Seuss, but that doesn't stop her from trying.

When she isn't writing, Faith enjoys doing many right-brained activities such as reading, crafting, writing, playing piano, and playing games with her family. One of her dreams is to visit Castle City, Montana someday to see the ghost town she chose for her characters to live in. She currently lives on a hobby farm with her family in Wisconsin.

Clues

In order to gain access to the blog page that has the full cover on it, you need to hop over to the __ other blogs to gather the clues. Each blogger will have a clue number and one character of the clue. Each clue is either a number, letter, or symbol. What you need to do is gather the clues and put them in the correct order. Once this is done, type in the password (no spaces) on the protected page (found here) and you will find the full cover in all its glory.

Here's clue #14

Visit these other blogs to get the other clues! While you’re on each blog, be sure to read the excerpts and I’m sure each blogger would appreciate a comment. Happy sleuthing!

Antrim Cycle

Creative Hodgepodge

God's Peculiar Treasure

Jaye L. Knight

Leah's Bookshelf

Meagan Davenport

Melanie D. Snitker, Author

Rebekah Lyn Books

Singing Librarian Books

Wildflower Acres

With a Joyful Noise

Writing Dreams

Writing, Learning. Living

Writings, Ramblings, and Reflections

Zerina Blossom's Books

Giveaway

All the books in the giveaway are either Christian, Mystery, or Western. I have not read all of them, so I cannot vouch for what they are like inside. There will only be one winner (sorry), and since they are all ebooks, we can open the giveaway up internationally as well! Here is the list of the ebooks. To find out more about each book, please click on the title and read the Amazon description.

Enter Giveaway: https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/991224809/

Dangerous Illusions by Barb Goss

A Box of Dreams by James DiBenedetto

Heartfelt Cases by Julie C. Gilbert

Pride and Butterflies by Franky A. Brown

Guardian (Guardian Trilogy #1) by Robin Helm

SoulFire (Guardian Trilogy #1) by Robin Helm

Legacy (Guardian Trilogy #1) by Robin Helm

Finding Hope by Elizabeth Diaz

Lily of the Valley by Faith Blum

Life and Salvation by Faith Blum

Special

To celebrate the cover reveal, Faith also has the third book in her series on sale! It will be $0.99 through 11am tomorrow and then will go up to $1.99 until Monday evening when it will be back at full price. Here's a short description of Amazing Grace: A doubting man agrees to wed a widowed mail-order bride, but he struggles with whether or not he can be a father to the woman's daughter who desperately wants a father's love. 

You can purchase this book here: getBook.at/AmazingGrace.

You can read my review of Amazing Grace here.

Interview

Me: How long have you known that "The Solid Rock" would be a part of the Hymns of the West series?

Faith: This is a great question! I haven’t always know the title or the exact plot of The Solid Rock, but the first inklings of the idea came when one of my beta-readers for A Mighty Fortress asked if there would be a sequel. My immediate response was, “I wasn’t planning on one.” But then my brain started working and I came up with an idea that Joshua, the main character in both books, becomes a Pinkerton detective and solves some sort of crime. Then I got ideas for the other three books and the timeline worked best to put this book off for last.

Me: What lesson do you most hope and pray readers will be able to learn from "The Solid Rock?"

Faith: No matter what is happening in your life, or how far away God seems, God is always with you and will always be there for you to lean on if you’ll just let Him be your rock and foundation.

Me: How does it feel to finish the last novel in the Hymns of the West series?

Faith: It’s kind of nice and kind of strange at the same time. I’m sad to leave the characters, but I’m also excited about the next series I’m working on. And since the next series will have some of the characters from the Hymns of the West series, I’m not completely leaving them behind. I’m looking forward to where God leads me next.