Soul Painter by Cara Luecht

Yes, we can have something that could be called Christian and Gothic! This is a wonderful read that you don't want to put down! Miriam is rich, she is an heiress. Even so, she has decided to live over a her Dad's warehouse. He has passed, but the apartment is across from a cathedral. This gives Miriam a prefect view of the comings and goings below. Since she is an artist, this is some major inspiration and she also likes to mingle with them.

Miriam has past hurts, fears, but even so, she reaches out to a young woman in need. A woman in bad circumstances, a "woman of the streets". A prostitute and she has been hurt. Someone is harming them. Their are priests, are they the good folks or the bad ones? Miriam can't paint people's souls, but can she help solver her fears and the plight of these women?

Can Miriam let God heal her, and will they catch the people behind this? Grace and forgiveness, murder and mercy, pain and healing - this book has it all. The ending was a bit fast, but even so I hope to read more books from this Author. This was my first one and I'm so very pleased I got to read it!

Carol :)

This week, the

Christian Fiction Blog Alliance

is introducing

Soul Painter

WhiteFire Publishing (March 15, 2014)

by

Cara Luecht

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

A Word from the Author:
I never planned to be a writer. In fact, it took me a while to finish college. But I did, and here I am. And I now I can’t imagine not being a writer.

By day, I am an English Instructor at MATC, Marketing Manager for Degnan Design Builders, Inc., mother to four amazing children, wife to an eternally patient and supportive husband, and Worship Leader for Living Hope Fellowship in Sun Prairie, WI. In the evening, when I can squirrel away some quiet time, I read and write historical fiction.

I have a B.A. in English Lit. from UW Whitewater and an M.F.A in Creative Writing from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, NJ.

If you have a question for me, or if you are local and would like me to stop by your book club or writer’s group, please drop me a line via the “Ask the Author” tab. I always love the opportunity to meet with others who share my love of books.


ABOUT THE BOOK

Miriam paints the future…but can she change it?


Chicago – 1890


Miriam watches the people jostle their way below the windows of her warehouse home, never thinking to look up at her as she paints their faces. But Miriam's gift as an artist goes beyond a mere recording of what is: Miriam paints their futures. Only once was she wrong. One woman doesn't match the future Miriam saw. The bright girl was supposed to grow into a respected businesswoman. Instead, Ione disappears nightly into the shadowed alley next to the cathedral with the other prostitutes. Then one night, while walking through the city fog, Miriam finds Ione broken and beaten. Miriam is forced to open her home to the stranger whose face she knows so well and open her life to change she never could have foretold. Women are missing—some found floating in the river, some never seen again. The deacon from the cathedral is the first to help. Soon Miriam’s solicitor, Michael, aids her in rejoining society so they might uncover the evil at work in the corrupt city...and awakens feelings she had never considered before. Finally engaged with the world she has so long observed, finally stirred by love and friendship, Miriam realizes the responsibility of her gifting. No longer can she just paint what will be. She must now help Ione find the future she is meant to have...and find her own along with it.

If you would like to read the first chapter of Soul Painter, go HERE.
Cara can be reached through the Contact link on her Website 

The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1939023246