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This contemporary retelling of Queen Esther's story is the first stand-alone book in the Mended Vessels Series. Not only can you get FOR SUCH A MOMENT for 40% off ($2.99) but today is the RELEASE DAY of the 3rd book of the Mended Vessels Series, THE SECRET HEART. Here's the information about FOR SUCH A MOMENT, but check below for the short version of THE SECRET HEART!

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Revealing her secret could save lives … or change hers forever. In this book that re-imagines the story of Queen Esther in a contemporary setting, Ellen Neilson enjoys her comfortable life as the wife of an American CEO. Having lived in America since the age of ten, she has forsaken her mixed heritage and kept aspects of her childhood secret. Her husband has become engrossed in his job, and she believes having a child will salvage their troubled marriage. When her cousin Manuel, whom she hasn’t seen for twenty years, shows up as one of her husband’s managers, Ellen fears that her past will be revealed. The company buys a banana plantation in her native country of Guatemala, and Manuel informs her that illegal pesticides have poisoned the water. People are dying, but she doesn’t know who’s to blame for the cover-up.

 Readers loved this book; twenty-eight of them gave it 4.9 Stars!

• "I couldn't put this book down!" 
• "This is one of those books that pulls you into the story and won't let go till you finish it!"
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And you also need to get THE SECRET HEART!

Truth is messy. But will their shared secret destroy his political career—or sabotage their marriage? 

After a whirlwind romance, beautiful Shawna Moore marries Hunter Wilson, the governor of Tennessee. Now, she wonders if the governor ever loved her or only hoped to avoid a scandal. 

In this modern re-imagining of the biblical story of Bathsheba and King David, an investigative reporter is asking questions—the wedding took place only six weeks following the death of Shawna’s first husband in Iraq. If he discovers the truth about Shawna’s baby, Hunter’s chances for reelection, as well as Shawna’s reputation, will be ruined. 

But keeping their secret is destroying their marriage. 

Will Hunter’s choice mean the end of his political career or his family?

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Thirsting for More Named Finalist in 2016 Selah Awards

Thirsting for More by Marie Wells Coutu 
is a Finalist for the 2016 Selah Awards,
sponsored by Blue Ridge Mountains
Christian Writers Conference

BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. —  Edie Melson, Director of the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, and Eva Marie Everson, BRMCWC Contest Director, announce the finalists in the 2016 Selah Awards, awarded to published authors each year during the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers conference.

The Selah Awards are open industry wide and internationally to authors published by traditional and nontraditional publishing houses during the previous year. Winners will be announced during the awards banquet on May 25. The 2015 Book of the Year award is chosen by the contest director from the top scores/first place recipients.

This year Thirsting for More (Write Integrity Press), by Marie Wells Coutu, is a finalist in the category of Fiction: Contemporary Women.

In this modern-day version of the woman at the well, the whole city of Charleston seems to be watching, waiting for Northern transplant and recently hired director of tourism, Victoria Russo, to either work a miracle or to stumble and fall. The change of geography is a chance for multi-divorced Victoria to start a new life. Hoping to gain acceptance, she purchases and tackles the renovation of an historic home, but soon falls back into her old ways.

Thirsting for More is the second in the Mended Vessels series, contemporary stories loosely based on Biblical women that reveal how God takes broken lives and restores them to usefulness. The first book, Coutu’s debut novel titled For Such a Moment, won the Books of Hope award in 2013. The Secret Heart, the third book in the series, will be published later this year.

Recently, Coutu also received an honorable mention in the Great Beginnings Contest for an unpublished historical work-in-progress titled Judgment Between the Rivers.

Thirsting for More is available from bookstores and online retailers. For more information, visit www.MarieWellsCoutu.com/books.

For Such a Moment, Book One in the Mended Vessels Series,
is available in print and Kindle formats, on Amazon and
other online retailers, and at most bookstores by request.