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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Maura Stone, author of Five-Star FLEECING

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Maura Stone, author of Five-Star FLEECING
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Five-Star FLEECING is a comedy set in the mid-1990’s about a corrupt luxury hotel in New York City. It’s the hotel version of “The Devil Wears Prada only funnier!

Having fled from dubious circumstances in her prior career, Linda Lane is now the acting Resident Manager of the esteemed Supreme Superior Hotel, all the rage of the entertainment, business and hospitality industries.

Surrounded by world famous celebrities, movie junkets, upscale guests and strangely conflicted hotel colleagues, Linda finds that the most daunting aspect of her job is her association with her celebrated boss, the General Manager, Mr. Ganiff. The longer she works for him, the more she realizes that perhaps her flight from her past was not precisely an escape from wild corruption and the most audacious and stunning discrimination.

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write Five-Star FLEECING?

Maura Stone: Five-Star FLEECING started out as, strangely enough, a complaint letter. I railed at the indecencies committed at the hotel where I Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Maura Stone, author of Five-Star FLEECING →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Y. Sharre DaCosta, author of It Is Well!

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Y. Sharre DaCosta, author of It Is Well!
(Unlock Publishing House)

Shortly after delivering her son, Sharre was told by doctor’s to make “arrangements” because he would be gone by that night. Situations in her life had always seemed to not work out the way she had planned. It seemed like true happiness was an unattainable goal.

But no matter how crazy things in her life were, one thing she knew for certain: God’s gifts were without repentance. Playtime was over! She put on her war gear and went toe-to-toe with the enemy and tenaciously pursued after all the things God had spoken to her.

No matter what the doctors said, no matter what family and friends said, she was determined to see the will of God manifested in her life! Join her as she goes on a journey of faith to believe what God promised and be able to say WITHOUT A DOUBT… “It Is Well!”

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write It Is Well!?

Y. Sharre DaCosta: God told me to write It Is Well! the day my son’s healing was made manifest. Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Y. Sharre DaCosta, author of It Is Well! →

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5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Kathi Macias, author of People of the Book

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Kathi Macias, author of People of the Book
(New Hope Publishers)

Farah lives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with her family and wants nothing more than to develop a deeper devotion to her Muslim faith. She sees the month of Ramadan as her chance to draw nearer to Allah, and pursues that goal. All goes well until the prophet Isa—Jesus—appears to her in a dream and calls her to Himself.

Her brother, Kareem, who has never liked her, seeks to discredit her. Farah’s cousin, an only child, frequents an online chat. She discovers former Muslims discussing their new belief that Isa is much more than a Muslim prophet—He is actually the Son of God. She becomes acquainted with an American girl of Muslim ancestry—now a devout Christian—Sara. Sara has problems of her own due to her brother Emir’s suspicious behavior.

Each finds their faith put to the test. Will they be true to their beliefs? Will God protect them, or will they pay the ultimate price for their faith?

Joey Pinkney: Where did you get the inspiration to write People of the Book?

Kathi Macias: People of the Book is one of four books in the Extreme Devotion series. Each of the four books takes place in a different country, Continue reading 5 Minutes, 5 Questions With… Kathi Macias, author of People of the Book →