Hello, reader friends, and welcome to the weekend! Since it’s Saturday, it’s time to introduce you to another author.
I first discovered Amanda Dykes when I read her novella in The Message in a Bottle Romance Collection, which released in 2017. Anyone who writes a novella that includes the first performance of Handel’s Water Music is going to get my attention! And now—or perhaps more accurately, in ten days’ time—Amanda’s first full-length novel will release with Bethany House, and there is an accompanying novella that you can get for free!
About the Book
Deep in a New England forest, an ancient tree stands at the center of a tale passed down through the generations. So much so, that the residents of Ansel-by-the-Sea, Maine, no longer know what is truth and what is fable. A woman fleeing in the night, rumors of treason, revolution, retribution . . .
When Savannah Mae Thorpe, born and raised near the golden sands of the South, arrives with a version of the story unlike any heard before, she finds herself the unlikely leader of an expedition into the woods to discover the truth. With help from local lumberjack Alastair Bliss, who holds a shadowed past of his own, her search to discover the truth of the Atonement Tree may have unexpected ramifications on her life–and the lives of those around her.
A tale of origins, this novella is a story complete on its own but also an invitation to discover the legacy that came before the story of Robert Bliss, the fisherman-poet who changed the tide of a nation with his unsuspecting words in Amanda’s full-length novel, Whose Waves These Are.
Up From the Sea can be downloaded for free from retailers such as Amazon, iTunes, CBD, and Barnes & Noble.
Discover a new author this weekend when you download your free copy of "Up From the Sea" by Amanda Dykes! This post from Fiction Aficionado has all the details.
As I mentioned above, Amanda’s full-length novel Whose Waves These Are releases on 30 April 2019. You can learn more about this title by clicking on the graphic below (affiliate link). Amanda also has three historical novellas currently available for purchase. The first is part of the aforementioned Message in a Bottle Romance Collection, and the other two, Bespoke and Tin Can Serenade, are Christmas novellas.
What are you waiting for? Go and discover a new author!
About the Author
Amanda Dykes is the author of Bespoke: A Tiny Christmas Tale, the critically-acclaimed bicycle story that invited readers together to fund bicycles for missionaries in Asia. A former English teacher, she has a soft spot for classic literature and happy endings. She is a drinker of tea, a dweller of Truth, and a spinner of hope-filled tales, grateful for the grace of a God who loves extravagantly.
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I’m so looking forward to reading Whose Waves You Are! Thanks for the spotlight on Amanda!
Would love to enter a giveaway where I could win a print copy of her book, especially since Amanda Dykes is a new-to-me author! Thanks!
Katie, what a wonderful surprise this post was! I love that you enjoyed “attending” Handel’s Water Music. When I learned it had been performed on floating barges down the Thames, I knew it had to end up in a book someday. 😉 Thank you for the joy of this post, and the joy of you!!