Deliver Me From Evil Virtual Book Tour, October 2011

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Join Kathi Macias, author of the Christian contemporary suspense novel, Deliver Me From Evil (New Hope Publishers, September 5, 2011), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in October 2011 on her eighth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book!

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About Kathi Macias

Kathi Macias is a multi-award winning writer who has authored more than 30 books and ghostwritten several others. A former newspaper columnist and string reporter, Kathi has taught creative and business writing in various venues and has been a guest on many radio and television programs. Kathi is a popular speaker at churches, women’s clubs and retreats, and writers’ conferences, and won the 2008 Member of the Year award from AWSA (Advanced Writers and Speakers Association). Kathi “Easy Writer” Macias lives in Homeland, CA, with her husband, Al, where the two of them spend their free time buzzing around in their new ride: Al’s 2005 sunburst orange Corvette. Here latest releases are Deliver Me From Evil and A Christmas Journey Home.

You can find out more about Kathi’s writing and speaking at www.kathimacias.com

About Deliver Me From Evil

Deliver Me from Evil introduces readers to Mara, an eighteen-year-old girl who has been enslaved for nearly ten years, having been sold by her parents in Mexico and then smuggled across the border into San Diego where she was forced into sexual slavery. Readers will also meet 18-year-old, Bible-college-bound Jonathan and his 16-year-old sister, Leah, whose paths cross Mara’s and who become involved in her dramatic rescue.

Interwoven between the stories of Mara, Jonathan, and Leah is the heartbreaking story of another young woman in captivity in the Golden Triangle of Thailand, whose past life mysteriously connects to the young people in San Diego. Deliver Me from Evil cover

Read an excerpt!

Prologue

Mara fought to breathe against the thick darkness that pressed her down. The closet was so small…so dark and cramped. Impossible to stretch out, whether lying down or standing up. How long had it been now? Hours? Days? The blackness was too complete, the confines too cramped even to venture a guess.

She’d been in what they all termed “the hole” before, but not for a while now. In the beginning, before she’d learned to obey the rules without question or hesitation, she had often found herself confined in what felt like a tomb, wondering how long it would take before she crossed so far into insanity that there was no way back. And though the times in the hole were the worst, life outside the silent box wasn’t much better. To survive, Mara had quickly learned to remove herself from the horrifying reality that had become her life, to travel far away in her mind where the torture was only a distant terror, one she could endure if she disciplined herself to think of something else. Eventually she had become one of the most compliant of the twenty or more wretched creatures that dwelled in this nameless location, which she had come to understand was somewhere in the San Diego area of Southern California, not far from the Mexican border. As a result, her trips to the hole became only a vague yet obedience-motivating memory.

But this time she had dared to break a rule, not openly but secretly, praying to a god she didn’t really believe in to protect her. Unfortunately, the nonexistent god had apparently chosen not to answer her prayer, and she had been caught and severely punished—beaten mercilessly and thrown into the hole without food or water—because she had allowed the face of a young child to entice her to venture beyond the tentative bounds of safety.

And for what? Not only had she failed to help the girl escape, but she had probably caused her to be thrown into the hole as well, for there were several such confines within the compound. Nearly as bad as being in the claustrophobic enclosure herself was knowing that a captive no older than six or seven was being held in a similar prison nearby, terrified beyond imagining.

When would Mara learn? She herself hadn’t been much older than the tiny child when she was spirited away from her previous life, never again to see her home or family or anything else familiar. Thrust into a world of violence and perversion, Mara had learned to endure the most nightmarish and degrading of conditions. Though at first she had cried and begged to go home to her parents, even though they too had beaten and abused her, she finally came to understand that it was her father who had sold her into this new life from which there was no escape—and her very own uncle, her “tio” who had arranged the sale and was now her owner. And that was the worst part of it all—realizing that no one would ever come to rescue her, for those who should care enough to try were the ones who put her there—all for the price of a few weeks worth of drugs or alcohol, possibly even some food.

With that realization, Mara had chosen to harden her heart and do whatever she must to get through, one day at a time—sometimes one moment at a time. That was how she had gained the tiniest amount of freedom and privileges, being fed more regularly and even allowed to walk relatively unhindered around the small compound that had become her world—so long as she continued to obey her tio and his two henchmen without question.

But then the little girl with the terrified eyes had arrived, bound and gagged, bloody and bruised…and everything had changed.

Read the reviews!

Deliver Me from Evil will grip your mind and heart from the opening chapter and refuse to let go till you reluctantly close the back cover. Kathi Macias tackles a dark and difficult issue with compelling, complex characters, and vivid prose. This novel will change you.”

James L. Rubart Bestselling author of ROOMS, BOOK OF DAYS, and THE CHAIR

“Macias tackles one of our world’s most perplexing social issues with intense realism and hope. Deliver Us from Evil reveals depth, honesty, and grace to guide readers toward a deeper faith and a heart challenged to make a difference in our world.”

-Dillon Burroughs, activist and co-author of Not in My Town

Watch the trailer on YouTube!

Deliver Me From Evil Virtual Book Tour Schedule

Monday, October 3rd

Book reviewed at 4 the Love of Books

Tuesday, October 4th

Book reviewed at Reviews from the Heart

Wednesday, October 5th

Book reviewed at By the Book

Book reviewed at Finding Hope through Fiction

Thursday, October 6th

Book reviewed at Carpe Libris

Book reviewed at Splashes of Joy

Friday, October 7th

Book reviewed at Reading, Writing & Ruckus books

Monday, October 10th

Book reviewed and giveaway at The Book Connection

Book reviewed and guest blogging at Just Another Book Addict

Tuesday, October 11th

Book reviewed at Life in Review

Wednesday, October 12th

Book reviewed at Reviews by Molly

Book reviewed at Freda’s Voice

Thursday, October 13th

Book reviewed at Okbo Lover

Book reviewed at The Phantom Paragrapher

Friday, October 14th

Book reviewed at Words I Write Crazy

Book reviewed at Legacy of a Writer

TBD: One Day at a Time

Kathi Macias’  DELIVER ME FROM EVIL VIRTUAL BOOK TOUR OCTOBER ’11 will officially begin on October 3 and end on October 14, 2011. This tour is now full. Thank you for your interest!

If you would like to book your own virtual book tour with us, click here to find out how!


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