Please join me in welcoming Renee Blare this week. She has a great story behind her brand new release Through Raging Waters. Here’s a little bit about the book.

If Mother Nature has her way, Timber Springs will never be the same…

A warm spring and early rainstorms melt the snowpack. Spring runoff compounded by the storm of the century sends Timber Springs into a tailspin.
Tossed into the role of rescuer, local pharmacist Paul Fitzgerald must face his past before the whole world falls apart. While he fights to contain the beast around him, he finds his steadfast control slipping through his fingers. And life…everyone’s life…hangs by a thread once again.
She isn’t a hero. Melissa Hampton has her own demons to battle. After she learns of her mysterious beginnings amidst her mother’s keepsakes, she faces more than just the river rushing outside her door. Now, she must discern friend from foe…but as waters rise and tension climbs within Timber Springs, she needs to rise to the challenge or lose the only man she’s ever loved.

Can two people find each other through raging waters?

What an interesting premise behind this story, Renee. Tell us a little bit about what inspired you to write the book.

Every story has a beginning, middle, and end…for the most part. You open a book and let it take you to another time and place. Why? Because it can. Some may ease your mind there with barely a flutter while others crash along your cognizance like the percussion section of an orchestra. My new novel, Through Raging Waters is the latter.
I sat down in front of my white board to brainstorm for this novel about two years ago. At that time, I “knew” the overall premise and spiritual battle for the book. I thought I understood what God wanted me to write. The lessons, the dependence…I even knew how He wanted me to show it all. Boy, was I wrong…
About two chapters into the penning of the book, my world froze…literally. My shoulder froze and remained that way remainder of the project. Excruciating and thorough as it was, physical therapy offered no help.
But I wasn’t just in pain, I was angry. I may be a writer, but I’m also a pharmacist. A day at work day was torture. Now add three days of PT to that each week. When nothing worked and I still suffered, I lashed out. I cried. And through it all, God taught me that it was okay.
I could be the smartest person on the planet, but He still knew more than I did. I was a weak, human creature. He was the almighty God. And only through His power and strength I was much more powerful than I could ever be alone. I wasn’t in control.
Each word—scene materialized from memory or circumstance. The agony shooting through my body and mind surged onto the page like the river in the story. You can find it in the raging waters, and the turmoil of the characters.
Life isn’t easy. God never promises it will be, but He gives us the strength to face whatever comes. Love conquers all—His love.
I’m so thankful! God led me Through my Raging Waters.

Raised in Louisiana and Wyoming, Renee started writing poetry in junior high school. After having her son, a desire to attend pharmacy school sent her small family to the University of Wyoming in Laramie, and she’s been counting pills ever since. While writing’s her first love, well, after the Lord and husband, she also likes to fish and hunt as well as pick away on her classical guitar.
Nestled in the foothills of the Wind River Mountains with her husband, crazy dogs and ornery cat, she continues to serve her community as a pharmacist while penning her Christian stories any chance she can get. She loves to interact with readers and invites you check out her website, blog, and social media.

Book Trailer: https://youtu.be/tE055Wyzaso

Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Through-Raging-Waters-Renee-Blare-ebook/dp/B01HBSB9BM/

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Renee is also giving away a copy of Through Raging Waters. Enter below.

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Thanks for joining us, Renee!