C. J. has
been in love with reading since she was a kid dragging home bags of books from
the library. When she was twelve she started dreaming about becoming a
published author. That dream came true when her first novel Thicker than Blood
won a national writing contest. It became the first book in the Thicker than
Blood series, which also includes Bound by Guilt, Ties that Bind and Running
on Empty.
She has also
written Jupiter Winds and Jupiter Storm the first and second books in the
Jupiter Winds series. Her children's fantasy Alison Henry and the Creatures of
Torone will release in June.
C. J. lives in Pennsylvania with her family,
their menagerie of dogs, a tabby cat, and a Paint mare named Sky.
The Thicker than Blood Collection includes Books 1-4 in the Thicker than Blood series. While each book stands entirely on its own, we suggest reading them in order.
Thicker than
Blood (Book 1)
Bound by
Guilt (Book 2)
Ties that
Bind (Book 3)
Running on
Empty (Book 4)
These
contemporary Christian fiction novels tell the stories of hurting people in
need of redemption. They struggle, they hurt, but through it all, they come to
realize that God's love truly is thicker than blood.
Jupiter
Winds
Book 1
Ever since
Grey Alexander’s parents disappeared five years ago, she’s had one goal—to keep
herself and her younger sister Rin alive. But surviving in the North American
Wildlife Preserve isn’t easy, especially for the unconnected who can be shot on
sight by border patrol robot drones. Through the guidance of their eccentric
old neighbor Mrs. March, Grey and Rin get through by smuggling contraband into
the Mazdaar government’s city zones.
But when
Grey is captured by the merciless General Evangeline Yurkutz and is forced to
become bait for her mother and father, she questions everything she thought she
knew about her life in the Preserve and her missing parents. Is it possible
Jupiter isn’t uninhabitable? And could this planet, whose sky swirls with
orange vapors and where extinct-on-Earth creatures roam free, hold the key to
reuniting her family?
Jupiter Storm
Book 2
Only a week
ago Grey Alexander thought she and her sister were orphans. And like everyone
else she believed Jupiter was uninhabitable. Now she’s standing on its surface,
reunited with her mom and dad, and on the brink of an interplanetary war.
The
government of Mazdaar is ruthlessly determined to claim Jupiter like they
already have Earth, but Grey has joined her parents and Commander Fleur March
in the Yien Dynasty’s resistance effort. Jupiter, where extinct animals roam
free and seem to have an uncanny ability to communicate with her sister, is the
last hope for the freedom of mankind.
When Mazdaar
unexpectedly descends with a fleet of their terrifying Triangle jets, Grey and
her family barely escape with their lives. Cut off from reinforcements and
traveling in a ship full of strangers, who can they trust? Surely not Dana
Yurkutz, the traitorous prisoner who even though she inexplicably saved Grey’s
life is still loyal to Mazdaar.
Deception is
their enemy’s most powerful weapon and light and darkness soon blur on this
new frontier. Nothing is as it first seems, and Grey and Dana must each choose
sides before it’s too late.
I remember when I read her book Thicker than blood. It was a "Can't put it down" until I finished it kind of book. From that moment on I was engaged by her writing.I can't wait to read the Jupitor series.
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