Meet and Greet: Lisa Harris

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Award-winning author of twenty novels and novellas, Lisa Harris lives with her husband and their three children in Mozambique, Africa, where they work as missionaries. When she’s not busy writing or home schooling, she loves traveling, cooking different ethnic foods, and going on game drives through the African bush. Visit her website at www.lisaharriswrites.com and her blog at www.myblogintheheartofafrica.blogspot.com.  

Dear Reader, 

I’m thrilled for the chance to drop by and chat for a few minutes about words and books, something I love and am guessing most of you love as well!

My family and I live in Mozambique, Africa where we are currently involved in discipleship training and some humanitarian projects. We’ve also been blessed to be able to travel extensively throughout Europe and Africa and more recently Brazil, where we learned Portuguese. On top of ministry and writing, one of my main priorities right now is my kids, whom we home school. Life is definitely full!

 

My time in Africa prompted the desire to write a book set here. Blood Ransom is a fast-paced novel of suspense with a thread of romance and will take you deep into the heart of Africa where lives will change forever.

Natalie Sinclair is working to eradicate the diseases decimating whole villages in the Republic of Dhambizao, when she meets Dr. Chad Talcott, a surgeon on sabbatical from a lucrative medical practice now volunteering at a small clinic.

Meanwhile, things are unraveling in Dhambizao. Joseph Komboli returns to his village to discover rebel soldiers abducting his family and friends. Those that were too old or weak to work lay motionless in the African soil. When Chad and Natalie decide to help Joseph expose this modern-day slave trade—and a high-ranking political figure involved in it—disaster nips at their heels.

Where is God in the chaos? Will Chad, Natalie and Joseph win their race against time?

Romance and adventure drive this powerful thriller about the modern-day slave trade and those who dare challenge it.

In writing Blood Ransom, I wanted tell a story about ordinary people who end up doing extraordinary things for God through His strength, just like Gideon, David, and Esther. I think it’s a powerful lesson to realize that no matter how “small” we might feel, God can still use us.

As for future projects, I just turned in the second book in the series that will be released next spring. Until the edits for that story start rolling in, I’ll be writing a Romantic Suspense for Summerside Press, also set in Africa, that I’m really excited about.

To lean more about life in Africa and my books, I’d love to have you drop by my website and blog and while you’re there, leave a comment and say hi!

Thanks so much for having me, Janalyn! 

View the Book Video for Blood Ransom in the right sidebar of this blog, or full sized in the Suspense page.

Links to purchase Blood Ransom:

Zondervan:- http://www.zondervan.com/Cultures/en-US/Product/ProductDetail.htm?ProdID=com.zondervan.9780310319054&QueryStringSite=Zondervan

Christianbooks.com- http://www.christianbook.com/blood-ransom-mission-hope/lisa-harris/9780310319054/pd/319054?item_code=WW&netp_id=636694&event=ESRCN&view=details

Book Giveaway for Blood Ransom: Leave a comment on this interview to enter. Entries will be accepted until this Wednesday at midnight (Pacific time). The winner will be posted on this blog on Friday.