Audra Jennings

Part 2 of an Interview with Andrew Huff, Author of Cross Shadow Looking for a fast-paced, action-packed summer read? Look no further than Andrew Huff’s Cross Shadow , the follow-up to the A Cross to Kill , a nominee for ACFW’s Carol Award in the Debut category. The Shepherd Suspense series features John Cross, a former CIA assassin turned small town pastor who keeps finding himself in precarious situations. As much as he wanted to leave his old life behind, he comes to the realization that you can never really leave the Central Intelligence Agency. Is he really where God wants him to be? Huff’s characters wrestle with faith, forgiveness, and redemption in middle of a plot packed with danger. He wants his series to take the Bible and the church seriously while offering the same kind of jaw-dropping action some of his favorite novels and films such as Mission: Impossible, Jason Bourne , and James Bond excel at. Q: How did John and Christine, the leading lady of ...

  Part 1 of an Interview with Andrew Huff, Author of Cross Shadow All journalist Christine Lewis wants is the truth. There’s always more to the story, and she can’t rest until she uncovers it. All pastor John Cross wants is to avoid the truth. Given his prior life, he thinks hiding the truth can protect those he cares about. A journalist out for the truth and a pastor avoiding it sounds somewhat backward, but that’s where Christine and John find themselves in Andrew Huff’s Cross Shadow (Kregel Publications), the second installment of the Shepherd Suspense series. When Christine hears that her stepbrother has been arrested for murder in Texas, she vows to get to the bottom of the crime and prove his innocence. Christine wants to investigate on her own, but when John arrives, they team up again to discover the truth about the crime. Untangling a web of intrigue, the couple finds themselves in the center of another dangerous situation and in trouble far deeper than they e...

Enter the giveaway at the bottom of the post Over the next few weeks, the I Read with Audra reviewers will be featuring Cross Shadow  by Andrew Huff, the second in the Shepherd suspense series from Kregel.  Read more about the book and enter to win a copy for yourself! I'm in middle of reading this one right now, and can't wait to finish it. About the book: All journalist Christine Lewis wants is the truth. All pastor John Cross wants is to avoid it. Former CIA agent turned evangelical pastor John Cross is busy caring for the small community of believers he ministers to in Virginia. Journalist Christine Lewis is busy with the demand for her talents from top news agencies in New York City. Neither has any time left for their relationship, which began eight months before when they paired up to prevent the detonation of a chemical bomb in the nation's capital. But when Christine hears that her stepbrother has been arrested for murder in Texas, they tea...

Once You Find It, There’s No Escaping the Truth Small-town pastor John Cross can’t seem to keep himself out of danger All journalist Christine Lewis wants is the truth. There’s always more to the story, and she can’t rest until she uncovers it. All pastor John Cross wants is to avoid the truth. Given his prior life, he thinks hiding the truth can protect those he cares about. A journalist out for the truth and a pastor avoiding it sounds somewhat backward, but that’s where Christine and John find themselves in Andrew Huff’s Cross Shadow (Kregel Publications/May 26, 2020/ISBN: 9780825446450/$15.99), the second installment of the Shepherd Suspense series. John and Christine met in the pages of A Cross to Kill when John, a former CIA agent turned evangelical pastor, was called back in on a mission to rescue Christine, who had been captured and was set for execution in Jordan. After John disappeared as quickly as he appea...

Cross Shadow by Andrew Huff is releasing soon, and I am looking for bloggers who love suspense to review it! If you were on the tour for  A Cross to Kill, this is what you've been waiting for! If you weren't, that's OK too! We'll catch you up on the series since this is book two in the Shepherd Suspense series. I hope you will join me in launching this series by signing up for the tour! The dates will be June 2-16. When I send out all the details ahead of the tour, I'll have a Q&A you can use, we'll do a book gi...

Part 2 of an Interview with Andrew Huff, Author of A Cross to Kill In Andrew Huff’s A Cross to Kill (Kregel Publications) , John Cross is a small-town pastor, bent on leading his flock to follow God’s calling. He’s not the sort of man one would expect to have a checkered past. But the truth is that the man behind the pulpit preaching to his sheep was once a wolf—an assassin for the CIA. When John decided to follow Christ, he put that work behind him, determined to pay penance for all the lives he took. However, putting away his old life isn’t as easy as he would have liked. A Cross to Kill is not only a riveting story of suspense, it’s also a deep exploration of the moral quandaries that face those who choose to follow the Prince of Peace in a violent world. One of the biggest questions John must face is whether there is ever any legitimate justification for the taking of another person’s life. Is killing ever justified? “The Scripture could not be clearer that we are not ...