Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all 31 stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 3 grand prizes!
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The hunt BEGINS with Stop #1 at Lisa Bergren’s site.
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Hunt through our loop using Chrome or Firefox as your browser (not Explorer).
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There is NO RUSH to complete the hunt—you have all weekend (until Sunday, 11/6)! So take your time, reading the unique posts along the way; our hope is that you discover new authors/new books.
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Submit your entry for the grand prizes by collecting the clue on each author’s scavenger hunt post and submitting your answer in the Rafflecopter form at Stop #31. Many authors are offering additional prizes along the way!
INTRODUCING
It’s my great honor and privilege to host SIBELLA GIORELLO for this Scavenger Hunt. She’s a skilled and talented writer, and she’s someone I respect and admire!
It’s the little town that could: Leavenworth, Washington.
Leavenworth, Washington
Back in the 1970s, this town was flat broke. But the town leaders–all descendants of good German stock–came up with a crazy plan to turn things around: They would turn Leavenworth into a replica of their homeland in Bavaria, Austria.
Unbelievably, it worked. And how. Today, Leavenworth attracts more than one million visitors each year. Sleigh rides at Christmas. Hiking the alps in spring. Summer outdoor theatre (“The Sound of Music” is perennial favorite). And in autumn, Oktoberfest.
And murder. Well, that’s what I thought about, spending many days in Leavenworth researching my latest mystery, The Waves Break Gray. Here are my three favorite things about this special place:
• The mountains. Air as crisp as green apples. Shock-blue sky. Granite peaks that stab at heaven like serrated knives (okay, see, crime fiction again…)
• The food. Bratwurst and onions roasting over flaming grills. Pastries with roasted apple filling. German chocolate that hits the taste buds like a drug (oh, sorry, it’s a habit).
• The people. Each morning, as we ate homemade cinnamon rolls, this gentleman (ed: photo) would climb onto the very edge of the hotel’s balcony, balance carefully, and blow his alpenhorn. The tone of this horn is somewhere between a pleasant song from an elephant and an air raid signaling we’re about to be bombed (I really can’t help it!)
You probably don’t want to travel with somebody like me who sees (maybe even hopes for) danger at every turn, but if you ever get a chance to visit Leavenworth, do not pass up the opportunity.
This little slice of Bavaria will steal your heart. (That’s just a saying. Right?)
Author Sibella Giorello
ABOUT SIBELLA GIORELLO
Sibella Giorello writes the bestselling mystery series featuring forensic geologist Raleigh Harmon. The first book in the series, “The Stones Cry Out,” won a Christy Award for excellence. Since then, more Raleigh Harmon mysteries have followed, including a bestselling YA series in which the 15-year-old budding geologist uses mineralogy to solve crimes in her hometown of Richmond, Virginia. A former newspaper reporter, Sibella’s journalism was twice-nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. She lives with her family in Washington state. Find out more by visiting her website, www.sibellawrites.com. And connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SibellaGiorelloAuthor
ABOUT THE WAVES BREAK GRAY
Everyone has a plan, until life crashes in
Raleigh Harmon earned a brazen reputation during her years with the FBI. Now, having parted ways with the Bureau, she hopes to rebuild some of those broken relationships—including a new romance with alpha-male agent Jack Stephanson.
That’s the plan …
But when a dead body literally crosses her path in the mountains of Washington state, Raleigh’s forced to choose between her personal life and her forensic skills to track a killer–a killer unlike any she’s ever encountered, and a murder with clues that don’t add up.
When she realizes the killer will strike again, Raleigh knows the only way to stop another murder is to put herself at the top of the killer’s list.
With innocent lives on the line, and the FBI watching her every move, can Raleigh save another innocent girl from a gruesome end–or will she only wind up with more regrets, and literal dead ends?
Praise for the Raleigh Harmon series:
“Giorello has won the Christy Award and has received two Pulitzer Prize nominations. When you read this book, you’ll see why.”
—Booklist, Starred Review
Here’s the Stop #16 Skinny:
You can order Sibella’s book on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, or at your local bookstore!
Clue to Write Down: watch over
Link to Stop #17, the Next Stop on the Loop: Sibella Giorello’s own site!
EXCLUSIVE BONUS GIVEAWAY
I love meeting new readers! So, here is a chance to dive into SIX Rapid-Fire Fiction novels: signed copies of these novels: OPERATION ZULU: REDEMPTION, RAPTOR 6, HAWK, FALCON, EMBERS, and ACCELERANT–PLUS a $25 Gift Card!
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Thank you for being part of the scavenger hunt. I love your books
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Aww, thank you, Deana!! So glad you dropped by!
I subscribed! Thanks for chance to win.
So glad, Lela ! Nice to meet you!
how long does it take too get the code i signed up
The rafflecopter form asks for my secret code that I should receive when I confirm my subscription to your newsletter, but I’ve already been subscribed for awhile and so have no way of receiving a confirmation email with a code again. Does this mean I can’t enter the giveaway? Was it only meant as a giveaway for new subscribers?
Author
Nope – you commented here, so it should let you enter in other ways. If not, commenting here will add you (assuming you’re subscribed).
I signed up for your newsletter a while back and don’t remember my code. May I still enter to win? If it’s only for first subscribers that’s fine, but thought I’d ask.
Author
Yes, you can still enter!
Thanks for having me over to play, Ronie! Happy hunting to all readers!!
Fascinating pictures! Sibella Giorello is a brand new author to me, so I will have to check out her books. Thanks for being part of the hunt!
Hi Becky, thank you for coming by. I hope you enjoy reading about Raleigh Harmon’s adventures in Leavenworth!
I am excited to read your novels. Have you been to Leavenworth for the tree lighting? It will be here before we know it!
Already a subscriber! Thanks for being in the scavenger hunt. 😀
Hey Ronie I already signed up for your newsletter, but couldn’t remember the code. So I won’t be able to enter the extra entries on rafflecopter
I love your books!!
Thanks for the opportunity to discover more Christian writers. It is such a joy to read about the journeys of other Christians, be they real or fictitious, to see how they solve the same issues that the rest of us face.
I look forward to your newsletter and checking out your Facebook page.
I subscribed but it didn’t give me a secret code so maybe I did something wrong! I put my email in to see if it’d do it and it didn’t not sure what I did 🙂 I am so excited to read your books I don’t believe I have! They look amazing! Thank you for being a part of the scavenger hunt!
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Since I already subscribe, here is my comment! (no secret code…) Thanks, Ronie!!
Signed,
Emilie’s Mom! (Connie)
I subscribed! I haven’t read any of your books yet, but I am excited to!
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As you already know, you are one of my all time favorite authors! I just got a text that Accelerant was delivered today!!!! Yay! Can hardly wait to get home!! Thanks! 🙂
Thanks for the hunt Im already a subscriber so I didnt get a code! Thanks for the fun hunt anyways:)
I am already a subscriber of your newsletter. I would love to read your books! Sibella is a new author to me. I would like to read your books too!
Donna, glad to meet you here! If you sign up for my newsletter, you get a free mystery short story. It’s a good way to see if my books are something you’d like. Thanks for stopping by!
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We haven’t read any of your books, but my teen boys would probably love all of these. Time to go check them out!
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I will verify your email address against the subscriber list, so then, your comment is the ‘code.’ 😀
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I hope you keep writing them… and I hope I find time to read them!
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Keep writing, and I’ll keep reading! 🙂
So excited for the new Raleigh Harmon book!! Can’t wait to read it!!! Thank you for being part of this year’s hunt and this extra giveaway. I am already a subscriber.
Hello Ronie, what an interesting story about the city that was special made, enjoyed reading about it. thanks for hosting Sibella Giorello ,I have not read this author and seeing more of her will be interesting.
thanks for being a part of the “Hunt”.
I haven’t actually heard of either author, so I am definitely glad I was able to participate in this years hunt! Really looking forward to reading your series!
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Becky
I’ve submitted the form to subscribe to your email twice, and have not gotten a verification email either time. Is there any way you can subscribe me? I’d really like to get your emails. jslegspoet(at)yahoo(dot)com
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I’ll makes sure you’re entered and, of course, on the mailing list. Thanks, Julia!
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Don’t stress! You will be added to the drawing and to the mailing list. Thanks!
Thank you.
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Thanks. 🙂
Every book I’ve read of yours has been EXCELLENT! I especially loved Operation: Zulu Redemption. And the Discarded Heroes series. They definitely earn the “Rapid Fire Fiction” name.
I was already subscribed to your newsletter, Ronie – so no code available. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!!
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Linda
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HI Ronie,
I just signed up for the newsletter. i will submit again if i get the code in time, but I’m writing here first due to time.
Thanks for the chance to win.
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Wow, what a fantastic giveaway, Ronie! Thanks for the opportunity!
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I love a good mystery, and I’m just being introduced to you through the scavenger hunt! I would love to win one of your books to get into the series! Thanks!
I recently acquired and started reading Sibella Giorello’s books. I’m a Washingtonian, as well and have visited Leavenworth a number of times. In fact, my friend’s parents own a B&B there.
I am already subscribed, so I don’t have a secret code to enter.