Today, I’m going to share with you the story behind my first book, “The Price of Blood,” and why I decided to write it.

As a teen, I always struggled to find clean and entertaining Christian books. When I was younger, we lived near a library that had a nice selection of books for my age range. But when we moved to another state—and I got older—I began to find that my choices became more limited.

Yes, there are still clean books out there in the secular realm. And there are also quite a few Christian fiction works available. But I noticed that many of them either glossed over the faith they claimed to represent or tried to cram sermons into the story in an unnatural way.

Also, as a girl, many of the Christian books I found were romances. Now, I don’t mind reading a good love story, but it seemed that every Christian book with a female main character was a romance. There wasn’t a whole lot of diversity.

So, with all of this in mind, I came up with a solution. I was already a writer… so why not write the book that I wanted to read? One that was full of adventure, yet held a clear message of faith. One that didn’t shy away from the realities of life. One that any Christian young person could read and enjoy.

And that’s how “The Price of Blood” was born.

The book has changed a lot since I first started writing it, and so have I. But I’ve always tried to keep several goals in mind as I wrote:

1. That this book would be honoring to God
2. That I would write the book my younger self would want to read
3. That I would represent excellence in my writing
4. That anyone who read this book would have a clear message of faith and the gospel presented to them
5. That I would inspire myself and my readers to action

It is my prayer that I have accomplished these goals in “The Price of Blood,” and that I will continue to accomplish them in every book to come.

If you haven’t read “The Price of Blood” yet, be sure to go buy it on Amazon here. I hope you will enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it!

Comment below if you’ve read my book already!