Yes. I needed confirmation and I got it. I found this on a blog tour notorious for reviewing only CBA Christian fiction and not fiction by other authors who have been approved for distribution to the Christian market by Spring Arbor. This tour refused to tour Forever Richard but HA, it didn't matter. This excerpt came from a reader who was reviewing what CBA wanted to claim at the time was the first Christian vampire novel when it in fact was simply the first book published by a CBA affiliated house that dared to dabble in something that seemed to be vampirish (despite what they advertise and say no CBA affiliated house will put out a vampire novel. Their core market won't read it and will threaten to burn the book at the stake.) In the review you'll find this comment:
. . . Sue Dent's "Never Ceese" takes the honor of being the first with a redemptive vampire. . .
What? What? What? Ah well, one sentence but hey, it's something. :)
For the record, my stories aren't the first with a redemptive vampire mine are simply the first vampire/werewolf story that appealed to that closed market of CBA Christian readers whose affiliated publishers won't put out such stories. Nevertheless, it's good to get a mention and it's certainly good to know that readers are paying attention. :)
Thanks for playing along in my "Friday Finds" event, Sue! And, thanks for the comment! :)
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