Bøker av Mary Ann McRaney

Sixteen year old Josh Stewart has it all. The good-looking football player is part of the cool crowd at school. So why is he smoking pot to dull his senses? Why is he contemplating driving his truck into a thicket of pine trees? His Christian upbringing is causing conflict with his weekday life of fitting in with the popular kids. What is a guy to do? Josh's grandmother knows. It is her prayers for her grandson and the heaven sent guardian angel on assignment that helps Josh figure out how to stay on the path that God has for him. With his new friend Gabby's guidance, Josh begins to see what is truly important and how to stand up for what he believes as well as wait for what God has for him. Many lessons are learned as the relationship between Josh and Gabby deepens. A friend's betrayal, seeing an old friend in a new light, facing one's fears, finding the confidence to be who God wants you to be, and saying goodbye are all part of the growing up process for Josh in this third book in the guardian angel series by the author. Mary Ann McRaney continues to write Christian fiction is an effort to pierce the darkness with the light of God's message of love and hope. Her books encourage young people to look at relevant topics and problems from a Christian perspective where supernatural help is available. Heaven Sent is the third book in her guardian angel series following Friends Forever and Blood of the Lamb. As a retired educator, the author feels blessed to be able to influence kids with positive messages that point them to the true light, a Heavenly Father, whose love and compassion are so needed in the world today.

Once again Gabby, the guardian angel character introduced in the author's first book Friends Forever, is on an assignment from God to help a young girl who is crying out for help. This time her name is Jessica Vale, and the setting of the story is New Orleans where voodoo is the very real evil that must be faced by the young characters. After a series of tragedies beset her family, Jessica finds herself being drawn into the darkness with painful consequences. One new friend encourages her to seek solace from the darkness while Gabby provides the light which uncovers the voodoo curse that threatens to destroy the Vale family. As the story progresses, a battle between darkness and light is waged for Jessica's very soul. But evil is no match for the secret weapon the young angel carries in a golden vial on a chain around her neck. The blood of the Lamb secures the victory over demonic plans of revenge by a voodoo priestess for a tragic death which took place years ago. True friendship wins in the end as evil is exposed and dealt with in horrific circumstances. Another successful assignment is completed by Gabby as she leaves Jessica's family restored and her friend free to become the person God created her to be. Mary Ann McRaney spent over thirty years in the classroom with most of that time as a middle school English teacher. Upon retirement in 2008, God called her to write books with positive Christian messages for kids. Friends Forever was her first book, and now she has followed it with Blood of the Lamb, the second book in a planned series about the assignments of a guardian angel named Gabriella. The author hopes her books will be beacons of light in an increasingly dark world, and that kids will benefit from God's message of love and hope.