LitFUSE Blog Tour: Mission of Mercy Series

About Susan:  Susan May Warren is the RITA award-winning author of thirty novels with Tyndale, Barbour, Love Inspired and Summerside Press.  A four-time Christy award finalist, a two-time RITA Finalist, she’s also a multi-winner of the Inspirational Readers Choice award, and the ACFW Carol Award.  A seasoned women’s events speaker, she’s a popular writing teacher at conferences around the nation and the author of the beginning writer’s workbook: From the Inside-Out: discover, create and publish the novel in you! She is also the founder of My Book Therapy, a story-crafting service that helps authors discover their voice.


For more about Susan and her other books, please visit her newly-updated website at www.susanmaywarren.com.


About The Mercy of Missions series:


Three heroes, all on missions of mercy, who discover that God not only saves us from evil, but from the darkness inside.

Point of No Return: An American boy and a warlord's engaged daughter have disappeared-together-in an Eastern European border country. Only one man can find them in time to prevent an international meltdown-Chet Stryker. But Chet is taken aback when he realizes the boy is the nephew of Mae Lund, Chet's former flame. When Mae insists on rescuing her relative herself, Chet knows he has to protect her from the enemy on their trail. Yet can he protect himself from falling for Mae again?

Mission: Out of Control: Brody "Wick" Wickham is a former Green Beret turned security agent-with a 100 percent mission success rate. No way is his new assignment changing that. Even if it's protecting a diva American rock star while she's on tour in Europe . Except Veronica "Vonya" Wagner isn't just a beautiful celebrity used to having her way-she's the daughter of a U.S. Senator. And she's hiding a dangerous secret. When Wick discovers what's at stake, how far over the line will he go to keep them both alive?

Undercover Pursuit: The only way to get security agent Luke Dekker to a wedding? An undercover mission as groomsman. He'll bust the groom, a drug cartel heir, before anyone can say "I do." Then Luke can escape all this love and romance nonsense-and the too pretty bridesmaid/agent assigned as his "fiancée" for the weekend. Until Luke discovers that sweet, vulnerable Scarlett Hanson isn't his contact. Isn't an agent. Isn't trained for the high-stakes mission now trapping them both. And worse, Luke's falling for her-which is not part of the assignment.  Lisa's Thoughts  I received these books for free in exchange for participating in this blog tour. Even if I hadn't received the books, they would have been automatic buys for me. Susie talked about this series a while back, and I couldn't wait to read them. If you read her Mission: Russia series, you'll be pleased to know this series is a continuation of that one. Favorites from the Mission: Russia series are named in these books. I love the way Susie crafts high energy plots, characters that grip your hearts and settings that make you feel as if you were there. Her plots kept me turning pages. Each time I thought about putting down the book, something new happened that kept me sucked in to the very end. Her flawed characters help us to realize Christians do not have to be perfect to find redemption. The emotional journeys with the characters had me laughing and tearing up. Her word choices and descriptive painting created a visual world for me to picture as I read. A visual vacation. If you like page-turning plots that will cause you to hold your breath, real characters who stumble and fall, but learn God will be their rescuer in those dark place, then Point of No Return, Mission: Out of Control and Undercover Pursuit are books you will want to read!

Susan May Warren is thrilled to announce the release of her 3 book Missions of Mercy series!


Three heroes, all on missions of mercy, who discover that God not only saves us from evil, but from the darkness inside.


Point of No Return: Can God deliver us from our mistakes? This question is posed to Chet and Mae as they race to save Mae’s nephew from an evil warlord in the Republic of Georgia. More here.


Mission: Out of Control: Does God turn his back on us when we fail? Brody and Vonya discover the answer as they conspire to capture an international smuggler and free a child soldier from war. More here.


Undercover Pursuit: What if we deliberately sin and harbor bitterness in our hearts? Is there a rescue from the dark places inside? Luke and Scarlett find out as they work to protect a bride-turned-informant whose courage could dismantle a human trafficking web. More here.

To celebrate the series, Susan is giving away a Missions of Mercy Prize Pack worth over $200! One grand prize winner will receive:


* A brand new FLIP HD Camera
* The entire Missions of Mercy series


Enter today by clicking one of the icons below. You may enter once per email, facebook, and twitter. The contest ends on May 31st. Tell your friends! Winner will be announced on June 1st at the Litfuse Publicity site and at Susan May Warren's website. (While you're there, check out her rockin' new website!)

Visit the other blogs on this tour to learn more about Susan May Warren and her Missions of Mercy blog tour!

Sometimes You Have to Want it Badly Enough

With the help of SparkPeople and accountability partners, I’m striving to lose weight. Again. My weight has been a constant battle for the past 15 years . Part of my weight increase stems from health issues, but some comes from liking food and disliking exercise.

Losing weight is more helpful this time because I have a tangible goal—Lakeside Reunion, my debut novel releases this fall. I would like to have a stronger, healthier, and smaller body by my book launch party on November 5.

With SparkPeople and Leslie Sansone’s Walk Away the Pounds, I’m able to stay within my nutritional limits and strengthen my body in a way that doesn’t feel like work. This time, I want it enough to make it happen.

The same goes with writing.

You’ve heard people say “I want to write a book someday.” The difference between those who do and those who don't is writers write.  

Many wanna-be writers have plenty of reasons—lack of time, lack of ability, lack of inspiration.  

Time is tough when you’re juggling family, work, and life, but it can be done. Several years ago, I worked full-time, went to school part-time, cared for my family, and still wrote. It wasn’t easy. I wanted it badly enough so I did it.  

I hosted a My Book Therapy chat last year about Carving Out Writing Time. FlyLadysays you can do anything in 15 minutes. One of my favorite writing tools is adownloadable timer. My Book Therapy offers amazing resources to learn the craft of writing. And inspiration is everywhere.

You may be going through challenges in your life right now—job changes, losses of loved ones, health issues. This post isn’t meant to make you feel guilty about not writing. Those stresses make it hard to focus on a fictional happily ever after. Capture those feelings in an emotional journal to use when you do have time to write. You’ll be able to provide a deeper emotional journey for your characters and a stronger reading experience for your audience.

Stretch your writing muscles. If you want to write, find 15 minutes in your day, and write something. Keep at it each day and soon, you'll see the fruits of your labor. 

Your Turn: Are you a writer or someone who plans to write someday? If you’re a writer, how do you write through the tough times? If you’re not writing yet, but want to, what steps do you have in place to get started? How can the MBT Ponderers help you?