Query Stage In the Eye of Deception: Inspirational Creative Non-fiction.
Everything looks good from the outside but no one knows what goes on behind closed doors. Sarah was raised in a strict Jewish home. Her parents held high positions in the synagogue but at home they emotionally and physically abused their two daughters. To cope, Sarah becomes a drug addict and develops a serious eating disorder and self injury problem. When life can't get any worse, she is pulled into a cult, held for six months and raped. She finally comes to know the Lord yet continues to struggle with self destructive problems. Through the help of a Christian counselor she is finally able to find freedom.

Pamela Santerre was a bright, overweight young woman outcast from the hormonally-charged waters of puberty. But when she loses 100 lbs to fit into a prom dress, she suddenly finds herself thrust into a sexually charged world she isn't prepared for. Santerre gives voice to the struggle to reconcile Catholic morality with modernity. Here the events unfold episodically the way she remembers life from the euphoria of a first love to the guilt of apologizing to a dying loved one. Most importantly, Santerre pairs the character that we all have in our lives with mature interpretation of the events that shaper her—and our—adulthood.

http://confessionsofacocktailnapkin.blogspot.com/

Though downtrodden and fearful, immersed in bizarre situations with dopers and drunkards, exposed to the erratic behaviors, sought after by sexual predators and haunted by a heavy-breathing ghost, remarkably, the much neglected Marcelle continues to endure and triumph, ending her chronicles with a prophetic worldly vision.

Based on true life.

(Manuscript to be sent in Summer of 2009)

~ Marcie Ciampi
Spectrummother on Twitter : )

It's a Christian action/adventure about a team that goes into foreign countries to extract Christian workers who are under serious persecution or have been kidnapped. It reads like a spy novel, with disguises, aliases, and suspense. The unique thing is that the team, though all ex-military or ex-CIA, have all become Christians and they no longer want to kill even their enemies, so they only use non-lethal weapons. There is a strong spiritual battle going on as well, with the demonic antagonist trying to thwart their every move.

Thank you, Rachelle!