Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt Stop #23

by | Nov 6, 2019 | Heidi's Updates

Welcome to the Christian Fiction Scavenger Hunt! If you’ve just discovered the hunt, be sure to start at Stop #1, and collect the clues through all the stops, in order, so you can enter to win one of our top 5 grand prizes!

~ The hunt BEGINS on 11/7 at noon MST with Stop #1 at LisaTawnBergren.com.

~ Hunt through our loop using Chrome or Firefox as your browser (not Explorer).

~There is NO RUSH to complete the hunt—you have all weekend (until Sunday, 11/10 at midnight MST)! So take your time, reading the unique posts along the way; our hope is that you discover new authors/new books and learn new things about them.

~Submit your entry for the grand prizes by collecting the CLUE on each author’s scavenger hunt post and submitting your answer in the Rafflecopter form at the final stop, back on Lisa’s site. Many authors are offering additional prizes along the way!

Hi! My name’s Heidi Chiavaroli and I write split time fiction. My ideas are always inspired from actual history that I love to carry into fiction, taking both present-day and historical characters on a connected journey. I live in Massachusetts with my husband and two sons. You can learn more about me and all my books here on my website and on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

My newest release, The Edge of Mercy, was inspired by a local legend I discovered when hiking in the woods with my boys. It’s about a woman in a troubled marriage who receives a dying request from an elderly neighbor to find a long-lost daughter and relay a centuries-old family story–a story about a young colonist forced into an unwanted betrothal but drawn to a man forbidden by society. 

While I usually get my ideas from actual history, this story was inspired by something else…a haunting legend.

Creating Fiction From Legend

My boys were obsessed with the rock. Climbing it, exploring its caves, retelling the haunting legend we’d read just that morning surrounding the gigantic boulder called Abram’s Rock.

“I wonder why he left his tribe?”

“Or how scared he was to jump?”

I reminded my boys it was only a legend–we couldn’t be certain there was actually a Wampanoag named Abram who was forced to jump from the massive heights of the rock as punishment for deserting his tribe. We couldn’t be certain, and yet my own mind was already taking off with a story. A story about a man running from everything he’d ever known. A story about a young colonist finding him and falling in love with him while feeling the need to be loyal to her family and a vow of betrothal they had already made on her behalf.

The Edge of Mercy came alive for me in those woods. The legend, the setting, and the actual history surrounding Massachusetts’ colonial days stirred it to life. 

Here’s the Stop #23 Skinny:

If you’re interested, you can order The Edge of Mercy on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million or at your local bookstore

Clue to Write Down: October.”

Link to Stop #24, the Next Stop on the Loop: Dorothy Adamek’s site

But wait! Before you go, I’m offering three books to three different entrants (winner’s choice–Freedom’s Ring, The Hidden Side, or The Edge of Mercy). All you have to do is Sign Up To Get My Newsletter or note that you’re already a subscriber in the comments below. Additional points to those who follow me on Goodreads, Bookbub, or Instagram–Entry Form Here. (USA only) 

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