Last Updates: 5/19/8 Never Forsaken is PUBLISHED!!!
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The Bennett Vignettes is a historical series of nine fictional,
Christian romance books. The series was introduced with the
characters of my first book No Accident.
Bennett is the name of one of the main families in the
storyline, and it is also a family name in my own family tree!
A vignette--pronounced vin-YET--is defined as "a delicate
drawing or story" or "a vine". I couldn't help but think that
they are stories that I hope will bring forth much fruit, glorifying
the Vine of John 15:5...my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.
I am the vine, ye are the branches:
He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth
much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
The Bennett Vignettes begin in the 1880's
and end nine books and eighty years later!
Author biography from No Accident:
I am so pleased to have authored and now published my very first
book. My love for the LORD and for people was the driving force
in writing The Bennett Vignettes, as it is my heart's desire to
share with as many people as I can that GOD'S WORD has the
answers to life's trials. A Christian wife and mother of two,
I graduated from Pensacola Christian College in 1988, worked at
The Wilds Christian Camp and Conference Center on full-time
staff for five years, and currently our family lives and serves
"wherever the LORD and the U.S. Navy sends us."
The LORD has blessed again and again in this endeavor. My two main
goals in writing are to reach the lost who would never darken the
door of a church but would read a book for enjoyment; and also to
encourage brothers and sisters in Christ to be strong in the LORD,
turning to God's Word for answers to their trials.
When I began writing The Bennett Vignettes in April of 2003, my
husband was active duty Navy on shore duty. I chose Baltimore,
Maryland as a "backdrop" because the last submarine on which he was stationed
was the USS MARYLAND (SSBN 738). We've hoped from the first that my
writing would be successful enough to supplement our income,
financially easing the burden for our children to continue in
Christian education. My husband Daniel separated from the Navy
with an honorable discharge in September of 2005 and has been
working very hard supporting our family as a semi-truck driver
while still serving the LORD in our local church. Where the
LORD leads is in His all-wise, all-loving, all-powerful hands.
Although I've only had the first three books in the series published, there are a
total of nine completed and ready for publishing books in The
Bennett Vignettes series: No Accident Our Refuge, A Time of War, Never Forsaken, The Apple of His Eye, Through the Fire, Sweet Fragrance, Pure in Heart,
and Run the Race.
Children born in No Accident
are young adults and main characters in
Our Refuge.
In A Time of War, which
takes place on the heels of book two, the characters enter the dark
days of "the war to end all wars" - World War I.
Never Forsaken takes the
main characters of No Accident into
their senior years, with new and exciting events happening to several
members of the Bennett family.
As of 2008, that is where the published books in The Bennett Vignettes cease.
I had actually planned to end the series there, but I realized how close I
had brought the characters (and my readers!) to World War II.
The Apple of His Eye covers
several of the No Accident
descendants in World War II, the European theatre (Nazis). Book VI,
Through the Fire, picks up six months after the close
of Book V, only on the other side of the world...the Pacific.
The next three books--Sweet Fragrance,
Pure in Heart, and Run the Race--
take the characters into the 1950's. The title Sweet Fragrance was
chosen to remind the reader of the sweet savour of
our sacrifice to God, and of His for us. The characters in this
book offer themselves to the LORD as missionaries to the newly
re-formed nation of Israel. In Pure in Heart, descendants
from two of the characters in No Accident meet in
Charleston, South Carolina, forming a business alliance...and
much, much more. And Run the Race is so entitled for the Scriptural
challenge to the Christian in Hebrews chapter 12:"let us run with patience
the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus...."
NOTE: My goal was to write a story, then a series, with as much or
more emphasis on the spiritual condition of the characters as
on the romantic involvement.
"But, Jennifer, they're romantic fiction!"
Yes, I do have romance--not explicit, but God-honoring love and
romance--in each vignette. The readers will hopefully be more
inclined to be loving to their spouse, to their siblings, to their children, to
their parents, to their friends for reading these stories. Not
married yet? The stories also encourage you to wait for Mr.
(or for my male readers, 'Mrs.') Right, not settling for less
than God's very best...or doing without that romantic element
of love in life for His glory. And the filial, parental,
Christian, and romantic love shown is not just "warm fuzzies",
but true love...as it says in the series title,
enduring.
If you would be interested in purchasing a signed copy of No Accident
for $18 (plus $3 postage)
would you please E-mail me?
or
you can order an unsigned copy directly from XULON Press
&
Our Refuge was released August of 2005! PublishAmerica of Baltimore, Maryland ( *_* )
has published it, asking $24.95 a copy + shipping.
You can look it up by the following means:
Title: Our Refuge
Author: Jennifer M. Seest
ISBN: 1-4137-7811-9
If you would be interested in ordering a signed
copy of Our Refuge for $21 (including shipping),
would you please E-mail me?
THANK YOU!
A Time of War,
book III of The Bennett Vignettes,
was released March of 2006! PublishAmerica of Baltimore, Maryland ( *_* )
has published it, asking $24.95 a copy + shipping.
You can look it up by the following means:
Title: A Time of War
Author: Jennifer M. Seest
ISBN 1-4241-1744-5
If you would be interested in ordering a signed
copy of A Time of War for $21 (including shipping),
would you please E-mail me?
THANK YOU!
Never Forsaken,
book IV of The Bennett Vignettes,
came out May of 2008!
If you would be interested in purchasing a signed copy of Never Forsaken
for $18 (plus $3 postage)
would you please E-mail me?
or
you will soon be able to order an unsigned copy directly from XULON Press
If you would be interested in a manuscript of
The Apple of His Eye, they are available in
pre-published, copyrighted, 3-ring-notebook format for $18 + $3
shipping. Please E-mail me!
THANK YOU!
NOTE: I must require payment
in the form of personal check
before shipment.
THANK YOU!
And thank you for praying!
We have a Bravenet Guest Map, for my guests to make their mark,
letting us know where in the world you are from!
Feel free to just leave your first name, favorite verse,
and comments for privacy sake *_*
but I would love to know where you are from. View our Guestmap Free Guestmaps by Bravenet.com
Another note *_*
The cover color represents a theme-color throughout the book. No Accident - Ruby/Red Our Refuge - Sapphire/Blue A Time of War - Emerald/Green Never Forsaken - Amethyst/Purple The Apple of His Eye - Gold Through the Fire - Coral Sweet Fragrance - Lavender Pure in Heart - Turquoise Run the Race - Diamond/White/Clear
No Accident
ISBN Paperback 1-5946-7225-3
Hardcover 1-5946-7226-1
Copyright 2003 Jennifer M. Seest
Our Refuge
ISBN 1-4137-7811-9
Copyright 2004 Jennifer M. Seest
A Time of War
ISBN 1-4241-1744-5
Copyright 2005 Jennifer M. Seest
Never Forsaken
ISBN 978-1-60477-532-7
Copyright 2005 Jennifer M. Seest
The Apple of His Eye
Copyright 2006 Jennifer M. Seest
NEWS 5/16/8 - Praising the LORD that Never Forsaken is officially PUBLISHED!!!
I received my first 10 copies today and have already sold 4 (1 I bought for a friend *_*).
If you are interested in ordering, please E-mail Me *_*
NEWS 5/4/8 - Praising the LORD for 5 book sales this week!!!
That was such an encouragement. One was to a couple that I knew from The WILDS years ago, who found me at FaceBook *_* And 4 (a set of the first 3 and book 2 since she purchased book 1 2 or 3 weeks ago!) to a dear lady purchasing a set for her sister *_*
Again, THANK YOU, LORD!
and thank you, dear friends, for praying!!
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