Out of Control appeared on the Christian Booksellers Association national best-sellers list in September 2011 and also on the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) national fiction best-seller list. After writing nineteen books for Barbour Publishing, she signed with Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group, in 2011. She published her first books with Barbour Publishing. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications, graduating magna cum laude from Wayne State College, Wayne, Nebraska, in 1976.Ĭonnealy wrote for ten years before she got her first book published, and had 20 finished books when she made her first sale. She is the third of eight children of farmer and social worker Jackson Moore, and social worker and pianist Dorothy (Frew) Moore.Ĭonnealy attended Jefferson School, a one-room country school house, for eight years during elementary school, and graduated from Lyons High School in 1974. Early life Ĭonnealy was born in Oakland, Nebraska, and grew up on a farm in rural Lyons, Nebraska.
The author's voice is uplifting and she had a unique story and interesting characters.Mary Alice Moore Connealy (born 1956) is an American author of Christian fiction who specializes in romantic comedy set in the cowboy era of the American west. My hubby, when I described the scenario to him commented that so many young people are into extreme sports, etc., these days, that for them this wouldn't be an issue (not about extreme sports but what they are doing in the story with the caves and the psychopath etc.) To me, though, this story was a great wonderful antidote to having just had two bummer listens.
A concern I had about this story, that pulled me out of the listen, was that I have a daughter about this age and both the H/H were so lacking in common sense imho.
What a nice break from the yucky feeling I had listening to a voice devoid of faith. So when I got this download I jumped right in. Reasons I listen/read Christian novels and write Christian historical romance.
The Christian world view and voice of hope were notably absent. I'd also begun listening to another secular best-selling novel with major commonalities with my own manuscripts so I want to listen. Glad to find this one on ! I had just finished listening to a very dark secular novel that had elements in common with my own writing. I have wanted to read/listen to a Mary Coneally book for a long time.
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