Lisa’s Thoughts:
I received Sons as Thunder free from the publisher in exchange for this book review, but even if I hadn’t, I would’ve bought the book as soon as it hit the shelves. I’ve been a Susan May Warren fan since I found her books in 2003. Excitement rushed through me when I learned about the Brothers in Arms series. Susie has a way of taking the reader on a journey–both emotionally and spiritually–as her characters experience challenging circumstances to find their happily ever afters. 


That’s what I expected when I started reading Sons of Thunder, but I can honestly say the book went above and beyond, taking me on an unforgettable journey with characters who have stayed in my thoughts long after I closed the book. Immersing me in a rich storyworld on the sands of a small Greek community, Susie painted word pictures that created vivid images as I turned the pages. Her characters with their own unique voices and goals solidified the story in my heart when I cheered them on or grieved alongside them through their circumstances. 


My heart broke in several places by the choices made by the characters, but Susie dealt with a difficult issue with understanding, grace, and showed the redemptive power of God’s unconditional love. Although the book was not riddled with Bible verses or showed characters attending church, the story showed God’s redeeming grace without overpowering the reader. 


Susie May’s books get better and better, but I have to say Sons of Thunder is the best book she has written to date. I’m so excited to read the rest of the series!!

ABOUT THE BOOK: 
Sophie Frangos is torn between the love of two men and the promise that binds them all together. Markos Stavros loves Sophie from afar while battling his thirst for vengeance and his hunger for honor. Dino, his quiet and intelligent brother, simply wants to forget the horror that drove them from their Greek island home to start a new life in America. One of these sons of thunder offers a future she longs for, the other the past she lost. From the sultry Chicago jazz clubs of the roaring twenties to the World War II battlefields of Europe to a final showdown in a Greek island village, they’ll discover betrayal, sacrifice and finally redemption. Most of all, when Sophie is forced to make her choice, she’ll learn that God honors the promises made by the Sons of Thunder.  



Sons of Thunder launches the new Romantic Suspense line for Summerside Press – it will be available to purchase in Wal-mart mid-January. Also – its uniquely written – its an epic suspense story written as three novellas – 3 points of view, 3 settings.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Susan May Warren is the award-winning author of seventeen novels and novellas with Tyndale, Steeple Hill and Barbour Publishing. Her first book, Happily Ever After won the American Fiction Christian Writers Book of the Year in 2003, and was a 2003 Christy Award finalist. In Sheep’s Clothing, a thriller set in Russia, was a 2006 Christy Award finalist and won the 2006 Inspirational Reader’s Choice award. A former missionary to Russia, Susan May Warren now writes Suspense/Romance and Chick Lit full time from her home in northern Minnesota. Learn more about Susan here.

CONTEST
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Be sure to check out Susan’s fun contest for the book’s release: Each one of us has a wealth of stories from the past – while they might not all be as sweeping and dramatic as that of Sons of Thunder’s Sofia and the Stravos brothers (swoon), your family history is a treasure nonetheless.

Well – let’s hear them! Were your great-grandparents ‘fresh off the boat’? Was your great uncle a war hero? Did your grandmother make unbelievable sacrifices to help or protect the family? Did your father harbor a family secret until his death? Are you related to someone famous? Do you have a family treasure? Whatever it is that is unique in your family history – share your story  HERE! (click on the SHARE button) One grand prize winner will receive:

•    Memory Prize package containing a gift certificate to create your own hard cover photo book
•    6 month membership to Netflix (to satisfy that flick fix!)
•    Signed copy of Sons of Thunder!

5 runners up will also win signed copies of Sons of Thunder!

You can also be entered to win a copy of Sons of Thunder by helping us Spread the Word during the blog tour!

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