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- This Christmas, if you’re craving stories that hold the quiet ache of hope rather than the noise of cliché.
You might find yourself in one of mine.
No tinsel. No tidy bows.
Just rain-streaked windows, unanswered prayers, and the stubborn glimmer of grace in spaces where silence has settled too long.
For readers who believe faith isn’t about certainty, but about showing up anyway.
https://fluentcreations.wixsite.com/rsca2025/books
#fyp #booklover #insperation #GodsLoveThis Christmas, if you’re craving stories that hold the quiet ache of hope rather than the noise of cliché. You might find yourself in one of mine. No tinsel. No tidy bows. Just rain-streaked windows, unanswered prayers, and the stubborn glimmer of grace in spaces where silence has settled too long. For readers who believe faith isn’t about certainty, but about showing up anyway. https://fluentcreations.wixsite.com/rsca2025/books #fyp #booklover #insperation #GodsLove0 Commenti 0 condivisioni 9 ViewsEffettua l'accesso per mettere mi piace, condividere e commentare! - Shadows of Mercy is now available.
A story for those who believe grace isn’t soft, it’s showing up in the rain, stitching wounds, saying names the world tried to bury.
No clichés. No noise. Just truth, silence, and the kind of hope that earns its light.
Link: https://shorturl.at/rfFF1
#ChristianFiction #NewRelease #LiterarySuspense #CleanRead #HopeHarborSeries #fypShadows of Mercy is now available. A story for those who believe grace isn’t soft, it’s showing up in the rain, stitching wounds, saying names the world tried to bury. No clichés. No noise. Just truth, silence, and the kind of hope that earns its light. Link: https://shorturl.at/rfFF1 #ChristianFiction #NewRelease #LiterarySuspense #CleanRead #HopeHarborSeries #fyp0 Commenti 0 condivisioni 9 Views 4 - My collection of ebooks is available as part of the Smashwords 2025 End of Year Sale! Find your next favorite book this month at http://smashwords.com/sale and follow @smashwords for more promos like this! #EOYSale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks #fypMy collection of ebooks is available as part of the Smashwords 2025 End of Year Sale! Find your next favorite book this month at http://smashwords.com/sale and follow @smashwords for more promos like this! #EOYSale25 #ebook #sale #books2read #indiebooks #fyp0 Commenti 0 condivisioni 11 Views
- A Marine. A counselor. A boy who only speaks in drawings.
In a town where secrets wash ashore, someone has to say the name no one else will.
Shadows of Mercy, literary Christian suspense rooted in truth, not trope.
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A Marine. A counselor. A boy who only speaks in drawings. In a town where secrets wash ashore, someone has to say the name no one else will. Shadows of Mercy, literary Christian suspense rooted in truth, not trope. https://fluentcreations.wixsite.com/rsca2025/books #fyp #Lordsbookdailys @christian0 Commenti 0 condivisioni 11 Views - Available now! Link in first comment. #fyp1 Commenti 0 condivisioni 13 Views1
- Rain doesn’t wash things clean—it just shows what’s already broken.
*Shadows of Mercy* is for those who’ve prayed in the dark and heard only their own breath in reply.
A story of guilt, grace, and the space between them.
Link in first comment
#ChristianSuspense #LiteraryFiction #SouthAfricanFiction #faith #lordsbookdailys #fypRain doesn’t wash things clean—it just shows what’s already broken. *Shadows of Mercy* is for those who’ve prayed in the dark and heard only their own breath in reply. A story of guilt, grace, and the space between them. Link in first comment #ChristianSuspense #LiteraryFiction #SouthAfricanFiction #faith #lordsbookdailys #fyp1 Commenti 0 condivisioni 12 Views - You don’t hear the storm coming.
You feel it in the salt on your lips, the silence where the gulls used to cry, the way the church lights flicker like someone’s holding their breath.
Shadows of Mercy isn’t about redemption you can preach.
It’s about the kind you bleed for.
Cold rain. Fractured faith. One choice in the dark that changes everything.
If you’ve ever stood at the edge of belief and wondered whether to step back or fall, this book knows your name.
Now available - Link in first comment.
#ChristianSuspense #LiteraryFiction #ShadowsOfMercy #NewRelease #BookTwitter #FaithAndDoubt #SouthAfricanFictionYou don’t hear the storm coming. You feel it in the salt on your lips, the silence where the gulls used to cry, the way the church lights flicker like someone’s holding their breath. Shadows of Mercy isn’t about redemption you can preach. It’s about the kind you bleed for. Cold rain. Fractured faith. One choice in the dark that changes everything. If you’ve ever stood at the edge of belief and wondered whether to step back or fall, this book knows your name. 📖 Now available - Link in first comment. #ChristianSuspense #LiteraryFiction #ShadowsOfMercy #NewRelease #BookTwitter #FaithAndDoubt #SouthAfricanFiction1 Commenti 0 condivisioni 8 Views - 0 Commenti 0 condivisioni 9 Views
- I’ve been asked more than once:
Why write suspense through a Christian lens?
Why not just offer hope?
The answer is simple:
Hope without honesty isn’t hope, it’s evasion.
In Shadows of Mercy, there are no altar calls. No open Bibles on nightstands. No sudden conversions under glowing streetlamps. What there is, intentionally, is a scarred Marine who hasn’t prayed in eight years, a grieving counselor who questions whether grace even applies to men like him, and a boy who only speaks through drawings because the world taught him silence was safer.
This isn’t a rejection of faith. It’s a deeper fidelity to it.
Too often, Christian fiction flattens the human experience into a before-and-after binary. Lost versus found, broken versus healed, darkness versus light. But real life, and real faith, live in the in-between. In the fog over the harbor. In the silence between Amen. In the moment you choose to stay, not because you’ve figured it all out, but because someone else is still drowning.
Mercy, I’ve come to believe, doesn’t shine despite the shadows. It moves through them. It’s not a feeling. It’s a verb. It’s Mara handing Ethan a bowl of stew when he’s covered in blood. It’s Delaney stitching his wound without asking for his testimony first. It’s Mateo drawing a net full of stars and naming it truth.
That’s the kind of mercy I want to write toward:
- Not soft, but sharp.
- Not easy, but chosen.
- Not loud, but relentless.
Shadows of Mercy is my attempt to honor that. No manipulation. No manufactured piety. Just people, flawed, frightened, faithful in their own quiet way, learning that the most sacred act isn’t speaking for God, but speaking a name the world tried to bury.
Because sometimes, that’s how resurrection begins.
- Riaan Schlebusch
Author of Shadows of Mercy | Literary Christian Fiction Rooted in Truth, Not Trope
#faith #christianI’ve been asked more than once: Why write suspense through a Christian lens? Why not just offer hope? The answer is simple: Hope without honesty isn’t hope, it’s evasion. In Shadows of Mercy, there are no altar calls. No open Bibles on nightstands. No sudden conversions under glowing streetlamps. What there is, intentionally, is a scarred Marine who hasn’t prayed in eight years, a grieving counselor who questions whether grace even applies to men like him, and a boy who only speaks through drawings because the world taught him silence was safer. This isn’t a rejection of faith. It’s a deeper fidelity to it. Too often, Christian fiction flattens the human experience into a before-and-after binary. Lost versus found, broken versus healed, darkness versus light. But real life, and real faith, live in the in-between. In the fog over the harbor. In the silence between Amen. In the moment you choose to stay, not because you’ve figured it all out, but because someone else is still drowning. Mercy, I’ve come to believe, doesn’t shine despite the shadows. It moves through them. It’s not a feeling. It’s a verb. It’s Mara handing Ethan a bowl of stew when he’s covered in blood. It’s Delaney stitching his wound without asking for his testimony first. It’s Mateo drawing a net full of stars and naming it truth. That’s the kind of mercy I want to write toward: - Not soft, but sharp. - Not easy, but chosen. - Not loud, but relentless. Shadows of Mercy is my attempt to honor that. No manipulation. No manufactured piety. Just people, flawed, frightened, faithful in their own quiet way, learning that the most sacred act isn’t speaking for God, but speaking a name the world tried to bury. Because sometimes, that’s how resurrection begins. - Riaan Schlebusch Author of Shadows of Mercy | Literary Christian Fiction Rooted in Truth, Not Trope #faith #christian0 Commenti 0 condivisioni 14 Views - Haunted by the unsolved death of his fellow Marine, Ethan Cole returns to the rain-lashed coast of Hope Harbor with nothing but a sealed envelope and a secret that could destroy him. All he wants is to disappear, but the past has other plans.
#booklaunch #readers #christianfiction #BookPromo #fypHaunted by the unsolved death of his fellow Marine, Ethan Cole returns to the rain-lashed coast of Hope Harbor with nothing but a sealed envelope and a secret that could destroy him. All he wants is to disappear, but the past has other plans. #booklaunch #readers #christianfiction #BookPromo #fyp0 Commenti 0 condivisioni 10 Views - He came to repay a debt.
He stayed to speak a name the world tried to bury.
#booklaunch #christian #fyp #HopeHarbourSeriesHe came to repay a debt. He stayed to speak a name the world tried to bury. #booklaunch #christian #fyp #HopeHarbourSeries0 Commenti 0 condivisioni 10 Views1
- I’m choosing a cover for my upcoming book and I’m stuck between a few options…
Which one grabs you first? Which would make you pick it up?
Drop your favourite in the comments, your input really matters!
(I’ll share the final choice soon!)
#newbook #bookcoverI’m choosing a cover for my upcoming book and I’m stuck between a few options… 👀 Which one grabs you first? Which would make you pick it up? Drop your favourite in the comments, your input really matters! (I’ll share the final choice soon!) #newbook #bookcover0 Commenti 0 condivisioni 11 Views - You can find my books on Payhip (100% secure direct delivery + multiple reader formats). I use Payhip to support DRM-free access. Link in first comment.You can find my books on Payhip (100% secure direct delivery + multiple reader formats). I use Payhip to support DRM-free access. Link in first comment.1 Commenti 0 condivisioni 15 Views
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- Your faith journey deserves encouragement every day.
Explore RSCA’s Christian resources online, shipped digitally worldwide!
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- Does anyone want to read the first chapter of my new book, Shadows of Mercy, for an honest opinion on whether I should carry on writing this series? It's an inspirational romantic-suspense. Book #1 of Hope Harbor Series.
Drop a comment below and I'll send you the link.
#newbook #christian #christianfictionDoes anyone want to read the first chapter of my new book, Shadows of Mercy, for an honest opinion on whether I should carry on writing this series? It's an inspirational romantic-suspense. Book #1 of Hope Harbor Series. Drop a comment below and I'll send you the link. #newbook #christian #christianfiction0 Commenti 0 condivisioni 18 Views - “When you’ve felt unseen by the world, but still believe someone sees you… This story is for you. Where The Light Breaks Through is now available.”
https://books2read.com/u/b58yMw
#ChristianBooks #FaithBasedFiction #BookCommunity #ChristianAuthor #HopeAndFaith #RiaanWrites“When you’ve felt unseen by the world, but still believe someone sees you… This story is for you. Where The Light Breaks Through is now available.” https://books2read.com/u/b58yMw #ChristianBooks #FaithBasedFiction #BookCommunity #ChristianAuthor #HopeAndFaith #RiaanWritesBOOKS2READ.COMAvailable now at your favorite digital store!Where The Light Breaks Through by Riaan Schlebusch2 Commenti 0 condivisioni 20 Views1
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- Where The Light Breaks Through is now available worldwide!
Find it in eBook and paperback across major platforms, including Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Smashwords, Thalia, Booktopia, Bol.com, and more.
Start reading here: https://books2read.com/u/b58yMw
A story of faith, fire, and redemption, reminding us that even in our darkest valleys, God’s light still breaks through.
#ChristianBooks #Faith #Inspiration #WhereTheLightBreaksThrough #ChristianFiction #BookLaunch #ChristianAuthor #Hope #GodsLight #FaithOverFear #Jesus #ChristianCommunity #Books2Read
✨ Where The Light Breaks Through is now available worldwide! 📖 Find it in eBook and paperback across major platforms, including Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Smashwords, Thalia, Booktopia, Bol.com, and more. 🌍 Start reading here: https://books2read.com/u/b58yMw A story of faith, fire, and redemption, reminding us that even in our darkest valleys, God’s light still breaks through. 🙏 #ChristianBooks #Faith #Inspiration #WhereTheLightBreaksThrough #ChristianFiction #BookLaunch #ChristianAuthor #Hope #GodsLight #FaithOverFear #Jesus #ChristianCommunity #Books2Read0 Commenti 0 condivisioni 25 Views - Exciting News for My Amazing Followers!
I’m beyond excited to invite you to join my community of readers and get exclusive updates about my new Christian novel, Where the Light Breaks Through.
As a special thank-you for joining, I’ll send you the first chapter of the book FOR FREE!
If you’ve ever wanted to get a sneak peek of this story, now’s your chance. You’ll be the first to know all the latest news, upcoming releases, and more!
Join here - https://forms.gle/TaeTzE48RLKdMPYM7
What’s Where the Light Breaks Through About?
It’s a story of hope, faith, and redemption, where light finds a way to shine even in the darkest of times. I can’t wait for you to read the first chapter!
Join now and let’s embark on this journey together!Exciting News for My Amazing Followers! I’m beyond excited to invite you to join my community of readers and get exclusive updates about my new Christian novel, Where the Light Breaks Through. As a special thank-you for joining, I’ll send you the first chapter of the book FOR FREE! If you’ve ever wanted to get a sneak peek of this story, now’s your chance. You’ll be the first to know all the latest news, upcoming releases, and more! 👉 Join here - https://forms.gle/TaeTzE48RLKdMPYM7 What’s Where the Light Breaks Through About? It’s a story of hope, faith, and redemption, where light finds a way to shine even in the darkest of times. I can’t wait for you to read the first chapter! Join now and let’s embark on this journey together! 🙏1 Commenti 0 condivisioni 30 Views
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- John 3:16-For God so loved the world, that he hath given his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life. (GNV)John 3:16-For God so loved the world, that he hath given his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life. (GNV)0 Commenti 0 condivisioni 27 Views1
- Exciting News for My Amazing Followers!
I’m beyond excited to invite you to join my community of readers and get exclusive updates about my new Christian novel, Where the Light Breaks Through.
As a special thank-you for joining, I’ll send you the first chapter of the book FOR FREE!
If you’ve ever wanted to get a sneak peek of this story, now’s your chance. You’ll be the first to know all the latest news, upcoming releases, and more!
Join here - https://forms.gle/TaeTzE48RLKdMPYM7
What’s Where the Light Breaks Through About?
It’s a story of hope, faith, and redemption, where light finds a way to shine even in the darkest of times. I can’t wait for you to read the first chapter!
Join now and let’s embark on this journey together!Exciting News for My Amazing Followers! I’m beyond excited to invite you to join my community of readers and get exclusive updates about my new Christian novel, Where the Light Breaks Through. As a special thank-you for joining, I’ll send you the first chapter of the book FOR FREE! If you’ve ever wanted to get a sneak peek of this story, now’s your chance. You’ll be the first to know all the latest news, upcoming releases, and more! 👉 Join here - https://forms.gle/TaeTzE48RLKdMPYM7 What’s Where the Light Breaks Through About? It’s a story of hope, faith, and redemption, where light finds a way to shine even in the darkest of times. I can’t wait for you to read the first chapter! Join now and let’s embark on this journey together! 🙏0 Commenti 0 condivisioni 30 Views - 0 Commenti 0 condivisioni 27 Views1
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