It's an exciting week for us here at Pure Enjoyment and we're thrilled to announce the release of Ginny Yttrup's debut novel Words, a story about two women brought together by trauma, healing and the discovery of God's mercy in the darkest of circumstances:

"I collect words. I keep them in a box in my mind. I'd like to keep them in a real box, something pretty, maybe a shoe box covered with flowered wrapping paper. Whenever I wanted, I'd open the box and pick up the papers, reading and feeling the words all at once. Then I could hide the box. But the words are safer in my mind. There, he can't take them."

Ten-year old Kaylee Wren doesn't speak. Not since her drug-addled mother walked away, leaving her in a remote cabin nestled in the towering redwoods-in the care of a man who is as dangerous as he is evil. With silence her only refuge, Kaylee collects words she might never speak from the only memento her mother left behind: a dictionary.

Sierra Dawn is thirty-four, an artist, and alone. She has allowed the shame of her past to silence her present hopes and chooses to bury her pain by trying to control her circumstances. But on the twelfth anniversary of her daughter's death, Sierra's control begins to crumble as the God of her childhood woos her back to Himself.

Brought together by Divine design, Kaylee and Sierra will discover together the healing mercy of the Word-Jesus Christ."

Be sure to check out Finding Hope Through Fiction for a review, excerpt and book trailer.

Next Monday evening, February 7th, the Book Club Network will be hosting an exclusive contest where you'll have a chance to win a copy of Ginny Yttrup's latest novel Words. The Wheel of Grace contest works much like the Wheel of Fortune: They'll start throwing out clues on the blog to keep you guessing and until a certain phrase is revealed letter by letter. You must be online during the contest in order to participate and the person who first guesses the correct phrase will take home a copy of Ginny Yttrup's Words and a $50 gift certificate to LifeWay Christian Stores.

Words is now available through LifeWay Christian Stores, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble and wherever books are sold.