New Mercies: A Christian Romance by Julia Colquitt Allen
Bestselling author Julia Colquitt Allen weaves an inspirational tale about the stigma Christians face following a divorce, particularly should they consider remarriage. In New Mercies, Dolores Hansen discovers the mercy and forgiveness of God in the face of her own guilt over her divorce and the gossip her friendship with new pastor Christopher Tanner stirs among her church’s parishioners. It’s a story about new beginnings and second chances.
Description
Find more from this author on:
Amazon
Author Site
Facebook
TwitterAbout the author:
Julia Colquitt Allen began writing poems and short stories at the age of 7. She lives in picturesque East Texas with her husband of 35 years. Her grown son and his wife live nearby and visit often with her two grandbabies. Her grown daughters attend local universities and live close enough to visit frequently. She works from home as a learning products developer for a consulting firm. She holds a Ph.D. in learning technologies. In her spare time, she enjoys reading inspirational romance and mystery stories, sewing, and cooking.
What inspired you to write your book?
As a young divorced mother, I personally dealt with a lot of the stigma and gossip that Dodie and Chris deal with in this book. I wanted to write something to encourage others dealing with the same situation, and to help other Christians recognize that our God is the God of second chances.
Here is a short sample from the book:
As Chris realized who she was, a dozen mysteries unraveled. Mark was his best friend in this town. His only friend, really. Mark spoke often of his sister in New York with the sick child, and had mentioned her recent divorce and plans to move back home. That’s why she looks so lost. “Mark mentioned you were coming, but didn’t say when. So nice to finally meet you!” He worked at making his tone warm, but even he heard the hesitation in his voice. She’s going to think you don’t like her. She’s Mark’s sister. There’s no reason to feel shy. The child spied some toys in a corner and scrambled from her lap.
“And you. Mark and my parents speak well of you.” She stood, taking a step toward the door, eyes following the little boy. “We’d better get going. My parents are expecting us.”
“Of course. Don’t let me keep you. Sorry if I startled you.” Chris saw the bag at her feet and bent down to help her collect her belongings. “Here, let me get that for you.”
Chris scooped up the bag just as the young woman bent for it. The collision echoed across the empty room. “Ow! My nose!”
Related products
-
Breathe for Me by Natalie Anderson
The last thing Chelsea Greene wants is to be rescued, but that’s exactly what happens when she’s caught wearing nothing but her swimsuit during a midnight emergency evacuation drill. Turns out her ‘hero’ is a former lifeguard who has no hesitation in offering the kiss of life. So not happening, right?
But for emotionally chastened Chelsea, one touch changes everything. She discovers a desire to satisfy this arrogant, demanding tease. Unable to express her own fantasies, she finds unspeakable pleasure in serving his.
Xander Lawson exudes easy charm. He likes a woman unafraid to match his appetite for unfettered fun. He doesn’t do complicated or emotional. But the raw need emanating from fragile Chelsea compels him closer. He can’t resist spinning a sensual fantasy world around them.
As passion spills outside their carefully selected boundaries, Xander learns Chelsea’s stronger than he first thought. But is she strong enough to handle the intensity he’s always kept hidden?
Thirty Something (Nothing’s how we dreamed it would be) by Filipa Fonseca Silva
Joana is a conservative, controlling woman who expected much more from marriage; Maria is trying to get back on her feet after being dumped just before her wedding; Filipe hides his broken heart in failed relationships. Is this as good as it gets when you’re thirty something? That’s what these three friends from college times will find out during a dysfunctional dinner party. Because life is not always how we dreamed it would be.
Wander and Roam by Anna Kyss
In the last year, Abby Bentley has failed out of college and lost her high school sweetheart. Unwilling to return home, Abby signs up to volunteer on an Australian farm, where she can hide away from her family and isolate to her heart’s desire. Best of all, no one will care about her past. Abby soon discovers she’ll be sharing most of her daylight hours–as well as a very small yurt–with the farm’s other volunteer: sexy, flirtatious Sage.
The more hours they spend together, the more conflicted Abby becomes. Torn between a growing attraction to Sage and faltering loyalty to her old boyfriend, Abby escapes to her refuge of writing letters she will never send. When Abby finally reveals her past, Sage’s secret about his future threatens their bond. With Abby running from her past and Sage trying to escape his future, can they build a relationship in the here and now?
Sugar and Sin: The Sexy Seven by Nana Malone, C.C. Mackenzie, Liz Matis, L.C. Giroux, Kristine Cayne, Stacey Joy Netzel, Dana Delamar
The Ladies of Sugar and Sin have seven more sinfully-sexy heroes for your reading pleasure: a cowboy, rich celebrity, pro-football player, emergency medical technician, mafia prince, artist, and a firefighter Dom. Fall in love with each one side by side with their strong, sassy heroines.
Exit Strategy by L.V. Lewis
Exit Strategy (noun) 1. A preplanned means of extricating oneself from a situation that is likely to become difficult or unpleasant. 2. The method by which a venture capitalist or business owner intends to get out of an investment that he or she has made in the past.
Will Keisha and Tristan exercise their elaborate EXIT STRATEGY and end their unorthodox arrangement?
Assailed by demons she thought she had conquered, Keisha Beale has uttered the words to end her tumultuous relationship with Tristan White. Separated, they grapple for a time with their personal demons. However, when their lives apart become unbearable, a credible threat brings them back together prematurely.
As they seek to discover who is responsible for the threats, several seemingly unrelated incidents throw them into a tailspin. Will Keisha’s youthful indiscretions or Tristan’s un-reconciled feelings for a former sub derail their tenuous arrangement?
In the meantime, trouble in Nathan and Jada’s paradise send dramatic ripples that hint of future difficulties in the idyllic pairing.
Nothing Ventured…
Tristan uses his vast wealth and connections to correct a gross miscarriage of justice, while Keisha makes herself utterly vulnerable to Tristan and fears he has chosen to exercise his own exit strategy.
…Nothing Gained!
Will this be the end of the indecent arrangement that became a fairy tale? Or will Keisha and Tristan reveal the trauma from their pasts so they may heal and completely embrace their relationship?
My Pace or Yours? by Maggie Maloney
What happens when an over-the-top, flat-out, chronically rushed career woman hires the world’s slowest carpenter to complete her late father’s half-built B&B before she loses it to the mob?
Type-A workaholic Beth Turner sure has her hands full: An eighty-hours-a-week real estate career … “The Yesteryear,” an unfinished inn left to her by her dad … a loan-shark waiting to snatch away the extremely valuable property if Beth misses the almost impossible completion deadline … and now: Sean Campbell.
Brilliant. Charming. A carpenter of legendary renown, Sean Campbell has no trouble convincing Beth that he’s the man for the job … except for the irritating fact that he is quite possibly the slowest-moving human on the face of the earth. Now add in some sultry summer heat, lust, and romance to mess things up and slow things down. Top it all off with a string of sabotage, courtesy of the murderous loan-shark, for which Beth blames Sean, and there goes the romance. And, barring miracles, there goes The Yesteryear.
But Sean is full of miraculous surprises, including his desperate transformation into a warp-speed building machine. But can even miracles overcome the loan-shark’s final piece of sabotage … one designed to put Beth out of his misery permanently?
“Hear this well, Beth Martin, “I don’t do rush jobs. Ever.”
Sean, in a construction-related argument with Beth.
“Hear this well, Beth Martin, “I don’t do rush jobs. Ever.”
Sean, in bed with Beth.
Redeeming The Amazon by L.V. Lewis
How does a former supermodel deal with body image when she’s lost an essential hallmark of her femininity?
Most come to The Beaudelaire Hotel a few times a year merely to indulge in sexual fantasy, but the stakes are higher for Karen Freeman and Paul Beaudelaire. Karen is nine years post-op from a double mastectomy, and her vain ex-husband hadn’t agreed with her decision to remove her remaining good breast or to eschew reconstruction. In the end, that decision cost her. She lost her marriage, but she’s certain the move prolonged her life.
Returning to a normal dating and sex life has been difficult. She hasn’t made love fully unclothed since the demise of her marriage, and her most significant relationship occurred right after her surgery. While recuperating, she had an affair of the heart with a Marine amputee who’d also been her Ph.D. classmate.
Paul Beaudelaire once had his pick of women in the upper echelons of New Orleans society. He’d been satisfied to continue in that vein, until his career in the Marine Corps was cut short by the loss of his left leg. Paul returned home with the best prosthesis Johns Hopkins could fit him with, but left his heart in Baltimore.
Can a marine amputee restore a beautiful model whose body has been ravaged by cancer? Will this fantasy weekend at his Uncle Henri’s hotel give him a second chance with his contemporary Amazon, or will her fear of rejection be a barrier to their reconnection?
The Runaway Roommate by C.S. Mae
Casey Peters has a problem and that problem is the half-Korean hottie that moved in when her former roommate moved out.
Now her life has become like an episode from one of her favorite dramas, complete with: crazy exes, roommate shenanigans and confusing plot twists.
This story is a Naughty Niblet: the perfect amount of sexy to satisfy, but not make your hips big.
