Gibraltar’s Point
“Restore us to yourself, O LORD, that we may return; renew our days as of old.” Lamentations 5:21
Completed – 87,400 Words
A year ago, Kathryn and Brad Shelton awaited the arrival of their adopted daughter. Today, a locked door conceals an empty crib barricading the nursery along with their hearts. Not only were they victims of an adoption scam, but they discovered that Brad’s mother orchestrated the fraud hoping to destroy their marriage and reclaim her son. Her plan seems to be working. They’ve lost everything. Their dream. Their trust. Their faith. Now, their marriage drifts toward oblivion.
When Kathryn disappears, Brad travels to Gibraltar’s Point to learn that she’s been kidnapped along with a six-year-old child. In his search for his wife, Brad seeks God and rediscovers a profound need for His guidance and grace.
Meanwhile, Kathryn is held hostage along with the daughter of her captor. Was her mother right about the symbolic circle of the Celtic heirloom dangling from her bracelet? Was God’s love infinite? She’d quit believing that long ago, yet the God she’d turned from is now her only hope.
Will He send Brad to rescue her, or will she die at the hands of this madman with her husband never knowing she still loves him?
HOPE SPRINGS
Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture. Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.” Psalm 37:3-6
Completed – 89,500 Words
Hallie Jones’ grandmother left her everything—all except one dollar anyway. That amount she left to the stranger seated in the far corner of the room, the so-called mother who’d waltzed out of her life when she was six years old.
Shedding the rejection and heartache of her past, Hallie heads west to Ten Sleep, Wyoming. With a desire to honor her sister’s memory, she opens Hope Springs—a rehab ranch for troubled teens. Walt Dennis, the local coffee connoisseur and sheep rancher, instantly recognizes Hallie’s need for rescue. Despite his past failures, will Walt dust off his white armor and ride to the rescue of another damsel in distress? Will Hallie trust him with her heart and her life? Will she trust God?
Kidnapped and abandoned in a barn, Hallie must make a choice. Will she renew her dependence on God and place her full faith in Him or allow the enemy to rule her heart as darkness closes in around her?
THE MAIDEN’S PASSAGE
My lover spoke and said to me, “Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, and come with me.” Song of Songs 2:10
Completed – Approximately 25,000 Words
When Angela White tumbles at the feet of Clay Rivers, her world turns upside down. Can she stop herself from falling for this man—the prince of every maiden’s dream? With a shield around her trodden heart, she agrees to care for Clay while he recuperates from a brain tumor. Will stories of his own heartrending past penetrate her defenses? In her passage from wariness to trust, will Angela allow the hope of love to blossom? And will Clay grant God access to his broken heart?
TAPESTRY OF LIFE
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.Psalm 139:13-16
Unfinished – Currently 47,000 Words
What happens when four pregnant women of different ages, ethnicity, and backgrounds meet in an OB/GYN office? Join their journey as love, fear, regret, excitement, disappointment, doubt, and faith weave their tapestry of life.
Julie, the oldest and mother of four, is devastated when she learns of her pregnancy. With an unemployed husband and bills mounting up, how can she afford to add one more mouth around their already crowded table? Will she follow through with her plans to terminate her pregnancy, or will the prayers of her obstetrician and new friends change her heart?
Esther, the mother of an eleven-year-old daughter, is ecstatic with her positive test, though she’s already suffered three miscarriages. What choices will she make when this child—her answer to fervent prayer—is diagnosed with Down Syndrome? Will her faith withstand the trials she’s about to face? As a Christian, can she shine light in her darkest hours?
Zoe, a twenty-something woman with a perfect body and a perfect life, is thrilled to be giving her perfect husband a child, and right on schedule. As her body changes and her waist expands, how will she respond to her husband’s constant criticisms? Will she endanger her child to please this man? Or will she discover that the health of her baby, and who she is inside, is more important than outward appearances?
Bethany, the teenaged baby of the group, is fourteen, unmarried, and pregnant with twins. She is thrilled to have won the favor of the captain of the football team. But when Jake refuses to marry her and her mother turns her away, will Jack’s father—Bethany’s pastor—and his mother Anna step in to care for her? Will her new friends support her? Or will she face this pregnancy all alone?
Jane Roberts, the infertile OB/GYN, joins this rollercoaster journey along with her four patients. She’s happy for them, but emotionally drained by months of fertility treatments and negative pregnancy tests. Her faith, always strong and passionate, is dimming. Why hasn’t God blessed her with children of her own? How can she continue to share His light and love with her patients if her own doubts and darkness threaten to consume her?
