Romance
Date Published: 07-18-2023
Publisher: Creative James Media
She’s a pastor’s daughter. He’s a convicted killer. Forever may be
out of reach when she falls in love with one of the dangerous ones.
Faith is more than just a word to Mia Anderson. It’s the foundation of her
life as a pastor’s daughter. At home in her church and at peace with
her beliefs, she decides to participate in a program to send letters to
inmates regardless of what sins they may have committed.
Gabriel Myers is a convicted criminal, serving life in prison for his
father’s murder. Facing a hopeless future and haunted by a past that
has left him full of contempt for God and the church, he wants nothing to do
with Mia until she proves she can understand the man everyone believes is a
monster.
With each letter that’s exchanged, Mia becomes more aware that although
Gabriel has never has never denied his crime, there is more to the story
than the jury was allowed to hear. As reluctant friendship turns to
seemingly ill-fated love, she knows she must convince him to appeal the
verdict.
Dealing with the Texas justice system is a long shot, but the only chance
they have to finally be together outside the walls of Gabriel’s prison.
Winning his freedom will give them a chance at happiness but can they
finally find bliss in each other’s arms or will the challenges they face and
their divergent beliefs destroy their love for good?
EXCERPT
Everything inside of her slid sideways at the sound of his voice. The images she’d had of him in her mind, the ones she’d carried since she’d looked up his trial, shattered. He’d been a kid, long and lanky and awkward, younger than her and fragile for all the brutality of his crime. That was how she’d pictured him in her mind when she wrote to him, when she read his letters, when she thought of him and how he spent his days.
This… this was not the voice of a child, and the deep, rumbling timbre of her name on his lips shook her to her core. She hadn’t paid much attention when he’d mentioned his birthday and said he’d turned twenty-eight, but now it was painfully obvious that he was a grown man nearing thirty.
About the Author
Ashley Hawthorne is a contemporary romance author, avid reader of many
genres, and shameless nerd. She’s a lifetime fan of The Lord of the Rings
and Star Wars and has spent nearly as long reading through every book in the
romance section of the library. Now, she writes stories that examine what
love means to us, how far we’ll go to get it, and what we’re willing to give
up to keep it. She lives in Texas with her husband, kids, and a house full
of rescue pets.
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