Welcome back, Pam! Well, I see that after the four stories in the Tempered Series you weren't quite done with them. I get that. It's like leaving your family behind when you move on to a new batch of characters, but I must admit that this one was actually my favorite of the bunch, so I'm glad you didn't just move on!
Here's a peek at Lori's Redemption. I think we can all see a little of ourselves in these characters - some fallen heroes, fallen angels, or just those seeking but not knowing what! This one is all heart. From the peak to the pit - definitely a tough road to travel!
Blurb: Lori Strickland (introduced in Tempered Fire) has always been known as her father's "wild
child" with no desire to change until she meets
ex-bull-rider-turned-preacher Rafe Judson. Her attempts to change her wanton
ways come to naught until she realizes redemption only comes with true
repentance.
Excerpt:
Lori
headed toward Recluse, Wyoming after another round of rodeos where the cash and
prizes vaulted her to the next level of achievement. She hadn’t thought of Rafe
in months. Hadn’t allowed herself to think of him, and wouldn’t indulge in
useless fantasies now.
She’d
made peace with the fact she was nothing more than a bad seed and there was no
way around it. Oh she tried to be good. She stayed out of the bars for weeks on
end, attended the prayer services before or after each rodeo when available,
even visited with a group of supposedly devout believers who traveled a
state-wide circuit within the national itinerary, but nothing seemed to help or
make an impact on her life. Nor had she found the support she’d hoped, only
judgment and criticism. Answers to her questions only incited debates until she
was scorned for her doubt and unbelief or shunned completely. Maverick was
right when he said there was no in between and since she couldn’t succeed at
being good, Lori figured she’d be bad.
Just
as she had all of her life.
More
than once she thought about calling Stanley or Amber or even Lexie for counsel,
but was too ashamed to admit the total mess her life was in. She even
considered quitting. Just give up and go home. But she was too close to making
pro status, too close to the culmination of the dream that began in her heart
nearly four years ago.
A
dream she once thought came as a directive from God.
Now,
she knew better.
God
didn’t give success to losers; the devil lured them into it then left them to
their own devices no matter how hard they tried to be good. Besides, even at
her best, there was no way she’d ever
be good enough for a preacher.
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