I can still remember clinging to my tiny cell phone, pacing around my college dorm room eighteen years ago. My mother’s voice was on the other end. While I don’t remember her exact words, I do remember the substance of what she said.
“I’m coming home. Your dad and I want to work things out.”
I can still remember the hope those words stirred within me.
This summer, my parents will celebrate their thirty-ninth wedding anniversary. They didn’t get there the easy way (if there is such a thing!) but they did get there through perseverance and belief–belief that their marriage was worth fighting for.
I give you this glimpse inside my life as a means of introducing you to my latest novel. It involves a troubled marriage and impossible-to-forgive circumstances. It is a story dear to my heart for many reasons, but one reason is because it demonstrates a glimpse of what I learned from watching my parents fight for their marriage.
The Edge of Mercy became the first time-slip story I ever wrote, and I am so excited to finally be able to share it with you, my precious readers!
Two women, three hundred years apart, must face the devastation of all they hold dear…
Suspecting her husband is having an affair, Sarah Rodrigues fights to appear unbroken while attempting to salvage her family. Though distracted by her own troubles, Sarah is summoned to an elderly friend’s deathbed for an unusual request—find a long-lost daughter and relay a centuries-old family story.
Determined not to fail her friend, Sarah pieces together the story of her neighbor’s ancestor, Elizabeth Baker, a young colonist forced into an unwanted betrothal but drawn to a man forbidden by society.
While Sarah’s family teeters on the edge of collapse, her world is further shaken by the interest of a caring doctor and a terrible accident that threatens a life more precious than her own.
Inspired by the unconditional love she uncovers in Elizabeth’s story, Sarah strives to forgive those who’ve wounded her soul. But when light shines on the dark secrets of her neighbor’s past and the full extent of her husband’s sins, will looking to a power greater than herself rekindle lost hope?