Thorns of
Betrayal
His destiny brought
them together, but
will her past rip them apart?
Ever since her
father’s mysterious death, Rose Bauer has suffered with
migraines. Visions and voices reach out to her from the intense pain. Is her
father’s spirit trying to contact her? Or is she going crazy?
Now is not a good
time to be crazy.
Zeke Clayton
claims destiny led him to her door. But how strong can destiny
bind two souls when one is as tainted as hers? Is his love for her and faith
in God strong enough to survive all her secrets? Will justice
ever be served
against the one who has betrayed them all?
ISBN-13:
978-0615965123
ISBN-10:
0615965121
Christ. She is a
daughter, wife, mother of four, and grandmother of eight who
has five decades
of experiences to draw from when creating her stories. She has
published a
collection of Short Stories, The Clockwork Dragon, and novels such
as The Wishing
Well Curse with AltWitPress. She categorizes herself as the
“sandwich
generation” because she is caring for her mother who has Alzheimer’s
and her special
needs sister. Lynn
enjoys reading and
writing Christian fiction, paranormal and speculative fiction,
but you never know
what might inspire a story in her head, so you could see a
novel under any
given genre.
fishtailed on the
wet asphalt and her head banged against the driver’s window.
She slammed her
transmission into second gear and then third. She could barely
see through the
downpour. How could she let herself get caught in a spring
storm? She knew
how bad they could get. Lightning flashed and momentarily
blinded her. She
blinked and blinked. The residual ball of light obscured her
vision. Her VW
splashed through a low-water crossing.
She down shifted as her car
traveled through the water but returned the gear to third and
pressed the gas.
He’s lying! That’s what Russell did. He lied! Nobody knew that
better than her.
Wipers flapped vehemently across her windshield. Her mother
did not kill those
people. They killed her. Her body shook as she sobbed. Tears
poured down her
face. She scrubbed a knuckle across her nose. Around the curve
a granite outcrop
became part of the view. Her little bug dipped and climbed
with the contour
of the road. She needed to talk to Keisha.
The wipers squealed against
drying glass. The downpour had stopped. She reached into her
purse for her cell
phone. Her car slammed into another low-water crossing and
hydroplaned to her
left. She jerked her eyes up. Terror shot through her chest.
Oh God! Her cell
phone crashed to the floorboard and broke apart. She gripped
her steering wheel
with blanching knuckles, but it didn’t help. The current
pushed her little Beetle
off the concrete road into the water. It tipped to the
left and then
righted itself. The Volkswagen bobbled but favored the left side.
She leaned toward
the center and frantically looked around. Men and women ran
from vehicles
along the side of the normally dry gulch.
Hysteria barely in check, she pounded
the windshield and screamed, “Help me!”
The people were throwing ropes
across the river down from her car. Thank God, they’ll catch the
car. Her eyes met
theirs. They were yelling something at her.
“What?” She rolled down her window.
“Don’t move,” the crew hollered.
“Don’t move!”
Three men spilled from a black
Hummer. Many voices yelled for her to be still.
A warm sensation cascaded over her
like a sheer drape. Her fear flushed out like a drain and
peace filled her
heart. She would be saved. She sat back in her seat and
sighed.
Her VW jerked, and
her head slammed
against the steering wheel. The ropes had caught. The current
roared against the
hull, filling her ears, drowning out the people’s voices. A
warm trail of
fluid ran down her neck. She touched her chin. Blood! Fear crept
back and tightened
in her throat. Like a terrifying roller coaster, she tipped
in her seat. Her
car was rolling over! She screamed as it continued to tumble.
Water punched her in the face and
shoved past her as it poured into her car, quickly filling it.
Panic clawed at
her mind as the water engulfed her. Her door opened. She jerked
her head toward
it. A man! She could get out. She grabbed at his shoulders, his
arms, whatever she
could get hold of to pull herself out. But she couldn’t get
out! She was
stuck. He pushed back from her.
Oh No! Don’t leave me!
Her lungs burned.
Raw pain tore at
her throat. Choking convulsions. Pain…fading…darkness.
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