Blurb:
Four Friends, One Secret and
The Weekend That Changed Their Destiny
Candace Walker, Kaylan Smith,
Jordan Tate, and Tiffany Thomas have their share of sorrows, but neither of
them realizes how deep the sorrow goes.
What happens when they agree to meet for a weekend of relaxation in
beautiful Napa County? Which one will leave the same or worse?
For Candace Walker, life has
left her battered and bruised. Kaylan
Smith has struggled with prejudice from her in-laws. After fifteen years of
marriage, bitterness is trying to raise its ugly head for Jordan Tate, whose
husband wants to call it quits. And for Tiffany Thomas, dealing with rejection
has never been one of her greatest feats.
Although they have been
friends for years, they thought they knew each other well. But will a secret
destroy their relationship and bring the sisterhood to a complete halt? Will
they be able to forgive and allow God to mend that which might be torn?
Excerpt:
“Who cares anyway if I die? I hate my
life; I curse the day I was born,” said Candace as she rolled out of her twin
bed to face yet another day of sheer disappointments. Her feet landed on the
beige, shaggy, dirty carpet that had seen better days. As she sat on the edge of her bed, she looked
around the small apartment as though she was expecting to see something
different, but nothing had changed.
“Lord, can I get a break? Can
something good happen in my life?” she cried as her head collapsed in her
hands. She knew within herself that today would be like all the rest: gloomy,
sad, and most of all, lonely. After all she had experienced in life, how could
she think today would be any different?
Candace lived in a small studio
apartment off of School Street in the city of Pittsburg, California, a city
surrounded by the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area. Her apartment had enough room for only one
dresser and a nightstand, which she got at the neighborhood Goodwill store.
The walls of her apartment were dirty
from years of cigarette smoke that didn’t escape out of the window. Her kitchen
table was made of plywood, which she covered with a red tablecloth. The table
was encompassed by two chairs, one for her and the other one she had hoped
would be occupied by someone who genuinely wanted to be with her. The blue and
cream décor in her kitchen came from visiting the neighborhood garage sales. Her neighbors knew her so well because of the
frequent visits she made to their sales. Although Candace always had a roof
over her head, she did not like the environment in which she lived. After
looking intently at her dwelling place, she lay back on her bed and stared at
the ceiling. Her thoughts shifted from her disappointing apartment to her anger
about the issues she had to deal with, problems that had been with her for
years, issues with her family.
Since high school, life was hard for
Candace. Almost every decision she made never retuned a good dividend. The men
in her life came and went, except for Derrick.
He stayed the longest, but his bout with kidney failure ended whatever
dreams she had of getting out of what she called the “ghetto.” Derrick was her
sure ticket to a better life, she’d hoped. The only consolation to his memory
was the pictures on the stained walls and a locket she wore around her neck.
Candace grew up with both parents and
two siblings. Her sister, Monique, was three years younger than her; her
brother, Zach, was two years younger. Candace always felt that she got the
worse end of the stick when it came to Monique. Monique was light-skinned with
long, black, wavy hair, which belonged to her, by the way. Candace’s skin tone
was a few shades darker than Monique’s. She was short in stature, five feet,
three inches tall, to be exact. She wore her hair down and straight, although
it mostly contained black hair extensions, which she bought from the
neighborhood beauty supply store.
Monique was the image of her mother,
minus a few inches of hair. She stood five feet, eleven inches with a small
frame; she could have been chosen as America’s Next Top Model. But Monique
decided to study law, passing the bar on her first attempt; she then started
her own practice and moved it to Los Angeles.
Monique and her parents could not figure out why Candace didn’t make
more of herself. To them, Candace was merely existing and taking up space. They wrote Candace off years ago.
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My review. This is a Christian novel which didn't come across too preachy. Good characters were battered by problems in life, and had to learn to deal with those problems. But they learned they didn't have to do it alone.
My review. This is a Christian novel which didn't come across too preachy. Good characters were battered by problems in life, and had to learn to deal with those problems. But they learned they didn't have to do it alone.
Author Bio:
Paulette Harper is an award-winning
and best-selling author. She is the owner of Write Now Literary Virtual Book
Tours and is passionate about helping authors succeed in publishing and
marketing their books. Paulette has been writing and publishing books since
2008. Paulette is the author of That Was
Then, This is Now, Completely Whole and The Sanctuary. Her articles have
appeared on-line and in print.
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