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From Darkness to Light
Philip DeLizio
New beginnings are scary. God, however, remains a reliable source. DeLizio presents a story of keeping the faith while adjusting to change. -Sarie Robertson
After the death of his beloved brother due to a car accident, sixteen-year-old Justin finds himself teetering on the edge of despair. As he struggles to make sense of his loss, his faith in God begins to waver. His friends offer him tempting distractions, but his girlfriend Anna is determined to help him cling to his faith. With Anna by his side and others who have weathered their own storms, Justin faces his crisis of belief. In the climactic moment of choice, will Justin remember there are still reasons to believe?
Redeeming Brodie
by J. Carol Nemeth
A sheriff is dead.
The murderer’s gun lays by his side.
It’s 1945, and US Army Capt. Brodie Sawyer is deputized on his first night home from the war by Sheriff Baker. While searching for Brodie’s younger brother, Bufford, along with two others suspected of robbery, a shootout ensues, and the sheriff is killed. Brodie is arrested for murder and unexpectedly released. After his release, Brodie moves his family west to start anew.
Now, in 1970, Skylar Simpson, Brodie’s daughter, is visiting her boyfriend, Matt Scott, on his ranch in Wyoming. It’s only when his ex, Gina, arrives with an old newspaper clipping that Skylar is confronted by her father’s nightmare. Gina’s out for revenge and wants Matt Scott back. Without telling Matt, Skylar heads to East Tennessee where her family originated. Her mission is to discover what happened that night twenty-five years earlier and clear her dad’s name.
Discovering Skylar has gone and is uninterested in Gina’s scheme, Matt realizes the love of his life may be in more danger than she knows and follows her east. Together, they soon discover she’s in the crosshairs of a murderer from 1945. Can they find the truth from that night and stop the killer from reaching Skylar?
