Waters Fall: Women's Christian Fiction

Waters Fall: Women's Christian Fiction

WATERS FALL
The anatomy of an affair. The price of forgiveness. The beauty of grace.

Jake doesnâ€™t remember what it means to be a champion. Nora doesnâ€™t know how much longer she can tread water before she goes under.

Their fairytale marriage is hurtling toward a tragic end.

Then Tristan sweeps inâ€”all feelings and fire and freedomâ€”and Nora is carried out to where the waters flow fast and deep. Nora knows sheâ€™s risking far more than just her heartâ€¦.

When it all comes crashing down, Jake and Nora are left standing amidst the ruins of everything theyâ€™ve built together. Will they walk away, or stay and fight for their happily-ever-after?

Note: WATERS FALL is written from a Christian worldview.

WATERS FALL excerpt:

Noraâ€™s bones ached in the frigid water, and her lungs thrummed in desperation for oxygen, but she resisted the urge to push to the surface. She tipped her head back and gazed up at the warped glow above her, the sunlight flaunting its promise of warmth. The water roared as it flung itself over the stacked boulders of the falls and into the pool where she was submerged; the cacophony surrounded her, shutting out all sounds from above. The kids would be calling for her by now, and if she stayed under much longer, Jake would come after her. Sheâ€™d long ago breathed out the last of her air so she could sink to the rocky bed of the pool. Her long dark hair drifted up around her head, reminding her of mermaid stories, and her arms floated out to her sides of their own volition. If she could just keep from kicking her legs, she might be able to stay thereâ€¦longer.

It had started out as a game of â€˜who can hold their breath the longest,â€™ and Nora knew sheâ€™d win, hands down, even against Jake. A choir girlâ€”first school, then churchâ€”her lung capacity was in tip-top condition because she worked to keep it that way. On the third round, though, something tripped inside her head, like a live wire sending a string of sparks skittering across her thoughts, and she was suddenly and acutely aware of the thrill of this watery cocoon, of being out of breath, of the cold, and of the churning chaos just a few feet away from where she waited in a strange state of suspended animation.

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Today was the first time Nora had ever intentionally opened her eyes under the water here without her goggles on. The torrent from the falls kept the pool stirred up and cloudy, and sheâ€™d always been afraid of debris blinding her.

But the swirling specks of silt and sand, glittering and pale, added to the otherworld sensation that held her in its grip. What would happen if she just opened her mouth and drew the fairy dust water into her lungs?

Suddenly the very thought of breathing had her clamoring for the surface, bursting up out of the water with a great gulp that left her coughing and gasping. She looked up to find sheâ€™d drifted to the far side of the waterhole where there was no easy place to climb out. Across from her, Leslie scrambled from the top of the large boulder where sheâ€™d obviously been perched to try to locate Nora, and Felix, tears of panic streaming down his face, stood ankle deep at the edge the pool, helpless in his youth. Jake, treading water out where sheâ€™d first gone under, couldnâ€™t seem to make up his mind whether to come to her aid or go back to comfort the kids.

Nora waved him free, and he grimaced at her before making his way to Felix. He stood with his arm around the boy, his other hand up to shield his eyes from the glint of the sun off the water as he watched her, waiting for her to come back to them.

Country	USA
Author	Becky Doughty
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9780984584871
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	BraveHearts Press
Manufacturer	BraveHearts Press
NumberOfPages	321
PublicationDate	2014-02-28
Publisher	BraveHearts Press
ReleaseDate	2014-02-28
Studio	BraveHearts Press

Waters Fall: Women's Christian Fiction

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