#InspirationalFriday
Someone is after Dr. Sarah Gordon. Theyβve stalked her
and
set a
fire at her home. Trying to recover from the traumatic
deaths of her
husband and infant daughter is tough enough, but she has
no
idea
what will come next. Her late husbandβs best friend and a
recovering
alcoholic detective are trying to solve the mystery
before
itβs too
late, but both appear to be vying for her affection as
well.
Sarah
finds herself in constant fear as the process plays out.
As the threats on her life continue to escalate, so do
the
questions: Who is doing this? Why are they after her? And
with her
only help being unreliable suitors in competition with
each
other,
whom can she really trust?
Excerpt Acrid smoke assaulting her nostrils brought Dr. Sarah
Gordon awake. Was the noise downstairs real, or was it a
part of a dream? No matter. The smoke was real. Her house
was on fire.
Her first impulse was to make sure Jenny was safe. But
first, she needed to wake Harry. Sarah reached to her
left across the king-size bed, but when her hand touched
a bare pillow she realized her husband wasnβt there. He
was dead. Heβd been dead for eight months now. So had her
daughter. Sarah was alone⦠in a burning house.
Or was she alone? Had she really heard a noise? Was
someone down there, waiting for her to come down those
stairs? She couldnβt stay up here and burn to death,
though. What should she do? Rules and admonitions, read
or heard long ago and almost forgotten, swirled through
her mind. Sarah stopped and forced herself to think
logically, just as she would when faced with a problem in
the emergency room.
She threw on a robe, shoved her feet into slippers,
grabbed her cell phone and in a few strides covered the
distance to the door leading from her bedroom into the
hall. Feel the door. If itβs hot, find some other way
out.
Cautiously, she pressed her palm against the doorβ¦
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