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INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN’S FICTION SAMPLER, SOULS OF THE SEA SERIES
PUBLISHED BY PSALMS 96:3 PRESS.
Copyright © 2016 April Geremia. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations and paraphrases are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Cover Design and Book Layout by Nat Mara
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Table of Contents
1 - The Fragrance of Surrender
1 - Prologue
1 - Chapter 1
1 - Chapter 2
1 - Chapter 3
1 - Chapter 4
1 - Chapter 5
1 - Chapter 6
1 - Chapter 7
1 - Chapter 8
2 - The Leap of Forgiveness
2 - Prologue
2 - Chapter 1
2 - Chapter 2
2 - Chapter 3
2 - Chapter 4
2 - Chapter 5
2 - Chapter 6
2 - Chapter 7
About the Author
The Fragrance of Surrender Souls of the Sea: Book 1
What would cause a woman to stand on the edge of a cliff deciding whether to slip over it or to live another day?
How bad would it have to be?
And what if she can’t turn to God because she believes He’s the root of all her problems?
Set among the fragrant sweet smell of ripening orange tree blossoms, this emotional story is about a woman who battles God for the right to determine how things should be. Gabriella’s life has been filled with tragedy, including the mystery of why her own parents disappeared one night, leaving her alone at a tender young age. Soon after her husband dies, she and her son move to her childhood home—a house on a cliff by the sea in a village that time has left behind. It’s there that she and some local villagers begin the process of bringing her parent’s old orange grove back to life.
As Gabriella begins to put together the pieces of why her parents abandoned her, she soon learns they were victims of powerful forces that threatened to tear apart the quiet little village by the sea. And that knowledge, along with all the other losses she’s experienced, causes Gabriella to view God with great suspicion and fear. So when her young son experiences a dramatic conversion and begins to serve Him, an all-out battle ensues.
During this time, Gabriella often feels called to the edge of the cliff, torn between letting herself slip over it and ending the pain, or fighting for a happiness she’s not even sure exists. Will Gabriella continue to do battle with God? Or will she come to have faith in the God she blames for all the tragedies she’s suffered?
And what role will her young son play in her decision?
This book considers questions like: What happens when God doesn’t act like we think He should?
And can someone who has experienced so much pain and disappointment ever really let go of the hurt and learn to trust Him?
The Leap of Forgiveness Souls of the Sea: Book 2
What if everything you’ve ever been told is a lie?
When Joshua was just a young boy in the 60s, he was told his mother took her own life and left him to be raised by an emotionally absent man and a woman who had slipped into insanity because of the death of her own child. Those circumstances affected every aspect of Joshua’s life but it wasn’t until he met Isabelle, the red-haired bookstore owner on Bell Island, that he realized just how emotionally stifled he was. He loved her, but his tragic past kept him from fully committing. And Isabelle was tired of waiting.
Then lavender scented letters began arriving in Joshua’s mailbox. The letters were signed “Mama,” and they filled in the missing pieces of his early life with his mother, including why her own turbulent love story caused her to walk into the ocean one day in her best suit. They also contained God-inspired wisdom that had the potential to set Joshua on another path.
But Joshua must determine whether the letters are truly from his mother, who he believes has been dead for 20 years, or if there is an even deeper mystery that will finally explain the heartbreaking events of so long ago?
This book intertwines two love stories and a mystery that, once solved, has the potential to alter the lives of everyone involved.