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The
Island of Refuge
In the summer of 1940, Tara Madison,
a woman disillusioned with her life as the daughter
of a mean-spirited father and a crippled mother, stumbles
across Tommy Bentley, an escaped convict hiding on
a tiny island in Tampa Bay. Tara finds herself overwhelmed
by an inexplicable desire to assist in proving him
innocent of the murder of his father, secretly hoping
to escape memories of her own family's tragic past.
In
order to help him, however, Tara must contend with
Jacques Lubeck, a Frenchman with a hostile streak
when it comes to letting her become a fellow accomplice.
But try as he might, Jacques can't get rid of the
presumptuous woman, and so the three work together
to thwart the police and clear Tommy's name.
When
Tara discovers that the terrible truth behind the
unsolved murder has an ironic bearing on her own life,
she is faced with a monumental decision: take vengeance
on the one who has robbed her of so much, or allow
the forgiveness of God to heal her wounded heart and
start her down a new path of freedom and love.
Abby
M. Parks'
Biography:
At a young age, Abby M. Parks moved with her family
to Frankfurt, Germany, where she found inspiration
in the European culture and terrain. In her mid-twenties,
she had another opportunity to live in Europe, spending
five years in East Anglia, Great Britain. She has
drawn from her life experiences to write lyrics for
over forty songs, as well as poetry and short stories.
She currently resides in Alabama where she teaches
guitar and piano privately, works at marketing her
music, and has started writing her next novel.
No
woman is an island...
In this thoughtfully crafted Christian genre tale
of finding self and finding out a lot more, author
Parks hits the mark. This desription-laden book
paints many portraits with words and leaves the
reader with a real sense of what the author seems
to be trying to convey; not everyone has it easy,
but there is hope. A troubled young woman caught
in a dangerously complex triangle between her and
her parents runs the gamut of emotions in The Island
of Refuge and discovers more than she bargained
for, for sure. To spill the beans and report on
every plotline would spoil the read, so suffice
it to say that if you are in the mood for a wonderfully
wordy, thought provoking mysteriously kind of romantic
story you'd be foolish to pass up this book.Good
job, Parks! - Lynn Barry
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