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No one is ever completely what he or she appear …  Adam LeGrande, computer genius and billionaire, is drifting through the drudgery of his life.  The highlights of his day revolve around verbal sparing matches with his annoying and shifty butler and refining his skill at “strategic alienation”.  But hey, what’s a cynical man to do? What do you do when you discover that your entire adult life has been a lie?  What do you do when you realize everything you believed in and trusted in was nothing but an illusion painted with deceit and framed in your own stupidity?
Fact: Every relationship in your life past, present, and future is directly related to the state of your heart. So, let’s take some time to examine that heart of yours: do a little thoughtful introspection, examine its quality, realign your priorities, begin to fix what’s broken, begin to strengthen what’s weak, find what’s lost and … make God smile a bit. She is Elle Graves. She is 14. She is a captive. She is alone. She is frightened. She is no better than a slave. But she is not a red savage. Her story is wrapped within the historical facts of the Cherokee Nation in the early 19th century at a time when they were at their best and ultimately driven to their worst.
Her name is Bear.  She is happy here in the Indian village she has chosen to call home even though to look at her you would see that she has white skin.  At 15, she is the mate of Bright Feather and the people of The Maple Forest are her family. She is Bear, the mate of Bright Feather. She has matured from a frightened, captive, white girl to a mate, mother, and perhaps most importantly, Powerful Indian Woman. She is eighteen years old. 
Nothing could be worse than being a bride abandoned on her wedding day, right? Wrong. Try factoring in an unplanned pregnancy that shatters what is left of Karly Martin’s dreams to be a missionary. Don’t talk to Claire Jenkins about how tough things can be.  She’s had a front row seat experiencing the cruelties of life, literally from the moment of her birth.  Just leave her alone, stay out of her way, and, don’t offer her any sympathy or charity.  She may be living on the edge, but she can take care of herself thank you very much.
My name is Elaine. Talk to my daughter Olivia and she’ll mention my lousy maternal instincts, blatant favoritism towards her sister, one-sided loyalties, and convenient memories regarding my personal disasters. My friend Callie will tell you I have a wonderful relationship with my daughter Erin and a spectacular relationship with my grandson. She’s quick to point out that I’m “strong, capable, and resilient.”  

 

About the Author

Who is Susan McGeown? Susan McGeown is a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, aunt, uncle (don't ask), teacher, author ... but, most importantly, a "woman after God's own heart."  She's been a teacher, a Children's minister, a deacon, a vacation Bible school coordinator, a preschool director, and a Bible study leader.  Living in Bridgewater, New Jersey, with her husband of over fifteen years and their three children, writing stories is just about the best way she can imagine spending her free time.  Each of Sue's stories champions those emotions nearest and dearest to her:  faith, joy, hope and love.

Philippians 1:20-21:        “For I fully expect and hope that I will never be ashamed, but that I will continue to be bold for Christ, as I have been in the past. And I trust that my life will bring honor to Christ, whether I live or die. For to me, living means living for Christ, and dying is even better."

Why I write what I write:

I love a good read, but I am tremendously picky.  I crave stories that I can get completely lost in.  Nothing is better than a book that takes me away to a different place and time or that teaches me something I did not know or changes my outlook on life.   

In the search for the perfect escape I prefer to be inspired instead of torn down and uplifted rather than depressed. It is my free time I am investing, why can't I be choosy?  And, I like romances.   I joke about my love of trashy romances, but the reality is that the category of Christian romance or inspirational romance wouldn't fill even one shelf in my home library.  Why is that I wonder?  Are godly women less passionate, less loving, or less emotional than their 'worldly' counterparts?  Hardly!

Godly women come in all shapes, sizes, ethnicities and situations.  Godly women have doubts and can despair in low times.  Godly women suffer grievous hurts and sorrows that can threaten to break us.  Godly women sometimes have only the strength to pray, "Please..." just before they fall into an exhausted, tear filled sleep.  What gives godly women their greatest power is they know how to forgive and they know how to pick themselves up and take those first hesitant steps forward.  Godly women know how to love.  Godly women are passionate.  Godly women are not perfect - far from it, but, blessedly, we are forgiven.  They are tough, resilient, humorous, outspoken, and proud to be called Women After God's Own Heart. I know because I'm one of them.  I am a woman after God's own heart. 

I write stories about women in all shapes, sizes, ethnicities and situations.  Women like you and me.

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