The Christian Fiction Writer

Lori LeBlanc announces the release of her debut novel, Surrender, An Inspirational Romance. It is available from Full House Publishing www.fullhousepublishing.com/bookstore.

ISBN 0-9720697-0-4
304 pages $12.95

After an infertility diagnosis leads to the destruction of her six-year marriage, Amy Bartlett packs up her things and heads for the Texas Hill Country, hoping a change of scenery will help her regain control of her life. Once she arrives in Cedar Point, however, her life becomes anything but peaceful.

First, Amy meets Jake Hanson, her handsome landlord and next door neighbor. She fights her attraction to him, knowing that her inability to have children makes a future with another man impossible. Then she is befriended by Lollie Martin, wife of the pastor of one of the town’s largest churches. Lollie’s spiritual questions and insights cause a reluctant stirring in Amy’s heart to reconcile with the God that she feels has cursed and abandoned her.

Next, Amy spars with Emma Jenkins, a single mother, who envisions Jake as her son's future father and resents Amy's intrusion in their lives. Finally, a New Year's kiss convinces Amy that her feelings for Jake can no longer be hidden. Desperate to avoid being hurt again, Amy does the only thing she knows to do...run. But will it be too late?

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Reviews
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Promising new author, September 17, 2002
Reviewer: Karen Potts from Lake Jackson, TX USA

Amy Barlett's life is at an all-time low as she leaves Houston after a heart-breaking divorce and heads for the Texas Hill Country where she hopes to make a new start. She rents a house from Jake Hanson and vows not to become involved with him or any other man because of an infertility diagnosis she has received from her doctor. She figures that if that problem broke up her first marriage, it might do the same to any subsequent relationships. Amy is befriended by Lollie Martin, a pastor's wife, who sees that Amy's spiritual life is off track as well as other aspects of her life. The rest of the book relates the healing of Amy's spiritual life which parallels her ability to form new relationships in her life. This is author LeBlanc's first book in the Cedar Point Series and reveals a good writing style in a pleasant genre.