It is always my pleasure to bring to Saturday Spotlight a fellow author, and most particularly a fellow Pelican Book Group author!
Today's guest, Carla Rossi was here in March talking about her book, The Living End of Cancer, but this week she's talking about her PBG release, Unexpected Wedding!
Lifelong preacher’s kid and occasional wild child, Giavanna Rinaldi, has always learned things the hard way. With a trail of bad choices in her wake, she has finally grown up and found her niche as a student of Christian child psychology. She returns to Camp Towering Pines where she’s worked since high school, but unsettling dreams and an unexplained illness lead her to a harrowing discovery.
Will Rocky and Gia’s budding romance survive her trauma? And is their bold decision an answer from God, or a serious step outside of His perfect will?
Excerpt: Rocky Lionakis didn’t know what hit him. Last he remembered, he’d tucked his Bible beside him in his wheelchair and turned to leave the platform. Now he was flat on his back on the wooden ramp, gazing at the blue east Texas sky through a canopy of tall pines. It would have been a beautiful summer afternoon sight if he’d meant to be looking at it.
He lifted his head and then decided it felt better to stay
down. Voices grew softer, and bubbly chatter faded as camp staff herded the
junior and senior high audience for his last talk away from the outdoor stage and
down the path toward the dining hall.
Somewhere the wheel of his chair spun with a rhythmic swish
and put him in mind of an old bicycle he had as a child. It slowed, and he
closed his eyes.
Normally a tumble from his chair ended with a quick recovery.
Propelled by sheer embarrassment, he could usually steady the lightweight
titanium contraption and be upright in seconds. This time his scattered thoughts
and developing headache told him he’d fallen harder than he realized. For all
he knew, his chair had landed in another zip code because it sure wasn’t beside
him on the ramp.
He felt for his Bible and discovered it under his left hip.
Everything was quiet except for the coo of a mourning dove somewhere high above
him and the scrape of a squirrel’s feet as it scampered up a tree.
As he started to relax, all pain dissipated.
Maybe the fall had killed him...
The scent of something earthy and sweet reached his nose. He
sniffed the air. Heaven smelled like strawberries.
He opened his eyes and looked up into a warm chocolate-brown
gaze. An angel stood over him. Strands of long dark hair slid off her shoulders
and hung almost to his face as she bent over him.
She smiled and knelt beside him. “Fall off your horse there,
cowboy?”
He blinked. If this was Heaven, God had sent him one sassy
angel to welcome him home. Nice......
Connect with Carla:
@carlarossiwrite
You can get Unexpected Wedding at the following places....
Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/ncdchzt
Pelican Book Group: http://tinyurl.com/ktb9a76
Well Friends, I'm sure you enjoyed this week's Saturday Spotlight. Stay tuned next for more Tuesday Treasure, Thursday Thoughts and of course, another Saturday Spotlight!
Until next time....Take care & Be Blessed!
PamT
1 comment:
Thanks so much for letting me stop by, Pamela! I hope your readers enjoy Unexpected Wedding.
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