by Elisa Morgan
Rebecca Nichols never knows safety in her childhood home. The year is 1969, and her father Robert has just accepted a pastoral position in Sellerstown, North Carolina. The small community welcomes their new minister warmly, but one man sits differently in the sanctuary. From pew number seven, he watches with hostile eyes, determined to control the church and eliminate anyone who threatens his authority. This man launches a campaign of intimidation against the Nichols family, escalating his tactics beyond what they could anticipate. Robert refuses to abandon his calling despite the mounting pressure. The conflict reaches its breaking point when an armed intruder enters their kitchen one evening, forever changing Rebecca's world. The trauma could easily breed lifelong hatred and a thirst for revenge. Instead, Rebecca's story becomes something else entirely. Her parents had instilled in her the transformative power of forgiveness, and this lesson would be tested in the most extreme circumstances imaginable.
Genres: christian-fiction, historical-fiction, abuse, crime
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: North Carolina, Sellerstown
Period: 1969
305 pages · Kindle Edition
Content warnings: abuse, violence