Ellie Jordan lives a self-imposed life sentence for poor judgment and mistakes made when she was little more than a child. Ellie is content to be alone, until a persistent college professor invites her to a family picnic. Though Ellie turns him down, she finds herself intrigued by his invitation.

Professor Jay Bryant is attracted to Ellie and pursues a friendship with her. Though Ellie lets Jay in as a friend, she fights falling in love with him. However, Ellie eventually finds herself entangled in Jay’s family’s relationships and through the friendships she builds with Jay and his sisters, Ellie learns the power of forgiveness and love.

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What they are saying about Luther's Cross:

Luther’s Cross, the newest book by author Therese Kinkaide, should come with a warning label: Caution-This book may inhibit the reader’s ability to turn off the light and sleep. Luther’s Cross is a well-crafted story that delves into both the heart and mind of a young woman tortured by her past and unable to take hold of her future. Ellie is stuck with the heartache, guilt and grief over the loss of Luther, her young son.
 

Kinkaide draws the reader deep into the psyche and emotions of four characters whose lives intersect, and whose secrets keep them moving in a delicate dance with one another. In the end, the resolutions aren’t all what the reader might expect.

 

Luther’s Cross is one of the best books I’ve read in a very long time. Therese Kinkaide is sure to become a shining star in the women’s fiction genre.

 

                                                                                                       Linda Rettstatt, Author
                                                                                                                     www.geocities.com/lindarettstatt

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Luther’s Cross by Therese Kinkaide is a superbly crafted tale about two badly wounded souls, whose fates bring them together, to untangle their powerful life’s traumas, and hidden secrets. What Ellie Jordan finds is Professor Jay Bryant and his dysfunctional family that try to keep her from feeling as though she is on the outside of life… looking in.

This author’s unique voice reveals the rambling emotional stream of consciousness of persons who have way too many suppressed dark secrets, dreaded guilts, and mysterious regrets darkening their minds. I found this book overflowing with emotional awakenings, enough to make you want to read the book all over again… right after you’ve just finished the last page.

            Regret and Guilt are a powerful poison. With so much remorse, Ellie Jordan has moments when everything kind of slows down like freeze-frame photos, when her blood sort of stops, like fire in her veins. She has had five long emotionally filled years of haunting regrets, wondering where her son, Luther, had gone that fateful night he disappeared. He represents who she has become in order to become a good mother for him… leaving her past indiscretions hidden deep within her heart.

Professor Jay Bryant, without knowing her past history, unwittingly stirs her fire of guilt and regret when he divulges he has his own small son, Oliver, shared with his ex-wife. Even his two sisters, Maeve and Maddie develop a kinship with Ellie, and endeavor to join her to the jigsaw puzzle of their family. Each shares her own web of dark secrets with this new comer, which threatens to tear the family apart.

Well plotted, there is a wealth of unfolding dark secrets at every turn. This is a wonderful suspense that will keep you turning pages to discover what guilt laden secret will be revealed next. And whether or not Ellie and Jay can overcome their emotional problems to create their own family, together?

 

                                                                                                                            JoEllen Conger, Romance Author
                                                                                                                            www.congerbooks.com

 

 

 

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