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Finding Hope #1
Finding Hope
BOOK ONE OF THE FINDING HOPE SERIESThis is a novelette about finding oneself, finding love and finding hope. If Steve knew anything, he knew that he was fine the way he was. He was a hard-as-steel tough guy. He was a detective that lived alone and was, if not exactly happy, satisfied with the way things were. One night changed all of that. When asked to investigate the kidnapping of his ex-partners daughter, Steve finds more than the evidence of the brutal crimes committed in the old dilapidated house of a serial killer. He finds that he is not the person he thought he was. That night begins a chain of events that makes him question everything he ever thought he knew about himself.
25 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 26, 2011
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D.L. Marriott
6 books3 followersI am a married mother of three, who's grown up and still lives in Wisconsin. It's my dream to eventually give up the day job and work full-time as a writer. I love to write just about anything, fiction, non-fiction, mysteries, horror, romance, drama, even comedy. I've written short stories, personal essays, poems and novels. As an award winning author, I've had several stories printed in various publications. I was co-author of a novel titled "Where Do I Begin - One Woman's Story" that was written in just one month by 32 authors as a fund raiser to buy books for needy children. My novel Souljourner and novelettes "Finding Hope" and "Finding Life" as well as my holiday novella "Christmas Carole" are available on amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com as well as several local bookstores.
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July 4, 2011
Finding Hope by D.L. Marriott is a beautifully composed novelette, filled with more depth and storyline than some books three times the length! This story is drenched in emotion, showing the ever lasting bond that is created in the aftermath of tragedy and the love that prevails. Ms. Marriott pulls you into this book as soon as you start reading, writing as if the character himself is personally telling you this tale, insuring a close connection and shared experience.
The story is written from the main character's point of view. Steve, a tough-as-nails and hard-hearted man who has spent many of his adult years as a police officer. He never minded being a loner, he was used to it. Being raised by emotionally deficient parents will do that to a person. Yet in Al he not only had a partner, but a close friend, a brother. Al's family was just as important to Steve as they were to Al. He loved them and would always be there for them, no matter the distance or years gone by that kept them apart.
When the accident happened, it was a total shock. Al and Sandi weren't supposed to die, not now, not when their Hope was so young. Even after the years that had passed, Hope still remembered her "Uncle" Steve and the bond the two of them had shared from the very beginning. He wasn't going to let her fade out of his life again, keeping close contact with both her and her God parents. He would be there for Hope, during her brightest moments and darkest days. With that, their bond strengthened and their love grew. It wasn't how Steve ever imagined it to be, but it was real and it gave him Hope.
This story was raw, unconventional and extremely genuine. I highly recommend D.L. Marriott's Finding Hope!
~Hazel O'Shea
Written for the Juniper Grove Blog
The story is written from the main character's point of view. Steve, a tough-as-nails and hard-hearted man who has spent many of his adult years as a police officer. He never minded being a loner, he was used to it. Being raised by emotionally deficient parents will do that to a person. Yet in Al he not only had a partner, but a close friend, a brother. Al's family was just as important to Steve as they were to Al. He loved them and would always be there for them, no matter the distance or years gone by that kept them apart.
When the accident happened, it was a total shock. Al and Sandi weren't supposed to die, not now, not when their Hope was so young. Even after the years that had passed, Hope still remembered her "Uncle" Steve and the bond the two of them had shared from the very beginning. He wasn't going to let her fade out of his life again, keeping close contact with both her and her God parents. He would be there for Hope, during her brightest moments and darkest days. With that, their bond strengthened and their love grew. It wasn't how Steve ever imagined it to be, but it was real and it gave him Hope.
This story was raw, unconventional and extremely genuine. I highly recommend D.L. Marriott's Finding Hope!
~Hazel O'Shea
Written for the Juniper Grove Blog
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