The Link That Could Not Be Broken

by C.L. Shaffer

Gavin is a man who has lost his faith in God.During a visit with his lifelong friend and religious mentor, Professor Faulkner Brickley, Gavin confesses that he is no longer a believer. Alarmed that his friend has lost the capacity to see that life can be extraordinary, the professor decides it's time to reveal a secret. "We can either choose to use our talents or not," he says to Gavin before dramatically demonstrating to him that God has granted him an amazing gift.Meanwhile, Gavin runs into an old flame. He helped bring Elizabeth Kasher into the faith some years ago. But in his state of grief following the death of his father, he told Elizabeth that he no longer wanted her in his life. Although their chance meeting stirs up old feelings, nothing more comes of it—until Elizabeth runs into trouble on a missionary trip in the Russian republic of Ingushetia, and Gavin decides to use his gift to help her. As a result of their adventures, lives are changed—in very surprising ways. And Gavin comes to see that life can be extraordinary. But is this enough to shake his disbelief?Buy today . . . just be prepared for a late night of reading!

209 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 2, 2014

About the author

In addition to her most recent work, The Gift of Remembering, C.L. Shaffer, is the author of three other books in the Christian genre, The Link That Could Not Be Broken (fiction), The Wonderful Journey of Edmund Beasley (fiction), and False Beliefs: The Serpent Seed Doctrine & Kenite Myth (nonfiction).

Currently, she is working on another piece of Christian fiction titled, The Killing Frost.

When inspiration hits, she contributes to a blog called The Daily Christian on Goodsreads.com and to her Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CLShafferBooks.

Reviews

[Randy Grossman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I want to thank CL Shaffer as I won this book in a giveaway. It was interesting and had several plot twists. While I believe the author has a broad view of Christianity, I appreciate the Christian perspective, while showing that Christian thinking people DO have faults and continuously need Grace in their lives. I often thought of Bill Murray's character in the movie "Groundhog Day" when comparing it to the "gift" that the main character of this story had. I would absolutely read more books from Ms Shaffer it I have the opportunity.

[Wendy Huddler · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Link That Could Not Be Broken was a book I felt was slow in the beginning. I realized this was so you could meet and learn all the characters. It did pick up and I found it to be one of those books you wanted to continue to see what happened and how it worked out. It also showed how something you said or did could be seen or heard and could turn someone around to God.

[Robin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The storyline was an intriguing idea. Being immortal to aid in another coming to Christ is not an idea I have read before. It is not the style of writing I enjoy reading. There is a lot action and it does move relatively fast. I was given a copy by the author in exchange for an honest review.

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

There were portions of this book this were so good. I felt it was missing a cohesiveness to keep my attention to read more than a chapter at a time.

[Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book! It is written in first person, which is different for me, but once I got used to it, it was fine.