Un largo camino a casa

by Sharlene MacLaren

Una historia de corazones sanados, fe reavivada, y el encuentro del amor en las tragedias de la vida. Después de divorciarse de su abusivo esposo, la madre soltera Clara Méndez todavía está alimentando las cicatrices de un pasado doloroso, cuando un hombre buen mozo, pero a la vez desconocido y extraño, se muda al departamento del otro lado del pasillo. Daniel Morales podrá ser atractivo, pero no sus un ex pastor que abandonó su rebaño en Michigan y huyó a los suburbios de Chicago después de la muerte trágica de su amada esposa y su bebita. Cuando el ex esposo de Clara se aparece para causarle más caos en su vida, Daniel se encuentra a sí mismo defendiéndola y enfrentándose en el proceso cara a cara con sus propios demonios. ¿Dejarán Daniel y Clara que Dios cambie sus corazones y cure sus heridas para darle otra oportunidad al amor?  A story of healing hearts, rekindling faith, and finding love in life’s tragedies. After divorcing her abusive husband, single mother Callie May is still nursing emotional scars when a handsome but brooding stranger moves into the apartment across the hall. Former church pastor Dan Mattson may be attractive, but his circumstances certainly aren’t. He abandons his flock and turns his back on God following the tragic death of his beloved wife and baby daughter. When Callie’s ex-husband shows up to wreak even more havoc in her life, Dan finds himself coming to her defense—and being forced to face his own demons in the process. Will Dan and Callie allow God to change their hearts and mend their hurts so they can take another chance on love?  

370 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 7, 2009

About the author

After 31 years of teaching second and fourth grades, Shar decided to say, "Bye-bye, Students!" and "Hello, Writing World!" and it's been an interesting, exciting, challenging, and inspiring adventure. One thing she knows for certain—God dropped a seed of passion for writing in her heart back in the summer of 2000, and He's been growing it ever since. She signed on with Whitaker House Publishers in early 2006 and in December of that same year released Through Every Storm, a general fiction title that finaled in the American Christian Fiction Writers Book-of-the-Year. Another general fiction title, Long Journey Home, hit shelves in 2008. (It is her pleasure to announce that both of these titles are also available in SPANISH.)

Sharlene’s beloved, bestselling “Little Hickman Creek Series” released in 2007-08. This 3-book series set in 1895 KENTUCKY won the “Road to Romance” Reviewers’ Choice Award and a third place standing in the Inspirational Readers’ Choice Contest in 2008 and 2009. Also, in 2009, her historical series, “The Daughters of Jacob Kane”, began hitting bookshelves in stores countrywide. In late summer of 2010, Tender Vow, another general fiction stand-alone, will release, and following that, a 1920s 3-book set called “River of Hope”. The first in that series, River Song, should become available in the spring of 2011. Yep, you guessed it – Shar is BUSY!!!

Shar has done numerous book-signings across the country, appeared on many national television and radio shows, and participated in countless interviews. She has been married to the love of her life since December of 1975, has two wonderful daughters and two handsome sons-in-law. The joys of her life, however, are her adorable grandchildren. Besides her involvement in music at her local church, Shar has been a speaker for the local MOPS organization, is involved in KIDS’ HOPE, USA, a mentoring program for at-risk children, counsels young women in the international APPLES OF GOLD program, and attends two bi-weekly Bible studies. She and her darling husband, Cecil, live in Spring Lake, Michigan with Peyton, their loveable collie, and Mocha, their big, lazy cat.

Reviews

[Alexandra Vigo · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.3