Chasing Abigail

by Renee Kinlaw

Abigail Reese has been running since she was eight years old. Never finding a haven for her soul, she prides herself on being able to outrun everyone and everything that threatens her. No matter how far she runs, though, there is one she cannot outrun. Somehow, God seems to always catch up to her. Now, He has sent a very handsome preacher to trip her up. Single and lonely, Pastor Michael Jennings prays for ‘The One.’ He never expected the chase to be so hard. However, this feisty little woman God placed in his path is everything he needs. Breathtakingly beautiful, full of sassiness and spunk, she brings out the flirtatious side of him. Armed with the mission of catching Miss Abigail, Michael sets out on the race of a lifetime. Their romance holds many challenges. The most prominent is the past she is trying to escape. With all that she pretends to be, Michael notices the darkness that hides beneath the surface. Will he be able to show her the truth of God’s unrelenting love or will she run forever?

311 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 31, 2018

About the author

Renee Kinlaw is a Pastor’s wife of 20 years. She and her husband, whom she calls her soulmate have one daughter named Jayden. Renee is enrolled at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. She has a great passion for the Bible study and teaching woman of all ages the truths of God’s Word. Renee has never known days without religion, but sadly, she has known days without Jesus. At the age of 21, Renee realized she needed more than the church. She needed more than Mom and Dad’s salvation. She needed a relationship with Jesus. Since that time Renee had become a firm believer that having a personal relationship with Christ is all that really matters in life.

Reviews

[Lorel Kline · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unconditional love, forever love

With the love of God and the love of the special one who loves you, chains that bind us can be broken and our brokeness healed. God can give is the wisdom, the courage and the strength to walk beside those who need us if we ask Him to as He did for Michael and Abigail. True love can conquer our fears and help bring us peace. It is worth waiting for no matter how long. God loved us so much that chases us as we run away from Him until we are willing to surrender to His love. We are never to far from His reach.

[Edwina Cowgill · Rating 5 out of 5]

When I first began to read “Chasing Abigail” I must admit that I was a little overwhelmed by the number of characters in the book. At that time, I did not realize that this book is the second book in The Restoration Series. Yes, you can read this book as a stand-alone and you will enjoy it. I would recommend that if you can get a copy of Book one in the series, "Leann’s Victory", do so and read it.

Still, I persevered and a few chapters into the book I had the characters fixed in my
mind. In all fairness to the author, Renee Kinlaw, the characters and their
roles were listed in the front of the book–I didn’t see that page until I was
finished reading the book.

This book centered around Abigail Reese and Michael Jennings. Abigail is a young
woman who ran every morning as a form of exercise, but who had also run away
from love, commitment and relationships most of her life. Michael is Pastor
Michael Jennings, the single pastor of Palm Island Baptist Church. Jennings has
been praying, asking God to send him the woman that he has selected for him.
God shows him that woman is Abigail. Michael is captivated by Abigail’s beauty
and even by her wounded spirit. And so, the “chasing” of Abigail begins.

Michael and Abigail’s story is a beautiful love story, but more importantly, God and
Abigail’s story is a moving story of the love of the Father for His daughter.
It tells us that God stands at the door of our hearts, knocking, patiently
waiting for us to let Him enter. It reminds all of us just how far our Father
God will go to prove His love for us. It reminds us of how his love for us is
unconditional, extravagant, reckless, no matter where we’ve been or what we’ve
done.

Ms. Kinlaw did a masterful job in writing this book, without being pushy or
“preachy.” This is a book that you will want to put on top of the stack of
books by your bedside that you’ve yet to read. And you will want to read it
more than once – it’s just that enjoyable.

I give this book a 10 on a rating scale of 1-10 and if I could rate it higher, I
would.

[Lillie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think this would work as a stand-alone, but I'm glad I read the first book first to know the characters and backstory. Abigail's running symbolized her running from God as well as running from Michael. But she couldn't outrun either. A good romance with a Christian message.

[Florence Houston · Rating 5 out of 5]

Only trust me

We go thru so much in our day to day life as we continue to live . If we just trust and believe God as we say we do . We could dodge a lot of heartbreak and ets.