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“Time didn’t exist here. Only control. The damp chill of the cellar clung to Rick’s skin, burrowing deep into his muscles, curling around his bones like a parasite.”
― Joy Michelle Austin, Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love

“Daniel wasn’t saved from the lions’ den. He was saved in it. Maybe that’s how God works—not by pulling us out of the darkness, but by holding us through it.”
― Joy Michelle Austin, Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love

“You’re still listening to her voice. Still believing the lie that you failed them. But Rick, you didn’t.”
― Joy Michelle Austin, Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love

“Survival’s not weakness—it’s proof of strength.”
― Joy Michelle Austin, Half Agony, Half Hope: A Christian Romantic Suspense About Rescue, Redemption, and Unbreakable Love