Welcome to the Blog Blitz & Giveaway for Swimming In The Deep End by Christina Suzann Nelson, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
ABOUT THE BOOK
Title: Swimming In The Deep End
Author: Christina Suzann Nelson
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Genre: Contemporary Women’s Fiction
A moving novel entwining the many faces of motherly love
Jillian Connors has the perfect daughter: loving and smart, she’s an Olympic hopeful with a bright future. But when Gabby becomes pregnant, Jillian fears that future is lost. Worse, she must confront her own secret past and hope the decisions she’s made don’t drown their whole family.
Gabby can’t believe God let this happen to her. She knew the risks, but who thinks about that when they’re in love? Now she has to face the consequences–and the disappointed stares from everyone who thought she was the perfect Christian girl. At least she has the baby’s father, Travis. Nothing can tear them apart, right?
Margaret Owens had determined dreams for her son. She’s furious that Gabby’s pregnancy jeopardizes his college baseball scholarship and terrified that Travis will be trapped in a life of struggle and poverty–the life she’s tried so hard to save him from. She’ll do anything to protect him–even if it means forcing him to leave Gabby.
Stacey Meyers is aching for a child of her own. But the son she was meant to adopt was taken before she could hold him in her arms. It feels like she’ll never stop mourning; even the move to this new town hasn’t distracted her from the pain. How can she and her husband find peace? Is there any hope of a family in their future?
And in the midst of all this . . . an unborn baby. Whose arms will hold him in the end?
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EXCERPT
Jillian Cline
Light reflects off the wet blades of grass sparkling in the glow of the streetlamp. Swaying forward and back, the hem of my purple, ankle-length robe, the one Izzy bought for me with her own money a couple Christmases ago, rubs across the tops of my feet like the edges of grabbing ocean waves. My gaze drifts away from the place where the porch light brings the night into focus and out into the darkness.
I’ve seen him out there before, a figure masked by darkness, sneaking to my daughter’s window. And I didn’t stop him because I was afraid of how our different feelings about Travis were tearing our relationship apart. I was afraid I would be alone again, without a mother or a daughter.
Instead of dealing with the issue directly, I gave them a few minutes, then made noises in the hall. He always disappeared.
Anger licks my cheeks and lights a bonfire in my chest.
I should have slashed his tires, smashed his precious windows.
I choke on a sob and my regret.
Can’t Izzy’s situation be just another one of my nightmares?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Christina Suzann Nelson, inspirational speaker and award-winning author of If We Make It Home, is celebrating the release of Swimming in the Deep End, on September 25, 2018. She writes and speaks about hope after dysfunction. Christina is over the top about her passions, including the stories created somewhere in the twists and turns of her less-than-focused brain. When she’s not writing, she’s working with the Every Child initiative, chasing escaped steers, reading, breathing in the sweet smell of her horse, hiking with her dog, or enjoying her just-as-crazy family.
CONNECT WITH CHRISTINA: website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | Pinterest
TOUR GIVEAWAY
(1) winner will receive (US only)
- a print copy of Swimming in the Deep End
- $10 Amazon gift card
- Swimming in the Deep End water bottle
Enter via the Rafflecopter giveaway below. Giveaway will begin at midnight November 9, 2018 and last through 11:59pm November 16, 2018. US only. Winners will be notified within a week of close of the giveaway and given 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.
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This sounds like a powerful story!
Thanks for the post! This book sounds so intriguing.
Thank you for being part of the blog blitz for “Swimming In The Deep End” by Christina Suzann Nelson. I have this book on my TBR list and can’t wait for the opportunity to read it. Enjoyed reading the excerpt which confirms that it’s a book I would enjoy.
This sounds like a very intriguing read.
Sounds like an awesome book.