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Dear Reader,
The book youve just bought from my Second Chances series is truly evidence of the second chances God gives us. The books in this series have been published before, some by Dell, some by Harlequin, others by Silhouette and HarperCollins. I was a Christian when I entered the romance market in 1983, hoping to take the world by storm. What I found, instead, was that the world took me by storm. One compromise led to another, until my books did not read like books written by a Christian. Not only were they not pleasing to God, but they embraced a worldview that opposed Christs teachings. In the interest of being successful, I had compartmentalized my faith. I trusted Christ for my salvation, but not much else. Like the Prodigal Son, I had taken my inheritance and left home to do things my own way.
I love that parable because it so reflects my life. My favorite part is when Jesus said, But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him I can picture that father scanning the horizon every day, hoping for his sons return. God did that for me. While I was still a long way off, God saw me coming. Early in 1994, when I yearned to be closer to God and realized that my writing was a wall between us, that my way had not been the best way, I promised God that I would never write anything again that did not glorify him. At that moment, it was as if God came running out to meet me. I gave up my secular career and began to write Christian books.
Shortly after I signed a contract for Zondervan to publish my suspense series, The Sun Coast Chronicles, something extraordinary happened. The rights to some of my earlier romance novels were given back to me, and I was free to do whatever I wanted with them. At first, I thought of shelving them, but then, in Gods gentle way, he reminded me that I was free to rewrite them, and this time, get them right. So I set about to rewrite these stories the way God originally intended them.
As you read these stories, keep in mind that theyre not just about second chances, they are second chances. I hope you enjoy them.
In Christ,Terri Blackstock
Books by Terri Blackstock
Soul Restoration
Emerald Windows
Restoration Series
| Last Light
| Night Light
Cape Refuge Series
| Cape Refuge
| Southern Storm
| Rivers Edge
| Breakers Reef
Newpointe 911
| Private Justice
| Shadow of Doubt
| Word of Honor
| Trial by Fire
| Line of Duty
Sun Coast Chronicles
| Evidence of Mercy
| Justifiable Means
| Ulterior Motives
| Presumption of Guilt
Second Chances
| Never Again Good-bye
| When Dreams Cross
| Blind Trust
| Broken Wings
With Beverly LaHaye
| Seasons Under Heaven
| Showers in Season
| Times and Seasons
| Season of Blessing
Novellas
Seaside
ZONDERVAN
Blind Trust
Copyright 1997 by Terri Blackstock
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of Zondervan.
ePub Edition June 2009 ISBN: 0-310-86119-5
Requests for information should be addressed to:
Zondervan, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49530
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Blackstock, Terri, 1957
Blind trust / Terri Blackstock.
p. cm.(Second chances)
ISBN-10: 0-310-20710-X (softcover)
ISBN-13: 978-0-310-20710-8 (softcover)
I. Title. II. Series: Blackstock, Terri, 1957- Second chances.
PS3552.L34285B57 1997
81354.dc21
972726
All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible: New International Version . NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any otherexcept for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher.
Published in association with the literary agency of Alive Communications, Inc., 7680 Goddard Street, Suite 200, Colorado Springs, CO 80920.
This book is lovingly dedicated to the Nazarene.
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I want to take a moment to tell you about Emily Kelly, my friend and biggest supporter, who recently went home to be with the Lord. Emily, a sister in Christ and a sister church member, has been reading my books for years, offering wonderful encouragement to me at times when I was certain no one in the world was reading my work. I never had to tell her I had a book out, because she was always looking and waiting for it to be placed on the shelves. I would plan to give her a free copy as soon as I saw her, only to find that shed already bought it, read it, and recommended it to someone else.
In her last weeks, when cancer was ravaging her body and she was engaged in the toughest battle shed ever fought in her life, she asked if my latest book was out. Reading it, she said, would help to get her mind off of her struggles. I hated the thought that she might not make it until my next books release. I knew that the book itself would do nothing for her quality of life, but knowing she was there to read it did a great deal for mine.
She didnt make it until that next book, and Ive felt that void so deeply. But I know that I am a better writer because of Emily, and that remains with me. I thank her more than words can say for the part she played in my life.
And Im glad she finally won that battle.
T he Bronco that had been riding Sherry Graysons bumper since shed left work was not the sole cause of her rising anger. But since it had been inappropriate to lash out at her roommate, Madeline, when shed broken the news just fifteen minutes ago, she figured the Bronco was as good a target for her rancor as any.
Deliberately slowing to fifteen miles an hour in a forty-mile-an-hour zone, she crept along, hoping the driver behind her would get the message and pass her before she slammed her brakes to make him hit her from behind. It would serve him right. But wrecking her car wouldnt solve her problems, any more than bursting into tears would. And she didnt have the time nor the energy for either.
Slow down, she muttered as tremors of anxiety coursed through her. She couldnt deal with a battle with a joyrider today. Yesterday, when life still had as much normalcy as it had had for the last eight months, she might have handled it better. But today
Get off my bumper! Sherry blared, heat scoring her features when the Bronco almost bumped her. Heavy traffic detoured around them, but the driver would not pass her. It was an omen. An omen that she could no longer refuse to look back. After what shed learned today, she would need strength from her past so that she could plunge forward.
According to her roommate, Clint Jessup was back from the black hole hed vanished into without a trace eight months ago, and he intended to see her. The destructive driver behind her was a warning that life was going to be a bit rougher for a while. But she had braved rough times before; she could do it again.
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