BLURB:
Others may think Jamie
Jakowski is a hero, but she knows differently.
Haunted by her past, she
seeks redemption by helping others in spite of the danger to herself. However,
after almost orphaning her daughter, Jamie opts to retire. When a friend needs
her, Jamie agrees to one last undercover operation.
She is determined to reunite
a heartbroken mother with her kidnapped son. Used to working alone, Jamie’s not
happy when she’s assigned a partner. And after a failed operation and their
failed romance, Enrique Rodriguez is the last person she wants to work
with—ever.
To succeed, Jamie must
confront her past as well as the people who want her dead.
REDEMPTION—A
DEVOTION
Romans 3: 22-24
This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are
justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ
Jesus.
The title of my newest book is
REDEMPTION so it seemed to me a good topic to write about in a devotion.
Dictionary.com defines redemption as an act of atoning for a fault or a
mistake; deliverance or rescue; deliverance from sin; salvation; atonement for
guilt.
The title came about as a result of
Jamie, the main character being ashamed of things she’s done in her past as a
consultant to the FBI. As a result she feels God can’t love her the way she is.
So she seeks redemption by putting herself in dangerous situations to help
other people.
But the redemption part of the story
doesn’t stop there. Enrique, the tall, dark, and handsome FBI agent seeks
redemption as well. From Jamie. Then there’s the bartender Jamie meets on her
quest to find a friend’s missing child. He’s trying to overcome a lifetime of
criminal acts. More redemption.
And then there’s the father of the
kidnapped child—who is the kidnapper! Talk about needing redemption. No wonder
this book is named REDEMPTION!
That makes for a good plot in a suspense
novel, but it’s important to know that we can’t save ourselves through good
acts, through helping others, or even being really good people. There is only
one way to receive redemption: meaning salvation; meaning going to heaven to
live with God forever!
We are saved through our faith in
Jesus—and only through our faith in Jesus.
No amount of good works can
earn us a ticket to heaven! It doesn’t matter how “good” we are, how much money
we give to good causes (including the church), or how kind we are to others.
Only our belief in Jesus as the Son of God can
save us.
And the reverse is true as
well as Jamie discovers in my novel, REDEMPTION. Your past doesn’t matter. God
loves you just the way you are. He won’t turn his back on you because of your
past, present, or even your future mistakes.
And that is more awesome than I can say, but 2 Corinthians 9:15 says it best: “Thanks be
to God for his indescribable gift!”
To celebrate the release of REDEMPTION,
I’m giving away a $25 Amazon Gift Card. So hop on over to TIARAS & TENNIS
SHOES at www.lillian-duncan.com to enter. Leave a comment on the post
entitled REDEMPTION and you’ll be entered to win.
BIO:
Lillian Duncan: stories of faith mingled with murder & mayhem!
Lillian is a
multi-published writer with several Amazon bestsellers, including The Christmas
Stalking and Betrayed. Lillian
writes the types of books
she loves to read—fast-paced suspense with a touch or two of romance that
demonstrates God’s love for all of us
Whether as an educator,
a writer, or a speech pathologist, she believes in the power of words to
transform lives, especially God’s Word.
To learn more about
Lillian and her books, visit: www.lillianduncan.net. Tiaras & Tennis Shoes is her personal blog at www.lillian-duncan.com.
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