Inescapable
Nancy Mehl
Romantic
Suspense
Back of the
book:
Lizzie
Engel is used to running away. At eighteen, she left her Mennonite hometown,
Kingdom, Kansas, with plans never to return.
But five years later, the new life she built is falling apart. Lizzie knows she's being followed, and she's certain the same mysterious stranger is behind the threatening letters she's received. Realizing she'll have to run again, the only escape Lizzie can manage is a return to the last place she wants to go.
Once she arrives in Kingdom, Lizzie is confident she'll be safe until she comes up with a new plan. In reacquainting herself with the town and its people--especially her old friend, Noah Housler--she wonders if she judged her hometown and her Mennonite faith too harshly. However, just as she begins to come to terms with her roots, Lizzie is horrified to discover the danger she ran from is closer than ever.
No longer sure who to trust and fearful for her life and the lives of those around her, Lizzie finds she has only one place left to run--to the Father whose love is inescapable.
But five years later, the new life she built is falling apart. Lizzie knows she's being followed, and she's certain the same mysterious stranger is behind the threatening letters she's received. Realizing she'll have to run again, the only escape Lizzie can manage is a return to the last place she wants to go.
Once she arrives in Kingdom, Lizzie is confident she'll be safe until she comes up with a new plan. In reacquainting herself with the town and its people--especially her old friend, Noah Housler--she wonders if she judged her hometown and her Mennonite faith too harshly. However, just as she begins to come to terms with her roots, Lizzie is horrified to discover the danger she ran from is closer than ever.
No longer sure who to trust and fearful for her life and the lives of those around her, Lizzie finds she has only one place left to run--to the Father whose love is inescapable.
About the
author:
Nancy Mehl, the author of 12 books, received an ACFW Carol
Award in 2009 for her novel For Whom the Wedding Bell Tolls. She has
a background in social work and is a member of ACFW and RWA. She writes
from her home in Wichita, Kansas, where she lives with her husband, Norman, and
their puggle, Watson. Visit her website at www.nancymehl.com.
My thoughts:
I
am a Kansas girl so I was tickled to read the back cover and find out that this
story was set in my beloved homeland. Right from the beginning I was biased
towards this book. Probably because I lived the majority of my life there and
because the author lives there too, it was easy for me to picture the setting.
The
narrative begins in Kansas City where Lizzie has just lost her job and been
accused of embezzlement. There is someone stalking her. She has seen him
watching her apartment from across the street on numerous occasions. Mysterious
and threatening notes keep appearing on her door.
In
order to escape this crazed person she decides to leave Kansas City and return
home. Home is in Kingdom, Kansas, an Old Order Mennonite community. The hitch
in the plan is that she left Kingdom five years before as an eighteen year old
unwed mother. She wasn’t expecting an overly warm welcome from her father, and she
didn’t get it.
She
settles in with a family friend and life seems to be turning out better than
she expected. That is until she realizes that the danger has followed her home
to Kingdom.
I
enjoyed reading Nancy’s novel. I would not personally consider it in the
suspense category. I thought it was more of a mystery type. Regardless of that,
the story is intriguing and the characters are endearing (well most of them
are). I think you’ll be glad you picked this one up.
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