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About the Book

Book Title: Call to Embrace
Author Name: Maryann Landers
Genre: Christian Women’s Fiction
Release Date: November 1, 2023

She’s detached in a stormy marriage because of both of their unfaithfulness. Now she faces the aftermath of her compromise with an unwanted pregnancy. Will fleeing bring her the freedom she yearns for?

Emily Corentin wants to escape the jagged edges of her brokenness. She believes the only option she has is to take her young daughter, leave her husband, and end the unintended pregnancy with an abortion. But her plans take an unexpected turn when the homeless shelter she finds is not the type of help she wanted. She’d buried religion years ago with the death of her Gran. Any God-fearing place will only confirm how much God abandoned her. 

An offer from a shelter volunteer may be the lifeline she and her daughter need, but Emily only sees it as a means to an end. The unlikely friendship that follows, draws her closer to the answers she may have carried with her all along. But rash decisions bring new challenges that drag her further into a sea of helplessness.

When all hope is lost in despair will she be washed away by the patterns of her past? Or will she answer the call to embrace the mercy of the cross and in turn bring reconciliation to her marriage?

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Book Excerpt

I walked past the gate of the military base, leaving behind my resolve as fighter jets blasted overhead, taunting me as they took flight. The faint fluttering inside my belly reminded me of why I put one foot in front of the other on this dank April morning. I will escape the hold on my life. I will find a way out.

Earlier in the day, my husband, Eric, had slammed the bedroom door in response to my accusations, which only echoed the lies I’d held back from him. 

Now, I shook my head in disgust as I watched my feet to avoid scattered puddles on the sidewalk. I yearned for my weary legs to whisk me away. But to where?

Anchorage had had no pull on me when Eric announced a year ago that we were moving there from Prince of Wales Island, the area of Southeast Alaska where I had grown up. The idea of even colder and darker days had been the only picture flashing across my mind when he’d mentioned the largest city in the state. However, his commitment to the National Guard propelled us north.

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Excerpt One: http://kid-lit.library-lady.blog/epic-book-launch-and-excerpt-call-to-embrace/
Excerpt Two: https://blossomsandblessings.blogspot.com/2023/12/call-to-embrace-by-maryann-landers-epic.html
Excerpt Three: https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2023/12/epic-book-launch-call-to-embrace-by.html
Excerpt Four: https://carolkeen.blogspot.com/2023/12/a-call-to-embrace-book-blast.html
Excerpt Five: https://storiesbygina.wordpress.com/2023/12/27/call-to-embrace-epic-book-launch/
Excerpt Six: https://www.guildmaster97.com/posts/call-to-embrace-epic-book-launch-excerpt/
Excerpt Seven: https://www.artistwriterandstudentohmy.com/posts/call-to-embace-epic-book-launch/

About the Author – Maryann Landers

Alaskan based author Maryann Landers writes women’s faith filled fiction based on true stories of extraordinary women of her magnificent state. She loves to showcase the unique north and give her readers a little taste of rustic Alaska.
While writing in her log home in the woods she is also looking forward to her next adventure with her Alaskan husband, juggling mom tasks such as crafting homemade meals from moose and caribou meat, building DIY projects from scrap wood piles and guiding her teens in their homeschooling.
To learn about her inspiration to write Alaskan based stories read her blog at www.mary-ann-landers.com
Her first novel in the Alaskan Women of Caliber Series; Alaskan Calibration released June 2021.

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