Chasing Hope
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Last published Tue, Mar 5, 2019
Hope Phillips is an attractive, shy, naïve 17 year-old girl seeking to begin a new, drama free life in college where she can be herself without drowning in a sea of peer pressure, boys who only want one thing, and backstabbing friends.
However, she soon discovers that no such place exists.
Pushing the hurt of her parents' recent divorce aside and learning to live with her party-craving, unpredictable roommate, Hope must keep herself occupied with homework and projects to numb the sting of her lingering bad decisions that once ended up in her arrest during high school. As her new college life begins to take off, trouble stirs once again in Hope's heart when Jace Giovanni, a charming sophomore, flatters her with attention and sweet words. However, she soon finds herself in a familiar situation from her high school partying days, one that she tried so hard to avoid since swearing off boys. Low and behold, when Hope meets Aiden Williamson, a tall, dark, and handsome classmate, her feelings become even more conflicted and her heart even more confused. To top it all off, her troubled roommate soon reveals shocking news that brings Hope head-to-head with a painful secret from her past.
Didn't Hope select a college away from home to leave the drama behind and obtain a fresh start? Will she be forced to stare her past in the eye and ask God for forgiveness? Surrounded by a whirlwind of betrayal, resentment, and ultimately learning how to let go and forgive, Hope must also learn to stop running in the dark from her broken road and learn to walk in the light by faith.
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