The View from Down Here
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Last published Tue, Oct 7, 2025
In the picturesque confines of a small North Carolina town, Trinity Creek, Faith Devereaux is caught between the exhilaration of life on two wheels and the burden of a heart weighed down by grief. A motorcycle daredevil with a passion for speed, she races away from the painful memories that anchor her spirit. But as she hurtles through life, avoiding the truth of her tragic loss, Faith discovers that the road to healing is not always paved with asphalt.
When Jacob Price, a Navy Captain on leave, reenters her life, he becomes both a mirror and a guide. As their paths intertwine, Faith is challenged to confront her fears and unlock the truths she's kept buried. With courage ignited by laughter and unexpected moments of grace, their connection blooms amidst the backdrop of faith, friendship, and self-discovery.
Embrace the adventure of "The View from Down Here," where each twist and turn leads Faith toward not only the open road but also the possibility of love and redemption. Journey with her through laughter and tears, as she grapples with her past and learns that sometimes, the bravest leap we can take is the one into our own hearts. Will Faith find a way to reconcile her faith with her loss, and will Jacob help her see that true courage lies not just in performing daring stunts, but in choosing to heal?
Join Faith on this unforgettable ride, where the landscape of love is as boundless as the horizon, and the journey home reveals the beauty in vulnerability and the strength of the human spirit.
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Bronwyn Larson has spent her whole life not depending on her mother, a constantly recovering addict, until the moment her life was literally torn apart when an EF4 tornado ripped through their trailer park and her mom is found dead, miles away after the storm. Suddenly, her estranged father is a part of her life, a prominent state senator who's been absent since Bronwyn was born, a product of her parents' secretive affair. After living alone with her mother in a trailer for seventeen years, Bronwyn now has a stepmother and four new siblings, including an older brother and sister who seem skeptical, if not actually disproving, of Bronwyn living with them. While staying with them in their vacation lake house an hour away from what she called home, Bronwyn is hit with the bombshell that her mother's death is being treated as suspicious, with injuries inconsistent of being killed during the tornado. Estranged from everyone she knows, except her estranged new family, Bronwyn doesn't know who trust or who to believe about her mother's death. Torn between her life as the daughter of a single drug addict and the middle child of a well-respected senator, all while learning more about the mother she thought she knew, Bronwyn is forced to navigate through this new unfamiliar life alone, with this gut feeling she has. That her mother's killer isn't unfamiliar. ππ ππ πππππππππ πππ 18th ππππ πππππππ πππππππ πππππ Cover designed by Ashley Bandy
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