Book Description: Desperate to escape haunting memories, J. D. Jessup travels from Nashville to Tucson and volunteers on an organic farm. The hardened landowner has one prevailing rule: If J. D. sees an “illegal,” call the border patrol. But when an early morning ride along the fence line leads him to a beautiful young woman named Maria, near death in the desert, his heart pulls him in another direction. Longing to atone for the choices that drove him to Tucson, J. D. hides her and unleashes a chain of deadly events he could never have imagined. Soon they are running from a killer and fighting for their lives. As secrets of their pasts emerge, J. D. realizes that saving Maria may be the only way to save himself.
My Thoughts: Not having read any of Chris Fabry's work I was hesitant, at first, but so glad I took the plunge to delve into this book!
J.D. is one of those guys who feels that all his dreams are washed up and he's in a has been. His dreams and his soul feel as dry as the Arizona desert. Until that fateful morning that he finds her. Her being Maria. A beautiful, young woman who seems to be an illegal.
J.D. has a heart full of compassion for when he finds Maria along the fence line with blood all over her and a handcuff on her dainty wrist, his heart is filled with remorse and compassion. What is her story? And most importantly how can he hide a beautiful, young woman when he lives in a tin roof shack on his boss's property.
Finding Maria brings J.D. out of his "common everyday life" and takes him on a journey he's not bound to forget.
J.D. doesn't know Maria or where she's from so when he sets out to take care of her he doesn't realize the chain of events that will bring him and Maria closer to God.
Taking Maria in to care for her wounds brings a sinister world of drug lords and killers on their trail.
A great-tastic suspense thriller that leaves the reader feeling as if he is running though the dry dusty desert of Arizona!
*This book was provided by Tyndale Publishing for review*
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Borders of the Heart is my nod toward some of the great western writers--Cormac McCarthy and Larry McMurtry. It's a love story, a painful story of loss, a mystery, and an edge-of-your-seat thriller. I hope you enjoy the ride through Tucson and the surrounding area as much as I did.
If you haven't read it yet, Not in the Heart is another riveting, suspenseful, and yet relational story. A mystery within a mystery within an addiction. I dedicate it to all who have someone in their life who is addicted.
ABOUT CHRIS
I was born in West Virginia in 1961. I read a lot, but not very fast, and wrote poems, songs, and transcribed Marx Brothers movies and memorized dialogue.
In 1984 I met Jerry Jenkins at Moody Bible Institute. He offered to help me learn to write and I took him up on the offer. In 1998, Jerry and Dr. Tim LaHaye hired me to help write the Left Behind: The Kids series. After that I worked on several other series for children and then published my first adult novel in 2008. It took more than six years to write Dogwood and find a publisher. It received a 2009 Christy Award.
My next novel, June Bug, drew its themes from the classic Victor Hugo tale, Les Miserables. Then, Almost Heaven released and also won a couple of awards.
I graduated from the W. Page Pitt School of Journalism at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. I have been married to Andrea since 1982. We have nine children. In October of 2008, our family evacuated our house in Colorado, leaving behind all our belongings because of a toxic mold situation. Since then we have been living near Tucson, Arizona, working on recovering our health after the mold exposure.
Stop by my website at www.chrisfabry.com to learn more about my writing and radio endeavors, and be sure to sign up for my online newsletter, the FABRYGRAM. I can also be found on Facebook and Twitter, or you can email me at chris@chrisfabry.com.
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