Home by Ginny L. Yttrup is her standalone contemporary literary fiction personal/relationship drama novel, this one a parallel journey of self-discovery as a novelist retreats from her problems further into a fictional world she creates with an imaginary psychologist to guide her, while her husband also deals with his own problems for which he is tempted by a not-entirely-business proposition to solve, as they both struggle with themselves and whether their relationship can survive, free for a limited time courtesy of Christian publisher Barbour Books' Shiloh Run Press imprint
Currently free @
B&N &
Amazon &
Kobo (neither available to Canadians) &
ChristianBook (DRM-free ePub hypothetically available worldwide if they ever get around to allowing downloads of the freebies again) May also be free at Google Play in the US, where they have an entire catalogue Canadians don't see.
Description
Melanie runs away. From conflict. From pain. From reality.
When novelist Melanie Vander faces a looming deadline, she decides it’s time for an escape to an inspiring, novel-worthy locale. She’s not running away. Really. She just needs time to focus. But as she disappears into her writing, she encounters a man whose tenderness leaves her reeling. Engaging and wise, psychologist Elliot Hammond tempts Melanie to question everything, including her marriage.
But that’s ridiculous. Dr. Hammond isn’t even…real.
Melanie’s husband, Craig, has his own problems, including a recession that’s threatening his business. Waning finances, a looming home foreclosure, and a wife who’s checked out emotionally, has Craig feeling as though he’s carrying his burdens alone. When his client, the beautiful and single Serena Buchanan, offers him a solution to his financial woes, he’s tempted by more than her offer of a business solution.
At a crossroads, Melanie and Craig seem headed in opposite directions.
As Melanie runs away from her problems by escaping into her own fictional world, Craig dives into his struggles, seeking God for strength and healing for his marriage. Ultimately, Melanie must choose whether she’ll check out completely, or allow her characters to lead her home.