Gabriel's Discovery
Susan Carter has her hands full raising twins and running the Galilee Women's Shelter - she doesn't need darkly handsome pastor Gabriel Dawson complicating her life.But she can't avoid him, not after she opens his eyes to the plight of the battered women in his parish, whose drug-addicted men are connected to the Venezuelan cartel La Mano Oscura and the Diablo crime syndicate.Spending time with Gabriel, when he's her auctioned "date” and again with her daughters, shows Susan both the gentleness and protectiveness of the former marine. And once Susan's daughters decide that they want Gabriel as their new daddy, what else is there for a man of God to do…but become a family man?
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Gabriel watched Susan Carter embrace her daughters. The scene filled him with longingâ¦.
For all his talk about being willing to wait for a wife and family that would eventually come, the fact of the matter was simple: Gabriel Dawson was lonely.
Not the sort of loneliness that made people do irrational and potentially dangerous things. He instead suffered from the same affliction that plagued a lot of single people his age: the âno one to talk to at the end of the dayâ blues.
That just wasnât the sort of thing a single minister liked to broadcast, particularly given the matchmaking penchant of some of his parishioners.
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Cynthia Cooke (LI #275)
PROTECTING HOLLYâ
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FELICIA MASON
is a motivational speaker and award-winning author. Sheâs a two-time winner of the Waldenbooks BestSelling Multicultural Title Award, has received awards from Romantic Times, Affaire de Coeur and Midwest Fiction Writers, and won the Emma Award in 2001 for her work in the bestselling anthology Dellaâs House of Style. Glamour magazine readers named her first novel, For the Love of You, one of their all-time favorite love stories, and her novel Rhapsody was made into a television film.
Felicia has been a writer as long as she can remember, and loves creating characters who seem as real as your best friends. A former Sunday school teacher, she makes her home in Virginia, where she enjoys quilting, reading, traveling and listening to all types of music. She can be reached at P.O. Box 1438, Dept. SH, Yorktown, VA 23692.
Gabrielâs Discovery
Felicia Mason
For my FAITH ON THE LINE editors and sister authors:
Carol, Cynthia, Diane, Gail, Kate, Krista, Lynn
To God belong wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are Hisâ¦. He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into the light.
âJob 12:13 and 22
Cast of Characters
Susan CarterâThe widowed single mom is busy running the Galilee Womenâs Shelter and raising twins. She doesnât have time for romanceâ¦until she meets the new pastor.
Gabriel DawsonâGood Shepherdâs new pastor is tall, dark and handsome, setting the hearts of many female parishioners aflutter. But he only has eyes for one woman.
Hannah and Sarah CarterâSusanâs six-year-old twins want a daddy, and theyâve found the perfect man for the job!
EvieâThe battered woman in expensive clothes whoâd arrived at the shelter one night brought more danger than anyone had expected.
Frank MontgomeryâThe mayor of Colorado Springs joins Gabriel in a city-wide prayer vigil to pray for peace in his troubled city.
Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Epilogue
Letter to Reader
Chapter One
Gabriel Dawson definitely had a way with the ladies.
From her vantage point standing near a booth selling warm kettle corn, Susan Carter watched the minister work the crowd. Every gray-haired matron at the annual Labor Day picnic in the park managed to find her way to Gabriel. And with good reason.
The Reverend Gabriel Dawson, M. Div., former marine and current pastor of Good Shepherd Christian Church, undoubtedly claimed a spot as one of Colorado Springsâs most eligible bachelors.
Every one of those mamas and grandmamas fawning over him knew it, too. In the time since sheâd started her vigil, Susan had spied more than one matron slip the minister a business card or a photo, undoubtedly with full dossiers printed in miniature listing the many and varied accomplishments of their single daughters, granddaughters and nieces.
For just a moment, Susan considered approaching him about participating in the fund-raiser for the womenâs shelter. The event could use a bachelor in the auction who would guarantee active and high bidding. Her friend and co-worker Jessica Mathers had already secured a number of impressive date packages for the gala that would benefit the Galilee Womenâs Shelter. If heâd agree to it, Gabriel Dawson sure would be an attractive addition.
She assessed him. Handsome didnât even come close to describing the man.
Tall, at least six-three, and muscular, Gabriel was a big man who inspired confidence just by looking at him. Though named for the archangel devoted to God, the penetrating black eyes and well-groomed shadow beard and mustache of this earthly Gabriel gave him dark good looks.
No, Susan decided. When she called on the good reverend to lend his support to her cause, it wouldnât be for a one-night gig enjoyed only by a single highest bidder. She wanted far more from him than a smile and to see that powerful physique decked out in black-tie.
