The Color Of Light
The deeper the darkness, the brighter the light For more than a decade minister Analiese Wagner has felt privileged to lead her parishioners along a well-lit path. Her commitment has never been seriously tested until the frigid night she encounters a homeless family huddling in the churchyard. Offering them shelter in a vacant parish house apartment and taking teenage Shiloh Fowler–a girl desperate to rescue her parents–under her wing, she tests the loyalty and faith of her congregation.Isaiah Colburn, the Catholic priest who was her first mentor and the man she secretly longed for, understands her struggles only too well. At a crossroads, he's suddenly reappeared in her life, torn between his priesthood and his growing desire for a future with Analiese.Divided between love and vows they've taken, both must face the possibilities of living very different lives or continuing to serve their communities. With a defeated family's trust and her own happiness on the line, Analiese must define for herself where darkness ends and light begins.
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The deeper the darkness, the brighter the light
For more than a decade minister Analiese Wagner has felt privileged to lead her parishioners along a well-lit path. Her commitment has never been seriously tested until the frigid night she encounters a homeless family huddling in the churchyard. Offering them shelter in a vacant parish house apartment and taking teenage Shiloh Fowlerâa girl desperate to rescue her parentsâunder her wing, she tests the loyalty and faith of her congregation.
Isaiah Colburn, the Catholic priest who was her first mentor and the man she secretly longed for, understands her struggles only too well. At a crossroads, heâs suddenly reappeared in her life, torn between his priesthood and his growing desire for a future with Analiese.
Divided between love and vows theyâve taken, both must face the possibilities of living very different lives or continuing to serve their communities. With a defeated familyâs trust and her own happiness on the line, Analiese must define for herself where darkness ends and light begins.
Praise for the novels of Emilie Richards
âRichards deftly juggles an intriguing thriller with an exploration of domestic violence and reinvention. Still, itâs the quirky, gritty characters in and out of Goddesses Anonymousâall determined to help women in needâwho power this tale of forgiveness every step of the way.â
âPublishers Weekly on No River Too Wide
âThis is emotional, suspenseful drama filled with hope and love.â
âLibrary Journal on No River Too Wide
âPortraying the uncomfortable subject of domestic abuse with unflinching thoroughness and tender understanding, Richardsâs third installment in the Goddesses Anonymous series offers important insights into a far too prevalent social problem.â
âBooklist on No River Too Wide
âRichards creates a heart-wrenching atmosphere that slowly builds to the final pages, and continues to echo after the book is finished.â
âPublishers Weekly on One Mountain Away
âComplex characters, compelling emotions and the healing power of forgivenessâwhat could be better? I loved One Mountain Away!â
âNew York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods
âEmilie Richardsâs compassion and deep understanding of family relationships, especially those among women, are the soul of One Mountain Away. This rich, multilayered story of love and bitterness, humor, loss and redemption haunts me as few other books have.â
âNew York Times bestselling author Sandra Dallas
âWhen I first began reading One Mountain Away, I wondered where the story was going. A few pages later, I knew precisely where this story was goingâstraight to my heart. Words that come to my mind are wow, fabulous and beautiful. Definitely a must-read. If any book Iâve ever read deserves to be made into a film, One Mountain Away is it! Kudos to Emilie Richards.â
âNew York Times bestselling author Catherine Anderson
The Goddesses Anonymous Novels
NO RIVER TOO WIDE
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN LUCK AND TRUST ONE MOUNTAIN AWAY
The Happiness Key Novels
SUNSET BRIDGE
FORTUNATE HARBOR HAPPINESS KEY
SISTERâS CHOICE TOUCHING STARS LOVERâS KNOT ENDLESS CHAIN WEDDING RING THE PARTING GLASS PROSPECT STREET FOX RIVER WHISKEY ISLAND BEAUTIFUL LIES SOUTHERN GENTLEMEN âBilly Ray Wainwrightâ RISING TIDES IRON LACE
ANALIESE WAGNER NEEDED to breathe. She was fairly certain she hadnât inhaled even once during the past hour. Now her head felt three sizes too large, and she was perilously close to her first-ever panic attack. She needed to find a place where she could stand unobserved and fill her lungs and bloodstream with oxygen. Maybe afterward she would be calm enough to get behind the wheel of her Accord and risk life and limb in Ashevilleâs rush-hour traffic, but not yet.
The church sanctuary was too far away and probably in use. The closest restroom was public. She saw the door to the sextonâs supply closet, opened it, slipped in and closed it behind her. The moment she did, the small room, maybe three feet by five, went dark, but she didnât care. The air smelled, not unpleasantly, of pine and chlorine.
