Over the Waters
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тАЬDr. BotoxтАЭ to the bored rich women of Chicago, plastic surgeon Max Jordan is shocked by his son JoshuaтАЩs decision to focus his medical degree and talent on Haitian orphans. Embittered by JoshuaтАЩs sudden death, Max searches for resolution in the place his son called homeтАФan orphanage outside of Port au Prince.
The selflessness of JoshuaтАЩs coworkers stuns Max. He is particularly taken with American volunteer Valerie Austin, whose dream of a tropical honeymoon has been crushed, replaced by a stint working in the impoverished orphanage. But ValerieтАЩs view of JoshuaтАЩs sacrificeтАФand her ownтАФchallenges everything Max knows. Have the doors to his gilded cage finally opened to a freedom heтАЩs never known?
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Deborah RaneyтАЩs first novel, A Vow to Cherish, inspired the World Wide Pictures film of the same title and launched DebтАЩs writing career. Twenty-five years later, she has written more than thirty-five books, including novels for imprints of Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, and Harlequin. Deb is on the board of the 2600-member American Christian Fiction Writers and teaches at writers conferences around the country. Her novels have won RWAтАЩs RITA Award, the ACFW Carol Award, the National Readers Choice Award, and the HOLT Medallion. She is also a three-time Christy Award finalist. Deb is a recent Missouri transplant, having moved with her husband, Ken Raney, from their native Kansas to be closer to kids and grandkids. They love road trips, Friday garage sale dates, and breakfast on the screened porch overlooking their wooded backyard. Visit Deb on the Web at www.DeborahRaney.com.
Julie Lancelot lives in a cabin with her wonderful husband of twenty-three years, three feisty teenagers, and a lazy beagle. She was a tax auditor for nine years before spending twelve years as a stay-at-home mom. Most recently, she has been a substitute teacher for special education classes, and now enjoys narrating audiobooks.
