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After the Thaw (Christian Romantic Suspense) (Frozen Footprints Book 2) Kindle Edition
Four years ago, Charlene Perigard survived a brutal kidnapping. Now she’s put that trauma behind her for a promising future with handsome firefighter Ben Jorgensen. But when new danger strikes, a new nightmare begins.
Sinister threats, a midnight attack, and a deathbed promise drive Charlene to the little town of Creekside, where she encounters a man from her past whom she has long struggled to forget: Clay Morrow—ex-convict and brother of her kidnapper. He's also the man who once helped save her life.
Despite the odds, Charlene and Clay forge a tentative friendship, unaware of a brooding, mounting danger that seeks to destroy them both. Charlene’s wounded heart must choose between her fiancé and the man whose past is more scarred than her own. But in choosing, she may just lose everything.
Riveting small-town Christian romantic suspense from an award-winning author.
2019 TopShelf Magazine First-Place Winner in Inspirational Fiction
2016 Readers' Favorite Bronze Medal Winner in Christian Fiction
An Amazon Kindle #1 Bestseller in Christian Mystery & Suspense Romance
**After the Thaw is the sequel to Frozen Footprints but can be read as a stand-alone novel.**
Recommended for fans of Christian romantic suspense authors such as Christy Barritt, Lynette Eason, and Terri Blackstock.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateApril 5, 2016
- File size3118 KB
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"Riveting... The characters are vivid and well defined, the emotions are intense, and the story carries you along on a tumultuous journey. Excellent." - Deborah Stone, 5-Star Readers' Favorite
"A mixed-genre story of suspense, mystery, romance, and Christianity. This novel captures the best of all of them." - Gerard Webster, award-winning author of In-Sight
"Compelling reading, complex and realistic characters, unpredictable plot and solid writing."- Ellen Gable, bestselling Christian author of Stealing Jenny, In Name Only, and A Subtle Grace
"An un-put-down-able masterpiece of suspense which hopelessly hooked me from page one... A thriller not to be missed."- Susan Peek, bestselling author of God's Forgotten Friends novels
"A fast-paced roller coaster ride that not only keeps the reader compulsively turning pages to see what happens next, but also provides satisfying closure." - Laura Pearl, award-winning author of Finding Grace and Erin's Ring
About the Author
Em Eldridge is a professional narrator and an ACX Audible Approved producer who has narrated over twenty-five books, earning an Earphones Award from AudioFile magazine and a Voice Arts Award. She is also an award-winning filmmaker/screenwriter and accomplished classical singer and violinist.
Therese Heckenkamp, author of the Christian suspense novels Past Suspicion, Frozen Footprints, and After the Thaw, has been writing stories since before she could spell. A homeschooled student, she won numerous writing awards while growing up. Therese lives in Wisconsin with her family.
Product details
- ASIN : B01C1VU52I
- Publisher : Ivory Tower Press (April 5, 2016)
- Publication date : April 5, 2016
- Language : English
- File size : 3118 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 361 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #77,296 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- Customer Reviews:
About the author
Born in Australia but raised in the USA as a homeschooled student, Therese has been writing stories since before she could spell. At 18, she completed the first draft of her first published novel. Her books have reached #1 bestseller in various Kindle categories, and she's now the award-winning author of six Christian romance/suspense novels as well as a non-award-winning mother of five energetic kids.
As a busy stay-at-home mom, Therese writes whenever she can manage (and sometimes when she can't). She dreams up new stories mostly at night when the house is—if she's lucky—finally quiet. It's no coincidence one of her novels is called Sleep Deprived.
Her novel After the Thaw is a 2019 TopShelf Magazine first-place winner in Inspirational Fiction, and her novel The Butterfly Recluse is a 2021 Kindle Book Awards semi-finalist in Romance and a 2021 Readers' Favorite bronze medal winner in Contemporary Christian Romance. Therese is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers and looks forward to writing many more books—so long as her kids let her have a coherent thought now and then.
Visit her online at ThereseHeckenkamp.com and sign up for her newsletter to keep up to date on new releases. Find her on Facebook at facebook.com/therese.heckenkamp, and follow her on Instagram at instagram.com/theckenkamp.
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Therese Heckenkamp hooks the reader from the very beginning, when Charlene Perigard's fiancé suffers a tragic accident and is in a coma. From there, the tension keeps growing throughout the entire novel. A second love-interest is introduced when Clay Morrow, the man who rescued her in "Frozen Footprints," is released from prison. The romantic aspect is heightened by the realistic portrayal of the men's point of view: both from the two love interests as well as from the villain--an ex-con with an axe to grind.
The violence depicted is sometimes jarring but very effective in setting up the clash between good and evil. The morality in the novel runs deep in the very fiber of the story. It's never "in-your-face" preachy but rather a natural outgrowth of the internal and external struggles of the characters.
There is just enough information from the previous novel to bring the reader up-to-date without slowing down the narrative. "After The Thaw" reads almost as well as a stand-alone as it does a sequel. There are plenty of twists that I didn't see coming. This is the mark of true suspense.
I highly recommend "After the Thaw" but you might want to consider reading "Frozen Footprints" first to get the full flavor of both novels..
I really liked the way the loose ends from book one came together here. Sneak peak— Grandpa gets put in his place. That big bully. Lol
Therese is one of my favorite authors.
I had to catch up on these b4 I start the third one. I bought this one and the first, but the third is from BookSirens. I can’t wait.
They are very well written and draw you in from the first page keeping you on the edge of your seat until the very last page.
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I really enjoyed the suspense in this, and especially that it's a clean read!