Beauty to Die For by Kim Alexis & Mindy Starns Clark

Author:Kim Alexis & Mindy Starns Clark
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction/Christian/Suspense
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2012-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

MARCUS'S MOTHER GENTLY ELBOWED him in the ribs then leaned in to whisper. “She’s really something, isn’t she?”

He nodded, unable to tear his eyes from the stage, where Juliette held the undivided attention of everyone in the room. Really something didn’t begin to describe it. She was amazing. Luminous. Spellbinding.

“I wonder if she’s married?” she added, eyes twinkling.

Not trusting himself to speak, Marcus merely grunted in reply. Prior to the disaster of his encounter with Juliette out by the bench, he would have silently rejoiced at the answer to that question, which was no. But once the woman had summarily rejected him, what difference did it make? Married or not, Juliette didn’t want him, and that’s all that really mattered. Marcus wanted to be bitter at that thought. After all he had gone through to get here, he had the right to a little self-pity. And yet . . .

And yet.

Watching her now, Marcus’s heart ached, not from the pain of rejection, but from the thrill of seeing her this way, in her element. He just couldn’t believe they were under the same roof again after all these years. They were breathing the same air, inhabiting the same space. Despite the fact that she wanted nothing to do with him, Marcus allowed himself to treasure those facts regardless.

As he’d suspected twenty-five years ago, Juliette Taylor was born to encourage and inspire. Already she had these women in the palm of her hand. Clearly she had been using her God-given gifts exactly the way He intended her to.

If only God had also intended for the two of them to be together. Obviously, that was not going to happen. But as Marcus watched the woman he’d come clear across the country to see, he knew he’d have to proceed regardless. She may not be interested in him romantically or even care that he was here. She may not even remember him, for that matter. But he’d known going in there would be no guarantees, emotionally speaking. And as difficult as it may be, he would persist with his original goal of connecting, friend to friend, for the purpose of keeping her safe.

He just wished it didn’t hurt so bad.

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