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When You Let Go
by Unoma
Nwankwor
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Description
An answered prayer. An unforeseen betrayal. A family healed by grace.
Amara and Ejike Dike had been married for six glorious years. Amara was
convinced Ejike, was the perfect gift from God. Loving, charming and very easy on
the eyes. They had a beautiful life. Well, not so beautiful. Amara’s inability
to bear children made her feel like a less than the perfect mate for her
husband.
Then after many years, God lifted her faith and had finally heard her
cry. The Dikes couldn’t be happier.
A surprise visit from Chinelo, Amara’s long lost cousin, turns Amara’s
world upside down and threatens to turn her once-perfect existence into ashes.
Ejike loved his wife with a passion. They shared a burning desire and
faith in God that burned deep. However Chinelo’s appearance would open a
Pandora’s Box that had purposely been kept shut.
Faced with the loss of all she holds dear, Amara finds herself at
crossroads. Would she lean on God’s sustaining grace to let go and travel the
rocky path to forgiveness? Or would she throw everything to the wind and walk
away?
When
You Let Go is a novel about people who know what the Word of God instructs but
struggle with actually doing it when the chips are down
Excerpt
This was working out better than I thought. Amara had been gone for a little over half an
hour. She had tried calling Ejike before she left but couldn’t get to him.
Chinelo smiled because that meant Ejike had no idea that he’d be coming home to
her.
As soon as
Amara left the house, Chinelo took a quick shower and put on her blue jean mini
skirt and a sheer white blouse. Despite the black tank top underneath, it still
had the effect she was going for.
Moments
later, she could hear the garage door opening. That must be Ejike. Amara couldn’t have made it back so soon.
Chinelo
put her hand on her blouse and adjusted the twins on her chest. Even if God
hadn’t done anything else, He had endowed her with a good cup size and a figure
she could always count on. She hiked up her skirt a little and sat on the sofa.
“Showtime,
phase one,” Chinelo whispered under her breath.
The
adjoining door to the garage opened. Chinelo snickered when Ejike stopped dead
in his tracks. He blinked a few times, then regained his composure. She felt
the emotion in his eyes as he made a quick sweep of her body. Scorn.
Discomfort. But she noticed that didn’t stop him from staring at her legs a
second longer. That was what Chinelo had counted on - she knew he was a leg
man. She remembered it was Amara’s legs he salivated over first. It was nice to
know that being a church man hadn’t affected his sight. Chinelo did a sweep of
her own. Now that Amara wasn’t home, there was no need to steal glances like
she had done at lunch the other day. Ejike Dike was still the most beautiful
man she had ever seen. His neatly cut hair and lean but toned frame could be
lethal on any sane woman’s hormones. His dark eyes always seemed to have the
ability to see right through someone. Chinelo also noticed his style hadn’t
been affected by the years either. He had on dark blue khakis and a Tommy
Hilfiger, multi-colored T-shirt that hugged his muscles like it was made
especially for him. Chinelo stood up and reached out to grab his portfolio and
the bottle of wine he brought home.
“Where is
Amara?” Ejike walked past her and scanned the room with his eyes.
Chinelo
felt her blood rise. He just walked by her as though she didn’t exist. She
couldn’t lose her head though. She was on a mission. This man hasn’t seen anything yet.
“Well,
hello to you, too,” Chinelo said.
“Hi, where
is Amara?”
“You trust
your wife now. She’s always trying to rescue people. She had to run out for a
bit to meet with a client.” Chinelo made an attempt to reach for his portfolio
again. This time he let her have it. She walked to the staircase and set it
down at the foot of the stairs. She would have taken it into the study, but
this time they had was valuable before his goody two shoes wife returned. She
was not about to leave him alone. Every moment was precious.
Praise for the Book
"Unoma sets up each scene in When
You Let Go with an emotional punch that will keep your heart racing to the
finish line. Warning: You will lose sleep trying to get there!" ~ Pat Simmons, award-winning author of The
Guilty series
"I love how Unoma Nwankwor weaves the distinctive, spicy flavor of
West Africa into her novels. I feel right at home with the food, pidgin
English, quirky expressions, and cultural norms. I'm also enjoying watching her
grow as an author. ~ Sherri L. Lewis,
Bestselling Author and Missionary
About the Author
Born in Akron, Ohio, to Nigerian parents. Unoma Nwankwor spent her
childhood and early adulthood years in Port-Harcourt, Nigeria. She is a
romantic at heart and is passionate about telling stories of faith and hope
about love. She hope to capture her readers through stories that are faith
based with an element of love. After all, "and now abide faith, hope,
love, these three; but the greatest of these is love." ~1 Corinthians
13:13
She is the published author of An Unexpected Blessing (2013) and The Christmas Ultimatum (2013), and many published flash fiction and short
stories. Her work has appeared in Africa Book Club and the Kenyan ezine Wamathai
as well as numerous radio shows and blogs. She is has just released her latest
novel, When You Let Go (May 2014), and is currently working on A Scoop of Love (October 2014).
Her readers are in love with her unique way of telling stories that
capture the essence of her present home base of Atlanta, Georgia, and her
Nigerian culture. She calls them her God-given stories and strives every day to
be a use her gift to His glory.
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