Sheltering You

By Robin Patchen

Description:

In the sleepy town of Shadow Cove, Maine, a woman’s desperate flight becomes a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse.
 
After escaping Iraq with her twin sister, Jasmine seeks refuge from Qasim, the terrorist she was forced to marry. She’s determined to carve out a safe haven in this peaceful coastal town for herself and her unborn child. But her polygamous husband’s relentless pursuit threatens to shatter her fragile world, leaving her with nowhere to hide.
 
Enter Derrick, a guardian angel in the guise of a friend.
 
Drawn to Jasmine's quiet strength, Derrick vows to shield her from harm, even as the boundaries of friendship blur into something deeper. Unaware of Jasmine's secret, he agrees to help her rescue and hide another Iraqi refugee woman and her younger brother in the US. Derrick will do anything for Jasmine, his heart yearning for a connection she refuses to embrace.
 
All the while, Qasim is closing in.
 
He took Jasmine as his second wife for one reason, and she carries that reason her womb. Once his heir is born, nothing will stop Qasim from bringing him home to his beloved first wife and disposing of Jasmine—and he will take out anybody else who stands in his way.
 
Join the Wright Heroes of Maine for an edge-of-your-seat international romantic suspense that takes you on the run with a heroine in hiding, a secret baby, and unrequited love.

Book Takeaway:

God's way is always best, even when it feels hard and unfair.

Why the author wrote this book:

Ever since a mission trip to minister to refugee women in Europe, I've been thinking about women who don't enjoy rights I've taken for granted my whole life, like the right to decide who to marry and where to live and even what to believe. This story looks at one such woman, who was forced by her father to marry a man who is not only a terrorist but who is married to another woman already. Jasmine was little more than a slave, a concubine, until she escaped. Now, she's free in America--but how free is she? Because, like it or not, she is married. And that means something, doesn't it? Who gets to decide? The godly man who's fallen in love with her? The evil man who claims her as his? Or the God who defines marriage? There are no simple answers. So while this story is mostly a suspense--and a romance, though Jasmine is trying to pretend it isn't--these questions must be dealt with. I wrote this book because there are women all over the world who aren't free to make their own decisions--and who wrestle with that it means to be a slave of man--and a servant of Christ.