An unspeakable evil visited Maria Vargas that warm summer evening, and her life was forever changed ... Haunted by her rape and seeming rejection by God, Maria seeks a backdoor to forgiveness by rescuing an innocent from the clutches of fate. Kat Reed's brush with fate was a bit more subtle. Following a disturbing sexual encounter, Maria's skeptical sister-of-the-heart is pregnant and in mortal danger from Tio Sanchez, the malevolent Latino womanizer bent on hiding a career-ending perversion. Torn between Maria's restored belief in life and Tio's relentless pressure to abort, Kat struggles to preserve her right to choose ... Manuscript rated “Excellent” for Characters, Style (dialog), and Facts/Research by Oklahoma Writers Federation Inc. (OWFI). All other attributes scored between 80-89 on the 0-100 scale.