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Faces of Courage

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By Susan K. Beatty

Life crushes us with its weight sometimes. Fiona’s father abandoned her when she was twelve. So when she learns that he’s the groom’s father in the wedding she’s been assigned to manage, all the old hurts resurface. Maybe if he’d just explain himself and ask forgiveness, she’d get over the pain he left her with—pain she obviously hadn’t left behind after all. When Nason discovered he wasn’t Fiona’s biological father, and when her mother tried to sabotage his marriage, he felt like he had no other option but to leave and never look back. Running into her again—awkward to say the least. And he can’t understand why she feels betrayed—why she expects him to seek forgiveness. As if life weren’t complicated enough, Fiona meets Trevor, which sparks a possible romance. New faith, an overdose, and revelations combine with Trevor’s discipleship and shows her how forgiveness really works. What will it take for Nason to swallow his pride and see how his actions hurt an innocent child? The Fragrance of Violets—as Mark Twain once said, “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.”

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Susan K. Beatty

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Susan is an award-winning author whose fiction career is the culmination of a lifelong dream. She is passionate about writing stories that show characters finding courage through faith and grit as they endure life’s difficulties and, ultimately, experience the Lord’s faithfulness. Susan won two awards in the 2022 NEST Contest. A professional journalist and former homeschool leader, Susan lives in Southern California with her husband, but the kids and grandkids keep the empty nest lively. Her first novel, "Faces of Courage," debuted May 2021. Susan is the author of "An Introduction to Home Education" (AKA "California Homeschool Manual"), was the assistant director of the SoCal Christian Writers' Conference and is the president of her local ACFW-OC Chapter. She is a professional writer/journalist. Susan is proof you can begin a fiction writing career at any age. Before starting her career as a fiction author, Susan K. Beatty was a veteran homeschool mom who co-founded Christian Home Educators Association (CHEA) of California with Karen Woodfin Middleton in 1982. Susan served on the CHEA Board of Directors and as CHEA’s general manager until 2017. She and her husband have graduated all their children from homeschool as well.