Unforgivable by Tina Wainscott
****NOTE – THIS IS A SECULAR TITLE
Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Paperbacks (November 19, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312979088
ISBN-13: 978-0312979089
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Book Description
Life in the backwoods of Booger Holler is anything but idyllic, but Katie Malloy’s childhood is remarkably happy-go-lucky-until her innocence is shattered by a shocking act of cruelty. Distraught, she believes she has endured the worst anguish she will ever face. She’s wrong….Now, eighteen years later, Katie has triumphed at last. With a quaint, cozy home and an attentive husband by her side, she should be contented. Instead, she wrestles with growing uneasiness as the horror of her past gives way to a chilling new nightmare. A serial killer lurks on the fringes of the dusty Georgia town, his identity concealed behind a friendly face. Because if there’s anything she learned through that long-ago tragedy, it’s not to trust anyone-not even those you love….AUTHORBIO: Tina Wainscott is an award-winning author of eight novels. She lives in Naples, Florida with her husband, dog, and cat.
I found this book in my basement. I’m assuming I got it from my RWA conference days as a free giveaway. I just started reading it, and I couldn’t stop. This story was riveting, and scary, so it’s not for the faint of heart! Katie is married to Ben, a veterinarian. Meanwhile, her childhood friend Silas arrives across the woods from where Katie lives with Ben. Silas has an uncanny ability to sense how people feel. He knows that Katie is in danger and there’s a serial killer on the loose, and Silas can see inside the killer’s mind. He knows that the killer is after Katie. Katie’s marriage to Ben is extremely unhappy and unfulfilling. She marries him out of a sense of duty when she turned eighteen. She now regrets her choice since she’s now trapped in an unsatisfying marriage to a much older man. Katie is shunned by her hometown as she lives in seclusion with her husband. Also, the story takes some interesting twists and turns as Katie comes to terms with some dark secrets lurking in her past, secrets which shed light on her mother’s mysterious death.
Although this book is not an inspirational, it did have some aspects that reminded you of an inspirational. Both Katie and Silas had a deep faith in God, and they prayed several times throughout the story. There is one sex scene, but I thought the story could stand without it. This was a riveting story and I could easily read other books by this author.
The other secular book I read was a sweet Silhouette romance entitled With This Child by Sally Carleen. It was a cute story and the storyline reminded me of Tuesday Night At The Blue Moon a little bit. Unbeknownst to Marcie Turner, when she gave birth as a teenaged unwed mother; the doctor and Marcie’s mother switch her baby with the terminally ill baby of another couple. Marcie’s “baby” dies, while the baby to whom she’s given birth is being raised by another couple. Now a young woman, Marcie becomes privy to this baby-switch information and she discovers her real daughter, Kyla is living with her “father”, Sam Woodward. Sam thinks Marcie is delusional to believe his “daughter” is the baby she’s given birth to years ago. Sam’s wife died years ago and he’s now raising Kyla alone. Once Sam learns that Marcie is telling the truth about the baby switch, they learn to work together so that Kyla can be raised in the best possible way. As Marcie becomes acquainted with Kyla, she falls for Sam. Both Sam and Kyla need to overcome their emotional barriers so that they can live happily ever after.
