{"id":1863,"date":"2013-04-29T00:09:47","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T04:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/?p=1863"},"modified":"2013-04-28T06:29:31","modified_gmt":"2013-04-28T10:29:31","slug":"the-face-of-the-earth-by-deborah-raney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/the-face-of-the-earth-by-deborah-raney\/","title":{"rendered":"The Face Of The Earth by Deborah Raney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"irc_mi\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1359402706l\/15802770.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"393\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Face-Earth-A-Novel\/dp\/1416599975\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1367022558&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+face+of+the+earth+deborah+raney\">The Face Of The Earth by Deborah Raney<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What would you do if your spouse were suddenly missing? How would you cope?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>When Mitchell Brannon returns home from work, he&#8217;s eagerly awaiting his wife&#8217;s (Jill&#8217;s) return from a conference. She&#8217;s left a voicemail message, stating she&#8217;s looking forward to coming home. However, when Jill fails to return, Mitch is stunned. Where could she be? Reaching out to his kids, his beautiful next door neighbor (Shelley &#8211; Jill&#8217;s best friend) as well as the rest of his community, he begins searching for his wife. She&#8217;s missing &#8211; he has to find her.<\/p>\n<p>His situation becomes more complicated when he enlists Shelly&#8217;s help even further. He finds himself attracted to Shelley, but, he feels guilty. Jill is still missing. He feels he&#8217;s being unfaithful to his wife by having a strong attraction to Shelley.<\/p>\n<p>This book grabbed me from the beginning and wouldn&#8217;t let me go. It&#8217;s a real page-turner as the mystery of Jill&#8217;s whereabouts is unraveled. In spite of Shelley&#8217;s and Mitch&#8217;s emotional and physical attraction, you do feel sympathy for them. Both are grieving for their lost loved one &#8211; they have no idea if Jill is dead or alive and not knowing about someone you love makes it emotionally hard to cope day after day.<\/p>\n<p>I believe this is the first Deborah Raney book I&#8217;ve ever read, and I&#8217;m determined to read more.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>So what would you do if your spouse were suddenly missing? How would you cope? How long would you search for your missing spouse?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"26525EB\" src=\"http:\/\/g.christianbook.com\/g\/ebooks\/covers\/w185\/2\/26525eb_w185.png\" alt=\"26525EB\" width=\"111\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Milk-Money-ebook\/dp\/B007AV2KUU\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1348402848&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=cecelia+dowdy\">~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Face Of The Earth by Deborah Raney What would you do if your spouse were suddenly missing? How would you cope? When Mitchell Brannon returns home from work, he&#8217;s eagerly awaiting his wife&#8217;s (Jill&#8217;s) return from a conference. She&#8217;s left a voicemail message, stating she&#8217;s looking forward to coming home. 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