"It's only a matter of time. You have to be careful. 'Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm'. . . Proverbs 13:20"
Beatrice Carraway is living her life on the bottom rung of the ladder, or so it seems; money is tight, jobs are scarce, and sometimes a pretty face never makes it on to the stage. Enter Jack Turner. Handsome, reckless, passionate, and head-over-heels for Beatrice Carraway. It seems that Jack wants the same more-out-of-life as Bea, but Jack goes about getting what he wants in an entirely different way . . . Jack is brazen enough to take it.
In the beginning, the risks were calculated, thrilling, and exhilarating, but soon the stakes grew higher as were the chances of getting caught . . . and as their escapades make local and regional news, Bea begins to wonder if being "the girl from the papers" is all that she will ever be.
"You are more than what people call you. The names they give us, those things they say about us . . . they don't define us . . . They're not who we are. The only one who can ever truly define us is the One who made us."
An absolute stunner of a story! Brokenness, bitterness, helplessness all coincide to present a raw, stinging, and painful reminder that any and all attempts to grab happiness and fulfillment on our own only serve to conjure up a figment of our imagination that begs to be transformed into reality through the unconditional, forever love of a Savior. "I love you, Jack . . . but . . . Someone loves me more."
*I purchased a copy and was under no obligation to provide a positive review.
BackCover Blurb:
Inspired by one of America’s most notorious couples, Bonnie and Clyde,
Jennifer L. Wright delivers a riveting tale set during the public enemy
era of the Great Depression.
Beatrice Carraway has dreams.
Although she’s aged out of the childhood pageant circuit, she’s intent
on carrying her talents all the way to the big screen—if only she can
escape the poverty of West Dallas first. But as the Great Depression
drags the working class further and further under, Beatrice struggles
just to keep herself, her mother, and her younger sister afloat. After a
string of failed auditions, she feels defeated.
And then in
walks Jack Turner. Though Beatrice is determined to pull herself up by
her bootstraps, Jack has decided on a different path out of the gutters.
It isn’t long before Beatrice is swept into an exciting and glamorous
life of crime beside the man she loves. Keeping one step ahead of the
law, she sees her dreams of fame come true when her name and picture are
plastered in newspapers across the country. Yet as their infamy grows,
the distance between them widens. While Jack begins seeking bigger
payouts and publicity, Beatrice starts to long for a safe, quiet life
and something deeper to fill the emptiness in her soul. But when the
danger of Jack’s schemes ratchets up, Beatrice fears her dreams—and her
future—will end up going down in a hail of bullets.
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