Waters Fall: Women's Christian Fiction

The anatomy of an affair. The price of forgiveness. The beauty of grace.



Jake doesn't remember what it means to be a champion. Nora doesn't
know how much longer she can tread water before she goes under.
Their fairytale marriage is hurtling toward a tragic end.



Then Tristan sweeps in--all feelings and fire and freedom--and Nora
is carried out to where the waters flow fast and deep. Nora knows she's
risking far more than just her heart....



When it all comes crashing down, Jake and Nora are left standing
amidst the ruins of everything they've built together. Will they walk
away, or stay and fight for their happily-ever-after?



Note: WATERS FALL is written from a Christian worldview.





WATERS FALL excerpt:



Nora's bones ached in the frigid water, and her lungs thrummed in
desperation for oxygen, but she resisted the urge to push to the
surface. She tipped her head back and gazed up at the warped glow above
her, the sunlight flaunting its promise of warmth. The water roared as
it flung itself over the stacked boulders of the falls and into the pool
where she was submerged; the cacophony surrounded her, shutting out all
sounds from above. The kids would be calling for her by now, and if she
stayed under much longer, Jake would come after her. She'd long ago
breathed out the last of her air so she could sink to the rocky bed of
the pool. Her long dark hair drifted up around her head, reminding her
of mermaid stories, and her arms floated out to her sides of their own
volition. If she could just keep from kicking her legs, she might be
able to stay there...longer.



It had started out as a game of 'who can hold their breath the
longest,' and Nora knew she'd win, hands down, even against Jake. A
choir girl--first school, then church--her lung capacity was in tip-top
condition because she worked to keep it that way. On the third round,
though, something tripped inside her head, like a live wire sending a
string of sparks skittering across her thoughts, and she was suddenly
and acutely aware of the thrill of this watery cocoon, of being out of
breath, of the cold, and of the churning chaos just a few feet away from
where she waited in a strange state of suspended animation.



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Today was the first time Nora had ever intentionally opened her eyes
under the water here without her goggles on. The torrent from the falls
kept the pool stirred up and cloudy, and she'd always been afraid of
debris blinding her.



But the swirling specks of silt and sand, glittering and pale, added
to the otherworld sensation that held her in its grip. What would
happen if she just opened her mouth and drew the fairy dust water into
her lungs?



Suddenly the very thought of breathing had her clamoring for the
surface, bursting up out of the water with a great gulp that left her
coughing and gasping. She looked up to find she'd drifted to the far
side of the waterhole where there was no easy place to climb out. Across
from her, Leslie scrambled from the top of the large boulder where
she'd obviously been perched to try to locate Nora, and Felix, tears of
panic streaming down his face, stood ankle deep at the edge the pool,
helpless in his youth. Jake, treading water out where she'd first gone
under, couldn't seem to make up his mind whether to come to her aid or
go back to comfort the kids.



Nora waved him free, and he grimaced at her before making his way to
Felix. He stood with his arm around the boy, his other hand up to
shield his eyes from the glint of the sun off the water as he watched
her, waiting for her to come back to them.