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Alana Terry's Book 'Before The Dawn'
t wasn't supposed to turn out like this.

We had a storybook romance. So why am I hiding in a shelter for battered women?

Especially since he never hit me.

The worst part is worrying about my daughter. Does she know she still has a mommy? Does she have any idea how much I love her?

And will I ever see her again?

Before the Dawn is the gripping story of a mother trudging through the trauma of a turbulent marriage to reclaim the sense of self she lost at some point along her confusing past.

The Orchard Grove Christian Women's Fiction books are standalone literary novels about real-life believers facing real-life struggles. You won't meet perfect saints whose lives are faultless models of the Christian faith. Instead, you'll meet a perfect God whose plans of redemption are far more glorious than what the mortal mind could ever imagine. …show more content…
Standalone novels from award-winning Christian fiction novelist Alana Terry, whose books "inspire without preaching at you," these titles merge edgy Christian fiction, literary prose, and a God compassionate enough to look upon those who suffer and "to bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes ... a garment of praise instead of a spirit of despair" (Isaiah
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