Have you ever known someone so self-destructive, so completely her own worst enemy that you wanted to just grab her by the shoulders and shake some sense into her?

 Amber Cushing, from my second book “Embrace the Whirlwind,” is just such a person.  And yet, despite her frustrating flaws, there is something about her that compels others to reach out to her, to help her turn things around.  That quality of empathy she conjures up in others is key to Amber’s eventual redemption. 

 As you discover the secrets behind Amber’s failures and flaws, you cannot help but continue to reach out to her.  She is a victim, and as such, deserves our help, our compassion.

 Amber is a composite of many similar persons I have known over the years, both in my professional and in my personal life.  She epitomizes the broken, the damaged, and yet the lovable creatures everyone has known at one point or another.  Delve into this character and find that someone you have known who resembles her in some way or another.  And then follow her along as she struggles to find hope for the future.