Kindle Edition Amazon Living on the Forgotten Coast Amazon Barnes and Noble Category:  Inspirational Publisher: Lime Pie Publishers ISBN-10:  1547028041 Type: Fiction Pages: 274 Copyright: November 17, 2015 ISBN-13: 9781681647807 Price: $10.99 (eBook) Sins of Summer Audrey Brock thought of herself as a “golden” girl. Her dream life shrouded her, as the cocoon of a metamorphosing butterfly. Suddenly, everything changed. Her gorgeous, wealthy husband fell for another. Her best friend tired of her. Wine and food became a crutch. Her beautiful appearance, changed into an overweight woman, who no longer cared about such trivial matters as appearance. When she thought things could not get worse, her best friend arrived late one evening with a new threat. The monster, who robbed her of childhood in her fifteenth year, was coming for her again. She sadly thought of all the years of mental torture, which she suffered because of him. This time, he would demand the only thing left in her life, which she loved.  SINS OF SUMMER Audrey Brock thought of herself as a “golden” girl.  Her dream life shrouded her, as the cocoon of a metamorphosing butterfly.  Suddenly, everything changed.  Her gorgeous, wealthy husband fell for another.  Her best friend tired of her.  Wine and food became a crutch.  Her beautiful appearance, changed into an overweight woman, who no longer cared about such trivial matters as appearance. When she thought things could not get worse, her best friend arrived late one evening with a new threat.  The monster, who robbed her of childhood in her fifteenth year, was coming for her again.  She sadly thought of all the years of mental torture, which she suffered because of him. This time, he would demand the only thing left in her life, which she loved.         Excerpt SINS OF SUMMER Audrey Brock thought of herself as a golden girl. Her dream life shrouded her as the cocoon of a metamorphosing butterfly. Suddenly, everything changed. Her gorgeous, wealthy husband fell for another. Her best friend tired of her. Wine and food became a crutch. Her beautiful appearance changed into an overweight woman who no longer cared about such trivial matters as appearance. When she thought things could not get worse, her best friend arrived late one evening with a new threat. The monster who robbed her of childhood in her fifteenth year was coming for her again. She sadly thought of all the years of mental torture she suffered because of him. This time, he would demand the only thing left in her life, which she loved. Audrey and Diana devised a plan to make him pay. After working all day creating a torture chamber, they were ready for him. It was easy enticing the madman into the designated room. Yet as she sat watching this monster sleep, she realized that he was now old and sick. The man on the floor naked and cold before her seemed to have already paid. Perhaps in many ways, she could not be sure. One thing was clear, she could not be the savage, which he had once been to her.

Editorial Review
Reviewed By Rabia Tanveer for Readers' Favorite
Sins of Summer by Linda Heavner Gerald is the story of a young girl who was destroyed by a monster, but later she found it in her heart to forgive that person and finally set herself free from her past. There is just something about this novel that would not let me put it down. I literally devoured the story because I was so hooked up with Audrey and her journey. The story is real, gritty, raw and very intense. The author holds nothing back and gives the reader exactly what they want and deserve.
Audrey is the Golden Girl; she is pretty, her life is good, and she and John Brock are devoted to each other. Committed to spending a lifetime together, nothing can bring them down. However, tragedy strikes her life when she is abused and betrayed. She has no idea that what happened to her will change her life and any plans she had for her future. Quickly spiraling into alcoholism and other disruptive behaviors, she loses friends and the people who were once close to her. It is years later that she meets a person who changes it all for her. Through that one person, Audrey realizes that if she lets go of the past, it will no longer have any control over her.
Like I said, this is an intense novel and I was sucked into the story. The connection between Audrey and Diana is very powerful. Together, these two realize that they are not that different from each other and they heal together. From nightmares to consolation, these two stick together and grow up together. I really enjoyed this novel, it was simply perfect!


Amazing!
Wow,Abide in these 3,hope,faith and charity
By Chanda Curry on January 25, 2016
Format: Kindle Edition
And the greatest of these is Charity
They opening of this book,really got me.Can the cycle of abuse be stopped? Does the abusee always become the abuser? Sometimes, yes,especially if noone knew.The biggest cries for help are the ones yelled into the night in our heads..
Audrey,has a memory,but what happened for real? Diana,ran as far as possible.Like most abused women do.Audreys heart had been broken and battered and laughed at,she had given up,so had Diana.They meet and a bond is formed..A bond only 2 like souls would understand.Then just when everything is going good,the past sneaks up and kicks them in the gut.Should they get their revenge,just to be able to.sleep? Sometimes,if we look into ourselves as survivors,we want to do unto them what they did to us.But WWJD? Compassion showed to the abuser,who has never been showed love or compassion? Could you do it? Thanks Linda for sending this to me to review.You never let me down..As with all of her books,they teach you a lesson..


Events Can Change You For Good or Bad
Events can change you for the good and bad.
By Amazon Customer on January 7, 2016
Format: Kindle Edition
I received this book in exchange for a review. I enjoyed reading this book. It held my interest. It has some romance, mystery and tragedy. I did want to see what happened to the characters. Some of this was a little unbelievable to me but as I said did finish. I would read more from this author. This is a clean book which I appreciate.