Category: Young Adult/Teen Publisher: Osbey Books, Inc.
ISBN-10: 0975266274
Pages: 186
Copyright: May 2007
ISBN-13: 9780975266274
Cause I Can is a tale of a young woman who learns that her journey is deeper than a marriage ring could ever bring.
Sassy and smart mouthed Joie Campbell has it all, she's a sexy teen who knows that she has it going on. At age Nineteen, she is a vixen calling the shots with two men vying for her attention. But one moment of passion leads to a secret that stays buried deep beneath all her bravado. When her stable boyfriend, Issac convinces her to getting married in a quick ceremony during one weekend in Chicago, her whole life changes. Naysayers have always told her she couldn’t make it and she is battling their opinions every step of the way. Come along the journey with Joie as she faces life decisions, learn to love her family and find her sense of worth, not getting attention from two men, but from within.
Find out what happens when this know-it-all teen says I Do in the heat of passion. Battling her inner demons and the ones around her world, she fights moment to moment as her world spirals out of control. Will her faith in life be restored when her fairy-tale marriage goes haywire?
Excerpt
A cold knot formed itself in her stomach as she slowly walked to the living room. Her feet felt like weights were on them and it hurt to simply put one foot in front of the other. Her breath was closed around her throat preventing her from receiving the proper air. She waved her hand back and forth in front of her mouth trying to generate some type of circulation. She clenched her fingers until her hands entered her palm almost bringing blood to the surface. Irritated with herself she sought the first comfortable thing she saw, her favorite candle as she shook with hurry to light it. The beautiful orange and black candle had been given to her and Issac by Siah. Kneeling to strike the match she smiled weakly as the aroma of pumpkin filled the air.
Her mind fluttered away as anxiety finally began to fade away. She sat on the plush couch and grabbed a soft pillow as her head sank into it.
The sudden opening of the front door startled her as she sat up with fear in her eyes.
It was Issac. Her nerves tensed up immediately and the unwelcome tension stretched ever tighter between them. As he walked towards her the silence grew even tigher with tension.
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