As what’s left of the Peterson family begins to crumble under the weight of loss and accusation, the Petersons’ longstanding Christian faith is put to the test in a way they could never have imagined, and unconditional love is stretched to its limits. John is arrested for his grandmother’s murder.

Their previously predictable, respectable lives seem to have vanished without a trace, as they struggle to make sense of a senseless act.Īnd then a second blow-more devastating, if possible, than the first-rocks them to their core. When Liz Peterson’s elderly mother is found viciously beaten to death in her home, Liz and her husband, Charles, along with their grown son, John, and teenage daughter, Sarah, are horrified beyond words. She is a popular speaker at churches, women’s clubs and retreats, and writers’ conferences, and has appeared on several radio and TV programs.Ĭould it be any more horrible than to have a loved one killed, brutally and heartlessly, without obvious reason or motive? She is the 2008 winner of AWSA’s Golden Scroll Award.Ī Former newspaper columnist and string reporter, Macias is a credentialed minister and served as an associate pastor at a large church in Southern California, where she did biblical counseling, trained small group leaders, and oversaw support/recovery ministries. She is a staff member for The Christian Communicator Manuscript Critique Service and a member of The Christian Proofreaders and Editors Network, Christian Authors Network, American Christian Fiction Writers, Christian Writers Fellowship International, Advanced Writers/Speakers Association, for who she serves as membership chair, and orange County Christian Writers Fellowship.

She has also ghostwritten and collaborated on books for a number of well-known individuals. Kathi Macias is an award-winning author of more than twenty fiction and nonfiction books.

Deadly Charm by Claudia Mair Burney