Obsidian Faith by Bev Elle
Publication Date: 4 December 2014
Genres: Contemporary, Romance
Synopsis
They were the most unlikely pair to fall in love. . . A golden boy with a dark past. A bi-racial girl with epic faith. These two weren't supposed to survive the system, sketchy origins and all. Trevor Kyle has loved Shanice Bailey forever—from the time they both landed in the Baptist Children's Home until they were young adults raised by adoptive families that had no resemblance to the worlds from which they came. Trevor has always been her protector and champion even when he was busy pushing her away for her own good. Shanice has always taken her faith in Trevor seriously. Her childhood oath is strengthened when she learns the true meaning of family. But After Trevor’s adoptive parents die tragically and his bachelor uncle takes him in, she finds that the boy she’s always looked up to has changed, and not for the better. Yet, she can’t bring herself to forget him as her pure childhood love for him blossoms into something more. The most generous heart and truest faith does not travel an easy path. Just when Trevor thinks he's found a way to keep his promise to be with Shanice forever, a specter from the past threatens their future plans.
EXCERPT, Chapter
12, Obsidian Faith
“You want to be a doctor?” Trevor said.
“No, a nurse. I want to help people get
over drug addiction and stuff, but I don’t want to go to school for all the
years it takes to be a doctor.”
“That’s cool. Just don’t fall for some
doctor and forget about me,” he teased.
“I’d never forget you, Trevor,” she said.
“And I’ll never fall for some doctor.”
“How do you know?” he said. “You’ll go off
to college and I’ll be as good as forgotten.”
“You’ll forget me first,” she said. “You
already have. You’re the one who’s taking Emily Winters to the prom and
everything.”
“It’s just another rite of passage.”
“A what?”
“It’s one of those things you’re expected
to do at certain ages that transition you from one stage in life to another.”
“Oh, well. I’m not passing any rites with
anyone but you,” She said.
“You’re too young to say that, Shanice.
You’ve got a lot of growing up to do.”
“So do you.” She protested, just as he
expected her to.
“Yeah, but I’m closer to twenty-one than
you are, and I’ll be going off to college in a couple of years.”
“I know, but I won’t forget you,” Shanice
said with conviction.
“How do you know this?” Trevor asked.
“Because I’m going to be like Amy March in
Little Women.”
“Never heard of it,” Trevor said.
“Probably because boys think it’s stupid.
But there is a Little Men, and Jo’s Boys and they’re about
orphans and stuff. Anyway, they’re classics. Mom read the books when she was
about my age, so she gave them to me for Christmas.”
“What does this have to do with you not
forgetting me?”
“You’ll have to read Little
Women to find out,” she said cryptically.
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