About the Book
Book Title: Call to Embrace
Author Name: Maryann Landers
Genre: Christian Women’s Fiction
Release Date: November 1, 2023
She’s detached in a stormy marriage because of both of their unfaithfulness. Now she faces
the aftermath of her compromise with an unwanted pregnancy. Will fleeing bring her the
freedom she yearns for?
Emily Corentin wants to escape the jagged edges of her brokenness. She believes the only option
she has is to take her young daughter, leave her husband, and end the unintended pregnancy with
an abortion. But her plans take an unexpected turn when the homeless shelter she finds is not the
type of help she wanted. She’d buried religion years ago with the death of her Gran. Any God-
fearing place will only confirm how much God abandoned her.
An offer from a shelter volunteer may be the lifeline she and her daughter need, but Emily only
sees it as a means to an end. The unlikely friendship that follows, draws her closer to the answers
she may have carried with her all along. But rash decisions bring new challenges that drag her
further into a sea of helplessness.
When all hope is lost in despair will she be washed away by the patterns of her past? Or will she
answer the call to embrace the mercy of the cross and in turn bring reconciliation to her
marriage?
Book Excerpt
He'd agreed to a remote assignment within the state shortly after our move, and the
luminous Chugach Mountains never brought me the comfort I needed. Left at home, on base and
alone, I yearned to escape what had become a prison of isolation as we grew farther apart.
"Mommy, where we go?"; My daughter, Destiny, tugged at my hand as she resisted my
guidance around a sloppy mess.
A car splattered water in our direction as it passed.
After we maneuvered across the gritty pavement, I knelt by her and brushed back the
strands of brown hair that slipped out from her hood and covered half her face. "We're going on a
walk, baby girl."
She squeezed her eyes tight at my gentle touch. At only three and a half years old, she'd
weathered storms I'd hoped to shield her from. But here we stood, the two of us, taking
advantage of her dad’s planned absence to find some kind of a solution.
"I hungry" Destiny protruded her lower lip and pushed it out farther to show me her
dislike for our early-morning stroll.
"A little farther, and I'll find you a snack."; I offered her hope, but I had so little that I could
only pour out a drop at a time.
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About the Author
Alaskan based author Maryann Landers writes women’s faith filled fiction based on true stories
of extraordinary women of her magnificent state. She loves to showcase the unique north and
give her readers a little taste of rustic Alaska.
While writing in her log home in the woods she is also looking forward to her next
adventure with her Alaskan husband, juggling mom tasks such as crafting homemade meals from
moose and caribou meat, building DIY projects from scrap wood piles and guiding her teens in
their homeschooling.
To learn about her inspiration to write Alaskan based stories read her blog at www.mary-
ann-landers.com
Her first novel in the Alaskan Women of Caliber Series; Alaskan Calibration released
June 2021.
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