Shep and the King of Hearts

<p class=ql-align-center><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>A compelling novella that captures your imagination with characters you can believe in hearts that long for answers in seemingly impossible situations and a love that changes everything.  </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Chris Warren's structured life as a behavioral hospital administrator is interrupted when her long-estranged father Jim suddenly returns to her life after a twenty-five-year absence. Her father a down-on-his-luck old cowboy tries and fails to hide his gambling addiction. Desperate to help him Chris enlists her friend Shep the hospital's unconventional chaplain to watch over him. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Jim resists all attempts of help and disappears. The search for her father is on and the trail Chris and Shep follow takes them to a wilderness cabin in the wilds of Idaho. When their journey leads to unexpected discoveries Chris must decide if she can open her compartmentalized heart to healing love and trust her feelings for Shep.  </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>This absorbing read with refreshingly real characters deals head-on with gambling harm divided hearts father wounds and the grace to forgive. </span></p><p><br></p>