Surviving Love: A Novel

A woman questions her relationship with her husband after an affair he had with an associate for a year and a half. Can their marriage rekindle in spite of the deception?In Surviving Love Alyce escapes to the beach after a nine‑month separation from her husband Michael who is pressuring her to sign divorce papers after having an affair for a year and a half. She is processing her pending identity as a divorced woman although divorce goes completely against her faith and her belief in “for better or for worse”. On Alyce’s first day at the beach she meets Ben. An unexpected friendship soon blossoms as she unearths parts of herself that have long been dormant. She becomes energized by her newly defined relationship with God and peace with her circumstances. Meanwhile Michael is confronting his own life choices. When he decides he wants his wife and his life back to “normal” he must follow an intriguing trail to find Alyce at the beach. Once he arrives nothing is as he anticipated. Within Surviving Love readers follow a story of finding hope and love again in marriage. The options of divorce and reconciliation are addressed in a marriage that has been ravaged by infidelity and it deals with the right to personal choice over popular opinion and following one’s convictions. Surviving Love features real life characters who are navigating very common ground while exposing the impact of the uniqueness of individual stories. Readers are intrigued by Alyce’s struggles of maintaining her new identity no matter the direction life may take her and the choices she must make that will reflect upon herself and her confidence in God’s promises.