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When Jess Colton asks Jesus into his life, he gives up alcohol but replaces it with a food addiction. The three-hundred pound man is baffled when the beautiful Holly Harrison declares her affection.
Holly Harrison lives with the results of an ungodly past. What Christian man would want a woman who lost her unborn baby and her lower leg due to her own carelessness? She doesn’t plan on falling in love with Jess yet she sees past his bulk to the godly man inside. When Jess drives a wedge between them, Holly loses all hope of a future with him.
Only God has the power to restore a hopeless food addict to good health and teach a young woman how to forgive herself, opening the door for an unlikely romance.
EXCERPT
Holly reached down and untied the shoe string of her left tennis shoe. Could she really do this?
"What are you doing?" His questioning look accelerated the nervous pangs in her stomach.
Holly lifted a restraining hand to him and continued her work. With an unsteady grip, she pulled her sock off exposing the curved metal of her prosthetic limb.
Jess stared, his eyes the size of large plates. "Oh, good Lord, Holly. What happened?"
Holly folded her jeans up to her knee exposing the entire device. She released the suction holding the hollow plastic casing over her knee stump and removed the entire leg, setting it next to the couch.
Her heart thundered as she dared a glance at Jess.
He sat motionless, his eyes wide open. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because I thought you'd reject me if you knew. Now do you see? You're not the only one with a flawed body." Holly leaned back against the couch, her stub barely meeting the end of the seat. Her palms were like ice. She took the risk and showed him. No turning back now. He'd always know.
Jess's voice was barely a whisper. "You haven't told too many people." B "No. Only my family and Dr. Murphy know. Zack, too. I was riding on the back of his motorcycle when the accident happened."
"Holly, I don't know what to say." He gazed at her with woeful blue eyes.
She wiped away another stream of endless tears. "After I came to know you, I figured you'd love me in spite of it. That's the kind of man you are. I didn't know how to tell you until now."
Jess eased off the couch and slowly knelt in front of her. He folded her jeans a little higher, gazed at her with eyes of love and compassion, then bent down.
She gasped.
He lowered his lips to the stub and kissed it, then gazed up at her again.
"I can't believe you did that. I love you for it."
Jess blinked, a grimace painted on his face. With a groan, Jess moved back onto the couch with her. He slid his arms around her. "You're right. It would've made no difference in how I feel about you, but this makes things even more difficult."
"Her constant encouragement and love of God flow through this book...Thank you, June, and may you produce many, many more books to build our faith even as we are entertained!"
"Once I started reading this book, I did not want to stop. I even found myself walking and reading while on the way home as I wanted to know what would happen with Holly and Jess. Can't wait for the next in the series."
"This novel is spun gold. We are all flawed humans in one way or another, all works-in-progress. I so enjoyed the method in which June Foster brings the pieces of flawed human nature together to create a touching story of love you’ll remember after closing your eBook."
"Give Us This Day is a wonderful story that lets readers explore our insecurities without the fears of getting burned or judged - exactly what's needed in a fantasy world of twenty-something cuties, wounded widows, endless Amish, and prairie dust. Thank you, June! With wonderful sensory images, the surprises keep unfolding in this delightful and refreshing romance of unlikely souls learning to love themselves as well as each other."
"Give Us This Day is a charming story that illustrates how internal issues can keep an individual from accepting the grace s/he offers to others. Foster writes with sensitivity as she demonstrates the inner battles with which Jess and Holly wrestle, as well as the hope and fresh starts within their reach. Far from being a heavy or preachy book, however, this book can be equally enjoyed by readers simply looking for an satisfying story as well as those who like a bit more depth in their leisure pursuits."
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