When You Wish Upon A Star: Finding Love in the Rockies

by Nancy Segovia

The word "courage" is not in Abbie Brookhart's vocabulary. Years of abuse have taught her that it is better to hide than to fight. When her husband's abuse turns murderous, terror forces her to flee. Desperate, she accepts help at a women's shelter in Denver, intending to start over. But the echoes of abuse that whisper in her heart saying, "you can't trust anyone including yourself," and "love hurts," continue to thwart her attempts at creating a new life. As she overcomes one obstacle after another, she discovers an untapped well of courage, and learns of a new, unexpected source of love and hope. When her husband tracks her down, intent on killing her and her daughters, Abbie must put into action what she has learned. Unfortunately only time will tell how well she has learned these new lessons - and time is the one thing she doesn't have.

259 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 3, 2011

About the author

Nancy Segovia has been a professional writer for over 20 years. She has achieved publishing success in the fields of adult fiction, children’s literature, newspaper journalism, feature magazine articles and poetry. She is happily married, and has five daughters, five granddaughters and one, adorable grandson. She loves to fish and is a prize-winning cook.

Her other published works include “When You Wish Upon A Star” and “Benjamin’s Bride” both of which are scheduled to be released later this year from Faith and Reason Publishing. She also has several other completed works which will also be published by Faith and Reason Publishing over the course of the next few years.

Nancy Segovia has a Master of Arts Degree in Religion from Northwest Nazarene University, and a Masters of Liberal Studies in Creative Writing from the University of Denver. She currently writes and teaches college-level English classes.




Faith must be enforced by reason. When faith becomes blind it dies.

Reviews

[Emma · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book has promise but for me it just did not gel. As the end neared I found myself wishing it was over. Even at 80% done I seriously considered not finishing it. I was rolling my eyes at certain parts that were simply ridiculous. Lots of small things failed to fit together in a logical manner. For example when she is told that she was never actually married the statement is made that because her kids are illegitimate that the father has no legal claim on them (WTF???) and then that is immediately contradicted when they comment about the father going after custody.

There was stuff that did work. The main characters were nice. Oddly enough having the POV of the abusive husband was one such thing. He is off his rocker but not stupid. And while there was a strong religious thread I did not find it offensive. While Christian it was fairly non-denominational "God loves you" in tone. Still it was not enough to keep me happy and I will likely avoid this author in future.

[Cassey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not for me.