“A young friend of mine from church recently broke up with her boyfriend of over four years. Breaking up was a difficult decision, because she’d been seeing this young man for most of her adult life, and their families were close. But after he’d been getting much too friendly with another young woman, she’d put her foot down, and told him if he wanted to be with her, he had to stay faithful. Though he repented once, it wasn’t long before he returned to his straying ways. Rather than stay in a relationship with a man she couldn’t trust to be faithful, my young friend make the difficult decision to end their relationship. It wasn’t easy, but it was the right thing to do.

In my book Survival Instinct, heroine Abby Caldwell had a similar experience in her past. When she learned her fiancé had been unfaithful, she ended things with him and never looked back. But her painful past refuses to stay buried, and she soon finds herself relying on God and the help of a new man in her life just to stay alive. The secrets they uncover make her realize more than ever that she was right to end that first relationship. And God blesses her with a real hero who she can trust with her heart, and with her life.

It’s not easy to end damaging relationships in our lives, be they romantic or otherwise. But when a person refuses to end their emotional abuse and refuses to accept the help of God to change, sometimes the strongest, bravest thing a woman can do is leave and never look back. It takes courage, but over time, God shows us that he has a better plan for our lives, and a more faithful love we can count on. I’m praying that as my friend heals from the hurt of her boyfriend’s betrayal, that God will bring new love into her life—in His time.

May your life be filled with love as well.

Rachelle McCalla

Author Bio: Survival Instinct is Rachelle McCalla’s first published novel. Look for the sequel, Troubled Waters, coming June 2010. If you’d like to know more about Rachelle, her books, her four energetic children, or why she decided to be an author instead of an astronaut, you can visit her webpage at www.rachellemccalla.com “

Thanks, Rachelle. You can also read about her at http://www.eharlequin.com/author.html?authorid=1931