Author Victoria Bylin & Living With Mistakes
My guest today is Author Victoria Bylin and she discusses Living with Mistakes. Here’s Victoria:
“I want to thank Lyn for inviting me to participate in her blog. It’s a joy to talk about strong women, and it’s particularly fitting for The Outlaw’s Return. The heroine, Mary Larue, is a woman with a secret. She’s also a brand new Christian. When a man from her past walks into her life–the outlaw who once left her pregnant and unmarried–Mary is faced with a challenge. That challenge isn’t forgiving the man who hurt her. She forgave J.T. Quinn the day she become a Christian. Mary’s challenge is living with her mistakes.
She’s a lot like the Samaritan woman in the Bible, the one who meets Christ at the well. When Jesus asks the Samaritan women if she has a husband, she rightly says that she’s never been married. They talk for a bit, and she leaves with her sins forgiven. Mary Larue has had a similar experience.
That’s what I love most about this heroine. She’s been forgiven and she knows it. More than anything, she wants to make good choices. The problem is reconciling her present with the past, especially where it concerns outlaw J.T. Quinn. She’s attracted to J.T. but she doesn’t trust him. She’s terrified of losing her good name again, and she has an enemy who wants to manipulate her. No one in Denver knows that she was once with child. She wants to keep it that way, but above all else, she wants to honor God and the gift of a clean slate.
It takes courage to deal with the wreckage of the past. Mary finds that strength, and her faith grows as she steps up to an assortment of problems. I admire her! It was pure pleasure to give this strong woman a happy ending that includes a family, hope and the man she’s always loved. J.T. is a lucky man!”–Victoria
Thanks so much for being my guest, Victoria. And if you want to know more about her and her writing, drop by these sites:
