Alvarado Gold

Wild Rose Press

Victoria Pitts-Caine

As the hot, oppressive Texas heat takes the breath from her lungs, Addie Brown stands at her grandfather's grave. Deep within her, she senses her anchor to family is gone. She looks across the freshly dug chasm at three of her four cousins. Nothing more than smiling faces on Christmas cards and vacation photos, she remembers once when they were close but something happened.

Snapping her back to reality, the minister reads, To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven. She wonders when will be my time? But Addie has bargained with God and lost and she feels she can never share her secret with anyone. But through an unusual turn of events, she realizes there is a truth and meaning to the passage from Ecclesiastes that begins to drive her life.

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Excerpt:

In the beginning, I thought he reacted with too much interest in our trip and the gold. The way he pounced on the idea right from the start made me think his intent was elsewhere. His excitement about going along showed in our long conversations as he told me about the caves, the Indian sweat lodge and the history of the surrounding area. I began to trust him and felt comfortable with him, longing for the evenings and weekends when we could talk. I had to concede…I was falling in love with Gary Wright.