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Cassandra McAdam volunteers at the church-sponsored crisis line. With a wall around her heart due to early losses, she feels she hasn't much to offer the callers.
A devastated man calls the Powerline to discuss his thoughts of suicide. Jeff Hadley recently lost his wife, so he questions why a loving God allows suffering.
Though caller and client aren't supposed to meet, an accident brings them face-to-face. Jeff realizes Cassie's voice is that of the woman on Powerline.
Transforming a relationship based on helping to a partnership of equals may prove an impossible job, but God does work in mysterious ways.
Powerline
by
Deborah Kinnard
ISBN: 1-928602-87-8
Rated [G]
REVIEWS
"Good evening, Powerline."
The male voice on the other end was quiet and harsh. "Need to talk to somebody. I'm about to commit suicide."
And so begins an odyssey in discovery for Cassandra McAdam and Jeff Hadley, the well-written heroine and hero in Ms. Kinnard's startlingly sweet Christian romance POWERLINE. The two are drawn together by an attraction fated by God, when Jeff calls the Powerline, a crisis line run by Cassie's church. She volunteers her time there every week, on Thursday, and his is the first serious call she's ever handled. She's weak with concern that she might not be able to help the needy man on the other end of the line, but strangely attracted to him in some unknown way. As a Christian, she wishes only to help him.
Soon after Jeff's call to the crisis line, these two meet quite by accident, and the immediate attraction grows and forms into something that neither one of them can deny, though they both wonder at the rightness of it. With both of them having lost someone very close to them, can they let God mend their broken hearts and find happiness in each other?
Ms. Kinnard has done a fine job of balancing the unwieldy moments in a tumultuous romance with the strong and guiding influence of Scripture and God's loving strength. Chock full of references about God's love for his children, and interspersed with the wisdom and guidance that can be found in the Bible, POWERLINE is a very nicely written Christian romance.Ms. Kinnard has done a superb job of providing a very real factual base about the heroine's chosen profession, and her well-researched setting and background information provide a nice strong foundation for the well-developed characters that make this book a joy to read. For all lovers of Christian romance, this is a book you won't want to miss!
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---Janean Nusz, AuthorsArt.com, for Road to Romance
Cassie McAdam worked her part time job at Powerline, a crisis help line sponsored by the McLinn Christian Center, when her first serious call came in from Jeff Hadley.
Jeff lost his wife 6 months prior to meningitis and felt so lost and alone he contemplated suicide. Jeff needed somebody to talk to who would listen, help him deal with his loss, and help him understand why God took his wife away at such a young age. Cassie instantly felt connected to Jeff for a reason she was not ready to understand.
A few days later when she worked her full time job as an RN she ran into Jeff. At the first sound of his voice, she knew who he was, but she was not allowed by Powerline rules to associate with him. So she tried to give Jeff the brush off before he figured out who she was too, but it worked to no avail. He remembered her voice as well.
Jeff talked her into going out with him and they instantly clicked. Against her better judgment, Cassie started spending more time with Jeff. She was not sure where this relationship could lead since Jeff was still recovering from the loss of his wife, and Cassie has never been in love before.
As time goes by, Jeff and Cassie eventually find a way to love each other. They learn that eventhough there is heartache and loss in our lives, God has a plan for all of us. We have to have faith, love and the courage to take a second chance.
POWERLINE is a beautifully written inspirational story about love, healing and faith. Get the tissues ready for this one, because you are going to need them as you root for these two lost people to come together and share in God's love.
Reviewed by ANNIE
Love Romances.com
There are always some books that really hit close to home and POWERLINE is one of those for me. There are no exciting, titillating scenes in this book but that's to be expected since it's an inspirational. However, this is a book that caught me with the very first lines and is a book I couldn't put down until I finished the very last page. In fact, it was a book I was almost hoping wouldn't end. Jeff Hadley is a man who's recently experienced the unexpected death of his young wife. It's been six months since her passing and he's at the brink of deciding whether to move on in his life or take his own life. He feels that God has abandoned him and, alone and lonely, he feels he's unable to go on. In desperation, he phones Powerline, a Christian based hot line for those who feel so alone that life is no longer worth living and for those who are feeling alone and without somebody near to listen to their problems.
On the other end of the telephone, as a volunteer, is Cassie McAdam. She's young, a nurse, who's seen tragedy in her own life and who feels that she can advise others of how to go on. Hearing the desperation in Jeff's voice as he tells her what he's contemplating, she does what she can to help him not take that last step into oblivion. This is just the beginning of the story and, believe me, it's a grabber.
Through an accident of God, Cassie and Jeff meet when they least expect to. She's unprepared for him and he's ready to move on now with his life and he wants Cassie in it. There are problems to face, which neither of them is totally aware of but which force the two of them to face their own demons and to triumph over those things, which they least feel they can handle.
For believers, this is a book about faith and putting faith to the test. It's a book that those who are practicing Christians shouldn't miss and for those that don't believe, don't let this book go by because the story is just one that can't be put down. I tried to look at this book from both sides, as a believer and as a non-believer. While there are references to God and what His will is, I didn't find this book preachy. I just found it really good writing.
This story hit home for me in many ways. Having gone through depression, abandonment of parents, getting on with my own life, I felt for both Jeff and Cassie and felt I had been there myself in terms that were real to me. Faith is just something that comes from believing, but then believing in faith and believing that God will handle your life and show you the path He wants you to take is not something that Christians just fall into. It takes hard work to find out the true meaning of faith and that's what Cassie had to do in order to move on in her own life and in order to have Jeff be her life's partner.
As I said before, there are no titillating bits in this book. The most you will find is a few long kisses but that's okay because you don't need sex in order to write a good book. Ms. Kinnard, I believe, will gather quite a following if her next book is as good as this one and I foresee a future as a writer that will be equal to Dee Henderson, who's without doubt, my very favorite Christian author.
Whether you are a believer or a non-believer, this is a book that you shouldn't miss. It was a pleasure to read this story and while I could see what was coming next within the pages, as if I were writing this book myself, it still did not deter me from reading it first page to last. This one's a keeper for me and I hope it will be for you as well.
--- Deborah Barber
As day nurse in the ER at St. Joe's Hospital, Cassie McAdams feels she has everything under control. But when she volunteers her evenings with Powerline, a call-in prayer line at church, life begins to change. "This is Jeff. I'm about to commit suicide." The male voice on the other end of the line is hoarse and uncertain. Cassie twists the phone cord between shaking fingers as she listens to her first caller on Powerline. His wife is deadhe has nothing to live for. Will she be able to help him? Cassie keeps Jeff talking, deliberately leading him toward God's healing. Her heart goes out to him, and during the call, she disobeys one of the strictest rules. She gives Jeff her name.
While on shift at St. Joe's a few days later, Cassie finds herself face to face with the tormented voice she'd heard a few nights before. She hopes Jeff is too busy with the elderly lady he brought into the ER to recognize her voice. However, hope falters when she finds him waiting at her shift's end. Jeff insists he wants to talk and Cassie is unable to dissuade him. Now, handsome and persistent are added to what she already knows about him. The result, rule number two is brokennever make physical contact with a Powerline caller.
A warm, yet tumultuous relationship develops. In helping Jeff, Cassie isn't prepared for the onslaught of her own past that rears up between them. Losing her mother and father at an early age leaves her afraid to love again. Will everyone she loves be taken away from her in death? Has God brought them together, or does Jeff only want someone to replace his late wife? A series of events draw Cassie and Jeff closer together, yet at the same time, threatens to tear them apart. Cassie believes God, but can she trust Him enough to save Jeff's life?
POWERLINE is a heartfelt journey of new love filled with emotion and tender romance. Deborah Kinnard has delicately woven a passionate story that gives the challenge to trust God even with matters of the heart. POWERLINE is a delightful novel that you will want to read again.
Janie Orman "The Word on Romance"
Finalist in Treble Heart Books
Award for Best Contemporary Inspirational Romance
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POWERLINE...Deborah Kinnard
Mountainview Publishers
Still grieving over her father's death, Cassandra McAdams tries to find
relief from the pain with volunteer work at her church-sponsored crisis
call-in line, POWERLINE. When she gets a call from a suicidal man, she
feels wholly inadequate to help him, but trusts God to take care of the
situation.
Recently widowed, Jeff Hadley calls the crisis line before committing
suicide. The woman answering the phone doesn't smatter him with advice,
instead, she listens. Whatever she offered that day worked because Jeff
chose life.
The crisis center's rules call for no contact, between callers and
callees but circumstance throws Jeff and Cassie together. Soon, feelings
develop and a friendship begins. Can two hurting souls find hope and
romance when their hearts are far from healed?
When a devastating tragedy hits their town, Cassie and Jeff respond to
requests for help. Will friendship be enough to pull them through? Or,
will love make its way to their hearts?
POWERLINE has excellent characters and a good premise. The author does a
great job of bringing us into the situation and feeling the setting.
Linda Mae Baldwin
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