Destiny — Karen Wiesner

How do you know destiny when it knocks on your door, or recognize it if it's always been there? Christian Riley, Elizabeth Horace, and Oscar Albright grew up together, the clichéd "church kids", but Chris quickly found everything about his life stifling. When he moves to Los Angeles to get away from everything his existence has dictated for him, he doesn't expect Elizabeth to follow him, but he's known for as long as he can remember that she loves him obsessively...just as Oscar loves her. With Chris's faith in tatters, he has no interest in Christianity let alone morality. Yet in the thirteen years that follow, he finds himself returning to Elizabeth whenever he hits rock bottom. When a serial killer/rapist's attack of Elizabeth is mercifully thwarted, Chris's world collapses in on him. The attack has changed Elizabeth. She realizes she's put her life on hold for too long. Has Chris fallen in love when his angel of mercy is no longer available to him? Destiny... Do you believe?