Flames — Ginny L. Yttrup

The fourth novel from acclaimed, award-winning author Ginny L. Yttrup ("Words," "Invisible"). What happens when the flames of adultery ravage a marriage and everyone in its path?

When Kari Pedersen discovers her husband's infidelity, she flees their East Coast life for the solace of her childhood home on the West Coast near Yosemite National Park.

Julia Norton has also fled the confinements of her life and is hitchhiking across the country, believing this is God's will. But can she really just leave and start anew, or will the past follow her?

Kari and Julia form an unlikely friendship as one woman flees her pain and the God who allowed it, while the other heads for the suffering she has prayed for and the God who answers prayer.

When a wildfire threatens to ravage Yosemite, and Kari finds herself face to face with her estranged husband at the same time Julia is trapped amidst the forest's flames, God's stage for healing is set.