

File Size: 1858 KB
Print Length: 278 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: Branch Publishing (August 16, 2015)
Publication Date: August 16, 2015
Sold by: Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B0140IE1J8
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Enabled
Word Wise: Enabled
Lending: Not Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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Wow!!!I loved this sweet romance!When I finished this book this morning, I fixed a cup of coffee and began thinking about the story I had just read. It was really an amazing read, but it was not an easy read either. It brings to life some real life topics that a lot of people really don't want to think about, but it also reminds us that we never walk alone.We are introduced to two flawed characters, of course their flaws make them come to life and become more real. In fact you may know two people similar to them just with different names.Cole Taylor works at #9 Fire Station in Spokane as a firefighter. He is married to Megan, the love of his life, and they have 2 little boys.Cole loves his job and saving lives, but he doesn't consider himself a hero. He's just a guy doing the right thing. The firefighters are a brotherhood, a close relationship, because they literally trust each other with their very lives. Megan is a stay at home mom. She loves her husband and her children. Both have accepted God as their savior, but the faith journey has veered away from the church.On the outside looking in you would think they have the perfect life, but as the story unfolds you see it start to shatter. Cole is called out to a fire in which his arm is injured and will require a lengthy recovery. Megan rushes to the hospital to only have Cole push her to the side for his fellow firefighters. This is the beginning of the downfall of their relationship. The author reminds us that a marriage is between man, woman and God, with God being the center. Communication is one of the things needed in a relationship after love.After a couple of weeks Megan announces she needs a break and is taking the children with her to visit her sister.
Amongst the Flames is listed as a Christian Romance, but this might not be a very accurate tag for the outside viewer. This is a book about the power of God and prayer to solve the problems of life, particularly in a Christian marriage. In this regard, Chapin has hit a home run, spinning a tale of a firefighter desperately trying to save his marriage, and he brilliantly captures the many facets of the Christian life that are "hard" to follow.In this, Amongst the Flames has the distinction of being one of very few that actually caused an epiphany. That a book is written well enough for a main character to have a believable, relate-able epiphany is one thing, but when that book causes the *reader* to have a similar one, that's a book worth your time to read. And Amongst the Flames accomplishes that.Amongst the Flames is a little reminiscent of the movie Fireproof with Kirk Cameron, specifically because both are about firefighters in danger of their marriage failing, and neither even understands the problem. However, where Fireproof, to me, had the main character come around a little too easily (despite how long it took), Chapin works Cole Taylor's change believably. Cole does not simply hear the Word and change, nor does he read it and instantly change. He reads it over time and realizes his mistakes, starts to work on correcting them, but then he still makes mistakes. He still reacts like "a normal human being." He still *screws up* - and that's why readers will relate to him so well, whether Christian or just curious about how it's supposed to work in a Christian marriage.
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