Editorial Review:

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'Beautifully and sensitively written, her characters realistic and well-developed. Mary DeMuth has a true gift for showing how God's light can penetrate even the darkest of situations.' -- Chuck Colson She touched Daisy's shoulder. So cold. So hard. So unlike Daisy. Yet so much like herself it made Emory shudder. Burying her grief, Emory Chance is determined to find her daughter Daisy's murderer---a man she saw in a flicker of a vision. But when the investigation hits every dead end, her despair escalates. As questions surrounding Daisy's death continue to mount, Emory's safety is shattered by the pursuit of a stranger, and she can't shake the sickening fear that her own choices contributed to Daisy's disappearance. Will she ever experience the peace her heart longs for? The second book in the Defiance, Texas Trilogy, this suspenseful novel is about courageous love, the burden of regret, and bonds that never break. It is about the beauty and the pain of telling the truth. Most of all, it is about the power of forgiveness and what remains when shame no longer holds us captive.

I LOVE book one of this trilogy and look forward to starting book 3 in a few minutes. But, this one got boring. This story only really needed 2 books. This middle one was just Emory's trouble repackaged 100 different times with Hixon in hot-pursuit. After a while, I started skipping pages because I got bored. Emory's a bad mother and drug addict and God told Hixon to marry her. Okay, I got it - tell me who the killer is!

Average Rating:

Rating: - Got bored
I LOVE book one of this trilogy and look forward to starting book 3 in a few minutes. But, this one got boring. This story only really needed 2 books. This middle one was just Emory's trouble repackaged 100 different times with Hixon in hot-pursuit. After a while, I started skipping pages because I got bored. Emory's a bad mother and drug addict and God told Hixon to marry her. Okay, I got it - tell me who the killer is!

Rating: - Book 2 in the Defiance Texas Trilogy
Book 2 in the Defiance Texas Trilogy focuses on Emory (Daisy's mother) and Hixon - their lives and pursuits.

A story of pain and betrayal. Love and forgiveness. Anger, stubbornness, loss. Kindness, rejection.

A woman doesn't want to go on living; feels she has to pay for her sins -- in a deeper way than she already does. She's trying to run away from it all but finds she has friends who care about her. There's a man who doesn't know what to make of her. He cares about her and wants to obey God but he's torn in her rejection of him and of the pain and betrayal to him. Ditto for a female friend whom she also tries to drive away with her words.

In a way this story is a bit like Francine Rivers' Redeeming Love. However since there are other relationships entwined in the lives of the main characters, this one goes beyond Rivers' love story.

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Rating: - Heart wrenching and beautiful
Amazing book!! The characters are written so honestly and beautifully. I am waiting for the third book!

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Rating: - A Slow Burn
Emory Chance is determined to find her daughter's killer. An unforgettable journey filled with forgiveness, redemption, and sacrifice. Will Emory find Daisy's murderer? Will she ever find the peace her heart longs for?
Mary weaves in a powerful and brilliant message to her readers. A Slow Burn is a unique story about the power of forgiveness. A well written plot with much imagination!

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Rating: - a little too slow and too much description
This is the second book in a trilogy following Daisy Chain (Defiance Texas Trilogy, Book 1)where a 13-year-old girl, Daisy Chance , disappears. This second books focuses on her mother's story dealing with her loss. I did not read the first book in the trilogy.

I found A Slow Burn to be just that...slow. Even though the writing was well done and the story telling descriptive, I found the plot to be slow. It was also very dark and a little depressing for me. I was a good 200 pages into the book (of over 350 pages) before I found myself actually getting into the story. By the end, I was looking for more hope, but I didn't feel like it delivered enough. I was left feeling a little open ended. The story doesn't complete because there is still one more book in the Trilogy where I am guessing the story will wrap up. I would hope there is a little less darkness in that one.

I'm giving it 3 stars because the writing is well done and the characters have some depth. I'm taking stars away because it was too slow and repetitive and there wasn't enough completeness to the story. I do not plan on reading the rest of the trilogy.

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