Nothing to Lose
Book One of the
“Escape from Injustice” Series
Heart-warming romantic suspense
In part one of this unforgettable Alabama Christian suspense series, we meet Larissa Baxter, a falsely accused Arizona widow with a troubled past and nowhere to turn. Her life takes a dramatic shift, however, when she crosses paths with Christian Derrick Walton, a man whose devotion to his home state of Alabama runs as deep as the waters of Logan Martin Lake itself.
Derrick is Bama through and through. His lakeside home on Logan Martin Lake isn’t just a place to live; it’s a sanctuary. A refuge. A piece of Alabama he cherishes with every breath, and all reminders of God’s steady hand.
Love grows where attraction is absent
Despite her undeniable beauty, Derrick initially sees Larissa Baxter as little more than a tiny kitten cornered by a vicious bulldog, in a fight she can’t possibly win. He firmly believes it’s God’s mission for him to save her in more ways than one.
Love doesn’t always start with a spark.
Sometimes it begins with recognition.
Larissa’s initial reaction to Derrick is nothing short of total disinterest. He’s ten years older, average looking at best, a little soft around the middle, and already losing the battle with his hairline. Hardly the GQ‑polished men she’s been accustomed to.
He seems ordinary, unremarkable, even mismatched with the life she had lived back in Arizona. But that disconnect becomes one of the story’s quiet truths:
Sometimes the person who doesn’t catch your eye at first is the one who ends up catching your heart.
In time, Larissa begins to see Derrick not as the man who rescued her, but as the man who stayed with her. The man who listens. The man who believes her. The man whose love for Alabama—its heritage, its land, its quiet lakeside mornings—reflects the steadiness she’s never known. She sees the way he treats people. The way he prays. The way he carries his past without letting it harden him.
Love built on faith lasts longer than love based on attraction
Derrick is the first man who isn’t driven to her by her remarkable beauty. And for the first time, Larissa meets a man whose intent is pure, whose guidance is steady, and whose love for Christ is lived rather than spoken.
What begins as simple refuge at his Logan Martin lakeside home becomes something deeper: a slow awakening to the God Derrick trusts so completely. Larissa watches the way he prays, not with theatrics but with quiet sincerity. She sees how his honesty isn’t selective, how his integrity doesn’t waver, how his compassion isn’t performative.
Her escape was only the beginning.
Now Derrick must free her soul.
Derrick doesn’t drag her toward faith; he walks beside her, showing her what grace looks like in real time.
Through his example, Larissa discovers a God who isn’t waiting to punish her but to restore her, and the woman who once ran from everything finally learns what it means to run toward hope.
Explore Larissa’s continued journey of faith as the series continues in Book Two.
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Over the Edge
Book Two of the “Escape from Injustice” Series
For the second time in her life, someone wanted Larissa Baxter dead
Morning settles softly over Logan Martin Lake, the kind of morning Larissa
Baxter once believed she would never live to see. She relaxes in a reclining chair on the deck of her temporary home, breathing in the peace that has become her daily companion.
For the first time in her life, faith feels real. Something she can touch, something she can trust. The lake mirrors the sky in a sheet of silver‑blue, and she lets its stillness steady her, whispering prayers that rise from a heart finally learning how to hope.
Derrick Walton’s lakeside haven has become her sanctuary, a place where God’s presence feels close enough to warm her skin. Scripture drifts through her thoughts, letting gratitude settle where fear once lived. She’s reminded of how far she’s come from the chaos that nearly destroyed her.
But peace, she’s learning, is fragile.
Because Larissa isn’t alone on the deck.
Not far from the water’s edge, driftng in a fishing boat, someone watches her. Patient. Still. Close enough to see the way she bows her head in quiet devotion, close enough to study the serenity she’s fought so hard to claim.
The intruder’s presence is deliberate, calculated—an observer waiting for the right moment to step out of the shadows and pull her life back into the chaos she thought she’d finally escaped.
The breeze shifts. A gull cries overhead.
Larissa exhales, unaware that danger has found her once again.
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