Over One Hill (And Up Another) is a character-driven romance featuring SUSAN and MELISSA GARRETT—mother and daughter—as they encounter disappointments with the men in their lives.
Beautiful MELISSA GARRETT inherited her looks from her parents. However, after Greg and SUSAN GARRETT’s nasty divorce, Melissa inherited something else from them . . . bitterness that nearly destroyed her.
Years later, Melissa falls in love with BRAD CORNING and believes their relationship will last forever. When she becomes pregnant, however, Brad says he’s not ready to be a father. Confident he’ll change his mind, she continues the pregnancy. Sadly, shortly after Abigail Rose is born, Melissa sees Brad with another woman, freaks out, and runs away—leaving her newborn daughter in her mother’s care.
Boarding a bus heading south, Melissa loses all her possessions to a scam artist and ends up in the company of Brian, a questionable character on a dubious mission. Escaping from Brian, she finds janitorial work in Ruff’s Bar & Grill, a dive on the outskirts of Phoenix where no one questions her lack of identification.
The upheaval in both their situations causes Melissa and Susan to look at life with fresh eyes, ultimately recognizing the brute power of bitterness to defile them and everyone around them. It’s only after they intentionally commit their situations to God that they both find lasting love and happiness—Melissa with Brad and Abigail, and Susan with an unexpected dinner guest named Ken Dawkins.
Over One Hill, the fifth in the series, is 341 pages (including discussion questions for group study), 78,000 words. (unpublished)
