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Love, Defined
Author: Leila Martinez
Book Title: Love, Defined
Paperback: 242 pages
ISBN-10: 1680582313
ISBN-13: 978-1680582314
Publication Date: August 4, 2015
Genre: Christian YA Romance
About
The Book
Into their final summer before graduating college, three
childhood friends, Alex Makapulo, Lori Hanson, and Andy Taylor had each
expected an uncomplicated transition to adulthood.
Alex had recently professed her love for Christ and is
toying with the idea of leaving the Catholic Church and becoming a member of
her best friend, Jack Page’s church. Jack wonders what is keeping Alex from
being baptized and fully accepting a new life with Christ. Alex wonders the
same thing and believes that she needs to be 100 % in her conviction before
fully committing to a new Christian life. Like everyone she has doubts and
wants to make sure she’s doing the right thing in her spiritual walk. Her new
found beliefs disconnects her from her roommates and while they feel she is intentionally
separating herself from them, to Alex, she is trying to figure out what is
Christian and what isn’t.
For Lori’s twenty-second birthday, her grandfather Pete
Hanson presented her with a summer vacation to England. While looking up
various tourist spots, she meets and befriends Colin Watson, a British
musician, online who then suggest they meet when she lands in London. They hit
it off instantly but Pete is angry and believes that she only used him as a
means to meet Colin. When he finds out that Lori met Colin online, he forbids
Lori from seeing Colin entirely. Lori, who has fallen in love with Colin, is
heartbroken. Pete threatens to leave England with Lori’s passport. Colin and
Lori try to arrange meetups where they can see each other but Pete catches on.
Lori takes this as a sign that it wasn’t meant to be. She unhappily finishes
her trip with Pete and goes home vowing not to forgive her grandfather.
Andy reconnects with her old crush, Miles Webber and
decides she wants a more meaningful relationship with him. She tells Alex about
the situation and Alex truthfully tells Andy that Miles only wanted her for
sex. This angers Andy and she walks out of the apartment.
Andy ends up walking to the coffeehouse and comes up with
an idea to throw a surprise birthday party for Alex. She believes that if Alex
and Jack were to hook up, the focus would shift from Miles and her. Andy spikes
all the drinks for Alex’s party and leaves her friend while she goes in search
of Miles. He shows up at the bar with another girl. In an effort to soothe her
wounded ego, she goes home with someone else. When she wakes up the next day,
she realizes she’s in bed with Alex’s young boss from the coffeehouse, David
Roberts, Jr.
They return home from their trip with Alex asking Jack to
baptize her. Andy confronts David and Lori both forgives and asks for
forgiveness from Pete.
About
The Author
Leila Tualla is a Christian blogger and writer. She blogs
at www.tuallaleila.blogspot.com and writes about her misadventures in faith, in
motherhood, and whatever else inspires her. She holds a membership to the
American Christian Fiction Writer. Her current project is a YA Christian
Romance.
Social
Links:
Website: http://tuallaleila.blogspot.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/LeilaTuallaM
Twitter: www.twitter.com/LeilaTualla
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