Elizabeth Lonseth Novels

A coming of age story set on the beautiful

waterways in Washington State where crabbing and

fishing are a way of life. It's the late 1960's and

Luke, a fifteen-year-old boy grieving about his

parents divorce and his mother's serious illness, is

challenged when he and his younger brother are

forced to leave their Orcas Island home in the San

Juan Islands and move in with their father in

Olympia. A new high school, friends, and a new church

all challenge Luke’s comfort zone.

Luke finds himself surrounded by all types of people

-from the cute Bobbi, who is his best friend's

girlfriend, to Charlie-a disabled diabetic who owns

the local marina, and fellow vocalists in the high

school Madrigal group. Luke experiences being

stranded on the water on a crab boat, early fall

storms that come without warning, and attempts a

heroic water rescue. Wlth both Charlie's aging and

his mother's illness, Luke leams about care giving.

He treats them with love and respect, all the while

allowing them their dignity.

A Christian romance novel that portrays teenage life

in the late 1960's, you will find Luke is not perfect,

but an incredible teen who walks his faith on a daily

basis. Through trials, doubts, loneliness, grief and

disappointment, Luke must choose whether to rest in the grace and mercy that God has to offer or succumb to the pressures and temptations around hlm. Luke shows us all how good decisions can be made in the face of adversity and temptation.