On Thin Ice (14 page)
Authors: Linda Hall
Dear Reader,
I’ve always been fascinated by “first love” stories. You know the kind—where couples long separated by years and distance finally find each other. There is something about those stories that melt a place deep inside of me. I’ll read them over and over. Megan and Alec’s love story in
On Thin Ice
is like that. They were to be married. The wedding was all arranged. The invitations were sent and the dress was bought. But when Megan’s grandmother was murdered, everything fell apart and the wedding never happened.
On Thin Ice
begins exactly twenty years later and the two have “found” each other again, but the circumstances are different. Someone is threatening them. Friends have been murdered. Before they can fall in love again they have to work through their feelings, the threats against them, murders, and their understanding about God.
On Thin Ice
is the second in my Whisper Lake series of books, stories set on the shores of the fictional Whisper Lake, Maine. I hope you enjoy it. If you have a story of “first love” please send it along. I would love to hear about it. I can be reached at: [email protected].
- Alec and Megan’s story is one of first love. Do you remember your first love? What do you remember about it?
- Throughout her life Megan experienced many losses. As a result, she believed God no longer loved her. Have you experienced loss? Did you feel that God had abandoned you, even for a moment? What did you do about it?
- Because Megan became pregnant before she was married, she felt that her losses were God’s punishment for this act. Do you think this is the way God works?
- After her grandmother’s murder, Megan was so distraught that she left. What would you have done had you been in her shoes?
- Alec was torn between his love for Megan and his love for his family. Have you ever been torn between two opposing but important factors? How did you handle it?
- For twenty years Alec kept a “secret sin” inside of himself. He felt that God could forgive everything
about him except for this one thing. Is there something that you hold in a secret place in your soul that you feel God can’t forgive? What did Alec learn about God’s forgiveness? What can you learn? - Dorothy, Alec’s mother, wanted both of her sons to be perfect, yet life has a way of not working out at times. Do you have children or family members who have not “turned out” the way you wanted or prayed for? What can you do about this?
- What character did you identify with most and why?
- Vicky came to Whisper Lake to get over a relationship gone bad. Right away she finds Brad and clings to him, which later proves to be her undoing. Should she have been more cautious? Why do you think Vicky was so drawn to Brad?
- At the very end, Alec has a choice: stay with Megan or visit his brother. In your opinion, did he make the right choice?
- Megan lives in the cabin named “Grace.” What did Megan learn about Grace and Peace by the end of the book?
ISBN: 978-1-4268-5271-8
ON THIN ICE
Copyright © 2010 by Linda Hall
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