Publisher's Synopsis
Gabriel Jackson was a tortured soul. He was brought up by a loving mother but an abusive father who forced him to help on the family farm instead of finishing school like most other teenagers. In the winter of 1940, his mother got pneumonia and suddenly passed away, leaving a gaping hole in Gabriel's heart. With nothing to stand in the way of Gabriel's abusive father, Gabriel ran away from home at the age of sixteen and lived on the streets begging, borrowing, and stealing what he needed to survive. It was rough, but anything was better than going back to his father. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, everything changed. Gabriel enlisted into the army, and thanks to his rough upbringing and a little luck, he lived through the thickest fighting from Normandy to Germany's doorstep and saw horrors on the battlefield he could not forget.Now with the war over, Gabriel returned home and to a life of crime. Armed with what the army had taught him, Gabriel graduated to bank robberies and bigger scores until one day, his luck ran out. With a detective hot on his heels, Gabriel disappeared in a blizzard. Freezing and near death, he was found and brought to a small, isolated community that saved him in more ways than one. Soon enough, Gabriel fell in love with the young woman who helped nurse him back to health. With her love and help, he would be...REDEEMED.
