Radiance (ePub)

Kate Summers fled New York for the plains of the Midwest believing it to be a safer place to begin practicing law. Life should be easier in the land of wheat. The people simpler. Brains and beauty giving her an advantage. Distance insulating her from a violent past.

How could Kate have anticipated her encounter with Mark Farmer at the scene of a bloody car wreck? How could she have foreseen meeting the unassuming teenager who could heal the dying driver? From Kate's perspective what she saw in Mark Farmer was not something miraculous, but a convertible talent more valuable than any precious commodity. What she knew was that people would pay anything to be cured of illness ... and the wealthy would surrender their fortunes for health.

Even Kate could not have imagined the sums people would pay or the ways the powerful would try to influence who were entitled to receive Mark's favors. That this modest young man might attract the love of movie stars and the attention of the powerful was manageable. What wasn't anticipated was how those healed would react. Though seduced by the phenomena of Mark Farmer, Kate continues to deal with with the unexpected ramifications of his miracles. However, what was more difficult is her inability to accept that this young man is changing her.

Mark Farmer seems to weather the demands of the desperate and copes with the burden of riches with the same composure he heals the dying, reflecting a nature as unusual as his abilities.

Of greater consequence are the lengths governments and their agents are willing to go to manipulate Mark. Not only do they recruit Mark Farmer to heal those of their choosing, but there is no limit to what they will do to keep Mark's fantastic abilities from being disclosed. Dead men tell no tales, the question is whether these agents of political power will sacrifice the golden goose to preserve their secrets.

As with life, business is rarely what it seems. While Mark grapples with fame and the implications of wielding the Radiance ... Kate must accept that she is falling under Mark's spell as her past catches up to her. Eventually both must decide if the price paid for plunging blindly into the business of miracles is too high.