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MaryLu TyndallShiloh Run Press / 2014 / ePubOur Price$5.594.9 out of 5 stars for Abandoned Memories - eBook. View reviews of this product. 49 Reviews
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Cort5 Stars Out Of 5This book (and series) is not one to miss!September 2, 2014CortQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5I really enjoyed Abandoned Memories by MaryLu Tyndall. As the third book in the Escape to Paradise series, this book continues the story of the flawed characters who set sail from southern America to create a utopia in Brazil after losing the Civil War. The same cast of characters play a role in this book, but the two characters who take center stage are Angeline, a woman with a dark past, and James, a doctor-turned-preacher with just as dark a past as hers. Thrown into the mix of haunted characters and wild jungles are also powerfully evil forces set on destroying the fledgling community and unleashing havoc upon the earth.
The supernatural forces at war in the tropical jungle are reminiscent of the TV show, LOST, but the struggles the characters face are spiritual as they struggle to be the people God wants them to become. Along the way, they face secrets, deception, natural disasters, pirates, wolves, visions, and much more. Throughout it all, James and Angeline grow closer, but their love seems destined to be crushed by the world around them and their own past sins.
However, the storys conclusion is satisfying as Tyndall masterfully weaves together the lives of the colonists and they face off against the forces of evil. The final pages also offer a beautiful conclusion to the struggles of the entire town.
This book (and series) is not one to miss! If you are looking for a book with adventure, suspense, romance, or even a few little scares, then this is the one for you!
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Deborha MitchellRedding, CAAge: 55-65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5WARNING!!!August 23, 2014Deborha MitchellRedding, CAAge: 55-65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5Be ye warned, Mateys. When you open up Abandoned Memories, you will be swept away in a torrent of emotions....not your emotions, my friend, but the emotions of characters so well written...so real...that you will be feeling their pains, struggles, fears, hopes, dreams, love and desperation.
In Forsaken Dreams, book One in this series, you were aboard a ship, getting to know all of the main characters, especially Eliza and Blake...very well written. In Elusive Hope, book Two, you were cast into the jungles of Brazil, learning about each character a bit more...especially Hayden and Magnolia....very well written and quite funny at times.
In this series, there is a new twist that MaryLu had never touched upon in such a strong way before...spiritual warfare...very intriguing.
Abandoned Memories, book Three, takes us back to the jungles of Brazil and opens up our eyes to some very supernatural events. This book gives us a closer look into the lives of the characters James and Angeline.....but it's the OTHER subject of the book that kept my eyes peeled to the pages. I have read other books by authors that write about spiritual warfare...Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker...and I was so curious as to whether MaryLu Tyndall could pull this off or not. Well, she did! Her attention to detail was just enough to help you envision the scenes that unfolded, but not enough to bore you. No, her book is not as graphic and sinister as those other authors....her book gets the point across without making me wince and close my eyes, as did a few of Ted Dekker's books.
Abandoned Memories is all about realizing that no matter how weak you see yourself, God can help you through anything that comes your way. Your past means nothing if you give your life over to God and let him guide your steps. He will never fail you.
Some of the scenes that played out in this story were so powerful, they gave me goosebumps. And may I say, the Epilogue really brought the whole series to a pleasing end.
Oh, I would be remiss if I did not mention the fact that there are pirates in this book as well....yep, I said pirates!!!! MaryLu book...pirates...go figure. *chuckle* -
LizzyVernon, BCAge: 18-24Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Gripping ReadAugust 23, 2014LizzyVernon, BCAge: 18-24Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5A book review of "Abandoned Memories" by MaryLu Tyndall
The third book of MaryLu Tyndall's series "Escape to Paradise" won't disappoint with its incredibly gripping tale. Set in 1866, the newly settled colony of New Hope can't seem to catch a break with disasters striking from all sides, and old memories seeming to take form before their very eyes.
Angeline Moore
Although she seems like the epitome of a perfect lady, something dark and sinister remains hidden from sight. She is running from the past and from the law, and with New Hope being her last hope, Angeline is desperate to reshape who she is before her secrets are found out and she is once again an outcast. With Wiley Dodd's repulsive glances and strange visions from her past, Angeline's new life is threatened more than she thought possible. Will she be able to turn to God and allow His forgiveness to make her clean, or will she be forced to leave her new home behind and return to the filthy streets of her past.
James Callaway
A doctor, a preacher, a drunk? James is hoping to put his past behind him and become the spiritual leader of the colony, but with no other doctor around, he seems to be forced to fill a role that he no longer feels he can do, and his strange reactions to those situations is threatening the good opinions of those in the colony. James is determined to create a utopia in Brazil, an area without immorality that was on every street corner back home, and ruined his life, and he hopes to stay on the right track with Angeline Moore at his side; a refined woman. With the bizarre disasters that keep striking the colony, James is pushed to the limit to discover what spiritual forces are at work before it destroys them all. Will James be able to overcome his fear of doctoring, his fleshly weaknesses, and become the spiritual leader that he has failed to become before?
Angeline's opinion of James is uncertain, but James wants to change that. He doesn't understand her distrust of him, and why she keeps spurring his advances. When her secrets are threatened to be revealed; being the one thing that will turn James away from her once and for all, she resolves to never allow them to become involved, turning him away from her life forever.
Something is strangely amiss in New Hope, and is setting the colonists on edge: haunting visions, crypts with chains beneath an ancient temple, an archaic Hebrew book. With the murder of one of their own, the colonists begin to believe that they have been brought to Brazil to defeat an evil that is wreaking havoc on the colony and the place they have begun to call home. Are they right? Is there an ancient evil, that if released, will destroy the known world?
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I read MaryLu's latest book in one sitting... literally! I sat down after supper and didn't put it down until I had finished. For some reason all of her novels have affected me this way, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Once again MaryLu has created an amazing read, full of biblical truths and worldly issues that is absent in Christian fiction today. Too often I put down the book, wondering if the main characters are followers of Christ, or they are just Church goers in our world. I want to be challenged in my faith, given an example of how to live, and given biblical examples to compare my life to. I want to read a novel that challenges me to read more of my bible than I do of novels, which is hard to find now-a-days.
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Killer ants, mysterious wolves, flash floods, and visions seem the last of their worries when the colony is visited by pirates and the lives of those they love have suddenly been threatened with their lives. Definitely a book I recommend to read as you will have a hard time putting it down as you will find yourself relating to those in the book and the struggles they face.
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LizzyVernon, BCAge: 18-24Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Gripping ReadAugust 23, 2014LizzyVernon, BCAge: 18-24Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for Abandoned Memories, Escape to Paradise Series #3.A book review of "Abandoned Memories" by MaryLu Tyndall
The third book of MaryLu Tyndall's series "Escape to Paradise" won't disappoint with its incredibly gripping tale. Set in 1866, the newly settled colony of New Hope can't seem to catch a break with disasters striking from all sides, and old memories seeming to take form before their very eyes.
Angeline Moore
Although she seems like the epitome of a perfect lady, something dark and sinister remains hidden from sight. She is running from the past and from the law, and with New Hope being her last hope, Angeline is desperate to reshape who she is before her secrets are found out and she is once again an outcast. With Wiley Dodd's repulsive glances and strange visions from her past, Angeline's new life is threatened more than she thought possible. Will she be able to turn to God and allow His forgiveness to make her clean, or will she be forced to leave her new home behind and return to the filthy streets of her past.
James Callaway
A doctor, a preacher, a drunk? James is hoping to put his past behind him and become the spiritual leader of the colony, but with no other doctor around, he seems to be forced to fill a role that he no longer feels he can do, and his strange reactions to those situations is threatening the good opinions of those in the colony. James is determined to create a utopia in Brazil, an area without immorality that was on every street corner back home, and ruined his life, and he hopes to stay on the right track with Angeline Moore at his side; a refined woman. With the bizarre disasters that keep striking the colony, James is pushed to the limit to discover what spiritual forces are at work before it destroys them all. Will James be able to overcome his fear of doctoring, his fleshly weaknesses, and become the spiritual leader that he has failed to become before?
Angeline's opinion of James is uncertain, but James wants to change that. He doesn't understand her distrust of him, and why she keeps spurring his advances. When her secrets are threatened to be revealed; being the one thing that will turn James away from her once and for all, she resolves to never allow them to become involved, turning him away from her life forever.
Something is strangely amiss in New Hope, and is setting the colonists on edge: haunting visions, crypts with chains beneath an ancient temple, an archaic Hebrew book. With the murder of one of their own, the colonists begin to believe that they have been brought to Brazil to defeat an evil that is wreaking havoc on the colony and the place they have begun to call home. Are they right? Is there an ancient evil, that if released, will destroy the known world?
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I read MaryLu's latest book in one sitting... literally! I sat down after supper and didn't put it down until I had finished. For some reason all of her novels have affected me this way, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Once again MaryLu has created an amazing read, full of biblical truths and worldly issues that is absent in Christian fiction today. Too often I put down the book, wondering if the main characters are followers of Christ, or they are just Church goers in our world. I want to be challenged in my faith, given an example of how to live, and given biblical examples to compare my life to. I want to read a novel that challenges me to read more of my bible than I do of novels, which is hard to find now-a-days.
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Killer ants, mysterious wolves, flash floods, and visions seem the last of their worries when the colony is visited by pirates and the lives of those they love have suddenly been threatened with their lives. Definitely a book I recommend to read as you will have a hard time putting it down as you will find yourself relating to those in the book and the struggles they face.
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Espan Rose5 Stars Out Of 5Thrilling Conclusion to Wonderful TaleAugust 20, 2014Espan RoseQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for Abandoned Memories, Escape to Paradise Series #3.MaryLu Tyndall has done it once again! This is a thrillingly perfect conclusion to her Escape to Paradise series. Yet again, she has shown her depth of research, describing a place and time so foreign to us, and yet it felt like I was actually there. Her story is very historically accurate, even while verging on the fantastical side. This story, in fact the whole trilogy, is so well written in its use of multiple genres, theres a little something for everyone in it: Romance, Adventure, Action, and even a bit of Fantasy while steeped in reality. The story wraps up so nicely, though it takes some edge-of-your-seat reading to get there.
And the characters, oh the characters. James and Angeline are classic MaryLu Tyndall characters. Both are flawed, have had pasts that they try to bury, but each has a deep heart longing to be better. Though the exact circumstances are not usual, it is easy to identify with the characters, longing to be more than their past made them to be. But each has to embark on a journey to learn whether the past defines them, and whether the past can be completely buried. Their romance is so sweet, falling in love even while trying not to. Add a little cat that always seems to find trouble, and allow the adorableness to ensue! This is definitely one of MaryLu Tyndalls finest works, and one I highly recommend.
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