A Steadfast Surrender

by Nancy Moser

  ISBN 978-1-57673-410-0

  Complacency is Deadly.

  The enemy lurks close by.

  The Temptation continues the sagas of Haven, Nebraska, visitors Julia, Kathy, Del, and Walter as they live out the commitments they made in The Quest. Now successful in their separate pursuits, the Havenites think all is going well—and therein lies great danger. As complacency attacks the characters’ focus on God, they start believing their achievements have risen from their own savvy and power. When Del decides to organize a reunion, the characters face Satan’s chaotic interference and learn the true nature of temptation: inevitable, subtle, biting, and potentially disastrous. They must recover their courage to live out their plea to the Lord: “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil…”

  ISBN 978-1-57673-734-7

  Don’t pass up The Ultimatum, the dramatic sequel to A Steadfast Surrender.

  “Nancy Moser is a gifted storyteller. Her characters stay with you long after the last page. “

  —KAREN KINGSBURY, bestselling author of One Tuesday Morning

  Steadfast, Kansas. Population: 3,386

  Annie McFay is a waitress with a calling far beyond burgers and fries. Jered Manson is a runaway whose dad doesn’t support his musical ambition. New ways clash with the old. Annie’s newfound faith should make her happy, but her husband sees it as a threat to their marriage. Jered is trying out a new friendship—a dangerous one—and his actions may jeopardize lives besides his own.

  When Annie and Jered come face-to-face in one desperate moment, their spiritual choices become harsh reality. Threatened with disaster, the entire town of Steadfast must band together to save them. Will the power of prayer be enough?

  ISBN: 978-1-59052-144-1

  This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogues

  are products of the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real.

  Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

  A STEADFAST SURRENDER

  published by Multnomah Books

  A division of Random House, Inc.

  © 2003 by Nancy Moser

  Multnomah and its mountain colophon are registered trademarks

  of Random House Inc.

  Poem used in chapter 12 is by an unknown author.

  All of the Shakespearean dialogue spoken by the character

  Harold Shinness is taken from actual plays by William Shakespeare.

  Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from:

  The Holy Bible, New International Version © 1973, 1978, 1984

  by International Bible Society. Used by permission

  of Zondervan Publishing House

  Other Scripture quotations:

  The Holy Bible, King James Version

  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise—without prior written permission.

  For information:

  Multnomah Books

  12265 Oracle Boulevard, Suite 200 • Colorado Springs, CO 80921

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

  Moser, Nancy.

  A steadfast surrender / by Nancy Moser.

  p. cm.

  1. Women—Kansas—Fiction. 2. Rich people—Fiction. 3. Kansas—Fiction. I. Title.

  PS3563.088417S74 2003

  813’.54-dc21

  2003004863

  eISBN: 978-0-307-56441-2

  v3.0