Blinding Moments

About the Book

Blinding Moments is a Christian romance regarding the blinding moments of the protagonist, Laki McCallahan, trying to hold on to her heart despite the manipulations of her year younger sister, Sacha, the antagonist.

Her redeeming sight returns in time for her to not to allow her happiness to be forever destroyed. Sacha seduces Brian, Laki’s fiancé, culminating on the night before they were to have gone to Baltimore to Laki’s wonderful aunt. From there Brian was to go to the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, and Laki to the famed Juilliard School of Music in New York City. Both had scholarships.

Laki had to go alone to find her Aunt dead at the foot of the stairs. Sacha had been there and left the ring Laki had returned to Brian. She hid evidence from police and her father. Sacha deserted her baby, leaving Denver with Penny’s husband, Tom. Penny was Laki’s best friend. Tom was killed in Nevada; Sacha was brought back dying. She begs Laki to forgive her, which she does and asks her to come back and marry Brian and help him raise their child.

Tim Ruffner, who with his father, owns the Palatial Arms hotel where Laki lives in New York, professes his love for her. Laki thinks that the love she had with Brian was forever but discovers it wasn’t. She and Tim are planning a wonderful wedding at ending.

About the Author

Velma Thompson, author of Blinding Moments, a Christian romance, recently widowed, lives in Prescott Valley, Arizona , with a Peke-a-Poo dog, Kyra, and a cat, Blackberry. A son lives near; a daughter and son-in-law live in Phoenix. She has a grandson, and two beautiful great-grandchildren in Denver, attending a middle school there, Sean and Stephanie. Velma retired after many years of teaching school, the last twenty in Denver, helping her husband pastor churches there and elsewhere -- the last in Mayer, Arizona. She is now a faithful member of The Word of Life Church in Prescott. She loves her reading and writing, and R.V,ing . She participates in many activities in her church and also attends writing seminars in her area. Velma is a member of the Professional Writer’s Prescott (PWP) group. She took a class at the Prescott Yavapai College taught by a well-published writer, called “Romancing the Novel” She took the Writer’s Digest writing class as well as the NRI, Washington, D.C. one, and received awards in fiction and children’s non-fiction writings. She is presently a full-time writer.