My Soul to Keep: Arion

By Jennifer Smith

In the third and final book of My Soul To Keep, the orphaned child Arion is a grown man, returning from his travels abroad to fulfill his duties to The Fortress as their crowned king, and to his family by marrying Alley, the woman who was born to marry him and propagate the line. There's just one problem, Arion is only marrying her out of a sense of duty, but Alley doesn't want to marry him at all! When a mysterious man kidnaps her, Arion will move Heaven and Earth to save her. But the secrets this man holds may change everything. Is Arion strong enough to face the horror of his parents' murders and how does Alley fit into something that happened before she was even born?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Shh Publishing
• Release date: Oct 14, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310820939

Jennifer Smith

Jennifer Smith married Aaron, her best friend, in 2007. Their first few years of marriage were challenging in many ways; however, God helped reconcile their marriage relationship. Jennifer began sharing positive encouragement for marriage through UnveiledWife.com in March 2011. With her husband’s support and help, she has traditionally published The Unveiled Wife and self-published a thirty-day marriage devotional titled Wife After God, as well as 31 Prayers for My Husband, 31 Prayers for My Future Husband, and 31 Prayers for My Son and Daughter. Aaron and Jennifer have been working together as a team for the last decade, using their giftings to produce over ten books and help others draw closer to God through their website marriageaftergod.com. The Smiths are eager to continue working together to fulfill God’s purpose for their marriage by publishing Christian marriage books and resources and hosting a weekly Marriage After God podcast as a means to inspire others in their marriage and faith journey. They live with their five young children in central Oregon.

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My Soul to Keep

-Book 3 Arion-

By: Jennifer Smith

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In the third and final book of My Soul To Keep, the orphaned child Arion is a grown man, returning from his travels abroad to fulfill his duties to The Fortress as their crowned king, and to his family by marrying Alley, the woman who was born to marry him and propagate the line. There's just one problem, Arion is only marrying her out of a sense of duty, but Alley doesn't want to marry him at all! When a mysterious man kidnaps her, Arion will move Heaven and Earth to save her. But the secrets this man holds may change everything. Is Arion strong enough to face the horror of his parents' murders and how does Alley fit into something that happened before she was even born?

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Home At Last

Arion rode astride the great white charger he'd named Wildfire and thought of home. His mother, Margaret, his father, William, and all the brothers and sisters, cousins, nieces, and nephews he'd left more than five years earlier waited for him to return. He had stayed away longer than originally planned because he was trying to avoid the responsibility that awaited him there. He was born to it and would accept and shoulder it the way his father expected him to, but he'd seen no reason to rush into anything. He tried to tell himself it was the care and keep of The Fortress he was avoiding as long as he possibly could, but he was really trying to avoid the brat he was supposed to marry once she came of marriageable age. And, he thought, she would be just about that age now!

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