Our guest post today is from Lillian Duncan, a multi-published writer, an educator, and speech pathologist.  She obviously believes in the power of words.  Here’s her offering for today.  I think you’ll find it interesting.

 MORE TO LIFE THAN ROMANCE? REALLY?

 There’s more to life than romance. An odd statement coming from someone who writes romantic suspense novels, but the truth is the truth. We can’t survive on romance alone. We all need connection with other people in all sorts of different relationships—not just romantic relationships.

Friendships are important!

Betrayed, the second in my Sisters by Choice series, will be released soon. Deception, the first, features Patti Jakowski. As Patti searches for her estranged twin, she forges a bond with an unlikely choice, the wife of a terrorist.

So, why did I choose the name Sisters by Choice for the series, especially when they are romantic suspense?  Isn’t the story about a romance?  It is but as in life, not everything is about the romance!

For many people, their friends are more important in their daily lives than their family. In fact, with families scattered from one end of the country to the other and even in other countries, the friendships we form often replace the family bonds from past eras.

Sure, we love our families but if they aren’t nearby, they can’t be very helpful during a crisis and the reverse is true as well. We can’t be helpful to them when they need us either.

It can make for loneliness and feelings of isolation—if we let it!

But we don’t have to let it. We can be there to help others during their crises and as we do emotional bonds will form. Those bonds can take strangers, acquaintances, and even friends, and transform us into family.

That’s what I want to show in my Sisters By Choice series. Women who are willing to help others in their time of crisis. Women who will go the extra mile—the extra time—the extra energy to help another woman in need.

As they do, they become family to each other.

And we all need family—whether it’s by birth or by choice.

Jim:  Excellent advice, Lillian.  Here’s a brief description of her book, Deception.

Twins are supposed to have an unbreakable bond, but Patti and Jamie have serious relationship issues. They haven’t spoken since Jamie ruined Patti’s upcoming nuptials years ago.

When a niece she knows nothing about telephones, Patti must unravel the yarn of Jamie’s life and her mysterious disappearance.

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To learn more about Lillian and her books, visit: www.lillianduncan.net.  She also has a devotional blog at: www.PowerUpWithGod.com  as well as her personal blog, Tiaras & Tennis Shoes at www.lillian-duncan.com