Searchfor Contentment
Georgia Peaches Book # 3
By
Marlene Bierworth
Can Love be found with a heart of discontent?
Copyright © 2020 Marlene Bierworth
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Disclaimer
This book is a work of fiction. Names, places, character and events are the product of the author’s imagination. While the author has tried to be historically correct, her goals in this book are great characters and storytelling. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locals, is purely coincidental.
About the Series
This is a multi- author, Christian, Contemporary series, but each book is a stand-alone, romance story written for your reading pleasure.
Books in this Series
A Persevering Heart, Book 1
Lisa M. Prysock
A Pursued Heart, Book 2
Elaine Manders
Search for Contentment, Book 3
Marlene Bierworth
The Heart of Mercy, Book 4
Tanya Eavenson
A Servant’s Heart, Book 5
Rachel Skatvold
A Peach by Any Other Name, Book 6
Laura Walker
Desperately Needed Girlfriend, Book 7
Jo Noelle
A Heart’s Treasure, Book 8
Nina Jayne
About the Book
Melanie Braxton is a police officer in South Carolina fighting for freedom from her family’s affluence.
Trevor Knight is a lawyer, struggling to keep what remains of his family together.
Trevor and Melanie join forces to solve the mystery of his niece’s death, while Cupid aims his arrow at their unsuspecting hearts.
See what happens when Melanie is forced to face her past to secure the future that she desperately wants. Faith and love are tested in this Christian, contemporary, mystery romance.
Dedication
This book is dedicated to all hearts
searching for peace and contentment.
Be content in all things, at all times. It is God’s positioning for great things to come.
Acknowledgments
Special thanks to:
To the Lord, Jesus Christ, who inspires me daily to write.
To all the ones at home that support and encourage me along this path.
To my editor, Elise Sherman Abram and my cover artist, V. McKevitt who did an awesome job.
To the great authors in this series, especially to Lisa M. Prysock, who birthed the plans for Georgia Peaches.
And to all the wonderful readers who continue to read and enjoy my books. It is for you I write this story.
Search for Contentment
A stand-alone mystery/romance
Book 3 in the Georgia Peaches Series
by
Marlene Bierworth
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright & Contact Me
About the Series & Books in the Series
About the Book & Cover
Dedication & Acknowledgements
Search for Contentment – Book 3: Georgia Peaches
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 through Chapter 16
Epilogue
The End
From the Author
What’s Next in the Series
Letters can change the course of one’s life and start us down a new path. God has provided love letters in the Bible to show us how to follow his ordained path.
Chapter 1
There was a knock on the door and Trevor Knight called out, “Enter,” without so much as a glance upward. His attention remained glued to the computer screen, even when his butler’s familiar voice announced, “The mail is here, sir.”
“Thank you, Spencer. Just pile it here.” His fingers tapped a clean spot on his oak desk, as he gave an eager shout “Yes, finally!”
“Sir?”
Trevor recalled that his hired man was still in the room. “I found a loop-hole that will help my client get a fair trial.”
“That is excellent news, Mr. Knight. I’m sure he will appreciate your efforts in his case.”
Trevor chuckled. “He’s the lucky name I drew from the system of unrepresented men stuck with wanna-be-lawyers who haven’t learned how to clean behind their ears yet.”
“It’s an exceptional deed you do, sir.” The butler moved toward the door.
“Don’t want a pat on the back, Spencer. This is my way of giving back to the community. Not everyone has been born with a silver spoon in their mouth.”
“Sure enough, but not every advocate gives of his skill and finances to help his fellow man.” Spencer slipped quietly from the room, closing the door to the private office behind him.
It was true. Georgia had few lawyers that would work for the underdog with the same diligence as the ones paying the outrageous fee the going-rates required – but Trevor did. Once a month, he skimmed the backlog of public cases to find an interesting one to bless. Many were ear-marked for prison just because they could not afford an experienced attorney. Helping them only seemed the right thing to do in God’s sight.
Trevor sighed and closed his computer. He picked up the pile of snail mail, leaned back in his leather office chair and flicked through, focusing on the return addresses. There was nothing pressing. He opened the second desk drawer and was about to toss in the letters when he halted midway. Lying in the near-empty interior was a blue envelope with Chrissy’s South Carolina address in the corner. His heart pounded with pent-up eagerness. His niece had left him a note most likely when she had visited the week before. Trevor chastised himself for not seeing it earlier.
His deceased brother’s daughter – who was barely ten years his junior – had been difficult to curtail. She had a rebellious streak as long as the distance between the family’s Georgia mansion to her “new digs,” as she’d so accurately described her meager excuse for an apartment. The girl refused to take a penny from her trust fund, calling the money contaminated. Sure enough, her father had
