Velda Jackson’s house. Smoke. Fire. And Chris just dove through the window to get inside…Breaths came quickly. So did his coughing. Smoke circled above him, lowered the ceiling to about three feet. He stared at it a second, mesmerized by the flowing rivers of a multitude of grays, swirling…

Coughs came again, deep and violent. He throat ached as he breathed, sucking the poison into his lungs.

He rolled onto his stomach, drew in a deep breath, then tried not to cough it all back out as he opened his mouth and shouted, “Chriiiiis!”

He blinked. Tears flooded his burning eyes. His nose ran as he coughed.

He had to move. Find Chris. Find Velda!

Excerpt from Warrior's Heart

Picking up where the first book in the Homeland Series left off, in Warrior's Heart, Donna continues the rocky ride through life lessons for characters Chris, Erin, and Scott.

Having recently given her life to Christ, Christina McIntrye has decided to stay in Portland to contribute to the effort being made at the community projects in Kimberly Square. Little does she know that the storm of her life is heading her straight for her.

Erin, the main contributing factor in Chris’ change from drunk to social worker, spends her hours preoccupied with worry over Chris’ adjustment to her new life, as her husband Scott does the same for his pregnant wife. Not trusting Chris in the least, Scott goes beyond protective and wounds the fledgling Christian in an attempt to know the truth about her past.

As the characters take rounds in the ring, the squall of the century pounds Portland, mirroring the strife within. Fleisher’s characters pass through wind, rain, and fire as the Lord uses these elements to mold and prepare them for duty as soldiers of Christ.

Warrior's Heart is replete with action as well as insightful scenes from army life. Donna’s excellent use of real-to-life dialogue will cause the reader to feel as though she were in the character’s shoes. In Warrior's Heart, Donna makes it abundantly clear that in the body of Christ we are more than an “army of one”. We must learn to trust, to love, to accept, but most of all to pull together and strive as one body for the common cause—Christ’s glory.