Interlude: a novel: Her dreams of love were about to come true, but on the eve of her wedding the nightmare began

Her dreams of love were about to come true. But on the eve of her wedding the nightmare began. Her fianc Jon, on photographic assignment in Lebanon, has vanished. Reporters mob her doorstep. Washington is doing "everything possible"—which means next to nothing. And all Elisabeth can do is wait. Her desperation to "do something" leads her into unwitting involvement with an international drug smuggle, an offbeat rock band, and a polished televangelist. Has her desperate attempt to find Jon only further endangered his life? An engrossing tale of faltering but persistent faith and miraculous, liberating love from the author of "Prelude". Four days before her wedding, an early-morning phone call shatters Elisabeth's world. Her fiancé Jon, on photographic asignment in Lebanon, has vanished. Reporters mob her doorstep. Washington is doing "everything possible" -- which means next to nothing. And all Elisabeth can do, it seems, is wait. But then, as the days turn to weeks and the weeks to months, unfolding events demand all the courage, wisdom, and faith she can muster. But she finds that she can't just sit and wait. Her desperation to "do something" leads her into unwitting involvement with an international drug smuggler, an offbeat rock band, and a polished televangelist. Who can she really trust? Has her covert attempt to communicate further endangered Jon's life? Is the helpful, sympathetic attention of an attractive CIA agent dimming her focus on the man she loves? An engrossing tale of faltering but persistent faith -- and miraculous, liberating love from the author of Prelude In this sequel to Prelude, protagonists Elisabeth Casey and Jon Surrey Dixon are busy making wedding plans. But one week before the ceremony, their world is turned upside down when Jon disappears while on assignment in the Middle East. Like its predecessor, this book is neither preachy nor saccharine. Gilbert mirrors the ambiguity of everyday life while dealing honestly with her characters' emotions.