Joy Marino

Lord, Help Me To Hold Out Joy Marino

After years of verbal, physical, and emotional mistreatment with no paternal guidance to navigate through life, Hope Tolliver fell into an abyss of abusive relationships. Try as she might love both God and men, she believed the cycle of failed attempts had ended when she met her future husband, Tommy Tracy. But with the wedding hours away, she confronted her fiancé about rumored infidelity, and instead of a peaceful resolve, he raped her. Hope embarks on a journey that leads her down a road plagued with lies, deceit, and fleeting affairs. Will she find her way back to her first love or will Hope spin out of control?