Desperate Hope:An Unusual Journey to Freedom from Addiction and Victimhood

One beautiful fall day, two lives collide. One on a trajectory of desperation, destruction, and evil. The other busy balancing family, work, and school. They will never be the same again.

Beginning with an assault at knifepoint and a surprising response from the victim, this story unfolds a future neither could have anticipated. Sixteen years later, they have come together to tell their stories. His of addictions, arrests, and prisons, followed by redemption, recovery, and reconciliation. Hers is the story of overcoming fear, embracing forgiveness, and forsaking victimhood and shame to experience God’s overwhelming love.

This book does more than tell a story. It brings hope to anyone in the grip of addictions, pornography, or despair, and help for victims, the fearful, and the traumatized—anyone desperate for hope.

Two lives brought together first in violence and then in forgiveness tell this unusual story of God’s love and his overarching hand working in dramatic ways.