About the Book

Book: Road to Freedom

Author: Leigh Lincoln

Genre: Christian Literary Transformational Fiction

Release date: October 16, 2020

A marriage which shouldn’t be. The path to forgiveness begins in unlikely places. And love can bloom among the thorns.
Immigrant Francisco has escaped the cruelty of Cuba, but has been a man without a true home. Now terminal cancer has driven him into the arms of Stacy.
Traveling half-way around the world together, they each have a journey to take. Francisco confronts his past. While Stacy tries to open her heart after a devastating first marriage. Both pushing each other in ways they are unwilling to accept.
Can he make amends and say he’s sorry for his wrongs? Can she learn to let go and be free to love again?

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About the Author

Leigh has spent the better part of the last thirty years involved in homeless and poverty advocacy in one way or another. Her first novel – Road Home – was born out of this work. She wanted to make people think about their lives and how they live. But most importantly, about how they treat others and how they want to be treated. Her second novel – Road to Freedom – looks at how our lives don’t always follow the path we choose. But yet somehow we must pick up the broken pieces and move on. How we grow and where our strength comes from is what’s most important. These two novels form the basis for her series – Broken Roads. Each shows how life is raw, painful and often leads us on journeys we never expected or imagined. While each book doesn’t seem to relate, the final book in the series will connect the dots of how these characters have touched the lives of each other in ways they never knew. Keep watching for updates on when new books will come out!

Leigh loves to travel, paint and hike. You never know where she’ll end up next, for she’s on her own journey of discovery.

More from Leigh

I wrote this book as my pandemic project – with all this time on my hands I needed something to do. No traveling, no meeting new people, no leaving my house, no, no, no. Fine, I thought to myself, I’ll sit at my computer and remember people I’ve met on my journeys, places I’ve been, things I’ve seen, foods I’ve savored. And then cram them all into a book. For those of you who want to be adventurous, I’ve learned how to make paella. It works best in a heavy skillet on a gas stove, but a non-stick pan or an electric stove will work as well. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup stock, 1/8 cup olive oil, 1/4 large onion finely chopped, 1 clove fresh garlic minced, 1/3 cup tomato sauce, handful of fresh peas, 3/4 cup pearl or valencia rice, 1 large bay leaf, 1 cup meat (chicken, Spanish chorizo or seafood – or go crazy and do a mix of meats), salt, pepper and saffron to taste. Instructions: Saute onions, garlic, bay leaf in olive oil until soft. Add rice, continue to saute for 3-5 minutes until rice is a golden brown. Add about a 1/4 cup of stock, tomato sauce, peas, and spices. If you are using chicken add it at this point. Cook on low or medium low, shaking the pan from time to time, making sure the rice ends up level. Slowly pour about 1/4 cup of stock evenly around the pan every 5-10 minutes. Do not allow it to come to a boil, do not stir and do not cover. When the rice is almost tender, add Spanish chorizo or seafood if that’s your meat of choice. I often serve paella with fresh bread, a bowl of olive oil to dip the bread in and a few slices of lemon if people want some tang added to their paella.

Blog Stops

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deb’s Book Review, May 21

Locks, Hooks and Books, May 22

Because I said so — and other adventures in Parenting, May 23

A Modern Day Fairy Tale, May 24

HappyWhenReading, May 24

Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, May 25

Jodie Wolfe – Stories Where Hope and Quirky Meet, May 26 (Author Interview)

Pause for Tales, May 27

Through the Fire Blogs, May 28 (Author Interview)

Ashley’s Clean Book Reviews, May 28

Giveaway

To celebrate her tour, Leigh is giving away the grand prize package of a signed copy and a $25 Amazon gift card!!

Be sure to comment on the blog stops for nine extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.

https://promosimple.com/ps/10bbc/road-to-freedom-celebration-tour-giveaway

Welcome, Leigh. Can you tell us how you got started in writing?

I got started in writing because I got tired of people not listening to what I had to say. So, fine, I wasn’t an expert in anything – I was a middle-age, single mother with a bunch of opinions after doing thousands of volunteer hours with the homeless. And thus, I sat down one day and poured out my heart. Then the next day, and the next. After a few months I realized I had the basic structure of a novel. Yikes, not what I’d intended but hey, I rolled with it. Found an editor, worked to clean it up and published it myself. That was how Road Home was born…

That’s interesting. Do you have a favorite scene in your new release?

My favorite is when Stacy is packing her house with her son Andrew and it hits her that her child is now a grown man. As a mother, this was so easy and so hard to write at the same time. The emotions I felt as I was putting these words on the page were mine in many ways.  I think most mothers have a moment like this.

I have two adult sons, so I can relate. What is something you hope readers will take away from the story?

That we all are on a journey home and home is only found in the arms of our loving Savior.

Amen. How do you get your story ideas?

I get my story ideas by listening to people. Over the last few years, I’ve had the opportunity to learn the stories of immigrants from Cuba. People who now live in American, Spain, Italy, Greece and even the Yukon in Canada. There was a common thread among all of them, a longing for freedom and wish for a place to call home. As I did more and more research into the topic, I just felt I had to write what was in my heart. And Road to Freedom was born…

That’s wonderful. What food do you eat when you’re writing, to keep you going?

Chocolate chips!

Sounds good. How can readers connect with you?

Readers can send me an email any time at leighlincolnauthor@gmail.com I also have a website where I list current promos and happenings leighlincolnauthor.com and a blog at https://leighlincoln.blogspot.com/