Gloria A Love Story

Gloria is Glorious: A Truly Unique Steamy Romance Novel. Gloria is a beautiful romance novel that contrasts a broken world with customs completely different from ours today. The book is a unique love story set in both 2026 and over 200 years in a broken, devastated future place.For over two hundred years, the world had no social order, no governments, no law enforcement, and no civility whatsoever. In that world, over two centuries in the future, only two factions remained: mostly the wicked, who thrived on depravity and debauchery, and the much smaller number of good, who followed a man called Manhig, meaning Leader in Biblical Hebrew. Looking back, everything that had led to the complete breakdown of civilization now seemed unimportant. The future is a broken and devastated place.A sister-and-brother team of scientists inherited an instrument capable of viewing the past. Together, they had worked on it for years until by 2026 AD, they could see some images of the future as well. What they observed so startled them that they allowed the U.S. Government to access it. Without help, the leader of the righteous, Manhig, is about to fall to the wicked, leaving no balance between good and evil. Wickedness is about to control the future.The United States Army sends its best-qualified commando, Captain Augustine ’Gus’ Tadlock, over two hundred years into that ravaged future. His mission is to find the Manhig and evaluate him to determine whether he is a good leader, as they believe he is. If so, then Augustine can begin helping him with full support from the U.S. military in 2026 AD.The problem is that Augustine finds himself nowhere near the Manhig. Instead, he is at a wicked location. While gathering information about Manhig’s whereabouts, Augustine’s first glimpse of the future is of a brutal place. The wicked lead unbridled, licentious lifestyles. Among other unholy things, human slavery exists-people are bought and sold like animals. While in that wicked place, Augustine discovers where Manhig is. However, the good-hearted Augustine comes upon and frees a young slave girl, Gloria. Not knowing what to do with her, he brings her back to his campsite. There, he attempts to heal her repressed trauma of slavery before they can set out to find Manhig. Then their adventure begins.There are touching depictions of Gloria and Augustine bonding after they meet. Then many stirring, warming moments as Augustine and Gloria become close. Augustine and Gloria forge a lifelong friendship with Manhig. Steamy, erotic romances unfold, some ending in heartbreak. Suspenseful battle scenes add action. A bit of humor also appears in the least expected places. A reader might find himself or herself keyed up one moment, then crying the next, in this outstanding emotional read.A little more than halfway through the book, a totally unexpected and shocking erotic event occurs, sending the storyline sizzling with eroticism until the smoke settles.The novel Gloria offers well-developed characters with twists and turns abound. It has an exquisitely creative and beguiling literary plot for mature readers.Writing the novel Gloria has been one of the most rewarding experiences I have ever had as an author. Bringing these passionate characters to life was challenging enough, but creating the storyline’s sentimentality drew on my own emotions as much as it will on the reader’s.