Book excerpt: After a hard-fought victory over the alcoholism and dysfunction that has held her captive for so long, Rose Hart works to rebuild her life. As she celebrates her one-year anniversary of being alcohol free, her world is shattered by a violent break-in. Fighting for her life in the wake of the crime, Rose flat-lines multiple times and finds herself in a hopeless situation as she experiences the horror of an afterlife she never imagined. When she is revived, she knows her life will never be the same. As the young woman navigates through the aftermath, she finds God, love, and the ability to lay aside her anger and blame to forgive and show mercy to the man who tried to kill her.