Love's Refining Fire - Paperback

by Dorothea Odom (Author)

The love story of Sheila Dunbar, US Embassy office manager, and Diego Santos,

a physician, unfolds in mid-1980's Bogotá, Colombia. The era and the nation are

shaken by terrorism fomented by drug trafficking on an epidemic scale. In turn, a US-

Colombian extradition treaty aims to combat and destroy that illicit trade.

In Love Under Fire, the predecessor of this book, the reader was given glimpses of

embassy operations and the profiles of various characters, both inside and outside

the US diplomatic community. Love's Refining Fire retains much of those elements

but expands on them and adds more detail so that the reader gets a broader view

of the circumstances surrounding the story. It also explores more deeply the essence

of the theme: true love overcoming obstacles. Challenges abound and changes are

inevitable, but through them all, God is faithful. Trusting in Him and each other, the

two main characters, Sheila and Diego, are sustained, not merely for a season, but for

a lifetime of seasons.

May those of us who have chosen to walk the narrow path of faith be encouraged by

their story.