The Promise

July 14, 2014
Mallory Hammond vowed to save a life back when she was a teen after her chance to save her cousin was denied. Now she has another, different chance to offer needed help, but this time the stakes are dramatically higher. She leaves behind her beloved boyfriend Tate and heads to Pakistan to help save Majida, daughter of her new pen pal, Abdul. Meanwhile Tate becomes the reluctant caregiver for a troubled 10-year-old boy, and remains skeptical about Mallory’s trip to Pakistan. His worries prove to be well-founded; not all is as it seems with Abdul, which forces Mallory to come to terms with God and with her feelings for Tate. Bestselling author Wiseman (The House that Love Built) encourages readers to think through their feelings about Islam, Christianity, faith, love, and what it means to help others. Her novel will challenge, encourage, and stimulate discussion among her loyal fans and first-time readers. Agent: Mary Sue Seymour, The Seymour Agency.

September 1, 2014

Mallory Hammond is searching for something that she can't find in her current life with boyfriend Tate Webber. A chance to make good on a promise created long ago has her flying to Pakistan's Pashtun tribal regions. Mallory's best intentions become her greatest weakness as she faces betrayal and life-threatening circumstances she never expected, proving that it is during the darkest moments that we find the faith to see the light. VERDICT Known for her Amish romances and Texas-set contemporaries, Wiseman (Need You Now; The House That Love Built) takes a plotline from a situation in her own life and creates an intense narrative about what happens when a woman chooses to follow her heart into a culture very different from her own. An inspiring reminder that God is always with us, even in the bleakest of situations. Recommended for fans of Malala Yousafzai's I Am Malala.

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September 1, 2014
Mallory Hammond was unable to save her cousin, but that will not stop her from doing whatever it takes to save another life. When she finds herself at a crossroads and presented with an unimaginable opportunity, Mallory seizes upon the chance to make a difference. In her latest inspirational novel, best-selling Wiseman (Need You Now, 2012) takes readers to a place where promises mean something very different than expected, and where her protagonist realizes that the life that needs saving is her own. Wooed by the romance of helping others and the seductive words of a seemingly kind man, Mallory heads deep into Pakistan to marry him in order to bring his daughter to the U.S. for medical treatment. The situation is not at all what Mallory anticipated, and she soon finds herself in serious danger. As Mallory fights to make good on her oath while protecting her life, Wiseman draws readers into a world of deception, danger, and defiance. Readers will feel the anguish of Mallory's loved ones as they pray for her to make it home.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2014, American Library Association.)