Never Let You Go [Paperback]

Erin Healy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 4, 2010

Losing everything has Lexi clinging to her daughter. Hell is determined to loosen her grip.

It's been seven years since disaster struck her family. Lexi Solomon has held it all together since then--just barely.

But now Lexi is losing it. The husband who deserted her is back in town, wanting to see their daughter Molly. Her sister's shameless murderer is up for parole. An unsavory old friend is demanding payment for debts that Lexi knows nothing about and can't begin to meet.

And something else is going on--something Lexi feels but can't explain. A dangerous shift is taking place between this reality and the next. Forces beyond her imagination are vying for control.

A rare novel that will satisfy a wide range of readers, Never Let You Go explores the high-stakes decisions played out in the thin spaces between heaven and earth. As the enemy's grip tightens around Lexi, she will have to decide what's truly worth holding on to.

"Keeps you glued to the pages until the very last."--Tosca Lee, author of Havah: The Story of Eve

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

Lexi is doing her best to raise her daughter, Molly, by herself. With her husband in jail on drug-related charges and her father in a mental institution, she has no one to help with the finances. Although she works nights in a greasy spoon and days at a grocery store, she can't even afford rent for her rundown apartment or the utility bill. In fact, things are so bad that despite the freezing weather, she and Molly are sharing a pair of gloves. Just when it looks as though life couldn't get any worse, her husband's sadistic drug dealer shows up, demanding money owed him and implying that inaction on her part will result in malicious acts against her and Molly. Healy sets up such a brutally hopeless scenario, readers will wonder if there's any way out for Lexi. It takes a long time, but miracles can and do happen in this faith-based thriller. Fans of Ted Dekker will appreciate Healy's chilling story of the dangers on the road back to hope and faith. --Shelley Mosley

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (May 4, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1595547509
• ISBN-13: 978-1595547507
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (104 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #443,365 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grabs you from the first chapter and doesn't let you go, April 25, 2010

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Kim Holsapple "kimbers867" (Joppa, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Never Let You Go (Paperback)

Never Let You Go is about a single mom, Lexi, and her nine year old daughter, Molly - in one week their world goes from a struggle to a survival situation. Lexi's husband reappears after many years. An old friend also appears and turns Lexi's life upside down. Lexi also makes a new friend in Angelo. We are introduced to Lexi's mother and father.

Never Let You Go is set in a small town, don't let a small town setting bother you - there is plenty of going ons in Craig's Nest. Lexi works two jobs to make ends meet for her and Molly.

Strange things slowly start to happen at the beginning of the story and I feel that this strange doings help to grab the reader right away. Each chapter was more suspenseful than the last. I was rooting for Lexi and her family through the entire story.

This was the first time I read a Christian inspired story and was thoroughly entertained by the book. This book had a very good message about good vs evil. After reading this book, more than likely you will stop and think about your life.

I highly recommend this book to other readers, this book delivers a very powerful message. I will be reading Erin Healy's other books in the near future.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars High Suspense and Drama, July 29, 2010

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Jacob's Beloved (Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Never Let You Go (Paperback)

I was originally drawn to this book because it was about a mother fighting for her daughter. As a mother of two young daughters who has already been through quite a bit of fighting for them, I can relate. Once I got into the book, I was a bit put off partly because I was introduced to too many characters so soon into the plot and a lack of unique characterization made it difficult for me to keep up with the plot (and this is coming from someone who has read Sara Douglass). A second reason was that it somewhat reminded me of another book I read recently with the meth theme. Drugs are just not something that I purposely want to read about in my fiction. The only thing that really kept me reading was Lexi's relationship with her daughter, Molly. Along the way, I discovered that there actually is a fantasy-like aspect to the book that is difficult to see for at least half the book. This is probably as close as you can get to the fantasy genre without actually qualifying for the classification. I so badly wanted the book to come "out with it" over the supernatural aspect that I flew through the rest of the book. The ending was mostly satisfying in that the bad guy gets his just desserts and all the lose ends are tied up appropriately, but my fantasy-loving side wanted a more fantastical intervention than what actually occurred. At times, the plot felt like a soap-opera, with Lexi's affair and two other characters being convicts, as well as Ward's constant harrassments and almost reality-defying omnipresence. I would describe the book as high-intensity suspense combined with overdramatic reality and a dash of supernatural.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mind-Bogglingly Good!, August 1, 2010

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TheProf (Somewhere in AL, USA) - See all my reviews
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Erin Healy is extremely adept at taking the spiritual battles and manifesting on the written page. I was blown away by the parallelism, symbolism, and incredible characters she used for this book. If you've ever read a Ted Dekker novel, you will not be disappointed by Healy! I couldn't put the book down. Without giving away plot, I was most impressed by her grasp of the human condition and the spiritual forces. Her characters were deeply flawed humans but ones we can all identify with. She deftly guides the reader through her character, Lexi's outrage, indignation, guilt, regret, and finally unmerited grace. The descriptions were so vivid, I could imagine all that took place. Excellent book and well worth the read!