Life rarely falls apart loudly. Sometimes it unravels quietly, through grief, resentment, and the arrival of something unexpected.
When a dog enters Ayanna's life, it doesn't bring comfort.
It brings a fracture.
Beyond the Ugly: Faces of Grief explores what happens when loss goes untreated, and love becomes conditional. As a wife and mother carrying an unbearable emotional burden, Ayanna struggles to hold her family together while grief reshapes every relationship around her.
For those who have lost a child or a loved one, Ayanna's pain will feel uncomfortably familiar. For families raising children with special needs, her emotional isolation will resonate deeply. And for anyone capable of loving a dog, Melvin's presence will complicate loyalties, stir compassion, and force impossible choices.
What you will undoubtedly find are grief, heroism, hatred, betrayal, hypocrisy, romance, manipulation, and death. It is an easy read of about 300 pages and an introduction to the second book in the series, subtitled, Pursuit of Justice.
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Dave A. Blake is an ordained minister and a clinical chaplain with the Orlando Health Hospital hospitals.
He was involved in parish ministry for over thirty years, serving various countries.
Served as Chaplain both in the State of Georgia and Florida
A seminary graduate with two Master's Degrees - MA & MRE
He is a published author in 3 separate genres ? Fiction, poetry, and Christian non-fiction. He is also a Screenwriter
Published works are Beyond the Naked Eye, Lamentation of a Lawgiver, and Stition: Passionately Paranoid