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Summary

​A soccer mom is pulled into an alternate, pre-Messianic world to serve in a role like Deborah. 

Stats

Genre: Adult portal fantasy (real-world characters pulled into a fantasy world)

Series length: Four books

Violence: Moderate fantasy violence

Magic/Supernatural: Strong supernatural, clearly delineated

Romance/Sex: Light to moderate, ranging from one non-explicit sex scene between a married couple to romantic subplot

Christian/spiritual element: Overt Christian and allegorical elements

Recommendation: Fans of fantasy or books with a strong faith element that encourages and makes you think.

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The attic hideaway was all Mark's idea. He meant to be helpful, and I admit he had good reason to be worried about me. 

​I couldn't seem to cope with the little things anymore--scrubbing jam off the kitchen counter for the millionth time, carrying decaying science projects out to the garbage, answering the constant questions from two teens and two grade-schoolers. Was I the only person in the house who knew where to find clean socks? 

The Restorer (The Sword of Lyric, Book 1)
by Sharon Hinck

SOCCER MOM IN OUR WORLD. PROMISED DELIVERER IN ANOTHER.

Susan Mitchell thought she was an ordinary homemaker. She was wrong. Pulled through a portal into another world, she finds a desperate nation waiting for a promised Restorer. While she struggles to adapt to a foreign culture, she tackles an enemy that is poisoning the minds of the people, uncovers a corrupt ruling Council, and embraces a profound spiritual journey.

Will this adventure demand her life? Can she find a way back to her family? She has always longed to do something important for God, but can she fill this role?

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"Hills of Hazor take you," I swore for at least the tenth time since first light. My sword hacked at thick underbrush, but when I shouldered my way forward, a twig snapped back at my face. I cursed the day I'd met the last Restorer. It was because of her that I was battling through this forsaken forest below Cauldron Falls. My blade deserved a more substantial enemy. 

The Restorer's Son (The Sword of Lyric, Book 2)
by Sharon Hinck

Chosen to save a people. Called to serve an enemy.

lunged again into the gray world of Lyric and Hazor, Susan and Mark search frantically for their teenage son, Jake, as all signs hint that a trusted ally has betrayed them. Assassins, political intrigue, false leads, and near misses beset their path, which will lead them into the dark prisons of Hazor before the One's purpose is revealed.

Cast out by those he trusts and preferring to cross swords with the One rather than yield to His will, Kieran flees to enemy Hazor, only to find that the One knows no borders. Pursued by his calling, Kieran finds a boy without a home, a king with burning questions, and a nation torn by darkness. As he embraces the tasks the One has set before him, this new Restorer learns that the One requires his all-perhaps even his life.

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My mom was freaking out. 

She stared out the dining room window as if major-league monsters were hiding in the darkness beyond the glass. Give me a break. Our neighborhood was as boring as they come. Ridgeview Drive's square lawns and generic houses held nothing more menacing than basketball hoops and tire swings. Still, Mom's back was tight, and in the shadowed reflection on the pane, I could see her biting her lip. I wanted to crack a joke and chase the fear right out of the room, but I couldn't think of anything to say. 

The Restorer's Journey (The Sword of Lyric, Book 3)
by Sharon Hinck

His choices have the power to save or destroy.

With a loved one’s life at stake, Jake charges through the portal into Lyric to stage a dramatic rescue, trusting that the signs that mark him as Restorer will guarantee success. But everything familiar in Lyric has vanished, swept away by deadly lies and a corrupt king. As inexorable forces conspire to turn him from his purpose, Jake finds his path leading to places beyond his courage.

While he confronts the temptation to flee his calling, Susan struggles in brutal captivity. Can she gain freedom before the enemy destroys her spirit, and will Jake choose to follow his destiny before everything is lost?

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Frantic pounding invaded my dreams, and I bolted upright on my pallet. Angular shadows tilted toward me. The strident scent of stone and metal was unfamiliar and . . .  wrong. 

Hazor. I was in my quarters in the palace, deep inside the capital city of Sidian. 

​"Linette! We need you." Nolan's normally stoic voice gasped from the outer hall. 

The Deliverer (The Sword of Lyric, Book 4)
by Sharon Hinck

A Lost Songkeeper Must Lead Her People to a Long Awaited Deliverer

Eager to serve the One, a young songkeeper travels to the dark and foreign nation of Hazor, but her confusing, rough-edged companion has lost his Restorer gifts. As danger rises against them both, she loses her freedom, her memories, and her hope. Now even the very music of her soul is threatened.

In our world, Susan Mitchell no longer feels at home in the carpool lane. Burdened by the unhealed scars from her trips through the portal, she fights to suppress her worry about her son, who remains out of contact in Lyric. But when a mysterious message hints Jake is in danger, she and her husband are swept away—to the place they least expect.

Clan rebellions. Lost Restorers. Has the One turned away, or will the face of the Deliverer bring light to the darkness?