BOOK SPOTLIGHT: "Refining Fires" by Erin Rainwater

A disfigured veteran. A ruined nurse. A tormented child. A kept woman. Strangers whose paths cross, bringing redemption into each other’s lives in ways none of them could have predicted.

These four characters are introduced in three heartwarming stories in Erin Rainwater’s latest novel, Refining Fires.

This 3-in 1 format was a hard sell to agents and publishers, Erin concedes. Though advised to break up the stories—and their characters—and try to sell them as indepe...