Courageous Love: A Christian Romance Novel (The Hawaii Love Series, #1) Read Online Free PDF Page B

his brothers all swore they would never grow up to be like their parents. Eventually, Daniel’s mother got saved and changed her ways. But his father didn’t.
    When Daniel’s older brothers headed off to college, Daniel dove into the martial arts classes he had been enrolled in as a child. His father had started Daniel on this path. But when the university job came up, Daniel’s father left Daniel to fend for himself. After his brothers had gone to college, Daniel spent all of his spare time at martial arts classes, perfecting his skills. When he landed his first job as a stunt double in Hollywood, his brothers were less than thrilled, worried that Daniel would follow a path of pretenses and material worth like their parents had. But over time, they came to realize that Daniel had forged his own way along a path of righteousness and faith. A path that also just happened to include stunt doubling.
    His career had been good to him. Not only had it taken him far away from his parents and the small Michigan town that he was born in, it took him to exotic and exciting places, places a middle-class boy from Michigan might never see. The money he made was great. And the projects he landed usually covered all of his expenses, including travel, dining, entertainment and most important to Daniel, training. Daniel was in excellent shape and worked hard to stay that way. To compete in his field, he needed to be at the top of his game. This meant training hard, eating right and looking good all the time.
    But Daniel longed for more. Sure, he was paid well. Sure, the job had good perks. But he didn’t have the one thing he craved. He didn’t have fame. When Marshall King arrived on the set, all heads turned. He had bodyguards to keep adoring fans from crushing him. His name, his face, even his voice were known around the world. That’s what Daniel wanted. He wanted it more than money. He wanted it more than success. He might have even wanted it more than his future with Kimberly.
    Daniel glided past the long mirror, stopping briefly to admire his toned physique. His large arms stretched the fabric of the black tee shirt he wore. A simple black leather belt held his faded jeans snugly on his slim waist. He turned sideways, then forward, then sideways again. He lifted his hand up to his thick black hair and stopped, dropping his left hand in his right.
    His fingers twisted over and under and finally came to rest on the spot where his wedding ring would soon be, in place of the purity ring he now wore. He touched the tan skin as he sat on the bed and looked at himself in the mirror wondering why he felt the way he did. He loved Kimberly, he was sure of it. He loved his career. He was sure of that too. And he just got the opportunity to get even broader exposure with agents. His chances of making the leap from stunt double to real actor were within his grasp.
    But as his fingers slid over the silver band of purity commitment, Daniel began to doubt if he was ready for the gold band of marital commitment. The problem was, he wasn’t sure what he was doubting. Images of Kimberly Reed floated before him. Beautiful Kimberly Reed, daughter of the wealthy Patrick Reed of Reed Publishing, one of the largest publishing houses on the west coast.  He remembered her long bleached blonde hair and her delicate features. Her golden brown skin glistened as he pictured her on the first day they met.
    Kimberly was a liaison for an author who had sold the movie rights to her book. Daniel was working on the set next to where the book/movie was being filmed and had run into Kimberly at the craft service. They had both gone to grab a quick snack of fresh fruit and had literally bumped into each other. When their hands touched, the sparks flew. They flirted casually the rest of the day and Daniel made it a point to wait for her when the shooting ended.
    After an awkward introduction, Daniel discovered that Kimberly was an intellectual, not an actress,