Paul Attaway

Literature & Fiction

Author Profile

Paul  Attaway

Paul was born and raised in the Atlanta, Georgia area. Paul and his wife, Lyn, who was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, met in college at Georgetown University and were married after Paul graduated from the University of Georgia School of Law. They moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1988 where Paul embarked on a thirty-year business career before retiring so he could write fiction. Paul and Lyn raised three children together in Phoenix and now live in Charleston, South Carolina. Paul spends his days writing and giving walking history tours around Charleston.

Books

Eli's Redemption

Literature & Fiction

Eli’s Redemption, the second book in the Atkins Family Low Country Saga series, is the thrilling sequel to Blood in the Low Country. As the story begins, it’s been five years since Eli Atkins, betrayed and abandoned, fled Charleston to avoid punishment for a crime he did not commit. Landing in the Bahamas, he sought refuge in a new identity. But angry, lonely, and adrift, he remained aloof, a stranger to all, never allowing anyone close enough to hurt him.


But when fate introduces Eli to an old Scottish golfer, Lach McGregor, he finds reason to hope. Lach too is burdened by an incalculable loss, and together, teacher and student, they are each a lifeline for the other. When Eli falls for Lach’s lovely niece, Rachel, the pieces of a future fall into place.


Standing between Eli though and a life lived fully, is the secret that forced him out of Charleston and the clutches of fugitive financier and professional criminal, Bernard Lasko, a malignant cancer who corrupts everyone he touches. Trapped in debt to Lasko, Eli returns to Charleston in dramatic fashion when given the chance to free himself from both the weight of his past and Lasko’s reach. But before he can embrace the freedom he craves, he must forgive, and trust, and be willing to risk his life to save another’s.

Book Bubbles from Eli's Redemption

An Uncertain Future

I struggled to select a sample of the book’s text out of fear of giving away any of the twists and turns in this story. It is my hope that this selection gives the reader a sense of place – the Bahamas – and the stakes for the protagonists. He longs for his home. He longs to build a family. Forces though are aligned against him. But he presses on, fearing what lies behind him, not knowing what lies ahead.

Blood in the Low Country

Literature & Fiction

Eli’s Redemption, the second book in the Atkins Family Low Country Saga series, is the thrilling sequel to Blood in the Low Country. As the story begins, it’s been five years since Eli Atkins, betrayed and abandoned, fled Charleston to avoid punishment for a crime he did not commit. Landing in the Bahamas, he sought refuge in a new identity. But angry, lonely, and adrift, he remained aloof, a stranger to all, never allowing anyone close enough to hurt him.


But when fate introduces Eli to an old Scottish golfer, Lach McGregor, he finds reason to hope. Lach too is burdened by an incalculable loss, and together, teacher and student, they are each a lifeline for the other. When Eli falls for Lach’s lovely niece, Rachel, the pieces of a future fall into place.


Standing between Eli though and a life lived fully, is the secret that forced him out of Charleston and the clutches of fugitive financier and professional criminal, Bernard Lasko, a malignant cancer who corrupts everyone he touches. Trapped in debt to Lasko, Eli returns to Charleston in dramatic fashion when given the chance to free himself from both the weight of his past and Lasko’s reach. But before he can embrace the freedom he craves, he must forgive, and trust, and be willing to risk his life to save another’s.

Book Bubbles from Blood in the Low Country

Setting the stage

In this introductory chapter, I hope to place the reader in the Lowcountry by giving them a sense of the geography, the wildlife and the weather, all wonderful and defining characteristics of the American South and the Lowcountry in particular. With respect to character development, right away the reader is introduced to three of the main characters, Walker, his father Monty and Eli. I hope the reader picks up on the tension as well.

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