Between Yesterday & Forever - Paperback
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If you had to choose between love and purpose, which would you choose?
Set in Puerto Rico, an island bathed in sunlight and the salty Caribbean breeze, two paths cross just as time seems to dissolve between routines, expectations, and unspoken silences. Between Yesterday & Forever is a story about human connection, the weight of decisions, and the emotions hidden within the everyday.
Jay is a young medical student who has followed a path laid out by others. While the world applauds his stability, his soul longs for a life with more purpose, more truth, more of himself. But when he begins to listen to that inner voice he has long ignored, he finds himself torn between what others have always envisioned for him and what he truly desires.
Felicity, an exchange student from Vienna, shaped by experiences that have left deep marks, has learned to move forward without depending on anyone. Brilliant, free, and determined, she has made detachment her refuge. For her, loving deeply also means losing control, and that is something she refuses to allow. Yet there are glances that disarm and words that awaken something she did not even know was asleep.
Between conversations at the University of Puerto Rico, walks through Old San Juan, and sunsets along Puerto Rico's beaches, Jay and Felicity discover that some encounters defy logic and some moments change everything. Sometimes, the most important questions have no easy answers, and choosing between what we love and what we feel can become the soul's greatest conflict.
Between Yesterday & Forever is more than a romance novel. It is an exploration of purpose, identity, and the risk of opening yourself to love when you feel most vulnerable. A story for those who have ever felt they had to choose between their heart and their calling.
Joe M. Mercado-Rivera is a Puerto Rican pastor, writer, and storyteller whose work unites faith and imagination. As an ordained pastor in the Methodist Church of Puerto Rico, he is committed to the vision of making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. His ministry reflects compassion, integrity, and the conviction that faith is lived through authentic love and service.
Alongside his pastoral calling, Joe explores storytelling as another way to inspire and connect. His fiction engages themes of love, loss, purpose, and hope while carrying quiet Christian undertones. Rather than preaching, his writing creates space for reflection, inviting readers to find traces of grace, redemption, and resilience in ordinary life.
For Joe, writing is an extension of ministry, a way to spark conversations that move beyond the church walls and reach into the wider world. Whether through preaching or storytelling, his goal is to help others encounter love, wrestle with purpose, and rediscover hope.
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