Perla Phillips has kept a secret for years. A secret that leaves her with guilt on a almost daily basis. When she sees her granddaughter Ella facing a similar struggle, she realizes it's time to tell her secret. Before she has a chance to she suffers a stroke leaving her unable to speak. Ella goes home to help care for her grandmother, along with her Aunt Sadie. Sadie has always known her grandfather wasn't not her biological father, but anytime she would ask her mother who her father was, her mother didn't answer her. She begins her quest in earnest to find her birth father.
Ella loves her home and she loves her home church. A church that was built by her ancestors. When a developer comes in and starts buying up land around the church many in the church want to sell. The new pastor Richard wants to do what the church thinks is best.
Will's friend Seth is there to help Ella along. He also proves to be a distribution to Ella as she finds her self falling for him, but at the same time Richard is also showing interest in her.
While there were parts of this book I enjoyed, there were other areas I found hard to believe I felt that Ella was shown to be very young and not the 29 she was in the story. She seemed to struggle with change and refused to be acceptable to any type of change. I did enjoy the love and care she showed to her grandmother and how they seemed to connect and she understood what she wanted, even though Perla couldn't express it herself.
I did enjoy how the characters, especially Richard, seemed to learn throughout the story and how to take the struggles they were facing and turn to God's work for guidance. The applications he applied where very well applied.
This book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications Inc., I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are entirely my own.
Ella loves her home and she loves her home church. A church that was built by her ancestors. When a developer comes in and starts buying up land around the church many in the church want to sell. The new pastor Richard wants to do what the church thinks is best.
Will's friend Seth is there to help Ella along. He also proves to be a distribution to Ella as she finds her self falling for him, but at the same time Richard is also showing interest in her.
While there were parts of this book I enjoyed, there were other areas I found hard to believe I felt that Ella was shown to be very young and not the 29 she was in the story. She seemed to struggle with change and refused to be acceptable to any type of change. I did enjoy the love and care she showed to her grandmother and how they seemed to connect and she understood what she wanted, even though Perla couldn't express it herself.
I did enjoy how the characters, especially Richard, seemed to learn throughout the story and how to take the struggles they were facing and turn to God's work for guidance. The applications he applied where very well applied.
This book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications Inc., I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are entirely my own.
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