This was an emotion-packed book, with Tanner struggling over the possibility of losing his true love Jade, and with little Grace, who Matt and Hannah tried to adopt, but lost her. I was moved to tears at their loss and at how Grace went through so much with her mother. I was moved to tears when Hannah and Matt got to adopt Kody.

This was a fine Christian book that dealt with Biblical principals with getting preachy. Kingsbury has a knack for doing that in her books. This book discussed Jade's struggles with whether she committed adultery by remarrying after divorcing (and if God was punishing her by giving her brain cancer), and with anger & bearing grudges, like with Hannah after her loss of Grace. These issues were resolved in a very sensitive manner. And then there was the struggle that Tanner had in why bad things happen to good people. I think we can all relate to these struggles.

It is good to have characters who are Christians, yet, are flawed. It makes it so much easier to relate to these characters, to know that God loves us, despite are problems and imperfections.

I look forward to reading more from Kingsbury. I can't wait for her series with Gary Smalley.


Fantastic   September 30, 2008
Ms. J. Gilfillan (Falkirk)
As with all Karen Kingsbury books and I have read them all this series was great I would recomend her books to anyone. She has written about how God has guided the character's in her stories in every day situations, through Love, Joy Hope, Death, Depair. But mostly how God can guide your life daily Jer 29 v 11 He has my life planned and I can cling to that Hope each day. Enjoy a good read and also how God is speaking to you through these stories.


Karen Kingsbury   December 1, 2008
Donna M. Perreault (Biddeford, Me USA)
The three books in this series were awesome. There is so much that can be said about Karen's books but you need to read them in order to really get the full impact. I will read her books as long as she writes them.


customer service is key   January 7, 2009
M. Grabiec (Victorville CA)
I received this book twice. I'm enjoying the book quite a bit as I am a big Karen Kingsbury fan. I didn't need 2 books and when I contcted the seller, they were great about it. I was given the address to return it and within days I had the money back in my account. I would have preferred just to swap the duplicated book for another, but that is not the policy of Amazon. It all worked out anyway. This was a very good experience adn I would buy from this seller again.