Jade Fitzgerald and Max Benson find their wedding day fast approaching with all the assorted relatives, and past baggage along with the joy, of their special day. Jade thought she left her past behind a decade ago, but when her gypsy-like mother, Beryl Hill, shows up with her younger sister, Jade's old insecurities come barreling to the surface. Can God's grace help to mend her family's broken hearts and somehow meet in the middle before it's too late?
Product Information
Format: DRM Free ePub Vendor: Thomas Nelson Publication Date: 2010 ISBN: 9781418583927
ISBN-13: 9781418583927 Availability: In Stock Series:Songbird
. . . the one Jade doesnt want to send. The envelope that invites her mother, Beryl, to her weddingand opens up more of her past than she cares to deal with. Jade has worked so hard to put her hardscrabble childhood behind her.
And shes found everything she wanted in the beautiful green hills of Whisper Hollow, Tennessee. A thriving vintage shop all her own. A lovely one-eyed shepherd dog named Roscoe. And Max, the almost-too-good-to-be-true man she plans to marry in just a few weeks. For the first time in her life, her heart feels at home, and she cant wait to step out into their beautiful future.
But can she really have a sweet by and by if she cant come to terms with yesterday?
Author Bio
Sara Evans has garnered such honors as ACMs Female Vocalist of the Year, CMAs Video of the Year, named one of People Magazines 50 Most Beautiful People," and she was the first country star to compete in ABC's Dancing with the Stars. This is her first novel, releasing at the same time as a new album. Sara has said that the redemptive message always attracts her to a given story. Its the story shes cares about most in the songs she records and sings; its the story of her life; its the story she looks for in the faces of those she meets.
Ive been a Believer since I was 21. My faith has been everything to me in my life since then. In my marriage, my motherhood, my career, and just dealing with everyday life, God is my constant companion and friend. I find myself praying constantly prayers of gratitude and guidance. As a mom and a career woman, my life is filled daily with choices and decisions to make that will affect lots of people. So I rely on God to guide me!
Publisher's Weekly
In this heartwarming collaborative debut from country music star Evans and Christian romance veteran Hauck (Sweet Caroline), antique dealer Jade Freedom Fitzgerald of Whisper Hollow, Tenn., must make peace with her hippy mama, Beryl Hill, before she can marry her lawyer fiancé, Maxwell Charles Benson. But wait, there's more: she also needs an annulment from an elopement at 16, to resolve her anger at the father who abandoned her, to learn how to get along with a pushy mom-in-law-to-be and take responsibility for a dire choice she made 13 years before. The arrival of Jade's mother and her tempestuous little sister, Willow, before the big day shakes things up further, especially after Beryl reveals an unhappy secret of her own. Comforting in that Southern way and inspirational without being too saccharine, Evans and Hauck's first outing together shows promise. (Aug.) Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.