Beyond the Remorse, Forgiveness Beckoned

Her grandmother's funeral brought Celia Coleman back to the small town she had hoped never to see again. The memories of that long-ago home and church--and of her behavior there--are not happy ones. And now the floodgates are about to open. Her neighbor Bruce Healey is struggling with guilt over his sordid past, and Celia wants nothing to do with him. But when God lifts them each from their dark valleys of shame, their hearts may indeed be ready to give and receive love.

A masterfully written, inspiring story of reconciliation

A Christy Award Finalist...

Though it was years ago, Ben Buckley has never gotten over the loss of his wife. But even more than the mystery surrounding her death is the radical change that occurred in her life shortly beforehand. Their marriage was unusually happy--until she met a woman who "turned her on to religion." Baffled, angry, and still feeling guilty for the way he treated Chloe those final weeks, Ben now lives behind the protective walls of severed relationships and a rigid work routine.

When two unlikely people enter his narrow world, Ben's view of his life begins to change, and gradually the barriers he's erected around himself come tumbling down....