This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
Sweetwater Gap
Thomas Nelson (December 16, 2008)
by
Denise Hunter
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Denise lives in Indiana with her husband Kevin and their three sons. In 1996, Denise began her first book, a Christian romance novel, writing while her children napped. Two years later it was published, and she’s been writing ever since. Her books often contain a strong romantic element, and her husband Kevin says he provides all her romantic material, but Denise insists a good imagination helps too!
ABOUT THE BOOK:
A story of new beginnings from best-selling Romance for Good™ author Denise Hunter.
When Josephine’s family insists she come home to help with the harvest, the timing works. But her return isn’t simple benevolence-she plans to persuade the family to sell the failing orchard.
The new manager’s presence is making it difficult. Grady MacKenzie takes an immediate disliking to Josephine and becomes outright cantankerous when she tries talking her family into selling. As she and Grady work side by side in the orchard, she begins to appreciate his devotion and quiet faith. She senses a vulnerability in him that makes her want to delve deeper, but there’s no point letting her heart have its way-he’s tied to the orchard, and she could never stay there.
A brush with death tears down Josephine’s defenses and for the first time in her life, she feels freedom-freedom from the heavy burden of guilt, freedom to live her life the way it was intended, with a heart full of love.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Sweetwater Gap, go HERE
MY REVIEW:
In Sweetwater Gap, Denise Hunter has once again produced a great story with multi-dimensional characters and plot. With a peek into the psyche of primary characters, Hunter enables the reader to understand their motivations and to empathize with them.
Josie has been running from a painful past – a father she thought didn’t care and a tragedy she feels responsible for. When she returns to the family apple farm to help with the harvest, she meets Grady who has his own issues from past wounds. As Josie secretly wrestles with an illness she believes is a well-deserved punishment from God, Grady finds himself drawn to her despite his best intentions.
Sweetwater Gap is a story of second chances – a story of the grace of a God who is there for us when we are finally at the end of ourselves and realize that our best efforts aren’t enough.
