Product Description

Best-selling author Linda Nichols tells a gripping story about law and grace, forgiveness and redemption, and about finding joy and rest in a broken world.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #136657 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.17" h x 5.63" w x 8.29" l, .92 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 448 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Nichols’s latest effort follows the wanderings of Miranda DeSpain, a young woman who has been unable to recover from a painful adolescent experience. An upstanding drifter (she always finds gainful employment where ever she goes), Miranda finds herself in bucolic Abingdon, Virginia, where she meets an array of lovely Christian townsfolk, among them a spunky 11-year-old girl named Eden who helps Miranda find a job and a place to live. Nichols’s writing style is often engaging, and while some of her characters are clichéd (the ruggedly handsome, tough but tender leading man, for example), a few of her characters, most notably Eden, are quirky and real. Nichols blends the romance genre with a more problem-oriented women’s novel here. While there are few surprises and the many coincidences make it difficult to suspend disbelief, the plot holds together well enough, with likable characters fighting nobly against adversity and unlikable characters trying their best to change. Spiritual themes such as forgiveness and redemption are well integrated into the novel, and the Christian characters are genuine, openhearted and giving. Readers looking for sentimental yet well-written women’s fiction won’t be disappointed.

Review
"[Nichols'] characters are skillfully developed and draw readers into their struggles.... Highly recommended."

About the Author
Linda Nichols, a graduate of the University of Washington, is a novelist with a unique gift for touching readers' hearts with her stories. Her novel At the Scent of Water was selected as a Book of the Year finalist by ForeWord Magazine. Linda and her family make their home in Tacoma, Washington.