evastated by a divorce, Kimberly Tucker is searching for answers. How could a marriage that seemed to be so perfect have fallen apart? What had she done to cause her husband to turn to some one else? Kimberly had been a people-pleaser and problem fixer since she was a child. She depended on others approval of her and was determined to fix all things around her.

Will a trip to the family vacation home at Cedar Key force Kimberly to come face to face with truths that she had buried deep in her heart?

This book starts out in the court room as Kimberly and Charlie Tucker are meeting before the General Magistrate to determine the summer arrangements for their two boys Cody and Chase. There Kimberly is told that the boys would be with their father for 5 weeks of the summer. Absolutely devastated at this announcement Kimberly is left feeling as if her heart is shattered. To distract her from the heartbreak her father sends her on a job to the family vacation retreat - a place she had not returned to since her mother's death.

In this place Kimberly is forced to look at the past and face the ugly secrets of life that were locked up there. She must decide if she will allow God to rekindle and old flame and redeem the things she thought were lost. But this will mean that Kimberly must also admit some truths about herself and her family that will forever change her - and will set her free.

I could not put this novel down. The author has carefully developed each character in such a way that the reader feels as if they know them personally. I enjoyed the fact that there were chapters that were flashback style - so that the reader could gain more knowledge about the past of each character so that the current choices, actions and feelings make more since.

I could not put this book down. I can't wait for the second book!! I will be anxiously awaiting it's print date to see how this story unfolds more - to see what happens to the others in this book.

Available June 2011 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group

Thank you Revel publishing for this free review copy. ( )

Good book a quick read for me but I felt like some of the plots and characters were very underdeveloped. From the looks of the long title, I think this may be first in a new series, so that might explain it. ( )

Though I don't read a lot of Christian fiction/romance novels these days I used to back when I was in college. I liked reading chaste romance novels since sometimes all I would read would be sex scene after sex scene with very little plot left over. A friend recommended this book to me since she thought I may enjoy since she reads nothing but Christian fiction books. However, this book was a struggle to get through from beginning to end and I really didn't enjoy it.

The main character Kimberly worked my nerves from beginning to end. Kimberly is still reeling from her divorce and trying to understand why her husband left her to apparently go off and "be with" other women. Kimberly is upset about her young son's seeing their father with so many other women. At first you think that Kimberly is jealous and there are shades of that. However, it was also because she doesn't believe in having sex if she's not married to the person which no problem if that's her belief. Her trying to enforce that behavior on her ex though was wrong and ends up making her look vindictive. Due to Kimberly not being able to see her sons for most of the summer goes down to her father's old vacation home in Cedar Key Island and runs into her long-lost love.

Kimberly just seems really naive about life in general. She apparently had a number of years teaching so she had to be around younger people and know all about addictions and other things that occur in others lives. She just appeared to have blinders on at all times about everything around here whether it was her ex, family, sister, ex-boyfriend, etc. And at times Kimberly was just thoughtless about what she said and even did when it came to a plot point involving her sister and brother-in-law.

I found myself more interested in Kimberly's sister's story-line than Kimberly forgiving her teenage boyfriend for going to college, falling for someone else, and breaking up with her. And yes that is the main plot. Kimberly forgiving her ex for breaking up with her almost 20 years ago and getting over her resentment of his now teenage daughter (I wish I was kidding).

We also had several shifts of points of view through the story and I found myself growing more and more disinterested as the story went on. One of the points of view was Kimberly's ex, Steven who we get to see through flashback how he came to meet and marry his first wife. It just didn't mesh very well with the overall story I think. Maybe this could have been a prequel to the series since it took away from the main plot of this book. We also have an ex-friend of Kimberly's who I thought was acting the way she was because of a potential story-line, but actually just acted horribly, because, reasons.

The writing was not that great in places and the pacing was off. I think that it dragged a bit because I think with so many plot elements Ms. Everson didn't know exactly what she should do with everything. I would also say that for a Christian novel there really didn't seem to be much information about Christianity besides people talking about it is Christian to forgive and some characters going to Church.

The setting of Cedar Key could have been anyplace in the world since it didn't really sound distinctive at all. If there are going to be future books in the series, Ms. Everson may want to include the local townspeople a bit more so that the reader can get a sense of the place.

The ending when it came just kind of happens. I think readers are supposed to think there was this great outcome, but the way I read it, is that things are sort of up in the air. ( )

I get that as part of a series, an author doesnt need to give a "true" ending but it would have been nice. ( )

I thoroughly enjoyed this story from beginning to end and cannot wait to read the other 2 books of the series. In reading the prologue I felt like I was reading my divorce story...seriously. My name is Kim, my ex is Charlie, and I have 2 boys! It was slightly creepy. I only wish I could have run off to a town like Cedar Key. I honestly feel the story is very well written. I love the glimpses into the past of the characters, and I can seriously relate to the 5 weeks of summer spent without your children after a divorce. ( )