
Honestly, I wish I could shout this message from the roof tops! Our world would be such a better place if we as Christians truly accepted and gave forgiveness. “Why was it so hard for Christians to come clean to one another about the sins that had them by their throats? Because of pride? Because every Christian wanted every other Christian to think they were doing it right? That they were strong and good? If so, that was idiotic.” In the midst of it all, Sam becomes a lifeline for her. However, as her own secrets and family mysteries are revealed, she has tough choices to make. She doesn’t understand why she can’t hear God’s voice, which is so important as a Bible teacher and leader.

Genevieve has been so busy and stressed for so long that she doesn’t know how to deal with it. It felt more right than anything had felt in forever and a day.” as if she’d been waiting, without knowing she’d been waiting. Of course, his Aussie bearing and accent may have had a little to do with that. I think he may have just knocked out the Porter boys as my favorite hero in a Wade story, and that’s tough competition.

She brings a color and vitality to a world he didn’t realize lacked luster. However, Genevieve just seems to be crumbling his reserves. He has held his heart close, not allowing anyone in. He’s this strong, quiet, and yet determined man with a heart of gold.

“The woman who’d slept in his guesthouse like Goldilocks had frightening power over him.” Wade shines with this contemporary romance in the midst of real life struggles and a great mystery, too. There were multiple storylines that might seem distracting at times, but this really set up the series. The issues were very real and even heart wrenching at times, and yet so filled with God’s redeeming love and hope. Stay With Me was so beautifully written and the characters were deep and inspiring.

Richly inspired with God’s grace, love, and forgiveness. Yet, he can’t force himself to turn her away right when she needs him most.Īs Genevieve researches her family’s history and her and Sam’s emotions deepen, they will have to let go of the facades and loneliness they’ve clung to and allow light to illuminate every hidden truth. Sam Turner has embraced his sorrow and his identity as an outsider. The solitary, disciplined life he lives on his historic farm is the life he’s chosen for himself. The last thing he wants is to rent his cottage to a woman as troubled as she is talkative. When she wakes inside an unfamiliar cottage to find the confused owner staring down at her, she can no longer ignore the fact that she needs help. A mysterious letter alluding to a secret in her parents’ past brings Genevieve Woodward back to her Blue Ridge Mountains hometown, but she’s also in need of a break from a high-profile career that has left her dangerously burned out and concealing a powerful secret of her own.
