In the stillness of a warm summer evening, she'll choose to change her life. Val loves being a wife and mother, but something is missing. She understands romance takes a hit when there are kids to raise and money is tight. One careless act magnifies their problems, but they'll figure it out. They always do. Until the shrill ringing of a telephone in the dead of night splits their world into before and after. As her husband drifts away, torn by the harsh reality of life, Val worries her marriage is falling apart. With their home in chaos, she seeks refuge at Whispering Pines, the lake resort where she spent summer vacations as a child. Recreating old family recipes in the lodge kitchen renews her passion for cooking. Keeping her boys out of the emergency room is Val's biggest challenge...until new friendships offer unexpected temptations. When well-meaning advice leads to a crushing revelation, Val is devastated by the long-buried secret that threatens to tear her family apart. Is she destined to make the same painful mistake? Regardless of what she decides, this summer will change everything. A tight-knit family's saga continues in Choosing Again, the fourth Whispering Pines novel in Kimberly Diede's addictive Celia's Gifts series. If you enjoy beautiful settings that evoke days spent at summer camp, relatable characters, and stories that read like real life, explore this series. It will remind you it's never too late to start again. Now is the perfect time for feel-good fiction.
