The church they both love drew them together...Will it also tear them apart?Dolores Hansen's life is crumbling around her. Her little son has been diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis, and her marriage has fallen apart as a result. Forced to return to the small town of Meadowbrook to live with her parents, Dolores feels like a failure and a burden on everyone, and must find a way to stand on her own feet.New minister Chris Tanner is dynamic from the pulpit but painfully shy one-on-one. He is touched by the plight of this young woman and her sick child and vows to do anything he can to help her. As he gets to know her he finds his own courage growing from her strength.The two soon become close friends, perhaps more than friends. But no good could ever come from a relationship between a divorced woman and a minister; especially in a town as gossip-ridden as Meadowbrook. Could it? Writing has long been a passion of Julia Colquitt Allen. She began writing poems and short stories at the age of seven. She lives in picturesque East Texas with her husband of nearly 40 years and one of her grown children. Her oldest son and his wife live around the corner and visit often with her two grandchildren, and her recently married daughter and husband live a few blocks away. The remaining three kids live in the DFW area and visit frequently. They have a clowder of cats; seven outside and four inside, as well as a pair of parakeets.
