When Gina Andros loses her husband Alex and almost two-year old daughter Teresa in a car accident, her world falls apart. Her mother-in-law Helena, a woman she views as a second mother, blames her for the accident and cuts her out of her life. Doing so, she turns her family, including Gina’s best friends, Anna and Christian, away from her. Gina falls deep into the pit of grief, but slowly the family starts to heal—due in part to a major event in her life. But not before Helena goes to great lengths to derail Gina’s recovery. Will Helena’s heart melt, bringing the family back together?

As the months go by, the possibility of new love arrives in Gina’s life, but is it the love God has planned for her? Will Gina realize the one she is meant to be with, and if she does, will he be ready to love her unconditionally?

This story had a lot of heart, and there are some gun ideas in the plot, but it just didn’t come together for me. I had a hard time connecting with the characters, and I think that’s because they jumped around a lot (confident in one chapter and fragile in the next with very little explanation why it happened). I also had a hard time with the lack of police presence–Alex was a cop, but when tragedy strikes his family, no one shows up to help. I don’t come from a police family, but I have a friend who does, and she’s always talking about how they all show up to help all the time. (It was especially hard to believe that John was a police chief who never stood up to his wife.)

Despite my inability to connect with the characters, however, Gina did show a tremendous amount of love and forgiveness that often had me wondering if I’d be that gracious in such trying situations. There’s definitely a strong, consistent biblical influence throughout the whole story.

2.5 out of 5 stars. Rated PG. Get your copy here.

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