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Zusatztext "Shelley Shepard Gray writes with honesty! tenderness and depth. Her characters are admirable! richly-layered and impossible to forget long after the story is done." Informationen zum Autor Shelley Shepard Gray is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, a finalist for the American Christian Fiction Writers prestigious Carol Award, and a two-time HOLT Medallion winner. She lives in southern Ohio, where she writes full-time, bakes too much, and can often be found walking her dachshunds on her town’s bike trail. Klappentext For a split second, Katie feels certain she's about to receive everything she's ever wanted. . .Twenty-year-old Katie Brenneman has always quietly fancied Jonathan Lundy. So when the brokenhearted widower asks her to help him take care of his two young girls, Katie knows it will be a trying time--yet she cannot pass up a golden opportunity to get to know this man better.Just as she's settling into her new life, a message arrives from Katie's past, threatening to expose her darkest secrets. During her Rumspringa, her running-around years, she experimented with activities forbidden in the Amish way of life. Frightened by how far she'd strayed from her values, Katie ran back home, vowing to cut all ties with the outside world. Now her transgressions are coming back to haunt her, just as Jonathan seems willing to welcome her into his heart. Will the past destroy Katie's chances for love? Or will Katie allow herself to accept God's love, forgive her past, and receive everything she's ever wanted? Zusammenfassung For a split second! Katie feels certain she's about to receive everything she's ever wanted. . . Twenty-year-old Katie Brenneman has always quietly fancied Jonathan Lundy. So when the brokenhearted widower asks her to help him take care of his two young girls! Katie knows it will be a trying time—yet she cannot pass up a golden opportunity to get to know this man better. Just as she's settling into her new life! a message arrives from Katie's past! threatening to expose her darkest secrets. During her Rumspringa! her running-around years! she experimented with activities forbidden in the Amish way of life. Frightened by how far she'd strayed from her values! Katie ran back home! vowing to cut all ties with the outside world. Now her transgressions are coming back to haunt her! just as Jonathan seems willing to welcome her into his heart. Will the past destroy Katie's chances for love? Or will Katie allow herself to accept God's love! forgive her past! and receive everything she's ever wanted? ...
