Some betrayals are like rivers, so deep, so wide, they can't be crossed. But--for those with enough courage--forgiveness, redemption, and love may be found on the other side.
On the night her home is consumed by fire, Janine Stoddard finally resolves to leave her abusive husband. While she is reluctant to involve her estranged daughter, she can't resist a chance to see Harmony and baby Lottie before she disappears forever.
Harmony's friend Taylor Martin realizes how much the reunited mother and daughter yearn to stay together, and she sees in Jan a chance to continue her own mother's legacy of helping women in need of a fresh start. She opens her home, even as she's opening her heart to another newcomer, Adam Pryor. But enigmatic Adam has a secret that could destroy Taylor's trust--and cost Jan her hard-won freedom.
About the Author :
USA Today bestselling author Emilie Richards has written more than seventy novels. She has appeared on national television and been quoted in Reader's Digest, right between Oprah and Thomas Jefferson. Born in Bethesda, Maryland, and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, Richards has been married for more than forty years to her college sweetheart. She splits her time between Florida and Western New York, where she is currently plotting her next novel.
Karen Grey is the pen name for award-winning narrator Karen White. A stage, screen, and radio drama actor in Boston, New York, and Los Angeles in the late twentieth century, she started recording books in 1999. Now back in her home state of North Carolina, she shares a home with her family and (probably) too many pets, where she continues to narrate audiobooks as well as make up stories.
Review :
"Portraying the uncomfortable subject of domestic abuse with unflinching thoroughness and tender understanding, Richards' third installment in the Goddesses Anonymous series offers important insights into a far too prevalent social problem."
-- "Booklist"
"Richards builds a complex, yearning saga of broken families and damaged trust in the latest in her Goddesses Anonymous series...Richards deftly juggles an intriguing thriller with an exploration of domestic violence and reinvention. Still, it's the quirky, gritty characters in and out of Goddesses Anonymous--all determined to help women in need--who power this tale of forgiveness every step of the way."
-- "Publishers Weekly"
"Richards' breathtaking page-turner is intense, fusing genres and engendering joy and sorrow. Her inherent understanding of emotions and empathic storytelling is apparent in her handling, without sermonizing, a realistic and too frequent social reality. Her fluent narrative superbly matches the eclectic Ashville community and every genuinely cultivated, enigmatic character shines. Brava!"
-- "RT Book Reviews (41/2 stars, Top Pick)"
"This is emotional, suspenseful drama filled with hope and love."
-- "Library Journal"
