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Maranatha Willingham holds a secret: one destroying her life. The need to release the truth and trust God to heal her heart is a need Natha isn’t sure she’s ready to tackle. A visit to her ‘special spot’ deepens the layer of hurt. Now she’s knows her life is too soiled for recovery. Natha’s love for Charlie might be too dangerous in Burl, Texas. Dare she hold out for another who could care for her? She was the cause for her Uncle Zane’s heart attack and drove him into Georgeanne’s controlling grip. Maranatha spoils life, of that’s she is convinced.
Charlie and his mother choose to walk alongside their friend. Old Mack gives her a bicycle and a beautiful dress. Camilla floods her with poems and riddles. Yet Maranatha doesn’t recognize God’s love dressed in the skin of her friends.
Swallowed up by regrets and what-ifs, Maranatha struggles to hold on to God and find a faith that will fit. Only when she recognizes she must let go and allow Him control will she find healing and love.
Mary DeMuth’s musical lyrics sing Maranatha’s song in this book. True small-town Texas life plays through every page and zings the reader’s soul. DeMuth’s ability to take everyday words and create a watercolor, a mosaic, makes this reader stand amazed.
Reviewed by Eileen Key
for The Road to Romance
October 22, 2006
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