Saving Gracie

by Kristen Ethridge

Running an ESL school is hard work, but helping immigrants has always been a dream of Gracie Garcia's. When her school is threatened by real-estate developer Jake Peoples, Gracie hopes that getting him to attend a class will change his mind. But a lesson in love was something neither one signed up for. Learning about Gracie's work reminds Jake what family is really about. But just as he's starting to come around, a revelation about his past threatens his future with Gracie. When things look their bleakest, can Jake save her dream…and his place in her heart?

Genres: Love Inspired, Christian

288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

USA Today Bestselling Author Kristen Ethridge loves watching waves at the beach, eating the perfect taco, and reading books that leave her with a smile. Some would say her superpower is keeping alive one husband, three children, and six guinea pigs during their adventures across Texas--but that's not entirely true. She actually earned her sparkly cape for writing her signature style of Sweet Escape Romances--stories with hope, heart and happily-ever-after--for Harlequin's Love Inspired line, Hallmark Publishing, and Laurel Lock Publishing. One reader (who wasn't her mother) called Kristen's books "very good escape fiction" and that's pretty much the nicest thing anyone's ever said to her.

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Reviews

[Kathijo Groves · Rating 5 out of 5]

Truly, Love Inspired

Gracie's passion and never quit attitude toward keeping her school open for her community makes you want to be all that much better in your own life. I believe that it's also the driving force behind Jake's own transformation. I found myself cheering for them right from the beginning. Kristen Ethridge is a skillful writer who picks you up and sets you down right in the heart of the story. You feel their happiness, their sadness, their excitement and their pain. Be prepared...it will make you laugh out loud, but you will also tear up...but she doesn't leave you down! Enjoy...I know I did & God Bless!!!

[Shelley Marushak Langelaar · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found the beginning rather slow and difficult to get into.

[Danica · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought it was a good story, and I liked how the hero took a chance and learned about people who were different from him and living all around him. I didn't buy into the story in a couple of places, which I won't give away, but I still liked the book. I'll call it a win, since the elements I didn't buy usually ruin a book for me, but I liked the characters and story enough that it didn't matter as much.

[Lindsey (Books for Christian Girls) · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a mini ‘Books For Christian Girls’ review. It is not a full content review and will not receive one. These mini-reviews are years old and just for clarity on the rating the book received on Goodreads.

2/13/2013-
"I thought this one was really cute and I liked the ESL parts as I am from South Texas."

[Carol · Rating 3 out of 5]

So, I thought I was getting a book by this name about a dog, but I read it, anyway. It was a nice and easy read with a good moral lesson to break out of our preconceived notions about those outside our world.

[Harlequin Books]

Category: Inspirational Romance

[Dawn Leonard · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story!