The last ten years of her life have left Lorelei Hayes with no hope. In a desperate attempt to regain peace, she returns to the lakeside cottage of her youth and prays the Lord will bring healing and rest. Garth Kessel has spent the last ten years of his life in love with Lorelei. Since he stole a kiss from the redhead one summer, he has committed her into the Lord's hands. Now it appears God has brought her back - and the woman she has become far surpasses any boyhood dream he may have created. But Lorelei has a secret - one she's convinced will keep her from enjoying life - especially a life with Garth. Can this beloved lakeside retreat provide happiness again? Or have the sins of others stripped her of a future? Fall in love with this inspiring love story and our entire collection of Christian romance novels from Heartsong Presents!
Mary originally earned her college degree in elementary education. So where did the passion for inspirational romance books begin? In her head! Her characters would not leave her alone. They kept her from sleeping at night, and focusing on anything else during the day. Over forty titles later, they still keep bothering her to this day - luckily for her readers and fans!
Quiet-natured and creative, Mary also enjoys many crafts such as porcelain doll making, quilting, knitting, and many others!
Neither her dyslexia nor the cat on her laptop has kept her from producing award-winning and bestselling works such as her Quilting Circle series, Mrs. Witherspoon Goes To War, and Newlywed Games. Her published works have been on Publisher’s Weekly bestselling lists several times.
Additionally, she contributes to the writing world as a member of ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers).
She currently resides in Washington State with her husband, a black cat named Buffy, and her favorite weather: the rain.
There we some GREAT questions that he asked himself in this story...
Was his mother right? Was he ready for the rigors of marriage? He tried to picture his future without ... He couldn't imagin himself with anyone else He would spend long, lonely nights pining for her & dreaming of how things could have been, should have been
He thought about his mother's words. He was ready to take wedding vows for better or worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health. But did he understand what that could mean?? If the worst happened and they were dirt poor and she became chronically ill,did he want to be the one by her side --- forever???