Haven married Brody, the boy she'd loved forever. After five years and countless arguments, it's time to admit the marriage is broken. She needs a break. A summer mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo will give her that time. But Brody insists on coming with her, promising her the unexpected: a truce. In Africa, they find the friendship they lost after making too many mistakes. Hope for their future blooms in Haven but Brody isn't telling her everything. Willing to sacrifice his own happiness for hers, he's secretly made a decision that will forever end their fragile new beginning. Despite the changes in both their relationship and Brody himself, and believing it will be for the best, when they return home he carries through on that decision, leaving them both hurting. Can their love survive this latest trial? Will they get their happily ever after?
Carie Lawson home schools her four kids, drives the soccer van -- complete with dirty socks and McDonalds bags scattered throughout -- and tries to sneak away to her computer whenever possible to write. She is an active member of a local writer's group, Middle Tennessee Christian Writers, and received third place in the North Texas Romance Writer's Great Expectations contest in the Inspirational Romance category.