Softly & Tenderly by Sara Evans

Softly & Tenderly by Sara Evans

Maybe in the wide-open country she can learn to breathe again.

Happily married and owner of two successful boutiques, Jade longs to begin a family with her husband, Max. But when she discovers that Max has an illegitimate son--who he wants her to help raise--Jade's life is turned upside down.

She flees to her childhood home, a rambling Iowa farmhouse, with enough room to breathe. There--while her mother's health grows fragile, and the tug of her first love grows stronger--Jade begins to question everything she thought she knew about family, love, and motherhood. In the wide-open landscape, Jade begins to see a future that doesn't rest on the power of her past, but in the goodness of God's tender mercies.

Exquisitely written, an achingly beautiful story about lost and found relationships that made me ponder my own. This story is not to be missed.

--Susan May Warren, RITA award-winning, best-selling author of Nightingale

Hang on for an emotional ride as a woman who 'married into a Southern soap opera' learns to forgive and trust again.

--Booklist

Rachel Hauck is the bestselling author of The Wedding Dress, a #1 Amazon Kindle Bestseller and RITA Finalist, as well as the ACFW Book of the Year winner Sweet Caroline and RITA Finalist Love Starts With Elle, and The Songbird Novels, a highly praised literary collaboration with multi-platinum country performer Sara Evans. She and her husband reside in sunny, yet hurricane-prone, central Florida with their rambunctious puppy. Rachel is a passionate Buckeyes football fan and has a journalism degree from Ohio State University. She is currently on the Executive Board of American Christian Fiction Writers, where she served as President in the past. Sign up for her newsletter, read her blog, and follow her on Facebook and Twitter by going to www.rachelhauck.com.