Hope Springs by Kim Cash Tate

Hope Springs is book three in a series which includes the books Faithful and Cherished. You 

About the book:

In a small community where everyone is holding tight to something, the biggest challenge may be learning to let go.

Hope Springs, North Carolina, is the epitome of small town life-a place filled with quiet streets, a place where there's not a lot of change. Until three women suddenly find themselves planted there for a season. 

Janelle hasn't gone back to Hope Springs for family reunions since losing her husband. But when she arrives for Christmas and learns that her grandmother is gravely ill, she decides to extend the stay. It isn't long before she runs into her first love, and feelings that have been dormant for more than a decade are reawakened. 

Becca is finally on the trajectory she's longed for. Having been in the ministry trenches for years, she's been recruited as the newest speaker of a large Christian women's conference. But her husband feels called to become the pastor of his late father's church in Hope Springs. 

And Stephanie has the ideal life-married to a doctor in St. Louis with absolutely nothing she has to do. When her cousin Janelle volunteers to stay in Hope Springs and care for their grandmother, she feels strangely compelled to do the same. It's a decision that will forever change her. 

As these women come together, they soon recognize that healing is needed in their hearts, their families, and their churches. God's plan for them in Hope Springs-is bigger than they ever imagined. 

About Kim: 

Kim Cash Tate is the author of Cherished, Faithful, Heavenly Places, and the memoir More Christian than African American. A former practicing attorney, she is also the founder of Colored in Christ Ministries. She and Her husband have two children. 

Link to buy the book: http://ow.ly/bAPH2 


My thoughts:
Coming into this book I hadn't realized if was the third of three books, so I wished I'd read the others first, but it was an easy read and I caught on pretty quickly to how everyone was linked. It was well written  and relatively engaging, but somewhat predictable. I like to have a bit of mystery and anticipation when reading a book, but many Christian novels are very predictable, and sadly,  I saw this ending coming, but was still enjoyable with all the family ties and underlying Christian messages.


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