Who I Am with You (A Legacy of Faith Novel)

Two Broken Hearts Find God's Healing In The First Novel Of Robin Lee Hatcher's New Legacy Of Faith Series. Jessica Was Pregnant And Facing Divorce When Her Husband And Daughter Were Killed In A Car Accident Months Ago. Left To Endure The Tragedy And Her Pregnancy Alone, She Pulls Away From Her Friends And Community Instead Of Leaning On Them For Care And Support. She Feels Far Away From God, Lost And Floating Without An Anchor. Then At Her Grandmother's Funeral, Jessica Receives A Gift--her Great-grandfather's Bible--which She Relegates To A Shelf In Her House To Gather Dust Alongside The Other Remnants Of Her Faith. Ridley Has Suffered Loss Too. Disgraced In His Job, His Career Seems To Be Over For Good. He Is Both Bitter And Shamed. Adding Insult To Injury, His Girlfriend Of More Than A Year Leaves At The First Sign Of Trouble. Ridley Retreats To A Vacation Property Owned By His Parents To Lick His Wounds And Hide From The Press. When He First Arrives, He Meets Jessica, His Closest Neighbor In This Mountain Community. But The Last Thing He Wants Is To Become Involved With Her Or Anyone Else In Hope Springs. All He Wants Is To Be Left Alone. But God Doesn't Intend To Let Ridley And Jessica Go On Hiding From Life, Even At Its Most Difficult. Thumbing Through The Bible Later, Seeing Notes In Both Pencil And Ink, Jessica Begins A Journey Back To Faith And Wholeness. And The Broken Roads They Have Followed Bring Jessica And Ridley To Each Other As Well--,two Broken Hearts Find God's Healing In The First Novel Of Robin Lee Hatcher's New Legacy Of Faith Series-- For these two broken hearts, the first step toward love will be a huge leap of faith. Jessica Mason isn't looking for love when she meets Ridley Chesterfield. Instead she is still reeling from the tragic, unexpected loss of her husband and daughter—and awaiting the arrival of her unborn child. Harboring the secret of her husband's betrayal, her pain is deeper than anyone knows. Ridley Chesterfield is hiding out in Hope Springs, Idaho, avoiding a political scandal and the barrage of false media headlines that have tarnished his good name. The last thing Ridley wants is a relationship—but when fate leads Ridley to form a friendship with his reclusive and pregnant neighbor, he wonders if this small-town hideout might be more of a long-term destination. When Jessica begins to read her great-grandfather's Bible, she finds a connection with a man she never knew. Somehow the verses he marked and the words he wrote in the margins open her heart to healing. And as Ridley and Jessica help each other forgive the people who have wronged them, they must decide if the past will define them or if they will choose to love again. Who I Am With You weaves together a modern-day romance with Jessica's great-grandfather's story from the 1930s, reminding us that some truths can cross generations and that faith has the power to transform families forever. “Tender and heartwarming... a true delight.” —New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Courtney Walsh Sweet, inspirational read with contemporary and historical storylinesFirst novel in the Legacy of Faith series but can be enjoyed as a standaloneBook length: approximately 77K wordsIncludes a reading group guide and a note from the author "Two broken hearts find God's healing in the first novel of Robin Lee Hatcher's new Legacy of Faith series. Jessica was pregnant and facing divorce when her husband and daughter were killed in a car accident months ago. Left to endure the tragedy and her pregnancy alone, she pulls away from her friends and community instead of leaning on them for care and support. She feels far away from God, lost and floating without an anchor. Then at her grandmother's funeral, Jessica receives a gift--her great-grandfather's Bible--which she relegates to a shelf in her house to gather dust alongside the other remnants of her faith. Ridley has suffered loss too. Disgraced in his job, his career seems to be over for good. He is both bitter and shamed. Adding insult to injury, his girlfriend of more than a year leaves at the first sign of trouble. Ridley retreats to a vacation property owned by his parents to lick his wounds and hide from the press. When he first arrives, he meets Jessica, his closest neighbor in this mountain community. But the last thing he wants is to become involved with her or anyone else in Hope Springs. All he wants is to be left alone. But God doesn't intend to let Ridley and Jessica go on hiding from life, even at its most difficult. Thumbing through the Bible later, seeing notes in both pencil and ink, Jessica begins a journey back to faith and wholeness. And the broken roads they have followed bring Jessica and Ridley to each other as well"-- Provided by publisher