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Softly and Tenderly

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"Fans of Karen Kingsbury's tender family stories will love this southern-flavored tale of triumph and grace." —Lisa Wingate, national bestselling author of Tending Roses and Larkspur Cove

The second book in the Songbird series from country music star Sara Evans and New York Times bestseller Rachel Hauck!

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.

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

"Enter the magic of Whisper Hollow and open your heart. Like Sara Evan's bittersweet songs, the notes and melody of Jade Fitzgerald's past sing a new future. In a world of wounded souls, forgiveness and redemption are the lyrics of this enchanting story." —Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author

"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, bestselling author of Nightingale

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    • Library Journal

      February 15, 2011

      After learning about her husband's affair and resulting illegitimate son, Jade travels home and reconnects with her first love. VERDICT This second collaboration (after The Sweet Bye and Bye) between country singer Evans and CF author Hauck (Dining with Joy) will appeal to the authors' fans.

      Copyright 2011 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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      Starred review from November 15, 2010
      Everyone has a cross to bear, but Jade Bensons is so heavy it seems to be made of solid lead. Her attorney husband, Max, is a recovering addict. Her sister faces danger on a daily basis in Guatemala. Her mother, a former hippie with terminal cancer, wants to leave Jades home in Whisper Hollow, Tennessee, to go home to die. Jade and her mother-in-law walk in on her father-in-law and another woman. A freak car crash destroys the entire front of Jades store, and infertility is a dark cloud over her head. Then comes the final, crushing blow. Her friend Rice dies in a solo plane crash, leaving a little son behind, and the father is none other than Max, who wants Jade to raise the boy as their own. Popular country singerwriter Evans (A Little Bit Stronger) and talented Christian fiction author Hauck have teamed up to pen this second installment in Jades journey (The Sweet By and By, 2010). Hang on for an emotional ride as a woman who married into a Southern soap opera learns to forgive and trust again.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2010, American Library Association.)

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