

Romance is a strong element, but the spiritual journey of each primary character remains paramount in this story of redemption and renewal.Our own IBLF-er Robin Lee Hatcher and I, along with authors Angela Breidenbach and Vickie McDonough, have a fun new collection of four full-length novels that released earlier this month. Robin Lee Hatcher boldly, but with great love, tackles heavy moral issues facing men and women today without wavering, as her characters learn to trust in the God who holds their futures as well as their pasts.

So many regrets.” These words of Sophia Taylor echo through the pages of Whispers from Yesterday, an intricate tale of pain and despair rooted in the past – and the love, faith, and hope that heal the present and change the future. The lessons learned from these writings, and the subsequent change that takes place in Karen as a result of reading them, lends an unexpected and rich dimension to the story. While this romance story has a contemporary setting, Hatcher skillfully weaves in the diaries of Karen’s great aunt Esther as she lived through the horrors of World War II. Hatcher’s ability to create a quickly intriguing story line, filled with engaging characters, moves this story of redemption and acceptance to its dramatic conclusion. WHISPERS FROM YESTERDAY engages you from the first page to the last. This engrossing book has a well-developed plot and believable characters.” - CBA Marketplace Through her grandmother’s helper, some troubled juveniles, and the diaries of Sophia’s sister, Karen learns about herself, the Lord, and how to turn her life around. Grandma Sophia has been praying for a chance to correct past mistakes, and Karen’s arrival provides just such an opportunity. When rich young Karen is suddenly left penniless and alone, she stays with a grandmother she never knew she had. RITA ® Award Finalist – Best Inspirational Reviews For through their kindness and acceptance, along with the diaries of a remarkable women who died twenty-eight years before she was born, Karen will discover hidden secrets and amazing truths that could lead her to the greatest love of all. But by the time Karen discovers this, it is too late to escape they have become a part of her healing and she a part of theirs. Karen is not the only one who has been wounded Sophia, Dusty, and the boys have all suffered tremendous pain and loss. Determined to escape Sophia’s broken-down ranch as soon as she can, Karen resists connecting with its inhabitants – especially Dusty Stoddard, the driven director of the Golden T’s summer camp for at-risk youth.

And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?įollowing her father’s death and her own attempted suicide, pampered socialite Karen Butler reluctantly seeks refuge at the home of Sophia Taylor, the grandmother she has never known.
