Second Chance at Happiness

By Greta Picklesimer

Description:

After Catherine Reed’s husband dies in a tragic logging accident,
Catherine and her four-year-old daughter, Clair, move home with
Clair’s mother and brother in order to accept a new position as the
teacher for the town’s one-room schoolhouse. But Catherine carries a
dark secret that she hasn’t even shared with her mother. Will she ever
find forgiveness?

Samuel Harris has suffered his own loss, losing his wife and unborn
child over a year prior. Although he is the town’s preacher, he struggles
to trust God, blaming God for allowing him to be absent when his
wife died. The guilt has burdened him ever since. But when his old
flame Catherine Reed comes back to town, he wonders if they can
find healing together.

Catherine believes that anyone who wants to learn should be allowed
to learn, but she is quick to find a town divided on that issue. As she
and Samuel set out to change people’s minds in a post-Civil War era,
they find themselves drawn to each other over and over again. As they
join together for the same cause, could they also find a second chance
at happiness?

Book Takeaway:

The Lord forgives us our deepest, darkest sins.

Why the author wrote this book:

I wrote this book to entertain my mother who loved reading Christian historical romance. She read the first draft before she died. It met with her enthusiastic approval.