Sophie Owens is a college professor and mother of an
adopted three year old. She believes she has everything
she has always desired, until she walks into a store and
encounters Caleb, a sexy man who makes her feel alive
again. But her world is quickly shattered when Caleb
decides he wants the daughter he gave up for adoption
back. Although she feels sorry for Caleb's pain and loss,
she will do anything to keep Grace with her. Will Sophie
open her heart and find compassion for the man who wants
to destroy her life? Or will the betrayal and hurt cause
her to walk away from love?
Caleb Tucker is a man who has lived the last three years
in a hazy existence. When he lost his wife to a ruthless
murderer, he loses his will to fight for life and gives up
the little girl she was pregnant with. Caleb is so
heartbroken and in so much pain at the loss, that he feels
he will never find his way back to the land of the
living. Until he meets a woman and the daughter he gave
away. Although Sophie elicits emotions from him he
thought long gone, he decides to fight for custody of
Grace. But he does not realize that he is about to
destroy the life of an innocent woman. Will Caleb's ice
walls around his heart melt from the love of Grace and
Sophie? Or will he close his heart and be selfish just to
have a little piece of his dead wife back?
A GIFT OF GRACE is a beautifully written novel that had
this reader sitting on the edge of her seat until I turned
the last page. Ms. Cooper weaves a powerful tale of pain,
heart break and passion. Be prepared to have plenty of
tissues on hand because this reader sobbed through the
whole story. The characters are magnetic and the plot is
gripping. Sophie and Caleb grow so beautifully throughout
this charming tale, that you can not help but to feel
drawn to them. My heart broke for the pain that Caleb was
going through and my heart soared from the love of a woman
and child who try to make him whole again. I look forward
to reading more of Ms. Cooper's potent tales. A GIFT OF
GRACE is definitely going on my keeper shelf.
In a moment of grief, Caleb Tucker made the biggest
mistake of his life. He gave away his wife's baby, born
under the most tragic circumstances.
Three years later he gets a second chance. All because
Sophie Owens walks into his feed store with her little
girl — a little girl who looks a lot like his late wife.
But in order to get his second chance, he'll have to ruin
Sophie's world.
Perhaps, though, a gift of grace could save them both.