Gentle Like the Rain: A Heart's Design Novel

Gentle Like the Rain: A Heart's Design Novel

After Isabella Caccavaleâ€™s Aunt Clara marched into her Hartford marketing firm and announced, â€œGod told me to retire and sell my general store in Evergreenâ€”to you,â€ Isabellaâ€™s life plunged into a tailspin. Fourteen months later, as the new owner of Mahoneyâ€™s General Store, sheâ€™s explaining the benefits of goatâ€™s milk soap to a customer on the phone while keeping an eye on a seven-year-old prankster intent on hauling the huge jar of dill pickles off the counter.

â€œRunawayâ€ Boston lawyer Sidney Prescott is hard-driven, a man burdened by high expectations and a demanding family legacy. Reeling from personal loss, he roars into quaint little Evergreen, Maine, seeking answers to lifeâ€™s important questions. After all, escaping to the same town worked for his younger sister, Caroline, a few years before.

Sidney jump-starts Isabellaâ€™s wounded heart, but it doesnâ€™t help when Aunt Clara marches into the store the day after his arrival and makes another startling prediction. Following the failure of a long-term relationship, Isabella vowed to God and herself that sheâ€™d never fall in love with another man who doesnâ€™t share her faith. Sidney represents everything she doesnâ€™t need in her life, but sheâ€™s strongly drawn to him. Can she keep the lines from blurring between friendship and romance?

Spending time with his sister Caroline and her family, and crossing paths with townsfolk who impact his life in unforgettable ways, Sidney begins to question his work, his lifestyle, and his beliefs in a God heâ€™s never paid much attention to in the past. Could the Almighty have a specific purpose for Sidneyâ€™s life? Heâ€™s fallen for Isabella, but is there a way they can be together since heâ€™s not the man she needs?

Will Sidney take Isabellaâ€™s heart with him when he returns to Boston? Join the journey in Gentle Like the Rain.

PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Gentle Like the Rain is a sequel to JoAnn Durgin's 2015 novel, Heart's Design, but it can be read on its own as a stand-alone story. Gentle Like the Rain first appeared as one of 12 books in a contemporary Christian romance ebook anthology entitled Whispers of Love which released in late June 2016 and debuted at #79 on the USA Today Bestseller List.
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-07-03
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-07-03
Format	Kindle eBook

Gentle Like the Rain: A Heart's Design Novel

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