By the end of Hope Springs, you'll feel as if you're cheering on members of your extended family. She is a master at crafting characters who make you forget you're reading fiction. 'Kim Cash Tate draws us into a world where the dreams, desires, missteps, and matters of the heart we discover mirror our own. God's plan for them in Hope Springs-and for Hope Springs itself-is bigger than they ever imagined.

It's a decision that will forever change her.Īs these women come together, they soon recognize that healing is needed in their hearts, their families, and their churches that have long been divided along racial lines. When her cousin Janelle volunteers to stay in Hope Springs and care for their grandmother, she feels compelled to do the same. Stephanie London is married to a doctor in St. Will small-town living affect her big ministry dreams? So with the help of her womens prayer group, she invites Treva to ask God for what she cant do alone. But her husband feels called to become the pastor of his late father's church in Hope Springs. Having been in the ministry trenches for years, she's been recruited as the newest speaker of a large Christian women's conference.

It isn't long before she runs into her first love, and feelings that have been dormant for more than a decade are reawakened.īecca Anderson is finally on the trajectory she's longed for. But when she arrives for Christmas and learns that her grandmother is gravely ill, she decides to extend the stay. Janelle Evans hasn't gone back to Hope Springs for family reunions since losing her husband. God's plans for three women-and the small town of Hope Springs-may be bigger than anyone could have imagined.

Heavenly Places by Kim Cash Tate