It was a match made in heaven. Or so everyone thought. Sadie Mae Cummings is all set to marry her childhood sweetheart, Kyle, when she is assigned to tutor Lincoln, the new college football running back. This sophomore phenomenon has all the girls on campus knocking on his door. But Sadie isn't interested in his advances.
Lincoln's overblown ego doesn't take well to being shunned, and he resolves to make Sadie his own. He pursues her relentlessly, until finally Kyle finds himself shut out of Sadie's life, with their shared future crumbling around him.
After two years, Sadie's relationship with Lincoln ends, and she is left having to put the pieces of her life back together. She desires nothing more than to recapture her relationship with Kyle. He has stayed true to the dreams they had planned together, living the vision even without Sadie by his side.
When she moves back to her hometown, she labors to rekindle their love. But things have changed, and Kyle has moved on. Sadie quickly discovers how hard it is to rebuild burned bridges.
Follow Sadie's story as she fights for a chance to restore broken dreams. Will love endure?
This inspirational romance by E. C. Jackson is book two of the Hope series and is a standalone book.
A Living Hope is the story of Sadie,a young woman who seems to have destroyed her life and burned all bridges to her past. Finding the courage to return home, however, starts a series of events that remind her there is always hope for those who place their trust in Jesus. The man she left, the man who abused her, and the friends and family she avoided all are affected by Sadie's choices--both the bad ones of the past and the good ones she has a chance to make.
E.C. Jackson weaves a story of imperfect people working through misunderstandings, secrets, traumas, and just plain stubbornness. In other words,her characters are like many of us! She builds complex characters with believable struggles. Happy endings don't come easily, but must be worked through with prayer, honest communication, and the willingness to step out in faith and do the right things.
This is a worthy successor to Jackson's earlier novel, A Gateway to Hope.
Hog on Ice: Books and Independent Learning
Living Hope is another wonderful, romantic novel, the second by this author. This well written story is not as as straightforward as it might initially seem, as 'life' happens. An author who is willing to sensitively discuss difficult but sadly all too often true life trauma in her work, is to be respected. This novel shows how bad things can and do happen to good- even Godly people. However, true to the novels namesake, it does not mean that life has to stop there, as there is always and always will be - Living Hope.
Catherine Ndhovu
A Living Hope is a remarkable writing about love, relationship, family, friends, and despair. I easily went into the depth of each character in the novel. The story wasn't a fantasy or pie in the sky interaction among the characters. It hit me hard in the gut of my being as I read each paragraph seeking understanding with each conversation between the characters. This writing offers hope in the most dire situations within family, friends, and yes, even with the not-so-friendly. Great job, E.C. Jackson. Communicating is the key here.Jue
