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After a year of grieving her divorce and living a life permanently stuck on pause, Laila Richardson is finally ready to have her own happy ending. Then a listing for a quaint cottage in another town answers her prayers for a fresh beginning—one that will bring her closer to her new boyfriend, Ben. Unfortunately, in her small town of Fairfield, Georgia, letting go of the past is virtually impossible. No one wants to see her move on, including the man who destroyed her heart to begin with.
Chad Richardson has spent years in misery but finally has his life on somewhat stable ground. When he learns his ex-wife is dating, he knows it’s time to go back and fight for the life he abandoned. Bolstered by his newfound sobriety, Chad has every intention of winning back the woman he loves, even if that means facing old demons that are waiting for him to fail.
Passions run deep as two souls searching for a second chance find the courage to let go of old patterns. Can they recognize that their dreams are still possible, even when forged from a broken past?
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"Four and a half stars for Laila and Chad's story in My Unexpected Hope. It's been several months since I read Katie and Asher's story in My Hope Next Door, so a few chapters into MUH I went back and skimmed thru the MYND to refamiliarize myself with all these characters, since their lives are so intertwined. Ms. Gray portrays, so heartbreakingly well, the stark life of an addict and those who love them, and are loved by them. Laila kicked Chad out, changed the locks, and divorced him over a year ago, after he broke promise after promise about his addiction to booze and drugs. Chad flees to Atlanta, several hours away, because he's in debt to the local dealer and everyone knows what happens to those who don't pay up! Even though cutting ties with Chad was a desperate life saving move, Laila is still so fragile inside, and is almost ready to move to the neighboring town to make a fresh start with Ben, the kind, quiet, solid Christian man she met at church in the new town. He doesn't know everything about her past with Chad, and she's trying to keep her two lives separate. But, as things go, Laila's two worlds collide when Ben shows up at her job and someone contacts Chad and he returns -- sober and trying to stay under the radar of Slim, the drug dealer, but desperate to win Laila back. There is so much pain in these lives that you long for a safe place for each of them to find peace, and hope. Ms. Gray does a good job of maneuvering us through all the minefields that could lead to happiness. Her characters are maturely fleshed out and the story is well developed. I stop just short of 5 stars due to some last minute plot machinations that strain the bands of believability. This story will wring you out like your grandma's old time washing machine, but in a real good way! Hope there is another book coming for this series! Would love to hear what happens to Cooper, who we first met and seemed all but unredeemable in MHND, but was a good friend to Chad in MUH."
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My Unexpected Hope The Fairfield edition by Tammy L Gray Religion Spirituality eBooks Reviews
- ‘“How did you find your way back?’ His words were weak, a whisper. ‘I woke up one day and had lost everything. My life had no value. I had no value. And then this wonderful man showed me that I was priceless, a child of the King, and loved. So, when I feel lost or afraid—which I still do, sometimes—I cling to my new identity now. I refuse to believe the lie.†Chad stared into the sky, his shirt damp, rain clinging to his cheeks. ‘I feel worthless. All the time.â€â€™
We all have those times that we feel like a failure. This is so much worse. Chad Richardson has not only destroyed his life by choosing substances over everything but, he has trampled upon everyone, most of all his wife Laila.
After a string nasty relapses, Chad leaves town leaving chaos in his wake. He has a secret that makes running seem like the only option. He finds the willpower to get clean and wants to have a triumphant return after he receives his one year sobriety chip but, a call in the middle of the night leaves him questioning his plan. What he wants more than anything is to win back the heart and trust of his now ex-wife (due to a non-contested divorce) but, he may already be too late.
Laila Richardson wants desperately to just move on. Move on from the wreckage that was her marriage to her high school sweetheart Chad, move out of the town she was born and raised in, and finally move on with a new man. Why can’t she have the fairytale ending? She has the man and the plan, even the cute little cottage. She thinks she is right on track when, a bombshell shows back up on her front porch after years without so much as a word.
I won’t spoil the book for you but, man this is an awesome book! Picking up a few months after “My Hope Next Door†left off, you see Laila in the best place she has been in a long time. She is on the road to mending a broken relationship with her childhood best friend, Katie (the main character from My Hope Next Door). Through this relationship she is seeing that she can’t change Chad. Chad must make the decision to change himself. This takes a huge weight off her shoulders. However, it still doesn’t fill the hole in her heart.
Chad’s life has drastically changed in the last nine months. He has gotten sober, got a job, kept the job, and started building a life outside of the drug world. Chad is a living testament to all the struggles of those faced with a life of addiction. However, his struggles are only just beginning when he stands face-to-face with Laila on what was once “their†front porch.
“My Unexpected Hope†is so much more than a love story. Tammy L. Gray weaves a life-like epic that will have you riding a full range roller-coaster of emotions throughout. In my opinion, she is a master of writing characters who could be your neighbor or someone else you know. Trust is so easy to lose but, so hard to win back. We all can relate to a situation where trust has either been won or lost. Can Chad regain the trust of Laila and ultimately rebuild the marriage he let fall apart? Can Laila see past years of hurt and broken promises from the one who vowed to cherish her above all else? Read “My Unexpected Hope†by Tammy L. Gray to find out.
**Note I did receive an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. - Four and a half stars for Laila and Chad's story in My Unexpected Hope. It's been several months since I read Katie and Asher's story in My Hope Next Door, so a few chapters into MUH I went back and skimmed thru the MYND to refamiliarize myself with all these characters, since their lives are so intertwined. Ms. Gray portrays, so heartbreakingly well, the stark life of an addict and those who love them, and are loved by them. Laila kicked Chad out, changed the locks, and divorced him over a year ago, after he broke promise after promise about his addiction to booze and drugs. Chad flees to Atlanta, several hours away, because he's in debt to the local dealer and everyone knows what happens to those who don't pay up! Even though cutting ties with Chad was a desperate life saving move, Laila is still so fragile inside, and is almost ready to move to the neighboring town to make a fresh start with Ben, the kind, quiet, solid Christian man she met at church in the new town. He doesn't know everything about her past with Chad, and she's trying to keep her two lives separate. But, as things go, Laila's two worlds collide when Ben shows up at her job and someone contacts Chad and he returns -- sober and trying to stay under the radar of Slim, the drug dealer, but desperate to win Laila back. There is so much pain in these lives that you long for a safe place for each of them to find peace, and hope. Ms. Gray does a good job of maneuvering us through all the minefields that could lead to happiness. Her characters are maturely fleshed out and the story is well developed. I stop just short of 5 stars due to some last minute plot machinations that strain the bands of believability. This story will wring you out like your grandma's old time washing machine, but in a real good way! Hope there is another book coming for this series! Would love to hear what happens to Cooper, who we first met and seemed all but unredeemable in MHND, but was a good friend to Chad in MUH.
- Absolutely wonderful! A great story about second chances. It's a wonderful look at how a willingness to forgive can help move a life or lives forward. Wonderful character development. It wasn't a case of a quick fix. You felt the genuine hurt of the heroine. You felt the sorrow of the hero for the obvious pain he had caused. He characters had to grow and work through real emotions and hurts and real life to get to a place of common ground. You can relate to the characters and the story is believable. No sex. Genuine relationships being built on changing hearts and overcoming past hurts and mutual respect for one another.
Thank you to this author for showing that reconciliation can be a possibility when all of the elements are there. - Great book that pulls you into the story of this couple-their struggles, their fears, their hurts, their anguish as well as their victories, their hopes, their healing, and their redemption. You feel every ounce of Chad's remorse and his battles with temptation. Ms. Gray doesn't gloss over his struggles or the weight of decisions made, but she offers hope in the midst of it all. Laila thinks she's ready to move on, but she's not truly ready to let the new guy in, to let her life with him intersect with who she is, where she's from. In her attempt to move on, she’s really just running from her past. On their own, in their broken states, Chad and Laila can't make "them" work. They can't be what the other needs them to be. This book is the journey of them learning how to be with each other in a new way, a healthy way, a better way. At the end, you'll feel the relief of a real, new, fresh, clean start with them.
Tammy L. Gray never fails to blow me away in how she deals with some of the most tragic circumstances of life while clearly showing the power of God to overcome, heal, and redeem. She never glosses over or minimizes the situations which only show God's mightiness to redeem any brokenness we face.
