Ethan’s a lifelong runner, but he can’t outrun the past.Ethan Hawkins is an all-star soccer player for the Spokane Sounders and engaged to the runway model Amelia Ricci. By all appearances, he should be happy, but he isn’t. There’s something missing in his life but he just can’t pinpoint it. When tragedy strikes in his hometown of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, nearly ten years after leaving, Ethan … after leaving, Ethan must take a trip to his past. It’s here where Ethan can finally find the answers to the questions his heart has held onto for so many years.
Facing the most painful parts of our past isn’t always easy, but with God’s help, it can bring healing. Our brokenness can be mended when we turn to our Creator and let Him guide our steps in the right direction.
Can Ethan find joy in surrendering? Can he overcome his giants? Find out when you pick up your copy of the inspirational Christian romance, “A Reason To Trust.”
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In book 4 of “A Reason to Love” series, Ethan is an all-star soccer player and a lifelong runner that can’t outrun his past. He is engaged to the runway model, Amelia Ricci, and should be happy, but he isn’t. He can’t pinpoint that something that is missing in his life. Then ten years after leaving his home town of Cotton Falls,Kansas, a tragedy strikes and Ethan must take a trip back to his past. Will he finally find the answers to the questions his heart has been holding onto for so many years? Even though it isn’t easy, will he find God again and bring healing by facing the most painful parts of his past? Will Ethan find mending for his brokenness and joy by surrendering to his Creator by letting Him guide his steps in the right direction? Can he forgive himself and overcome his past? “A Reason To Trust” is a well written Christian romance of forgiveness with great characters. I loved this book by author T.K. Chapin. I was gifted this book, but this honest review is done by my choice.
Wow!
With each book T.K.Chapin grow as as a writer and Christian.
His inspirational stories touch my soul.
In this book we see Ethan’s journey to God’s healing,redemption and forgiveness.
I loved the story especially the parts about the prayer journals and sharing the Gospel with his shop teacher.
This book affirms the fact that the death of a loved one can bring you closer to the Lord.
This book is recommended for those who love Christian romantic fiction with a strong inspirational message.
Often, we allow our past mistakes to keep us from the blessings God has for us. In this story by TK Chapin, we are presented with this issue.
Ethan is a man who has walked away from his family and friends because of a mistake he made. Can he right the wrong? Or is it too late? Does he even want to go back to that time and relive all the pain?
This story is a story about forgiveness and healing, and yet it also is about loss and love.
Whenever I pick up a TK Chapin book, I know it will touch me deeply. This book did just that. It was full of life lessons and bits of hope. I always love when a book has many wonderful quotes to tuck inside of our hearts. This book has many. One should quote is:
“There are mistakes in the past that people regret long after God has already forgiven them. The only difficulty a person encounters is their inability to let God’s forgiveness wash over them. For if a person does let forgiveness invade their life wholly, they would have no other option but to forgive those who have wronged them.”
Wow! Those are powerful words!
Thanks, TK Chapin for writing this story. I know it will touch others in a deep way.
I highly recommend you pick this book up and read it.
I was given this book by the author for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
When Ethan returns home after a decade he realized that his life in Spokane was empty. Watching Ethan and his siblings relationship start to grow will have you on the edge of your seat waiting to see what happens next. Jessica is a amazing woman who is trying to make a good life for her son. Jessica and Ethan are struggling to get past just being friends. Ethan’s life completely changes when he sits down and reads his fathers prayer journal. I had the honor to review this book for the author for a honest review. This book is truly inspirational and you won’t be able to stop reading it. I would give this book a higher rating than a five star review if I could.
I liked this book because it proved that we can trust GOD no matter what. He is always willing to pursue us even we reject Him. He lets us go thru the pains of our wrong choices but always has His arms open to receive us back. Father Son Holy Spirit is love & have included us in their relationship. When we open our eyes as Ethan did we see the reality of His never leaving us or forsaking us! And when we are willing to forgive we can get our trust back as Jessica learned.
Whew, so much emotion in this book. Loved it! How God can use friends and family to lead us into giving and receiving forgiveness, drives this story. How painful to believe we can stuff old hurts and manage to live a fruitful life is also highlighted. Such an exceptional author writing such exceptional books!!!! Highly recommend. I received an advance reader copy from the author. Opinions are my own.
A wonderful and exciting story of a man who had a falling out with his father and leaves town, he never dreamed that they wouldn’t reconcile someday. He waited too long, his dad passed away. He returned to his hometown unsure how his siblings will react when they meet him afte so many years. This is a story that might give some food for thought. I recommend this book.
A Reason to Trust is another winner by TK Chapin. As with all his books, it deals with real life issues and emotions. This is story of a father’s unconditional love, redemption and restoration. The characters in his stories are realistic and relatable.
Ethan left home ten years ago to persue his own life. He left Jessica behind when she needed him most. He cut himself off from his father completely and turned his back in God. Now he returns home for his father’s funeral. He comes face to face with his siblings, Jessica, his own life choices and the void and loneliness that had become his life.
This is an easy read but emotional.
I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review.
A Reason to Trust is another in a long line of captivating books by T.K. Chapin. T.K. has the ability to create such real characters that you almost feel as though you are reading about someone that you actually know. He makes you care about the characters, and he makes you think about them after the book has finished. A Reason to Trust centers around a rising soccer star, Ethan, who left his hometown and his family years ago and never looked back. A tragedy back home forces him to return to the town he never wanted to see again, and to people that he thought he put out of his life forever. Not long after his return he is faced with the “one who he let go”–Jessica. It is a difficult reconnection and doesn’t go as smoothly as Ethan had hoped it might.
The storyline for this book is great, I only feel that the last third of the book was a bit rushed. The characters are so well-developed, I really wanted more detail on their reconnection. I wanted more depth to that part of the story. I hope that we see them again in a future book so that we can continue to learn more about their relationship and how it has progressed.
I was given a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. The views expressed are completely my own.
Somethings can be put off too long. T. K. Chapin brings a story of a family with a riff that has gone on too long. Ethan left his family ten years ago never dreaming he would never talk to his father again. His father’s unusual will forces Ethan to make some hard choices. This is a great story of forgiveness, understanding and family unity.