I can’t even believe it. The Way It Should Be releases into the wilds of the world on Tuesday, February 2!

It’s hard to explain the excitement and anxiety all wrapped up in this one crazed author’s brain. I mean, this book, these three hundred and some pages, they carry with them a bit of who I am. And now, all those thoughts and images are out there in black and white for the world to examine.

This book is particularly important to me. Inside the cover you’ll find my passions: faith, family, fiction (of course), and foster care.

I hope Tiff, Zara, and Eve make a lasting impression on your hearts.

Christina

After years of estrangement, the lives of Zara Mahoney and her twin sister, Eve, are suddenly and completely intertwined again. Eve’s troubled lifestyle causes the state to take custody of her two children and contact Zara and her husband, asking them to consider foster care. Newlywed Zara thought she’d finally been given a fresh start and feels wholly unprepared to care for a niece and nephew whose existence she wasn’t even aware of.

Meanwhile, Eve may have a real chance to start over this time with the help of Tiff Bradley, who’s dedicated to helping women everyone else has given up on after facing a heartbreaking tragedy in her own family.

Over the course of one summer, all three women’s hearts and lives hang in the balance as Eve desperately works toward a new life. Can they redefine their expectations of how life should be to find the hope they–and those they love–so desperately need?

  I can’t believe we’re less than a month from the release day. I’m so honored to have this book endorsed by Lisa Wingate, Susie Finkbeiner, Lauren K. Denton, and Robin W. Pearson. I’ll be giving away books by Lauren Denton and Susie Finkbeiner on January 9, 2021. Enter on Instagram, my Facebook author page, and through my newsletter. Keep watching for the Lisa Wingate and Robin W. Pearson book giveaway!

Also available from Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Christian Book, Target, Walmart, and your local bookstore.

The last couple of week have been CRAZY! If you’ve followed me long, you may be thinking that sounds normal. Nope. We’re playing on a whole new field here. So far this summer, we’ve been to the emergency room four time. FOUR. And our family has spent four nights in the hospital. Yes. FOUR. Three of those were mine, the other was my oldest daughter. I had to sleep in a chair that night and suddenly missed being the patient.

We’ve also had some good crazy. On August 7, the adoption of our youngest two daughters was finalized. Thanks to Covid (read that as dripping with sarcasm) we couldn’t have the ceremony the girls had dreamed of. But guess what. It was even better.

I’ll be sending out my newsletter later this week with more details and pictures, but here’s a few until then.

Here it is!

The Way It Should be releases February 2, 2021 from Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group.

Preorder now!

After years of estrangement, the lives of Zara Mahoney and her twin sister, Eve, are suddenly and completely intertwined again. Eve’s troubled lifestyle causes the state to take custody of her two children and contact Zara and her husband, asking them to consider foster care. Newlywed Zara thought she’d finally been given a fresh start and feels wholly unprepared to care for a niece and nephew whose existence she wasn’t even aware of.

Meanwhile, Eve may have a real chance to start over this time with the help of Tiff Bradley, who’s dedicated to helping women everyone else has given up on after facing a heartbreaking tragedy in her own family.

Over the course of one summer, all three women’s hearts and lives hang in the balance as Eve desperately works toward a new life. Can they redefine their expectations of how life should be to find the hope they–and those they love–so desperately need?