Everyone has secrets-except Kelly Johnson. Her past is a painful open book known by the whole community. Trying to start over, the daughter of the former president of Richland College is going back to school to get her degree and struggling to live up to very high expectations. John Mefford has a secret past. His arrival on the small-town college campus to teach chemistry has everyone talking, especially since the teacher he is replacing disappeared without an explanation. When Kelly meets the handsome professor, she is less than impressed when he totals her car with his truck. But this...

Carson is running from his past. Having lost everything, he feels like God has abandoned him. Full of anger and bitterness, he wants nothing to do with church, or the people who attend it. In a twenty-four hour period, by chance, he runs into an old man and his granddaughter, a deputy, a stranger at a soccer game, a business owner, and a young man who is a reflection of himself. All of them show him mercy without judgment, and Carson's heart begins to soften. Amidst a group of Christians, Carson finds compassion, acceptance, and friendship. Sandy, a member of this group, has been working and...