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The Daughters' Fellowship group is back in this sequel to the last book I reviewed, "Faithful". Here our beloved trio of best friends returns, along with two new main characters to teach us about friendship and life and learning how to walk with God.

Kelli is a young woman who dreamed of a career in Christian music... until she made a decision that she is sure God could never forgive. Now trying to find fulfilment in other areas, her life seems to be on a slow ride to nowhere. When her outspoken sister-in-law discovers some of Kelli's old songs and decides to make it her business to break Kelli into the music community, Kelli struggles with the desire to stay where it is safe and the faint hope that maybe somehow God could still use her even after all these years.

Heather was the woman literally caught in adultery in "Faithful". She feels empty and worthless as she tries to re-establish her life... and then she meets Jesus. The old Heather is washed away and "new Heather" begins a quest to discover how God has redeemed her and all the plans He now has for her. It's a long road, because everyone knew who she used to be. Heather and Kelli become friends while sharing discipleship classes, and together they find strength to begin walking in newness of life.

Forgiveness is a main theme in this book, either learning to forgive yourself or someone else, and to choose to look at how God sees each of us. There is nothing in our pasts that He cannot make whole, and indeed the places that we are most ashamed of can be just the ones that God uses most for our healing and His glory. We just have to learn that in His eyes we are each beloved, accepted, and cherished. Just the way we are!

I received this book from BookSneeze.com in exchange for this honest review. All opinions are my own.