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A review by parklandmom
Love and a Little White Lie by Tammy L. Gray
4.0
Stars: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4stars)
Read: August 2024
Format: Kindle e-Book
Challenge Prompt: CNL’s #9 of 50 - “won a Carol Award” (2021)
Book #76 of 2024: I read a series by Tammy L Gray a few years ago and enjoyed it. I’ve been meaning to start this one for a while. Like before, I enjoyed this novel.
This was a different approach to most Christian Fiction books. The female main character is not a Christian. In fact, she has no interest in faith whatsoever. She had a difficult childhood, failed relationships, and major trust issues. This is another journey to faith.
January gets a job at a church under false pretences and herself pushed in positive ways. She finds connections and purpose. She falls for a co-worker whom also falls for her, but she is still playing the part of a Christian despite his profession of dating for the purpose of Christian marriage. Meanwhile she has a barely tolerable snarky acquaintance that works for her aunt. They begin to warm to each other and build a friendship while trusting each other with their hurts and disappointments.
I think everyone can relate to putting on a front or a mask, if not outright lying, over their lifetime. Recognizing that and working toward change isn’t easy. Often one doesn’t see God’s hand in it all until they truly submit to him.
I suspect everyone can find common ground with various characters in this book. Whether it be our hurts, our past mistakes, betrayals, losses, lack of focus, “meaning well,” God can—and will--turn it for good.
I would like to read books 2-3 of this series to find out the journeys of two of the other characters from this novel.
Read: August 2024
Format: Kindle e-Book
Challenge Prompt: CNL’s #9 of 50 - “won a Carol Award” (2021)
Book #76 of 2024: I read a series by Tammy L Gray a few years ago and enjoyed it. I’ve been meaning to start this one for a while. Like before, I enjoyed this novel.
This was a different approach to most Christian Fiction books. The female main character is not a Christian. In fact, she has no interest in faith whatsoever. She had a difficult childhood, failed relationships, and major trust issues. This is another journey to faith.
January gets a job at a church under false pretences and herself pushed in positive ways. She finds connections and purpose. She falls for a co-worker whom also falls for her, but she is still playing the part of a Christian despite his profession of dating for the purpose of Christian marriage. Meanwhile she has a barely tolerable snarky acquaintance that works for her aunt. They begin to warm to each other and build a friendship while trusting each other with their hurts and disappointments.
I think everyone can relate to putting on a front or a mask, if not outright lying, over their lifetime. Recognizing that and working toward change isn’t easy. Often one doesn’t see God’s hand in it all until they truly submit to him.
I suspect everyone can find common ground with various characters in this book. Whether it be our hurts, our past mistakes, betrayals, losses, lack of focus, “meaning well,” God can—and will--turn it for good.
I would like to read books 2-3 of this series to find out the journeys of two of the other characters from this novel.