WHERE DAWSON LIVES Book 2: Crushed and Marred

Not much has changed in the Valley. Beth's parents are still cold and distant. The farm in winter is as grey and unwelcoming as ever. She's only there for the funeral or so she'd planned until crushing news comes from her much preferred Napa Valley. Now she must grapple with memories and thoughts greyer than cold winter days. Piper s career is exploding. Her passion for education, the niche she s targeted, is moving well beyond the classroom into a large public spotlight. Yet another relocation looms but not another set of tight friends. Mac, ever the pastor even when maybe he shouldn t be, counsels his ministry volunteers turned close friends. He coffees with them at Highway; he jogs with one of them at Eisen Tree farm; he performs pastoral visits, prayers, and calls; he confronts church gossip and erroneous understandings. All expected, if not rote, for the ministry veteran. Unexpected and new, however, is falling in love. Dawson s secret threatens friendships, which is everything, except for, and most importantly, Jesus, who may become the only friend he has left and the one Friend he deserves the least. They do ministry right alongside, or despite, their own trials always hoping for that rare glimpse of angels rejoicing.