The Soft Whisper of Roses — Myra Johnson

Every blended family has its problems, but how do you build a future when the past won't let go? Rebecca Townsend has only been married six months and already doubts Gary's promise of till death do us part. Betrayed by her first husband, she's trying her hardest to get it right this time. But when her new husband's unresolved family issues resurface, she's afraid she and her son will be abandoned once again. Just when Gary thought he'd found happiness with a woman who truly understood him, the death of his first wife blindsides him with unanticipated grief and guilt. After years of letting his career get in the way of being the husband and father he should've been, he must now live up to his new wife's expectations while attempting to fit his resentful teenage daughter into the mix. But high-pressure careers don't leave much time for stopping to smell the roses, and this family is almost out of time. A radical plan conceived by Gary's ex-wife before her death risks tearing them all apart...or will it finally bring them together as the family God meant them to be?