The Promise: A Novel (The Restoration Series)
Best-selling authors Walsh and Smalley come together again to continue the Restoration series, about the Anderson family, first introduced in The Dance (2013). Tom Anderson has lost his way and doesn’t want anyone to find out about his mistakes. He has been living a lie for several months and is terrified of the impact his deception will have not just on his wife, Jean, but also on his father, Jim. Meanwhile, Jean struggles to live with a husband who has changed into a cold and angry man. When the secrets eventually come tumbling out, Tom fears the worst. However, with the help of his great-uncle Henry, Tom learns to accept the grace of God and to focus on the future. Walsh’s and Smalley’s ministerial backgrounds take The Promise from merely a family-based novel to an insightful drama of faith about the challenges, and the different ways people handle them, in today’s marriages. Readers married and unmarried alike will find the Andersons’ story as inspirational as it is enjoyable. --Carolyn Richard