Wildflowers (Glenbrooke, Book 8)
Love, longing, and faith in midlife are the triple themes  braided together inWildflowers, the sweet eighth installment of  the Glenbrooke Series by popular Christian novelist Robin Gunn. As  Genevieve Ahrens busies herself making a success of the Wildflower  Café, she's aware that the rest of her life is in trouble. After  26 years of marriage, "all the doors to her heart were shut, and all  the shades were pulled down tight," and she's withdrawn from her faith.  Genevieve's husband Steven is a commercial airline captain who is away  for long stretches of time, leaving her bitter and resentful. When fire  guts the Wildflower Café, Genevieve can no longer distract  herself from the frozen state of her soul and her heart. In the end,  she finds that it is her ability to forgive the past through a renewed faith that thaws her unhappiness. Although occasionally the  descriptions become a little heavy-handed, Gunn's fans will find that  her award-winning ability to tell a good story is in full evidence  here.--Cindy Crosby