When I was in college, my sister dated a guy I had a crush on. The guy was also one of my best friends. And yes, my sister knew I was interested in more than friendship. While they only dated for a month, I’ve sometimes wondered what life would be like had she married that guy. I explored that subject in Ever Green.
Throughout the first three books in my Love in Color series, Andi Buchanan remained a mystery to me. I knew she’d been hurt and held herself apart from the rest of her friends. Even though they wrote music, traveled, recorded, and performed together, Andi was always more aloof than her bandmates.
And then Andi opened herself up to me. Not only did Andi’s failed engagement make the tabloids, her fiancé’s engagement to Andi’s sister two years later did as well. Humiliated and angry over the betrayal, Andi lost her safe place to grieve—her home.
In turn, Andi has built walls around her heart and turned away from both God and her community of support as she pours all her focus into work.
A request from her ex-fiancé and the support and encouragement of the band’s manager brings Andi home—in more than one way.
I am so grateful God is patient. Even when we try to make it through life on our own or solve our own problems, He waits for us to come to Him. The God of the universe cares about me. And He cares about you. How amazing is that?
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. ~ Psalm 46:1
Andi Buchanan has everything a person could want—a successful music career, loyal fans, and a beautiful home. But ever since her fiancé broke their engagement only to marry her sister two years later, Andi makes a point to show no one—not even her friends or family—the pain of that rejection. Especially since she’s surrounded by so many happy couples. Until a shocking invitation from her ex exposes the cracks in her perfect façade.
As the manager of a successful country group, Noah Weston tries to ignore his crush on the band’s beautiful and talented singing bassist. After all, she’s his boss. But if his brothers have their way, he’ll be leaving Nashville behind to join the family business instead. Then again, if he could launch his own artist management company, he’d be free to stay, so long as his current clients—including Andi—don’t accuse him of abandoning them by branching out.
As the holidays loom, Noah prays a professional relationship and supportive friendship can help Andi’s dead heart come to life again… and maybe lead to something more.
Suzie Waltner is a lover of fiction and is first and foremost a reader. When she’s not at work or reading or writing, you can find her cheering on the Nashville Predators (hockey) or dancing an hour away in Zumba class. Until her second year of college, her life plan was to become a veterinarian. A fainting spell while watching a surgery performed on a sheep changed that plan. Now she works in the corporate world during the day while creating stories in her free time. Suzie resides in a suburb of Nashville, TN and is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers as well as Faith, Hope, and Love Christian Writers. She currently serves as the president of the Middle Tennessee ACFW chapter and a Holt Medallion Finalist.
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