When a family crisis calls him back to Big Prairie, will Craig Erikson be able to work through past mistakes and a tragedy that had sent him searching for a new place to call home?

Brenna Blaum had been sure of three things in her life—her brother, her running, and her dad’s star receiver. But in a matter of a year’s time, everything she’d counted on fell apart, leaving her devastated. Seven years later, she’s stable again. She has a supportive boyfriend, fulfilling career, and close friends. She keeps her past heartache where it belongs—in her rearview mirror. Until the man who broke her heart finds his way back to Big Prairie.

Craig Erikson had it all—popularity, success, and the love of his high school coach’s daughter. But after a year of mistakes that ended in a tragic accident, he’d left Big Prairie—the place he’d thought to always call home—hoping that without his antagonizing presence, Brenna would be able to heal. Now his mother desperately needs him, as do two young boys in her care. Craig has little choice but to return for good.

Unsure that she can forgive him, Brenna does her best to avoid him. Irritated that she ignores him as if they’d never meant anything to each other, Craig becomes determined not to allow it.

Life in a small town forces their interaction, making them confront their unresolved issues and igniting emotions that have smoldered for seven years. As Craig and Brenna are pushed together, can they endure the hard places still littering their lives? If so, is it possible to find their way back to love and home again?

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In My Opinion

Whenever I find Jennifer Rodewald has a new book, I make time in my schedules to read it. She has a way of digging into the gritty heart of the matter and encompassing all that entails. When I Come Home Again (book one in the brand new Big Prairie Romance series) meets that high standard I’ve come to expect from this author.

Life isn’t always easy. Plans fall apart—both because of the choices we make and because of life’s circumstances. And things really fell apart for high school and college sweethearts Brenna Blaum and Craig Erickson. Seven years later, Craig’s return to Big Prairie means both he and Brenna are going to have to examine their roles in why their relationship collapsed.

This is a book about the dangers of holding on to resentment. It stagnates us in our relationships {with others and with God) and mires us in the past. It takes awareness, acknowledgment, repentance, grace, and forgiveness to release us from dwelling in the past in order to embrace God’s plans.

There is ugliness in our human, sin nature but beauty in how God grows us through our trials and pain. And Rodewald encapsulates both of those sides beautifully in this story.

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