BOOK REVIEW: Equestrian Charm

 

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by: Lesa Boutin

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Title: Equestrian Charm

Author: DiAnn Mills

Publisher: Heartsong Presents

ISBN: 1-586-60021-4

Genre: Inspirational/Contemporary/Romance

After six months in prison Jack Frazier decides his relationship with God is pointless. Where was God during the criminal trial brought on by his niece’s false accusations? Cleared of the charges, but scorned by his family, Jack moves across country erecting a wall of bitterness around his heart to keep God and others out. There was one thing he hadn’t counted on, Kristi Franklin.

Kristi discovers the truth about Jack’s past. How could a man’s family be so heartless? Yet Kristi knows all too well what families can do to one another. Her life was an epitome of self-centeredness and greed that almost cost her the family she loved. Having experienced God’s forgiveness first hand, Kristi is moved with deep compassion on Jack’s behalf, still she knows his only hope for real peace is reconciliation with God.

Struggling to keep his feelings for Kristi and her family in check, Jack realizes his affection for her tended to border on love and love bordered too closely to God. Why did it all begin and end with him?

Fully aware of Kristi’s commitment to Christ; Jack realizes he can’t ask any more than friendship as long as he’s at odds with his faith. But the tender chiseling of the Holy Spirit on Jack’s stony heart stirs a longing for the relationship he once had. Can he trust God again? Even if he wanted to, how can he get back to Him through all the pain?

The private torment Jack suffers is an affecting portrait of what our Savior, hanging on a cross in solitude, must have experienced when He cried out for the Father. I have been in the place where I thought God abandoned me. DiAnn Mills’ story reminds me of how tragic it all seemed, but how gloriously faithful God was in his promises.