I found the writing poor and the believabilty of the story REALLY shaky.No matter how strong you are in the Lord (and Daria wasn't. She was totally dependent on her husband) you will have a grieving period ... a wrenching grieving period. To be laughing and and joking with school chums at your husband's funeral is offensive and stupid and unrealistic.Ask Elisabeth Elliot who could hardly get herself out of bed in the morning weeks after her husband died in the jungle.I also found Daria's marriage to Cole nauseating. The guy was a neurotic and a little scary.I think Ms. Raney can do better but "don't ya know" ya gotta keep cranking them out when you have a deadline. That's the flavor of this book.I was expecting so much more. For the most part - I hated it.