The Trustworthy One by Shelley Shepard Gray

Book Excerpt:

"Kendra Troyer always knew she would leave Walnut Creek the first chance she got. When she was accepted into design school, she tried her best not to look back at the four siblings she was abandoned, but ahead to Columbus, where she was determined to stay—far away from her abusive home and far away from Nate Miller, the boy she vowed to despise for the rest of her life.

Though she suffered through dark times in Columbus, Kendra found her faith in the Lord again, and years later, when she learned one of her good friends had died, she realized it was time to go home to those she left behind.

Back in Walnut Creek, Kendra has a life she never could have imagined: her own design shop, a pretty little house, and a tight-knit group of friends. After she settles down, though, unexpected visitors come knocking and dark memories begin to resurface. Complicating things even further is the ever-present Nate Miller, who now owns the hardware store two doors down and whose very presence stirs in Kendra a fierce need to turn away and hide from her past. But Nate is persistent in setting things right between them.

As Kendra tries to come to terms with the anger she holds from her childhood, will she be able to open her heart to forgiveness and find the comfort she has always longed for in Walnut Creek?" 

Title:  The Trustworthy One

Author:  Shelley Shepard Gray

Publisher:  Gallery Books

Reviewed By:  Arlena Dean

Rating: Four

Review:

"The Trustworthy One" by Shelley Shepard Gray

My Speculation:

A read that significantly affected a horrible abused Amish child and also showed how one could overcome the many obstacles to achieve one's dream as it was for Kendra Troyer. We find Kendra had left Walnut Creek but returned with many bad memories of growing up with an abusive father and mother. With opening her store, she still held on to lots of bad memories, but will she find peace through her faith with her friends [The Eight] support? Will one person in particular [Nate Miller] be able to change her mind about him from things Kendra had heard him say about her long ago? The theme of the read is all about trust. Will Kendra be able to learn to trust again after all she had been put through the hands of her abusive parents and learn to move on to a new life? Well, to find out the answers to all of these questions and more, the reader will have to pick up the reader to see how this author will bring it all out.  This story is not a lighthearted one but one that will make you ponder over long after the read.  


Thank you, NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced reader copy of this book and my giving my honest opinion of the read.