Description
When You Believe by Deborah Bedford is a Christian novel about faith, trust and the painful consequences of confronting the truth. Lydia Powler, a school counsellor at Shadrach High School, believes she has finally found happiness when her colleague Charlie Stains asks her to marry him. But her happiness is shattered when a teenage student tells Lydia that Charlie has sexually abused her.
As Lydia is legally required to report the allegation, she is forced to face an impossible conflict between the man she loves and her responsibility to protect a vulnerable student. The decision sets off events that test her strength, her relationships and her belief in God’s ability to comfort, redeem and heal.
A good choice for readers who enjoy Christian fiction dealing with difficult real-life issues, faith under pressure, emotional family and relationship dramas, and stories of truth, healing and redemption.
