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When a workaholic
graphic designer and a handsome pastor meet at a funeral on the tropical island
of Mimosa Key, an unexpected attraction surfaces.
But the timing isn’t
right for either of them.
Andrea (Andi) Morgan is
working toward a promotion to art director of a lifestyle magazine in Minnesota
when she is called to Florida for the funeral of her mother’s significant
other. She takes a three-day funeral leave and is surprised to learn that her
mother has dementia and can no longer live in the house alone.
Andi is torn between
work and family, and is overwhelmed by the items on her to-do list that need to
be done in three days.
Matthew (Matt) Cooke,
assistant pastor at Hope Presbyterian Church, is the bearer of bad news for
both the funeral and her mother’s health condition. But he redeems himself with
carefully chosen words and his comforting touch settles into all the right
places as he helps Andi navigate the process of moving her mother into a memory
care facility.
Andi extends her family
leave for another week and the connection between them grows. She is also able
to begin repairing the relationship with her mother, who she hasn’t
seen in four years.
But behind his seemingly
perfect exterior, Matt carries a secret that he waits too long to reveal to
Andi for fear that she won’t want him. He looks for the right time, but
something always comes up. She learns from the gossipy church secretary that he
has a 10-year-old daughter. He never married the mother, who he’d known since
high school, and he shares that it was the ultimate act of grace that the
church membership installed him as assistant pastor even with his past.
Although she is shocked
at the news, Andi is less upset about the fact that he has a daughter and more
concerned that he didn’t trust her enough to share the information. And just
when she thinks things couldn’t get worse, the art director promotion is given
to someone else in her absence. To top it off, her mother doesn’t remember her
when she goes to play bingo with her and all seems lost.
But Andi has a change of
heart when she receives much-needed words of wisdom from the church secretary
and sees Matt practicing softball with his daughter. She decides to stay in
Mimosa Key, start her own freelance graphic design business and put family
before her career.
What she saw as an
interruption in her life a week ago has turned out to be so much more: a
repaired relationship with her mother, a God-loving man and a little girl she
could look forward to building a future with.
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