Two years ago, Hope Mason discovered her husband was having an
affair with her best friend. Crushed by his betrayal and by her friends' lack
of emotional support, Hope threw herself into working to provide for her
three teenagers. With a full-time job at Mercy Medical Center and a part-
time position at the local supply store, she's got no energy for socializing.
Besides, Hope has learned her lesson about friends:
the fewer you have, the better off you'll be.
When Hope is put in charge of training Tyla Jefferson, the new emergency
room clerk, she resists the younger woman's efforts to befriend her.
Confident, bright and filled with optimism, Tyla is everything Hope used to
be. But Tyla's life is not as uncomplicated as it appears. And as these two
very different women gradually open up to one another, sharing their pain
and their joy, Hope wonders if she can learn to trust again--in friendship, in
God's purpose in her life and in the promise that dawns with every new day.