3.5 stars (rating shown may vary depending on whether site allows half star ratings). It's actually probably between a 3.5 and a 4 for me but not quite a 4.

I read the first 2/3 of the book and felt like I couldn't put it down--but finally I had to (to sleep). When I came back to it after work the next day, I didn't find it as intriguing.

It was hard to see Emma struggle with what we consider everyday tasks while she was blind. I liked that Colin thought to get her Bible CDs to listen to and that she did listen to them and absorb some of the lessons from them. I also liked that Emma reconciled with her father. (I wish they'd also addressed her rift with her mother--but then again, if they had, I'd probably say the story was unrealistic.)

I did not guess who hired the killers until it was revealed. But I'm not always good at guessing that so YMMV. ( )

Emma's life is turned upside down when she drives out to her family's cabin to meet her brother. Unfortunately, she stumbles across a murder as her brother is shot in front of her and she has to scramble to escape with her life. In her flight, she runs in front of a car driven by a local pastor. He takes her to the hospital and watches out for her as she recovers. The accident and trauma of what she witnessed causes her to go blind, and she cannot remember what happened. So of course the rest of the book deals with her struggle to try to remember what has happened, her budding relationship with the pastor who saved her, and her questions of faith. If you like good clean romantic suspense with a good message this will fit the bill. ( )