In this inspirational family tale, three generations face grief, loss, redemption, and reconciliation—all while collecting trophies of grace in the process. The trauma of their sick daughter leads Layton and Amy Brooks to unravel the misleading assumptions that drove them to divorce. They discover that getting to know and love someone intimately takes a lot of reframing, including their concept of God. Then cancer strikes again. — A Beam of Hope, Book 1 Dr. Parker Hamilton struggles to find faith as he faces prison and the realization that he’s broken his grandmother’s heart. When an unexpected gift presents the chance to begin anew in his hometown, he must first win against his lawyer father in court. But will the move reunite him with the brother he suspects has followed in his footsteps? — A Stash of Faith, Book 2 College freshman Holly Hamilton is determined to break through her brother Tyler’s moodiness. After she follows him to a mysterious late night meeting and watches an unusual exchange, Holly’s suspicions are confirmed when he’s caught in a drug raid. Soon family secrets provide the missing pieces that may just heal painful pasts.—A Glimpse of Mercy, Book 3
College freshman Holly Hamilton is home for Christmas vacation. She’s determined to break through her brother Tyler’s moodiness. After she follows him to a mysterious late-night meeting and watches an unusual exchange, Holly’s suspicions are confirmed. Ty is caught in a drug raid. Since she and her parents work for Uncle Parker’s Sloan Foundation to combat drug abuse, Holly sets out to discover Ty’s motives. Uncle Parker is the first to understand and help him work through his issues. When her mother Brianne and grandmother Olivia Hamilton, are diagnosed with serious medical conditions, Holly is drawn into new family dramas. Apparently, her grandmother has been keeping a secret from them that has been hurtful to the family. When the secret is revealed, will it fill in missing pieces that may just heal painful pasts? Will the family learn to forgive and extend mercy to each other? As Meme Dyer always says, “God’s up to something in this family. You just wait and see.”
Dr. Parker Hamilton, a forensic specialist, finds that surgically remaking faces of criminals who need new identities helps pay for his lavish lifestyle. When one of these faces lands on the cover of the local paper, Parker wonders if he’ll be connected to the alleged crime. What follows forces Parker to deal with childhood memories that left scars. His controlling father and aloof mother left him with only his Gram Sloan to nurture his sensitive personality. Striving to succeed, he turns to drugs. Through a most unexpected gift, Parker hopes for a new start. How he redeems Gram’s faith in him is a story of the power of God’s grace. First he’ll have to win against his father in court. Will his move back to Nashville give him access to his brother Gavin, who seems to have followed in his footsteps? How Parker winds up with a trophy dedicated to him in Layton Brooks trophy case can only be described as a miracle of God. Readers of Book 1 in the Trophies of Grace series will be delighted to find the Brooks family woven into Book 2.
Holly Hamilton faces her last semester of college with no firm plans for the future. She’s just broken up with her boyfriend, Blake Chandler, who seems to know for certain he’s her forever partner. Not one to give up easily, he plans to take a job in a law firm near her in Washington, D.C. As Holly struggles to disentangle herself from the relationship, a young Marine thinks he can help her with her Blake problem. A tragic accident threatens to draw Holly back into Blake’s arms. Will Holly trust God to achieve His purposes without her takeover tendencies? How God works to fulfill her deepest desires demonstrates His faithfulness when she surrenders her plans for His. If you’ve followed the Brooks-Hamilton families through the previous three books in the Trophies of Grace series, you’ll enjoy this stand-alone tale of grown-up Holly, along with her best friend, Hannah Harper, as they both find new career paths and love interests. Set in Nashville, Tennessee, the books feature intergenerational families whose lives intertwine over more than forty years. Through hardships and blessings, the families build faith muscles as they collect trophies of grace—character qualities that remind us that God’s always up to something in our lives.
The trauma of their young daughter’s cancer surgery leads Layton and Amy Brooks to reexamine the assumptions that drove them to divorce. To restore intimacy, they must reframe former events—with honesty, grace, and forgiveness. When cancer strikes the young girl again, the family’s fledgling faith encounters new challenges. Will Layton and Amy have the strength to rear a disabled child? How will Brianne cope? As Brianne navigates her unexpected path, her strength teaches others what it means to be truly whole. A Beam of Hope is a story of coming to terms with grief and loss—and embracing renewed hope and unexpected grace. “These characters are flawed, yet loveable. I found myself rooting for them in their struggles and trials.” —Lori Hatcher, author of Hungry for God ... Starving for Time
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