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Review of “Love and a Little White Lie” by Tammy L. Gray

Publisher Description

January Sanders grew up believing karma was more reliable than an imaginary higher power, but after suffering her worst heartbreak in 29 years, she’s open to just about anything, including taking a temporary position at her aunt’s church. Keeping her lack of faith a secret, January is determined to use her photographic memory to help Grace Community’s overworked staff, all while scraping herself off rock bottom. 

What she doesn’t count on is meeting the church’s handsome and charming guitarist, who not only is a strong believer, but has also dedicated his life to Christian music. It’s a match set for disaster, and yet January has no ability to stay away, even if it means pretending to have faith in a God she doesn’t believe in. 

Only this time, keeping secrets isn’t as easy as she thought it would be. Especially when she’s constantly running into her aunt’s landscape architect, who seems to know everything about her past and present sins and makes no apologies about pushing her to deal with feelings she’d rather keep buried. 

Torn between two worlds incapable of coexisting, can January find the healing that’s eluded her or will her resistance to the truth ruin any chance of happiness?

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My Review:

When I first began to read this book, I was expecting to read an entertaining, clean Christian contemporary romance.  This book does have romance in the storyline, but it’s so much more than just a romantic love story.


January Sanders isn’t a believer—-in fact, she’s never even considered that God could exist——but after a failed romance she takes a job as an assistant at Grace Community Church.  During the job interview, she fails to mention that she’s not a believer.  This leads to some interesting situations in January’s life, and she begins to look closely at her own beliefs.  This book gives us a look at what can happen when an unbeliever begins to observe the lives of dedicated believers.


The best thing about this story for me was the people at Grace Community Church.  They did not live perfect lives, but the more time January spent with them, the more she saw the difference that a relationship with Christ made in their lives.  There’s grace, forgiveness, and the love of Christ all throughout this book, and it shows how sharing God’s love by both our words and actions can make the difference in the life of someone else.  It’s an entertaining, romantic story that touches the heart.  
I received a copy of this book from the publisher.  All opinions are my own.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tammy L. Gray lives in the Dallas area with her family, and they love all things Texas, even the erratic weather patterns. Her nine modern and true-to-life contemporary romances include 2017 RITA award winning, My Hope Next Door, and show her unending quest to write high quality, culturally relevant stories with relatable and flawed characters. When not taxiing her three kids to various school and sporting events, Tammy can be spotted crunching numbers as the financial administrator at her hometown church. Writing has given her a platform to combine her passion with her ministry all while sharing the messy, yet remarkable journey that is a faith-filled life. Tammy L. Gray has lots of projects going on. For all the latest info, visit her website at http://tammylgray.com I’d love to hear from all of you! Come join me on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/tlgraybooks or twitter @tlgraybooks