When Dreams Cross

This was the second book in the econd Chance series and I really did enjoy reading it. Looking forward to completing the series.

Andi Sherman has taken over co-ordinating & managing the cnstruction of Promised Land, the amusement park her father started before a serious car accident put him in hospital. Justin Pierce is an animator, & his cartoon theme Khaki Kangaroo is what Andi needs for Promised Land. In return, Andi's theme park would lift Justin out of his current obscurity to success. For both of them, sharing the gospel through their creativity is their passion & goal. The problem? - Andi & Justin have a history. They were together in their college days. A misunderstanding split them up, & a lot of hurt feelings & stubborn pride have added to their pain since. Warily they form a business relationship, which threatens under the pride they both struggle with. Someone is targeting Promised Land. Accidents happen & Promised Land is in danger of going under. Andi & Justin fight to find the answers, while still continuing with the dream they believe God has placed in their hearts despite the odds. While struggling to overcome the odds - & their pride - they discover they are still in love, & that God has brought them back together because they are better together. This is my favourite book in the Second Chance series. These books have been written showing how God gives a second chance when we make a mistake. They are also a living testimony of God giving second chances, as this series is a second chance for Terri Blackstock to get them right before God. A definite must-read for any Christian who has blown it & feels their chance is gone forever. It might not happen straight away - it didn't in the story, or in Terri's own life, but it happened. Pray for a second chance, & be ready for it when it is offered! Danger in the Shadows Even Now (Lost Love Series #1) Redemption (Redemption Series-Baxter 1, Book 1) Torchlight (Full Circle Series #2)

This well done romance begins strong in first chapter with development of two strong-willed, prideful people who need each other to accomplish their dreams. Could feel the torrents of clashes between Justin and Andi keenly, inside and out, and enjoyed the challenging roller coaster of circumstances that finally grounds their mutual faith and drives them to work together. Marked my book throughout with checks where the author delivers memorable descriptive phrases, such as, "Just Justin. The words didn't go together. It was like saying, 'Just napalm.'"

This is the first of Blackstock's novels that I ever read, and have since read all of Second Chances, Suncoast Chronicles, and Newpointe 911. The romance part of When Dreams Cross was not very creative and it was easy for me to figure out that Justin and Andi would eventually find each other in the end. However, what made this book great was the suspense and mystery throughout the story and the apparent sabotage of Promised Land. This thread of trying to figure out "whodunnit" kept me reading until the outcome and was the first inkling that I got that Blackstock is a much stronger suspense writer than she is romance writer. Apparently, she now realizes that too, because her later two series bring her skill of mystery writing to the forefront and put the romance angle as pleasant secondary plotlines. When Dreams Cross was a great mystery and only a fair romance (which is why I deducted one star), but worth reading by any Blackstock fan, any Christian who has ever questioned God's plan for the future, or anyone who has ever failed at romance and gun-shy to try again.