{"product_id":"the-hope-of-becoming","title":"The Hope of Becoming (Aveline Book 4)- Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHe’s the last person she wants to see again. Unfortunately, she's about to see him every day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eZoe and Lewis's first meeting was a speed-dating disaster.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWithin minutes, they had managed to offend each other, and both left convinced they were opposites in every way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen they ended up living in the same small town.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor years, Lewis and Zoe avoided each other whenever possible, sidestepped their friends' attempts to set them up, and stubbornly held onto their assumptions about who the other person was.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUntil the spring of 2020, and the emergence of the coronavirus.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWhen psychologist Zoe is asked to move onto Lewis's farm to help a refugee woman struggling with trauma during the uncertainty of the lockdowns, she can't refuse.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInstead, she finds herself eating dinner across from Lewis, talking, laughing, and sharing daily life with the one man she has avoided for years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the months pass, Zoe and Lewis learn about the dangers of assumptions, growing close, maybe too close.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen the pandemic ends, and life moves on.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree years later, a crisis with Juliana brings Zoe back to the farm—and back to Lewis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAs long-buried feelings resurface, Zoe must confront a question she has spent years avoiding: what if the life she thought she wanted isn't the life she truly needs?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNote from the author: I have always loved romance, and I think love stories are so beautiful. I also love the picture of the small town as a kind of landscape for community. I wanted to write something that reflected the kinds of people I have known all my life. So that is why I wrote about Aveline, a small town that is like the life I have known, with quirky, real, lovable characters who come from many backgrounds and ways of life. Community, brokenness, kindness, and the love of God in action. Isn’t it amazing, how vulnerable we all are? And then we offer food and friendship in the context of houses and cafés and forests… we extend our hands to one another and become family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rachel Devenish Ford Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50863521825014,"sku":"9798996550913","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/6902\/6294\/files\/BookBrushImage-2026-6-12-15-2515.png?v=1781259932","url":"https:\/\/a81c5c-2.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hope-of-becoming","provider":"Rachel Devenish Ford Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}