The Good Girl

Tara Lancaster can sing Amazing Grace in three harmonies, two languages, and interpret it for the hearing impaired. She can list the Bible canon backward, forward, and alphabetized. And the only time she ever missed church was at seventeen because she had pneumonia and her mom made her stay home.But when her life shatters around her and her reputation is left in ruins, Tara decides escape is the only option. She flees halfway across the country to dog-sit, but the quiet anonymity she needs isn t waiting in her sister s house. Instead she finds a knife with a threatening message, a fame-hungry friend, a too-hunky neighbor, and evidence of...a ghost?Following all the rules has gotten her nowhere. And nothing she learned in Sunday School can tell her where to go from there. What's a good girl to do when life goes bad? Tara Lancaster can sing Amazing Grace in three harmonies, two languages, and interpret it for the hearing impaired. She can list the Bible canon backward, forward, and alphabetized. And the only time she ever missed church was at seventeen because she had pneumonia and her mom made her stay home. But when her life shatters around her and her reputation is left in ruins, Tara decides escape is the only option. She flees halfway across the country to dog-sit, but the quiet anonymity she needs isn't waiting in her sister's house. Instead she finds a knife with a threatening message, a fame-hungry friend, a too-hunky neighbor, and evidence of . . . a ghost? Following all the rules has gotten her nowhere. And nothing she learned in Sunday School can tell her where to go from there. Tara Lancaster was a good girl in all respects, but when her life comes crashing down around her, leaving her reputation in ruins, she decides escape is the only option. When she goes to her sister's house in Minnesota to dog-sit, Tara finds the rules of life that she has lived by don't work here either. A knife with a threatening message, new-found friends and a handsome neighbor, and evidence of a ghost in the house lead her down faith paths she never would have imagined.