Sweet novel about the power of a close-knit community and the healing found in the love shared.

Casa de Vida is not a group of bungalows owned by Liv McAlister, where the group of people lives - it is a place of healing and transforming, where people find it easy to open up their hearts and experience the peace of heart. This is exactly what Heidi Hathaway needs - a successful businesswoman changed by a traffic accident into a suffering young woman with a chink in her armor. And the chink is what could make her more vulnerable, to show her beating heart to the world.
Piper Keyes lives in the Casa de Vida and her armor is nonexistent, as she is as sweet as can by, but her pain is still with her. Her beloved fiancé is dead and 4 years hasn't help to cope.
And even Liv has a pain inside - the children from her husband's first marriage see her as an enemy and even after his death they have not been able to forgive her.
But there is hope in trusting and waiting and letting God transform you.

A sweet novel! I love how the pain presented here is real, as all of the issues. There is no sugar-coating in recognizing the problems. The community is great and I strongly believe in the healing within the group of the people who love each other.
But the Casa de vida community's idea is both plus and minus for me - I mean I believe in the healing within the loving community, but not so much in the existence of such community per se - there must be some glue in holding the people together. Yes, I mean God. As much I don't like "preaching", I would support speaking about God in the Casa de Vida's people more here.
But I love Liv's genuine faith here, and her everyday walking and praying for her tenants. Truly, truly sweet.