Shepherd Heart Rekindled – Christian Romance Books
Jake Fraser never planned to return to the little suburban Brisbane church where, at age ten, he wore a tea towel and plastic crook as a shepherd in the children’s nativity—and first noticed shy, freckled Sue Cooper. Decades later, Jake is a youth pastor running on fumes after ministry burnout, and Sue is a capable—but guarded—primary school music teacher who keeps church at arm’s length. When a frantic phone call begs them to co-direct the church’s Christmas pageant after the original director breaks her ankle, Jake and Sue reluctantly say yes. Rehearsals quickly turn into a hilarious scramble of missing sheep costumes, and one irrepressible six‑year‑old scene‑stealer who insists the shepherds need skateboards.
As Jake and Sue sift through dusty boxes of props, they rediscover VHS footage of the nativity they once shared—and with it, prayers they prayed as kids that God would use their lives. Old affection flickers. Yet both carry wounds: Jake from a ministry scandal that wasn’t his fault; Sue from unanswered prayers surrounding her parents’ divorce and her own dashed engagement. Through scripture, honest conversations, and the wide‑eyed faith of a child, they confront what they’ve hidden from God and from each other. When a surprise twist threatens to cancel the play, the community rallies, miracles unfold, and Jake and Sue must decide if the spark between them is nostalgia—or a divinely ordained second chance. Clean, tender, funny, and rooted in biblical hope, Shepherd Hearts Rekindled celebrates the God who writes new chapters from the most ordinary church hall.
Shepherd Heart Rekindled is a Work of Fiction. All Characters are Fictitious, as are the events described. However, all Quotes from the Holy Bible are Real and Life-Changing. Copyright TJ Fisher 2025.
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