A Father's Prayer — Linda Wood Rondeau

Carol Awards Finalist, Selah Finalist

A year after learning of a son's existence, Country music legend, Ethan Jacobs returns to Jasper Falls, a place of bitter memories, to help the his twelve-year-old autistic child, given up for adoption at birth. Orphaned after the death of his adoptive parents, the boy is at risk of institutionalization due to probation violations and alleged inadequate guardianship of his current caregiver, an older, adoptive sister. In view of his son's delicate emotional state, the court advises Ethan to keep his relationship to Gib secret for now.

Although he longs to tell the world his current hit single was inspired by a son he has yet to meet, as far as Jasper Falls knows, Ethan is in town to perform a benefit concert. Ethan only wants to be with Gib -- to love the boy he's never know. But his presence only seems to complicate the child's life more. Letting go of the son you never had may be the hardest sacrifice a father can make.