Books like The Remedy for Regret

Maybe 2.5 stars rounded up because I generally like this author, who has clearly improved her story-telling abilities since this book.The author's third book written back in 2005 - clearly Christian based. Though this story deals with themes of guilt, forgiveness and reconciliation, it often felt clunky with too much specifically spelled out for the reader. My favorite character was the neighbor/surrogate mother, Corinthia. I still have not read all of her earlier books, but it seems her 2008 "The Shape of Mercy" and later books have been based on historical fiction and often have dual, intertwining contemporary and historical storylines. These later books, don't have the outright Christianity (prayer, Bible study, faith, etc) mentioned as directly as in her earlier books, but they are squeaky clean and can be easily recommended to most any audience, including my mother.I am looking forward to reading her newly released "As Bright As Heaven".