Life is hard. So is prolonged singleness. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Chelsea thought life would look different. She thought she would be married and have a family by age 32. Instead, walking a winding road in the desert of singleness, she encountered more disappointment than she expected.

Her singleness called her to question:

Is God good in the midst of the mess? Does God care about the deep desires of my heart? What do I do with all this pain?

But God met Chelsea in the valley. He has a good plan for Chelsea-and He has a good plan for you.

Hope in the Desert is a journey through the messy, complicated parts of one woman's life. By taking an honest look at her own sin, struggle, and hope, Chelsea draws readers into a vulnerable, imperfect narrative that offers valuable, anchoring truths for seasons of heartache, heartbreak, grief, and longing. It invites the reader to see that God is not cold or indifferent to our heartache. That He is present. And that He can meet us in ways we would never dare to imagine.

While many resources for Christian singles focus on an earthly happy ending or a heavenly consolation, Hope in the Desert is a book about the journey, not the destination. It invites the reader into the pain and questions that emerge when life isn't perfectly packaged. This book invites readers to believe-even to expect-that God's love can be vivid and sustaining, even when our earthly longings remain unfulfilled. That hope can be found, even in the driest seasons.