In his book Happily Ever After? Author and former pastor Charlie Collins offers a fresh perspective on marital strife and gives readers a roadmap for returning to intimacy amid brokenness and desperation. It can be overwhelming when resentment and anger begin to take hold in a marriage. Although we are prone to self-destructive behaviors, there is still hope, and Happily Ever After? Draws the reader toward God's love, the cord that thrums beneath all relationships in our lives. Drawing from the ashes and rebirth of his own marriage, Charlie Collins unveils the paradoxical and biblical path to the intimacy that all couples long for. Each chapter features discussion questions to help identify and confront the feelings and flaws impacting the reader's relationship. Happily Ever After? Explores the roots of love, demonstrates how to separate shame from guilt and choose honesty over delusion, offers a new definition of beauty, reframes the idea of "failure" in marriage, and helps the reader feel known and understood by someone who's experienced marital hardship. Thoughtful and honest, Happily Ever After? Offers a firsthand account of mending a broken marriage as well as realistic guidance for struggling couples who want to rediscover God's plan for their marriage

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