Serenity's Desire (Serenity Inn #1) by Kay Rizzo

Plunged into a world of uncertainty following the death of her mother, seventeen-year-old Serenity struggles to understand why God allows tragedy when He has the power to prevent it. Turning to her mother's journals she catches a glimpse of the God her mother loved and trusted. When her father, New York State's Assemblyman Samuel Pownell, gives Serenity her mother's Bible she finds strength in God's promise to never leave nor forsake her.