Kari West, author of Dare to Trust, Dare to Hope Again, has also contributed to the God Answers Prayers series and the bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul series. She speaks at women’s events, divorce–recovery groups, and writers’ conferences, and has been interviewed on Focus on the Family and 100 Huntley Street. The mother of a grown daughter, she is remarried and lives in northern California. When He Leaves is her first book with Harvest House.