Besides friends, family and a successful career, Sara Evans had something extra to be thankful for on Thanksgiving. Her latest book, Softly & Tenderly, co-written by Rachel Hauck, was named one of 2011's Top Inspirational books by the American Library Association. Softly & Tenderly joins others by writers such as Jerry B. Jenkins (author of the Left Behind series), on the list.

Softly & Tenderly is the second installment of the Jade Benson series, where a woman who “married into a southern soap opera” learns to forgive and trust.