Overview

• Awake, published September 23 by Avid Reader Press, features Jen Hatmaker’s first-person account of discovering infidelity in July 2020.
• She writes that she awoke at 2:30 a.m., heard “I just can’t quit you,” then found a “trail of betrayal,” including lavish gifts that she says caused family financial strain.
• Hatmaker says she told Brandon to leave the next morning and notes prior marital troubles, including two years without sex and counseling that began in April 2020.
• Her narrative describes stepping away from the Austin New Church they co-founded and rebuilding her life, including a relationship with author Tyler Merritt and a grandchild welcomed in August 2024.
• In a September 22 Substack post, Brandon Hatmaker calls his affair the lowest point of his life, expresses remorse, disputes public assumptions, and clarifies that his current wife Tina was not the affair partner.