Courageous and unconventional, Rosemary Saxon served as a nurse during the Civil War, a service that has caused most women in town to regard her as unfeminine and downright vulgar. Although she would like to put her experiences as a nurse behind her, she must support herself. She takes a position with Dr. Elijah Stewart and a mutual attraction begins to develop. But when a sophisticated woman arrives in town claiming to be Elijah's fiancee, a heartbroken Rosemary decides to leave Noble Springs and start fresh. Can Elijah convince her of the mystery woman's deception before he loses her forever?
With tenderness and grace, Ann Shorey invites readers back to the town of Noble Springs, Missouri, for an engrossing story of love's tentative first steps and fragile future in the face of opposition. Readers will find in Rosemary a sympathetic but strong woman determined to thrive in a world that doesn't always understand.
Last January I started the Sisters of the Heart series from Ann Shorey with a delight and eagerly awaited the release of Rosemary's story. While I loved Rosemary and Elijah as characters some things in this book were not perfectly appealing to me. Although I could hardly put it down and had to keep reading to find out what was next. This one was a mystery as there was an angry bad guy lurking in the darkness. Part of me felt like he could have been left out of the entire story and I wouldn't have missed anything; he just didn't add to it. The only other thing that bugged me was how Rosemary was so quick to jump to non trusting at one point and then after continuous arguing and refusal to listen once when she hears the same thing she's heard before it's all forgiveness and kisses and the book ends. That was shocking and odd to me, it just quit.
I loved Where Wildflower's Bloom and really enjoy Ann Shorey's narratives and will definitely look for the third in this series and more of her titles to come in the future. This one just wasn't my favorite. Check out my uber positive review of Where Wildflower's Bloom, back here. http://creativemadnessmama.com/blog/2012/01/24/where-wildflowers-bloom-by-ann-shorey/
*Thanks to Revell for providing a copy for review.*
“Available February 2013 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.”
posted: creativemadnessmama.com/blog/2013/02/23/when-the-heart-heals/
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