Title: Love Unexpected (Beacons of Hope #1)
Author: Jody Hedlund
Pages: 348
Year: 2014
Genre: Historical Romance
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Format: eBook (also available in paperback)
About the book:
1859 Presque
Isle, Michigan
What is the
secret that could shipwreck both of their lives?
All Emma Chambers
ever wanted was a home, but when her steamboat sinks just outside Presque Isle,
she’s left destitute and with no place to stay.
An unlikely
solution arises when the lighthouse keeper arrives in town. He’s just lost his
wife and is having a difficult time caring for his child. So a traveling
preacher gets the idea that the keeper and Emma might be the answer to each
other’s dilemma. After a hasty marriage, she finds herself heading to the
lighthouse with this handsome but quiet stranger. Nothing in her aimless life,
though, has prepared her for parenting a rambunctious toddler, as well as
managing a household.
Emma soon
suspects Patrick may be hiding something from her, and then she hears a
disturbing rumor about the circumstances surrounding his late wife’s death. It
seems as if her wish for a home and family of her own could end up leading her
once more into turbulent waters.
My review:
This is an
incredible historical romance!
I loved both of
the main characters, Emma Chambers and Patrick Garraty. They have both had a
very hard childhood which has left them wanting a secure home and family. In
reaction to his childhood Patrick made some very poor choices as an adult. Then
when he hit a very low point he found God. Emma has drifted along life with her
brother moving from place to place with no idea how to achieve her dream.
At the beginning
of the book they are thrust together out of necessity. The rest of the story is
about their efforts to work together and build that family and home life that
they are searching for. Before that can happen though Patrick has to face his
past and learn the full meaning of God’s salvation and forgiveness. His journey
to discover what that means is a wonderful reminder to all of us exactly what
God’s grace and mercy is all about.
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