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I really liked this book. It was a fun read. When six children of a widower try to find themselves a Ma and their Pa a wife, there's bound to be lots of laughter and blunders. Especially when Pa isn't looking for a wife. All the scheming fails, which leads to one last solution.
Helpful Score: 1
By far the best "Love finds you.." so far. The story line is cute, funny and keeps your attention. Being a social outcast because of her birth Ailson goes to Hope and tries to help with her deceased sister's children but the kids want a Mom.Rafe does not want a wife. This book is almost as funny as Cathy Marie Hake or Mary Connealy.
Helpful Score: 1
Just when Allison Stripling needs to get out of Boston and start fresh comes a letter from her brother in law who needs help with her many nieces and nephews since her sister passed away. At least, that's who Allison thought the letter was from and what better place to make a fresh start than in a town called Hope. The six cupids in this book make it a very fun read! I enjoyed it very much!
Scheming children, a bitter widower and a spinster aunt. Mix them together and stir and you have a fun read. Lots of missteps between Rafe and Alison adds humor and keeps your attention.
The style of writing reminded me of the writings of Mary Connealy.
The style of writing reminded me of the writings of Mary Connealy.
I really liked this story. I drew me in immediately. The characters are well thought out & fun to read about. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a fun heartwarming story.
I just finished this novel by Pamela Griffin about Alison, a young woman from Boston who comes west to see to her late sister's children. The children are easy to love, but their father, Rafe, is not too eager to give his heart to someone else. I really enjoyed this sweet story.
The Monroe kids' mom died a couple of years ago. The 6 of them have been having a hard time with their father, who is still mourning her loss pretty badly. They want a mother to help them and to make their dad happy. The decide they want to send for their mom's sister in Boston, who was adopted when she was a small girl and stayed closely knit to her older sister through letter-writing. Alison decides to meet her nieces and nephews, not knowing one bit what their real plan for her is. This of course makes for interesting events and some drama.
I really liked this story a lot. The characters were well developed and I think you saw the struggles really well. It made sense. My ONLY issue with this book is that they mentioned the story of Job from the Bible at one point and said he had a second wife, which is not in the Bible at all. Job's wife didn't die and it states that he had more children. His wife would not be allowed to leave him according to old Jewish law and if he took on a second wife to have children with, the point is that his first wife was still alive. That really irritated me when I read what they mentioned about Job's "second wife." I let it slide and enjoyed the story outside of that issue though!!!
I really liked this story a lot. The characters were well developed and I think you saw the struggles really well. It made sense. My ONLY issue with this book is that they mentioned the story of Job from the Bible at one point and said he had a second wife, which is not in the Bible at all. Job's wife didn't die and it states that he had more children. His wife would not be allowed to leave him according to old Jewish law and if he took on a second wife to have children with, the point is that his first wife was still alive. That really irritated me when I read what they mentioned about Job's "second wife." I let it slide and enjoyed the story outside of that issue though!!!
First, the disclaimer. "I bought a copy of this book from a used bookstore. All opinions are my own." That done, LOVE FINDS YOU IN HOPE, KANSAS, is an earlier book in the wildly popular Love Finds You series--that I and so many others were so sad to see come to an end.
Rafe wasn't much of a God-fearing man even though his brother is a preacher, and didn't put much effort into instilling faith into his children after his wife dies. When the six kids decide Dad needs a new wife, they go after their mom's sister (who was only 8 years old when the mom married so she is much younger than Rafe.) Alison doesn't have the vaguest clue about how to be a wife, mom or run a house -- let alone cook -- do it has some funny moments.
If you like mail order bride stories with a twist, then LOVE FINDS YOU IN HOPE, KANSAS is one to consider. Not much of a faith message, but there is a lot of humor and some mention of church and praying.
Rafe wasn't much of a God-fearing man even though his brother is a preacher, and didn't put much effort into instilling faith into his children after his wife dies. When the six kids decide Dad needs a new wife, they go after their mom's sister (who was only 8 years old when the mom married so she is much younger than Rafe.) Alison doesn't have the vaguest clue about how to be a wife, mom or run a house -- let alone cook -- do it has some funny moments.
If you like mail order bride stories with a twist, then LOVE FINDS YOU IN HOPE, KANSAS is one to consider. Not much of a faith message, but there is a lot of humor and some mention of church and praying.
