Susanna S. (quilt938) reviewed Winter's End (North Country, Bk 1) (Love Inspired, No 552) on + 125 more book reviews
This was a great book! Not too preachy, 'real' characters. I emailed the author since it seemed like I'd missed a story before this one but this was the first book. She wrote back saying the editor sent this one to print but there were 2 stories before this one they published.
So if you're just starting and want to go in order book 1 is Waiting Out the Storm and book 2 is Made to Order Family. Winter's End is book 3. However this one did fine as a standalone(couple from book 1 appear a lot though so you'll know their HEA if that bothers you)
The heroine had a bad childhood and foster homes. The hero's mom ran out on him and his sister(she was apparently bipolar and refused her medication) heroine is living very frugally yet buys designer clothes and cute impractical shoes cheap. hero's mom loved her looks and fancy clothes. so you can kinda see the impression she makes on him yet he doesn't truly know her or he'd know she's nothing like his mother. she's a hospice n urse and his father is dying. so already know to have a box of kleenex handy ok?! hero starts to realize there's more to heroine and she finally tells him of her childhood and he's torn because he cares for her and wants to protect her yet it's 'here I go again with a woman with major issues - first his mother then her). I think he honestly tries but she hauls it out of town. sweet sweet happy ending for t he couple though I think he waited a tad too long and so did she! I cried at the ending too..sniff...I have book 2 but not book 1 yet so I'm trying to hold off LOL.
if this book is indicative of her caliber of writing she will be autoby for me. The only o ther Love Inspired author I've see write about people who have actually had a past so to speak is Brenda Minton and I enjoy seeing HEA and godly present/future for 'real people' for a change!
So if you're just starting and want to go in order book 1 is Waiting Out the Storm and book 2 is Made to Order Family. Winter's End is book 3. However this one did fine as a standalone(couple from book 1 appear a lot though so you'll know their HEA if that bothers you)
The heroine had a bad childhood and foster homes. The hero's mom ran out on him and his sister(she was apparently bipolar and refused her medication) heroine is living very frugally yet buys designer clothes and cute impractical shoes cheap. hero's mom loved her looks and fancy clothes. so you can kinda see the impression she makes on him yet he doesn't truly know her or he'd know she's nothing like his mother. she's a hospice n urse and his father is dying. so already know to have a box of kleenex handy ok?! hero starts to realize there's more to heroine and she finally tells him of her childhood and he's torn because he cares for her and wants to protect her yet it's 'here I go again with a woman with major issues - first his mother then her). I think he honestly tries but she hauls it out of town. sweet sweet happy ending for t he couple though I think he waited a tad too long and so did she! I cried at the ending too..sniff...I have book 2 but not book 1 yet so I'm trying to hold off LOL.
if this book is indicative of her caliber of writing she will be autoby for me. The only o ther Love Inspired author I've see write about people who have actually had a past so to speak is Brenda Minton and I enjoy seeing HEA and godly present/future for 'real people' for a change!
Robbie W. (robbiemoo) reviewed Winter's End (North Country, Bk 1) (Love Inspired, No 552) on + 16 more book reviews
I really liked this book. It wasn't too preachy yet had good gospel insights. The storyline was believable and sweet. I would highly recommend this book to anyone. Defintely worth reading.
