Carolyn D. reviewed on 4/6/2010 + 3 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

I was a very fervent fan of Liz Curtis Higgs first Scottish series (Thorn in My Heart, Fair is the Rose, Whence Came a Prince etc.), so I was absolutely delighted to hear that this book was finally in publication. Happily, I was not disappointed by this book! As the start of a new series, it serves to create personalities for her characters based off of the Naomi and Ruth stories, but it doesn't try to hard to fit itself into the mold of the original story. This book only covers the first eighteen or nineteen verses of the four chapter long book of Ruth, but I felt that it was a great dividing place for this story. Yes, there are scenes concerned with Lord Donald's extramarital affairs (he represents the character of Mahlon, Ruth's husband), but they were never explicit, and are really only alluded to. Quite frankly, I thought it very tastefully done, considering how much sexual content can be found in much of today's Christian fiction. In all, it was a great book, and I can't wait for the sequel!

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