Snow Angel, book #7

Deanie said we needed a Winter book for February Book Club so this is what we chose.  It did start out in the winter so that counts!

I did enjoy this book because it has to do with sort of pioneers ~ the setting was the Alaska area during the gold rush.  So even though other places may have been more settled, out in Alaska it was still pretty rough.  

When Noah Wesley heard the faint sound outside the door of his remote Alaskan mountain cabin during a violent nighttime blizzard, it was no less than the voice of God that urged him to take a closer look, soon to discover his snow angel. Unconscious and more than half frozen to death, her name, as Noah would later learn after boldly saving her life, was Elizabeth, a beautiful young woman, fragile yet fierce, and intent on discovering gold like so many others in that region during the late 1800s. But why Elizabeth was so drawn to the gold, and why she would chase it even through a pounding storm that no man would dare face, was a secret to be shared with no one else, not even at the invitation of Noah's deep blue trusting eyes. First time novelist Jamie Carie pens a can't-put-down debut in Snow Angel, a masterfully romantic story wherein cold and lonely hearts risk everything to be forever warmed. (picture and description from amazon)

Trying to decide what is next ... as always!!

O:)
Melissa
 

Job's Niece, book #6

Decided to go with one beside my bed.  I thought it would be a quick read since I thought most of the books by Grace Livingston Hill were, but it was not.  I still enjoyed it, although I didn't exactly put together the plot and the title until about half way through.  The book was written in 1927 and I loved reading the "thickness" of the story, using more proper words, more wordy words to describe what was going on.  Obviously that is a skill I have not developed!

Interestingly enough, according to her website, Grace Livingston Hill is credited as being the originator of the modern day Christian Romance books!  Here is brief tidbit about her if you are unfamiliar with her books.  

Follow Doris Dunbar through the ups and downs of a daunting future. An unwise business investment leaves John Edward Dunbar’s children practically penniless after his death—and his eldest daughter, Doris, to bear the brunt of the trials that come. Between the bill collectors, her demanding stepmother, and her brother’s hasty marriage to a gold digger, it’s hard for Doris to keep hope alive. Until Scottish businessman Angus MacDonald offers a picture-perfect solution to Doris’s dwindling hope. But despite the seemingly easy salvation, will this blessing yield more hurt than help?  (picture and description from amazon)

Happy Reading!
 
O:)
Melissa