If you will remember from last time, I read a Karen Kingsbury book. So I decided to keep up the "old school" authors and read this book I've had sitting around. It was a classic Francine River and I throughly enjoyed it, once I got into it. I felt like the cover art and summary on the back was a little decieving, almost spoiler alert, because what it talked about didn't happen until about halfway through the book. Other than that, it was one I "consumed" pretty quick ~ again, as is par for the course for her books!
To those who matter in 1950s Hollywood, Lena Scott is the hottest rising star to hit the silver screen since Marilyn Monroe. Few know her real name is Abra. Even fewer know the price she’s paid to finally feel like she’s somebody. To Pastor Ezekiel Freeman, Abra will always be the little girl who stole his heart the night he found her, a wailing newborn abandoned under a bridge on the outskirts of Haven. Zeke and his son, Joshua—Abra’s closest friend—watch her grow into an exotic beauty. But Zeke knows the circumstances surrounding her birth have etched scars deep in her heart, scars that leave her vulnerable to a fast-talking charmer who lures her to Tinseltown. Hollywood feels like a million miles from Haven, and naive Abra quickly learns what’s expected of an ambitious girl with stars in her eyes. But fame comes at a devastating price. She has burned every bridge to get exactly what she thought she wanted. Now all she wants is a way back home. (picture and description from Amazon)
If you haven't read any of Francine's book, please go here and make a list!! You need to read them all!! These are the ones I highly recommend:
She also has a new one coming out in February of next year I can't wait to get my hands on!
Happy Reading!!
Melissa
