When you find a good series it's hard to have it come to an end.
The final installment of the Prayer Jar Series was one I looked forward to and was not disappointed! From the back: What if you have waited to find love only to be rejected when it finally comes?
Lenore Lapp is an Amish schoolteacher in her late twenties still living at home with her parents and grandparents. She thought love had passed her by until she meets Jesse Smucker, a widower with a baby daughter. She quickly falls in love with them both and accepts Jesse's proposal of marriage, but Jesse breaks off their engagement when he realizes he can't marry only for convenience.
Resigned to living single, Lenore throws herself into caring for her elders. While working in her grandmother's garden, she digs up an old jar. Will Lenore find healing for her broken heart and solve long-buried family secrets by reading the note contained inside?
This was such a good ending to a beautifully written series. I would not recommend reading this as a stand alone since you miss story and character development as the series unfolds. Also it ties up several other story lines neatly.
Lenore does not have an easy path. In a complex and compelling plot will Lenore find the love she is longing for? Will a special jar help?
This was truly a wonderful wrap up to the series. From like-able realistic characters and situations to overarching themes of love, faith, and trust, this has been a great series to be immersed in.
So pick up your copy of The Healing Jar and enjoy another great story by a great story teller!
Happy Reading!
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It has been super busy here. I've moved from my home in Virginia all the way to Minnesota. I'm missing my front porch swing and good sweet tea, but I'm thankful to have good books to keep me company!
Angela Couch has done a wonderful job with the next book in the Hearts at War series. I have really enjoyed them all and hate to see it end! From the back: The war for American freedom is over, and the British have gone back to England. Not knowing what has become of his family since he was forced into the Continental Army nine years earlier, Myles Cunningham wants to go home as well. He returns to the Mohawk Valley with the understanding that he is believed to have been shot for deserting—fiction that might be made real if anyone recognizes him as the son of a Tory and a King's Ranger.
Everything is wonderful in the growing community along the Mohawk River, except Nora Reid is still alone. With her brother happily settled and both her younger sisters starting families of their own, Nora feels the weight of her twenty-four years. A long walk leads her to the overgrown rubble of the Cunningham homestead where a bearded stranger begins to awaken feelings she'd lost hope of ever experiencing.
With secrets abounding—including whether Myles even cares for her—Nora must determine what she is ready to give up and how far she will go to secure his affections. She begins to break through his defenses, but Myles can't risk staying. Not if he loves her.
I really enjoy a good historical series, especially one so well researched and written. Her grasp of the time period enriches the story so wonderfully. Everything is so real and vivid in the way she paints her words.
Myles and Nora were wonderfully written. Myles was complex and you feel the romantic tension between the two. There were so many obstacles that it keeps you turning pages to see if they will ever get together.
If you are looking for a great historical story with lots of surprises, themes of forgiveness and redemption, and a beautiful love story then you definitely want to check out The Return of the King's Ranger!
Happy Reading!
Disclaimer: *Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a copy of this book for free in the hope that I would mention/review it on my blog. I was not required to give a positive review, only my honest opinion - which I've done. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.*
