Love's Winter Hope

An Eagle Harbor Novel #5

by Naomi Rawlings

Description

Journey back to a time when neighbors knew each other's names, and a handshake meant a person's honor. The bestselling Eagle Harbor Series continues with Book 5, Love’s Winter Hope. 

When Jessalyn Dowrick’s husband left her and their three daughters to head west five years earlier, she had no choice but to pick up the pieces of her broken life and continue without him, eventually supporting herself as Eagle Harbor’s seamstress, and secretly hoping her husband would return. But days soon slipped into months, and months into years, all without word of Thomas or a cent of the money he’d promised to send. 

While working day and night to build a new life that his wife would be proud of, Thomas wrote Jessalyn every week, asking her to come to South Dakota. But she never arrived. In fact, she never answered a single one of his letters. When he returns to Eagle Harbor in search of answers, he finds a woman who thought him dead . . . and soon regrets he didn’t come after her earlier. 

As winter closes in and storms trap Thomas in town until the harbor opens in the spring, will he be able to convince his wife he’s worth a second chance? 

Come visit the historical town that readers can't get enough of. 

Eagle Harbor Series--Where Love Finds Its Anchor Book 1: Love's Unfading Light (Mac and Tressa) Book 2: Love's Every Whisper (Elijah and Victoria) Book 3: Love's Sure Dawn (Gilbert and Rebekah) Book 4: Love's Eternal Breath (Seth and Lindy) Book 5: Love's Constant Hope (Thomas and Jessalyn) Book 6: Love's Bright Tomorrow (Isaac and Aileen--winter 2018) Prequel Novella: Love's Violet Sunrise (Hiram and Mabel) Short Story: Love's Beginning (Elijah and Victoria)

Biography

Naomi Rawlings is the author of seven historical Christian novels, including the Amazon bestselling Eagle Harbor Series. While she'd love to claim she spends her days huddled in front of her computer vigorously typing, in reality, she spends her time homeschooling, cleaning, picking up, and pretending like her house isn't in a constant state of chaos. She lives with her husband and three children in Michigan's rugged Upper Peninsula, along the southern shore of Lake Superior where they get 200 inches of snow every year, and where people still grow their own vegetables and cut down their own firewood--just like in the historical novels she writes.

My thoughts ~

Eagle Harbor's rescue team once again saves the life of a former resident who nearly drowns. After a five year absence from his family, his wife is not open to welcoming him with open arms, and with good reason.

As in previous novels in this series, past characters are included which brings continuity regarding the characters who reside in Eagle Harbor. I love that about this series. I enjoy reading about the development of past characters and their families as another focus family is featured each time. Character development is very well done, with realistic personalities and events revealed. The locale is portrayed in vivid descriptions, placing the reader into the spirit of life in the upper peninsula of Michigan, along the shores of Lake Superior.

I highly recommend this most recent novel in this series. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book as a gift, with no expectations for a positive review. All expressed opinions are my own.