Gideon O’Riley has been given another chance at a life with Lonnie. But will the fight for her heart risk it all over again?
After finally finding love with his sweet bride Lonnie, Gideon’s heart was torn when a woman from his past claimed to be his true and rightful wife, forcing him away from his family. God’s merciful hand saw Gideon through the heartache, and with Cassie’s blessing, he is able to return home. Though his journey back through the Blue Ridge Mountains will hold a trial he never anticipated.
Meanwhile, Lonnie determines to seal off her heart from Gideon, convinced he is lost to her forever. Strengthening her resolve to move on is the fondness she has for the handsome Scotsman, Toby McKee the young reverend she has come to care deeply for. His proposal of marriage offers a bright future for her and her young son.
Yearning to allow joy back into her life, Lonnie must put aside the broken pieces of her heart that still love Gideon. When he returns to find her betrothed to another, he has to place his hope in God, trusting that the One who redeemed their love once can do it again.
- ISBN-13: 9781601424259
- Publisher: WaterBrook Multnomah
- Publication date: 10/15/2013
- Series: Cadence of Grace Series
- Pages: 352
About the Author
Married to her first sweetheart, Joanne Bischof lives in the mountains of Southern California where she keeps busy making messes with their home-schooled children. When she’s not weaving Appalachian romance, she’s blogging about faith, writing, and the adventures of country living that bring her stories to life. Be Still My Soul is her first novel.
Website: http://www.joannebischof.com/
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My Thoughts
Lonnie and Gideon have a new found love for each other and their new son. The Bennetts have become their family teaching Gideon what family really means when it is centered in Christ. But is it the end of their trials and tribulation? They are about to put this love and faith in each other and God because of a mistake in Gideons past. He is married to someone else which makes his marriage to Lonnie invalid. Will he be able to end the first marriage and make his second bound and legal.
Is it really true out of sight out of mind? Not for Lonnie, she can not stop thinking of Lonnie and the heartache he has caused her, but she must. She is forced to raise her son without his father.
Ever since the preacher, Toby McKee started visiting the Bennett's farm she has noticed the special bond between him and her small son. Does she dare believe she could love again? Her son would have a father! If it were not for the memories of her beloved Gideon and her lack of trust. God's will be done!
The author does not sugar coat life's trials and tribulations. She is putting it in your face that the past does catch-up when you least expect it. It is not particular who it falls upon. Like the old saying, "you can run, but you can't hide." There are harsh lessons to be learned in this story. Does this story make Gideon accountable for his first marriage? You bet it does! You will be wanting to bop him upside his head for the pain he causes so many people. Yet you will end up wanting to comfort him in his exile from Lonnie and his son.
I highly recommend this book.
I rated this book a 5 out of 5.
Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book from WaterBrook Multnomah/Blogging For Books for review. I was in no way compensated for this review.
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