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Recently widowed Annalisa
Werner has the feeling her husband was murdered but can’t prove it.
Alone with her young daughter in 1881 Michigan, she has six months left to finish raising the money needed to pay back the land contract her husband purchased, and the land is difficult to toil by herself. She needs a husband. With unmarried men scarce, her father sends a letter to his brother in the Old Country, asking him to find Annalisa a groom.
For nobleman Carl von Reichart, the blade of the guillotine is his fate. He’s been accused and convicted of a serious crime he didn’t commit, and his only escape is to flee to a small German community in
Annalisa senses that Carl is harboring a secret about his past, yet she finds herself drawn to him anyway. He’s gentle, kind, and romantic–unlike any of the men she’s ever known. He begins to restore her faith in the ability to love–but her true groom is still on his way. And time is running out on them all.
My review:
I have recently read Jody's last book Unending Devotion
it was one of the best books I've read. Jody pulled you in more and more by
each page. This book is just as good. The handsome man on the front page is
just one reason why I wanted to read it. With each page you laugh with the book,
cry with the book, and grit your teeth when you get mad about something. This
book was based in the 1800's life wasn't the same as it is now. You weren't
married for love you were married because you needed a man and the man needed
someone to cook and take care of house chores. Love was not important life it
is now. Most of marriages were arranged marriages. God designed us to be help
meets for our husbands. This book also talks about immigrants from About the author Jody Hedlund:
Jody has written novels for the last 20 years (with a hiatus when her children were young). After many years of writing and honing her skills, she finally garnered national attention with her double final in the Genesis Contest, a fiction-writing contest for unpublished writers through ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers).
Her first published book, The Preacher’s Bride (2010 Bethany House Publishers), became a best seller and has won multiple awards.