A Borrowed Dream by Amanda Cabot

Here is the book summary:

Catherine Whitfield is sure that she will never again be able to trust anyone in the medical profession after the town doctor's excessive bleeding treatments killed her mother. Despite her loneliness and her broken heart, she carries bravely on as Cimarron Creek's dutiful schoolteacher, resigned to a life without love or family, a life where dreams rarely come true.

Austin Goddard is a newcomer to Cimarron Creek. Posing as a rancher, he fled to Texas to protect his daughter from a dangerous criminal. He's managed to keep his past as a surgeon a secret. But when Catherine Whitfield captures his heart, he wonders how long he will be able to keep up the charade.

With a deft hand, Amanda Cabot teases out the strands of love, deception, and redemption in this charming tale of dreams deferred and hopes becoming reality.

And now, my review:

A Borrowed Dream by Amanda Cabot is the second book in a series.  I have read both books in this series so far and I really enjoy this author.  This book has the thread of forgiveness running through it.  First, there was the need, then there was the choice to forgive, and then there was the fruit of it.  I found there to be some intense moments with a criminal involved.  Whoosh!  Lastly, I loved their journey of having captured hearts with each other.  The cover is amazing and so is the book, check it out!

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

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A Chance at Forever by Melissa Jagears

Here is the book summary:

In early 1900s Kansas, Mercy McClain, determined to protect Teaville's children from the bullying she experienced as a child, finds fulfillment working at the local orphanage and serving on the school board. When Aaron Firebrook, the classmate who bothered her more than any other, petitions the board for a teaching position, she's dead set against him getting the job.

Aaron knows he deserves every bit of Mercy's mistrust, but he's returned to his hometown a changed man and is seeking to earn forgiveness of those he wronged. He doesn't expect Mercy to like him, but surely he can prove he now has the best interests of the children at heart.

Will resentment and old wounds hold them back, or can Mercy and Aaron put the past behind them in time to face the unexpected threats to everything they're working for?

And now, my review:

A Chance at Forever is book 3 in a series by Melissa Jagears.  This story is of a man named Aaron and a woman named Mercy.  Their story involves restoration for past hurts. It involves orphans and hard topics like the destruction of the red-light district. Can forgiveness be had and past hurts be let go of and forgotten because what is lived in the now is worth it?  This topic was interesting to me and I was drawn into it and I’m glad that I read it.  This is the first book that I’ve read in this series and I felt that it stood alone well.  I really look forward to reading more from her in the future!

I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. 

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