Olivia left two years ago to flee from the memories and pain her hometown brings on. When her fiance, Robby, dies at sea, Olivia simply runs away. Now that she's back, she's having to face her fears and learn to trust God with everything. Olivia and her fiance had made up two of the Three Musketeers. The third member, Jonathan, was the only survivor from that fateful night and she resents him for it somewhat.
Jonathan fights with his demons as well. He has loved Olivia since before she got engaged to Robby and now that she's back, they have to get past the awkwardness. He feels that he only brings back the memories that he should have died that night instead of Robby. As they rebuild their friendship, Olivia comes to find out that things weren't the way they seemed. She is determined to fight her feelings. She refuses to fall in love with a fisherman again.
This was a good book and flowed well. I had trouble putting it down. It didn't follow the common method of people not knowing that they were falling in love. Rather, they knew they were in love, but Olivia is scared to trust God to take care of things. The lesson in this book is that no matter what you think, you are not in control. When I looked up this author to see what else she had written, I found that she is a contributor in many of the compilation books and has written a few of these shorter Harlequin books. If I saw something else up by her for free, I would certainly pick it up. Good Book!
I'm excited to read this. Thanks for the review. I love the term "diet book", not to be confused with something you read to keep your mind off food.
ReplyDeleteYes, "diet book" is more about how long the book is. I think most people use the term "light reading" but my mom and I have called them diet books since I was younger. Thanks for stopping by and I really hope that you enjoy Love's Stormy Gale!
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