💐🌸🌼 Promise for Tomorrow 🌼🌸💐 (2019) - Book Review & Tour
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Promise for TomorrowBy Michelle De Bruin
Christian Historical Romance
Paperback & ebook, 290 Pages
November 19th 2019 by Mantle Rock Publishing
Living a life of faith isn’t going the way Logan and Karen hoped until some special visitors arrive and offer them their future back.
Karen Millerson dreamed of teaching high school but now finds herself boarding with a farm family and teaching country school. She is engaged to marry Logan De Witt and is getting prepared to share in ministry with him. But when she gets blamed for the tragic fire at the school, Karen’s future grows uncertain.
Logan De Witt is working to clear his family’s name with the bank. But when he breaks his leg, hindering his ability to work the farm, Logan is faced with life-changing decisions. When his best friend can’t offer the help he requested, can Logan find a way to care for his family and court Karen at the same time before his love for her destroys all of them?
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Other Books in the Series
Hope for TomorrowBy Michelle De Bruin
Christian Historical Romance
Paperback & ebook, 294 Pages
October 23rd 2018 by Mantle Rock Publishing LLC
When Logan De Witt learns of his father’s sudden death, he returns home to the family’s dairy farm. During his stay, he discovers his mother’s struggle with finances and his younger sister’s struggle with grief. Concern for his family presses Logan to make the difficult decision to leave his career as a pastor and stay on the farm. As a way to make some extra money, he agrees to board the teacher for their local school.
Karen Millerson arrives from Chicago ready to teach high school but her position is eliminated so she accepts the role of country school teacher. Eager to put her family’s ugly past behind her, Karen begins a new career to replace the trust she lost in her own father who had been in ministry when she was a child.
Logan and Karen both sense a call from the Lord to serve him, but neither of them expected that one day they would do it together.
Can Karen learn to trust again? Will Logan lay aside his grief in exchange for God’s purpose for his life?
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About the Author
Michelle De Bruin lives in Iowa with her husband and two teenage sons. She has a bachelor’s degree in Religion with a Christian Ministry emphasis, and in Music. Michelle is the spiritual services provider for an organization that offers services for people with mental and physical disabilities. She has been a member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) since 2015. Michelle writes inspirational historical romance about people who live in rural communities. Characters that bring to life the delights of farm and small-town living, whispers of Dutch heritage, and Christian faith make Michelle’s stories distinct. A romantic at heart, Michelle is always on the lookout for glimpses of God’s love through the window of a good story. Her first book, Hope for Tomorrow, released in 2018. The sequel, Promise for Tomorrow, released November 2019.
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My Review:
Thank you in advance to the author and Prism
Tours for providing a complimentary review. A positive review was not required.
All words and thoughts are my own.
This is the second book in the “Tomorrow” series
– the first being “Hope for Tomorrow”. A brief run-down – Logan returns to town
after his father’s death. He takes over the farm, and decides that boarding the
new teacher, Karen Millerson, is a good idea. His family gets boarding money
and his sister gets a friend.
However, they didn’t plan on Karen and Tillie
fighting or Logan falling in love with Karen …
Cue to this book.
“Promise for Tomorrow”, opens with Karen and
Logan “engaged”, but no one else knowing of it due to a few situations – he hasn’t
told his mother, and Karen is living with them. It doesn’t “seem right”. It’s
an interesting concept given this is historical fiction. It also has a religious
tone to it as well.
Even though one of the main characters is a
preacher, and there are sermons in it, the author doesn’t get “preachy” with
the tone. There are some scripture references in the book as well as prayer. De
Bruin also shows that the preacher is even “tempted” because of his feelings
for Karen, which is why he wants to move her out, or he moves out.
Despite having not read the first book, I was
able to get right into this one. If you prefer reading books in order; I would
suggest starting with “Hope for Tomorrow”, and then reading “Promise for Tomorrow”.
The author starts off with a problem – Logan is
trying to find a place for Karen to stay now knowing how they feel about each
other and not wanting to be “inappropriate”. Obviously the first one ended with
their engagement, so the pace doesn’t rush the story along, but merely
chronicles Logan and Karen’s journey.
There are a few problems though. Not only is
there a lack of a place for Karen to stay, but if she leaves, his family loses
the boarding money. Not a good idea when there is a debt to satisfy.
I was able to immediately jump into this novel
and take off with it, even though this was the second book. The writer makes it
easy for the reader, well for me, to jump right in without having to read the
first one. Another reviewer stated this is an easy “stand alone” read. And, for
me it certainly was. At no time did I feel lost or wonder what was going on
with the story.
I read through this novel so fast I couldn’t
take notes. And, most of my readers know how I feel about historical fiction. However,
the writer’s writing style kept this paced so that I had to keep reading. This
book really grabbed my attention. I kept trying to pry myself away from it. I
do need occasional sleep though, so I had to put it down.
This reminded me of a more grown-up version of “Little
House on The Prairie”, which is probably why I really enjoyed it. I used to LOVE
that series a child. De Bruin also had a mystery in it, and the two visitors
didn’t show up until nearly the end. My heart ached for Logan and Karen because
of how things transpired and they were doing everything (seemingly) right.
However, they had good friends and a strong faith to support them.
This is a clean read with a little kissing.
There are definitely no sex scenes or foul language. Readers who enjoy a mild
taste of religious tones might enjoy this.
Beautiful, inspiring, and timeless are just
some of the words to describe this book. The cover is simple, colorful, and
just gorgeous. It drew me in as if in advertising a place to stay at the farm.
I’m definitely putting “Hope for Tomorrow” on
my TBR (to be read) list.
RATING:
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐–
Goodreads
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐–
Bookbub
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐–
Personal Rating (see rating explanation in this blog: https://readingexcursions.blogspot.com/2020/01/rating-system-2020-changes.html)
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