When the Meadow Blooms | Review

When the Meadow Blooms Published by Fleming H. Revell Company by Ann H. Gabhart
on May 3, 2022
Genres: Christian, Romance, Western, Historical
Pages: 376
Source: Publisher
Format: ARC, Paperback
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Also by this author: An Appalachian Summer
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ISBN: 0800737229
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Widow Rose Meadows eagerly accepts her brother-in-law's offer for her and her two daughters to live on his farm after her treatments in a sanatorium finds them needing a home. But is this scarred and reclusive man ready for all the changes these women will bring to his life?

When the Meadow Blooms is technically a romance. But more than that, it’s a story of family.

Rose Meadows is a widow with two young daughters; Calla and Sienna. Rose, who’s been in a sanitorium for her tuberculosis, is receiving letters from her daughters who have been waiting for her to heal–while living in an orphanage.

Rose is realizing that her girls may not be telling her just how bad things are–she can only read between the lines of the letters she’s been getting for the two years she’s been ill. And she’s missing her girls, terribly.

Dirk is a bachelor who once loved a woman but now likes to live his life in solitude after half of his face was burned in a fire several years prior.

When he simultaneously receives letters from both Rose and Calla–he knows he needs to help his brother’s widow and his nieces–even if it means opening his home and losing that solitude he’s loved so much.

While there is some romance in this story–it is overshadowed by the story of how a man can open his heart and home to family.

There are also some Biblical messages in this one. But, don’t fear, if that’s not your cup of tea, it’s very minimal and not so overwhelming that it feels preachy.

I absolutely loved this story and found myself tearing up more than once.

 

 

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