A Sensible Arrangement

A Sensible Arrangement by Tracie Peterson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

When an ex-Texas rancher, now wealthy Denver, Colorado banker, Jake Wythe advertises for a Lone Star bride, widower and sharpshooter Marty Dandridge takes up the challenge to put behind her a million memories of her rancher husband being gored to death by a bull. Marty knows the arrangement is a marriage of convenience and is fine with that as she can't imagine loving another man. Marty can no longer make sense of a loving God and turns from her faith. The banking industry will soon be dealt a blow as the economy collapses and silver prices fall. The Wythe's may soon lose their fancy home, "fancy" friends, and servants. Even worse, the many city's orphanages could possibly turn the children out into the streets if things became worse.

A nice easy, inspirational read with historical details thrown in...

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What Once Was Lost: A Novel

What Once Was Lost: A Novel by Kim Vogel Sawyer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Christina was raised in a loving home, with parents that stressed being responsible for those in need. In fact, her parents ran the poor farm, as people called it, with Christina's help. Before they passed, Christina didn't have the day to day stress of running it alone as she does now and with the recent fire in the kitchen - all the residents are displaced and awaiting the repair of the home. When the board fails to approve money for the much needed repairs and even closes the poor farm down, Christina feels that not only her faith is failing, but she's failing her residents, especially eleven year old Tommy, blinded from an accident.

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A Home for My Heart

A Home for My Heart by Anne Mateer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Historical fiction that tugs at your heart - Miss Sadie Sillsby helps run the Raystown Home for Orphan and Friendless Children, caring for the orphans on a daily basis and assisting the Matron and dear friend, Hazel. But when Hazel offers her the position of Matron, as she herself is marrying soon, Sadie will have to set aside her own marriage plans to Blaine. A matron can not be married and must attend to the many duties of running the orphanage, including keeping the finances straight and acquiring needed donations. Sadie accepts the position without consulting Blaine and forges ahead with her new career, even though she is sorely lacking math skills. The home continues to operate in the red and her records don't match the bank figures. On top of these problems, Sadie realizes she may soon lose Blaine to someone else. Sadie must take a hard look at herself and ask some very difficult questions...

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Little Princes: One Man's Promise to Bring Home the Lost Children of Nepal by Conor Grennan

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


In the beginning of his jaunt, 20-something Conor Grennan never would have thought that he would be saving Nepalese children from human traffickers. Conor was going off on a lark, something to tell the girls back home in the U.S., "Ah yes, I worked with orphans for three months." But along the way he fell in love with the children of The Little Princes Children's Home in a small village near Kathmandu, Nepal. Promising the children to come back, after his three month stint and a trip around the world, Conor settles back in the United States and works on a way to save more Napalese children. An amazing, heartrending, honest account, written with Conor's hilarious take on things, this book is a gem. Please read - it could be heart changing. One person can really make a difference in the world!



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