David Kingsman has come to Teaville from Kansas to prove to his Father that he can take the factory and make it a money making concern.....his Father just wants it sold. Definitely against the wishes of David who really doesn't want to return to Kansas at the time. He somehow when looking for a place to have lunch his path crossed that of Evelyn Wisely who is going to see someone in the red-light district. He doesn't realize that is where she is going until too late......he ends up joining her as they have a luncheon once a week for the kids of the district, and they hope the Mothers will join them also. They give them lunch, read from the Bible and invite the kids to join them at a home they have put together for the orphans from that area. Evelyn tried to have a home for the ladies who wished to leave that district, but the men in the area won't have it, the women are against it also.
David gets involved with Evelyn while trying to help her convince the men in the area to gain support for a home to help the women who wanted to leave the red light district. David helps out by putting some of them to work at the factory. He can't promise that will last forever, he puts a few of the orphans who are older to work there during the day. He does promise to give funds to cover one lunch for the orphans per month.
Of course David and Evelyn do get wrapped up with each other, although she doesn't want to leave Kansas, things have to change for these two in order to work things out for the home for the women, to keep the orphanage going, they fall in love with a little boy who lost his Mother to chicken pox. They were really bad people died from them back in those days. The book's characters are pretty involved I enjoyed the book immensely. I enjoyed the Bible references as they applied to the story line at the time.
I received this book through Good Reads in exchange for an honest review...I'll be passing it on to the library my Mom works at......here is the description as found on Amazon: Evelyn Wisely has a heart for the orphans of Teaville and works at a local mansion that rescues children out of the town's red-light district and gives them a place to live. But her desire to help isn't limited to orphans. The owner of the mansion, Nicholas Lowe, is willing to help her try to get the women working in prostitution out of the district as well--if she can gain the cooperation and support of local businessmen to go against the rest of the community.
David Kingsman has recently arrived in Teaville from Kansas City to help with one of his father's companies in town. While he plans on staying only long enough to prove his business merit to his father, he's shown interest in Evelyn's work and is intrigued enough by her to lend his support to her cause.
They begin with the best of intentions, but soon the complications pile up and Evelyn and David's dreams look more unattainable every day. When the revelation of a long-held secret creates a seemingly insurmountable rift between them, can they trust God still has a good plan for them despite all that is stacked against them?
