Hope and
Davis were always friends as Davis’s sister is best friends with Hope. So in seeing so much of Faith, Hope sees as
much of Davis. The relationship is in
the early beginnings when the American Civil War started up and Hope’s Father
came home having lost a leg as well as a son to the war. He’s very embittered and verbally abusive,
also absolutely against Hope having anything to do with Davis. Davis really wants to join up and serve in
the war although Hope and his Family are very much against it. He doesn’t see that he’ll be able to marry
Hope with her Father so against things.
This story portrayed the hardships people, soldiers and citizens alike,
had to suffer due to the war. The
characters were really likeable and I enjoyed the story and the history. It is a love story and although it is 2nd
in a series, I never read the first book or thought I was missing anything by
not having read the previous story.
Jenna Brandt melded the story and history together well along with
romance and the story was very well written.
It can be read in a few hours and I highly recommend it!
“I
voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and
opinions are my own.”
Description as shown on GoodReads:
Hope
Hammond is best friends with Faith Abernathy and has grown up around her
brother Davis. Recently, an attraction has surfaced between the friends. As the
new relationship starts to form, problems caused by the American Civil War have
reached a boiling point for the Hammond family, leaving little room
for Hope to focus on love.Davis Abernathy wants to be a soldier and fight for the Confederacy, but his family is against him joining the war effort. The only thing he wants more that serving with honor is to marry Hope, but their relationship can’t progress with her father refusing to let them be together. Frustrated, Davis makes a hasty decision that will change all their lives forever.
Can Hope’s family find a way to mend? Will Davis’s decision ruin his chance to be with Hope? And will the Civil War destroy any future the couple plans to have together?
*Author’s Note: This book was previously published under the title, Love’s Unending Grace while it was a part of Melissa Storm’s First Street Church Kindle World as well as Courted by a Soldier in The Rockwood Springs Series. Both versions were set in WWI but the book has been edited to remove references to that world and era and has been updated with new content, characters and historical information to reflect the civil war era. Names and places have been changed for historical accuracy
