G336 Book Review of Ripples along the shore by Mona Hodgson

Title of the book: Ripples Along the Shore

Author: Mona Hodgson

Publisher: Water Brook

Publishing Date: 2014

ISBN: 978-0-307-73114-2

Summary:

Once a week, Elsa Brantenberg hosts the Saint Charles Quilting Circle at her farmhouse on the outskirts of the riverside town of St. Charles, Missouri. The ladies who gather there have all experienced heartache related to the intense hardships of the Civil War, and together, they are facing their painful circumstances with friendship and prayer. Can the tattered pieces of their hearts be stitched together by God’s grace?

Ripples Along the Shore
Change is brewing in St. Charles. A group of brave souls are preparing to head west on the Boone's Lick Wagon Train, led by the mysterious and handsome Garrett Cowlishaw, who served as a Confederate soldier in the war that killed Caroline’s husband. Despite her dislike for him, Caroline is tempted to join the wagon train and start fresh somewhere new, but when Mr. Cowlishaw forbids her—a single woman—to travel with them, will one man’s prejudice destroy Caroline’s hope for a new future? Or will the ripples of God’s love bring the answer she needs?

Author Info:

Mona Hodgson's publishing credits have grown to include nearly forty books, including the Sinclair Sisters fo Cripple Creek series, Prairie Song, children's books, and contributions to more than ten books for adults. Mona is a popular speaker for women's groups, schools, and educatiors' and writers' conferences. She lives in Arizona with her husband and has two daughters and a gaggle of grandchildren.

Personal Opinion:

This is sad. I can barely remember what this story was about. But still, like the other two tales, very passive, very submissive and a little too good to be true. I am really the wrong person to have read and reviewed these books because I'm not the target audience and all I thought about and learned is how different my reading tastes is to this.

I won this as first reads goodreads giveaway. All opinions are my own

1 out of 5
(0: Stay away unless a masochist 1: Good for insomnia 2: Horrible but readable; 3: Readable and quickly forgettable, 4: Good, enjoyable 5: Buy it, keep it and never let it go.)