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Sometimes I choose a read because of comments I find. So it was with this one. Little did I realize it was the last in a series I have meant to read. Yet this book stands alone, a wonderful portrayal of a family demonstrating the strength of the love and devotion to each other.
It is spring, 1824, in Paradise, NY. Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bonner are about to celebrate a uniting of theie family when a rampaging flood destroys or damages nearly every home in this little village and takes the lives of several residents.
Family members are coming from as far away as Italy. Daughter, Lily, is from Italy. Lily, who has lost several babies, is pregnant and hopes that this one can be delivered safely in the family home with those who love her. Martha Kirby, their ward, comes from Manhattan, seeking peace and quiet as she recovers from a broken engagement.
For Martha and Daniel, Lily's twin brother, romance blooms. But their lives are threatened with the arrival of her estranged mother, Jemima Southern. Jemima is has destroyed too many families. Her vindictive nature and anger touches both Martha and Callie, her cousin who remembers that Jemima wants the treasured apple orchard. Jemima's secrets threaten them all. But this time there is a twist. She has brought a beautiful boy who she says is her son but is this a trick, too? As the story unfolds Martha, Daniel, Callie, Ethan and all the Bonners must cope with her schemes. Wise Curiosity helps whoever needs her while Elizabeth and Nathaniel gather their family to meet the threats that Jemima brings.
It is spring, 1824, in Paradise, NY. Nathaniel and Elizabeth Bonner are about to celebrate a uniting of theie family when a rampaging flood destroys or damages nearly every home in this little village and takes the lives of several residents.
Family members are coming from as far away as Italy. Daughter, Lily, is from Italy. Lily, who has lost several babies, is pregnant and hopes that this one can be delivered safely in the family home with those who love her. Martha Kirby, their ward, comes from Manhattan, seeking peace and quiet as she recovers from a broken engagement.
For Martha and Daniel, Lily's twin brother, romance blooms. But their lives are threatened with the arrival of her estranged mother, Jemima Southern. Jemima is has destroyed too many families. Her vindictive nature and anger touches both Martha and Callie, her cousin who remembers that Jemima wants the treasured apple orchard. Jemima's secrets threaten them all. But this time there is a twist. She has brought a beautiful boy who she says is her son but is this a trick, too? As the story unfolds Martha, Daniel, Callie, Ethan and all the Bonners must cope with her schemes. Wise Curiosity helps whoever needs her while Elizabeth and Nathaniel gather their family to meet the threats that Jemima brings.
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