I love mail order bride and marriage of convenience stories, so I was very eager to read Tomorrow’s First Light. I am happy to report that it is a wonderfully written novel and a favorite of mine for sure!
This story is a new series, yet Ellie and her siblings do appear in the Eagle Harbor novels, too. So, if you have read those books, then you may recognize Ellie Spritzer. However, if you haven’t read them, don’t worry. This series is a new start for Ellie and her siblings.
In Tomorrow’s First Light, Ellie and Sam have such great chemistry and plenty of nervousness with each other to keep things tense for awhile! Sam definitely struggles with learning to be open with his wife and even with his friends. This is due to his backstory as an orphan and creates some additional problems that must be overcome.
I love the cast of characters that the author introduces us to in this book and am looking forward to reading the future novels in this series.
(5 stars)
I received a complimentary copy of this book. All opinions are my own.
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Marrying a stranger to keep the woman’s siblings out of an orphanage is one thing, but when more children than expected pour out of the stagecoach, what’s a man to do?
Nervous about meeting her fiancé for the first time, Ellie Spritzer’s lifelong hope of finding love is about to end—or rather, begin. She never imagined her quest for love would take her to the other side of the country with all eight of her siblings in tow, but after her mother dies unexpectedly, what choice does she have? At least the man she’s been writing for the past year is still willing to marry her and take in her siblings… or so she thinks until she arrives in the dusty town of Twin Rivers, Texas.
Growing up an orphan, Sam Owens never had a place to call home or a family to love. So if his wife-to-be needs to bring three of her siblings with her, he has no complaints about having a ready-made family. But his mail-order-bride doesn’t arrive with three. She arrives with eight.
Sam can’t make himself turn away children in need. But as a beginning rancher, he doesn’t have the resources to care for so many people. When sinister forces threaten the things Sam and Ellie both hold dear, can they figure out how to keep their fledgling family together, or will they lose the very things they cherish most?
Tomorrow’s First Light is the first book in the Texas Promise Seriesby bestselling Christian romance author Naomi Rawlings. If you like tender marriage-of-convenience stories, you’ll love this heartwarming tale filled with hope and new beginnings.
Texas Promise Series
Book 1—Tomorrow’s First Light (Sam and Ellie)
Book 2—Tomorrow’s Shining Dream (Daniel and Charlotte–available 2020)
Book 3—Tomorrow’s Constant Hope (Wes and Keely–available 2020)
Book 4—Tomorrow’s Steadfast Prayer (Harrison and Alejandra)
Book 5—Tomorrow’s Lasting Joy (Cain and Anna Mae)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Naomi Rawlings is the author of historical Christian novels, including the Amazon bestselling Eagle Harbor Series. While she’d love to claim she spends her days huddled in front of her computer vigorously typing, in reality, she spends her time homeschooling, cleaning, picking up, and pretending like her house isn’t in a constant state of chaos. She lives with her husband and three children in Michigan’s rugged Upper Peninsula, along the southern shore of Lake Superior where they get 200 inches of snow every year, and where people still grow their own vegetables and cut down their own firewood–just like in the historical novels she writes.
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5 Stars! Great! I’ll have to add this to my ever-growing to-read list!