A Mountain Worth Moving was a captivating novel. The main character, John Mitchell, carried so much guilt around on his shoulders regarding the accident that severely injured his youngest brother years earlier. This guilt influenced his feelings toward God and also the way he related to others. I felt very sorry for John as he worked on his own responsibilites of running the ranch, while also trying to keep his wild brother from tearing the family apart. The anger John carried around was very evident for the first portion of the story.
I really enjoyed reading about how people changed and grew in this book. Quite a few characters had life-changing spiritual and emotional growth occur as the story progressed. These transformations felt as if they were written realistically and believably.
I would have loved for this story to have had an epilogue for John and Jill a few months or a year into the future in order to see more of their happy ending. This was a very good story and I definitely connected with these characters. I read A Mountain Worth Moving through the Kindle Unlimited program.
(4 stars)
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Duty caused him to return. Guilt kept him there.
When his youngest brother, Ben, suffers a horrific injury quickly followed by the death of his father, John Mitchell moves home to assume the role as patriarch of the Triple M Ranch. Four hard years have passed since those tragic events and his family seems more fractured than ever. With one brother permanently disabled, another brother bent on causing even more heartache for the family and one of the largest ranches in Northern Montana to run, John has become an expert at pushing emotions to the side and pushing through the misery. Carrying a burden of guilt over his own role in his family’s situation, John vows to protect his family and his ranch by whatever means necessary.
After experiencing her own heartaches, Jill Morgan has dedicated her professional life to providing therapy to traumatic brain injury patients. When she initially meets the Mitchell family, she can’t shake the feeling that God wants her to help them. She begins to wage a battle to admit Ben to the elite therapy program at the hospital where she works. Expecting his family to be thrilled at the prospects of Ben being awarded one of the coveted spots in the program, she is shocked when she is confronted by a gruff and protective John Mitchell.
Determined to prove to the tall, taciturn, cowboy that he is completely wrong about her and her therapy techniques, Jill throws herself completely into Ben’s rehabilitation. Only when Ben doesn’t respond the way she had thought he would, and she gets to know the cowboy behind the rough exterior, Jill begins to think that maybe she was to help both brothers overcome injuries.
John hasn’t allowed himself to feel anything but guilt for four years. He doesn’t think he deserves happiness, but after getting to know Jill, he knows he can no longer deny the feelings he has for her. Convinced that if Jill knew the truth behind his role in his families tragedies, she would hate him, John must decided whether or not to risk his heart for a fleeting moment of happiness. And when heartache threatens to strike the Mitchell family again and John must decide if there is room in his life for both Jill and his responsibilities to his brothers and mother. He must decide if the burden he carries from the last four years is a mountain worth moving.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Amanda Mason has felt the pull to put pen to paper since she was a child. She penned her first book at the tender age of 6, including designing and creating her own cover! Mason lives in Middle Tennessee with her husband and 3 active children. She spends her days teaching high school and chasing after her 3 sports oriented children. Her nights are spent at a keyboard trying to convey God’s love, hope and redemption through the stories He lays on her heart.
