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Thursday, September 05, 2013
New Proper Romance Enjoyable Despite a Few Wrinkles
1:00 AM
(Image from Barnes & Noble)
The Great Famine devastated thousands of Irish families, causing widespread starvation, disease and death across the Emerald Isle. Katie Macauley knows the horrors of that dark period only too well. Though but a wee lass during its most miserable points, the 26-year-old can't forget the terrible losses the Famine brought to her family. Or the suffering she herself caused them. Her only hope is to rectify her mistakes. The harder she works, the more money she can save to put toward that goal. As soon as she earns enough, she will return to Ireland, buy back her father's land, and set everything she ruined to rights again. That trip can't come soon enough for the determined Katie.
In an effort to earn money faster, Katie accepts a position as housekeeper in the home of a farmer living in the Wyoming Territory. From the correspondence she's received from her employer, Katie's expecting to wait on an elderly gentleman. She's shocked to discover that "elderly" Joseph Archer is less than 10 years older than she and is the father of two young girls. She's even more incredulous when he refuses to hire her the minute he hears her broad Irish brogue. Unbeknownst to Katie, she's landed herself in the middle of a vicious town feud between Hope Springs' American residents and its Irish immigrants. When stubborn Katie manages to secure the position she came to fulfill in spite of her roots, she earns the ire of one side of the conflict and the respect of the other. The Irish housekeeper doesn't want any of it—all she cares about is collecting the paychecks that will buy her passage on a ship home.
Whether she likes it or not, Katie must choose a side in the brewing battle. It doesn't help that her heart's torn between two men, one Irish, one not. Katie knows she can't give her loyalty to anything or anyone, not until she's paid her debt to her family in Ireland. But, with each day she spends in Hope Springs, it becomes harder and harder to leave. In the end, she can only follow her heart. The question is: Where will it take her?

(Readalikes: Reminded me of Borrowed Light by Carla Kelly)
Grade:
If this were a movie, it would be rated:
for some violence
To the FTC, with love: I received an ARC of Longing for Home from the generous folks at Shadow Mountain. Thank you!
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