My Beloved Waits

by Peggy Darty

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1586603841
• ISBN13: 9781586603847
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: Barbour Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages

Customer Reviews

A pretty good sweet historical romance.

This book is from the Heartsong Presents historical series, sweet historical romances in various settings with an inspirational theme. This particular book is set just after the end of the Civil War in Alabama, as the Reconstruction era begins. It's May 1865, and the Civil War is finally over, but for Grace Cunningham, the hardship has not ended. Her older brother died in battle, and she and her mother haven't had word from her father in so long that Grace assumes he has died as well. Just nineteen years old, Grace must keep their Alabama farm running so that the bank does not take it away and sell it to Yankee carpetbaggers, for her mother is not strong enough emotionally. One day, a Northerner, Jonathan Parker arrives, bringing Grace's father's Bible -- and the news that he has most likely died of a terrible illness. Even though he is a Yankee, one of the enemy, Grace finds herself falling in love with Jonathan. But Jonathan is determined to return to his home in Kentucky once he fulfills what he sees as his obligation to Grace and her mother -- and following him would mean leaving her beloved home. This was a pretty good sweet historical romance set in the Alabama countryside immediately following the Civil War. However, the characters were a bit weak -- Grace fell in love with Jonathan very fast, and since the entire book was from Grace's third person point of view, a look at Jonathan's side of the story is never given, which I would have liked. Fans of sweet romances who enjoy this historical time period might want to give this book a try, however. It's not a bad way to spend a couple of hours.