Book Description:
From the USA Today Bestselling author of the Longing for Home series, VALLEY OF DREAMS is a new romance novel set in the beloved world of Hope Springs.
Patrick O’Connor has seen far too much of the cruel and unforgiving world. Life has beaten him down relentlessly. Out of hope and out of options, he makes the terrifying and desperate decision to return home to the family he has lied to for years, the family he knows will never forgive him.
Widowed and nearly unable to care for her tiny daughter under the weight of extreme poverty, Eliza Porter jumps at the opportunity to leave behind the slums of New York City for the promise of a new life and a new beginning in the frontier town of Hope Springs.
Fate tosses the two of them together more and more often, while the burden of his tightly-held secrets and the ache of her abandoned dreams pull them further and further apart. Clinging to the whispered possibility of something more than the pain life has offered them thus far will require every bit of hope they can find in this peaceful but precarious valley of dreams.
Review:
I thought I had read most, if not all of the Hope Springs series, but while I was reading this book, I quickly found out I've missed a book or two. I need to rectify that, because this is such a good series. Patrick's story is full of heartache and hope, and is a poignant story about coming home and finding your self-worth.
I loved Eliza's character right off the bat. She saw past the rough, scruffy facade that Patrick was trying to hide behind, and her natural cheerfulness started to bring him out, bit by bit. I think without her influence, Patrick wouldn't have lasted very long in Hope Springs, especially with how worthless he felt about himself.
The thing I enjoy so much about this series is how real and raw the emotions are. Each of the characters in these stories have their own trials and as they fight through them, they realize just how strong they really are. I highly recommend this book and the entire series to anyone.
Title: Valley of Dreams Author: Sarah M. Eden Publisher: Mirror Press Published: February 2020 ISBN: 1947152742 Source: Advanced reader copy from the author. All opinions expressed are my own.
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