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Love Inspired Books for July Autumn Promises by Kate Welsh As the latest in the Laurel Glen series, Autumn Promises brings the reader into a familiar world with familiar faces. It’s always intriguing to get a closer look at characters that were only supporting in previous works, and this story of Meg Taggert and Evan Alton has been in the makings for quite a while. That the initial conflict between the characters was smoothed out quickly and efficiently I found refreshing; that the resulting conflict was drawn out so long I find curious. Their inability to entertain the theory of compromise is almost startling, but then, people often are. At any rate, it was nice to finally get the full story of these two characters that Love Inspired readers have been acquainted with for years.
Finding Amy by Carol Steward The undercurrents in Steward’s "Faith on the Line" series are palpable, the struggle to pin down the "bad guys" unending. In Finding Amy, however, the criminal wheels that our main character, Sam Vance, is trying to bring to a halt take a back burner to a woman who’s been on his mind for a while, Jessica Mathers. We still get to see the detective in action in the search for his new love’s daughter, but there are no easy answers to the larger search. I appreciate that Jessica’s discovery of faith takes on a prominent role and sees her through the ensuing problems of searching for her daughter; often this crucial element can be nearly forgotten in the plot, but I was relieved to find that Jessica herself brought it up regularly. I’m looking forward to seeing more of this quality in the following books.
Love Enough for Two by Cynthia Rutledge Love Enough for Two was one of the fastest stories I’ve read in a while. The narrative moves quickly, the characters grabbing you as forcefully as they latch onto each other. Entertainment comes through their wit and the switch that is supposed to be so innocent that you know disaster is imminent. My only complaint is that is moves so quickly I’m left wondering exactly when the first change comes over Matthew Dixon, to turn him from a playboy to a seeker of the Lord. His second change into a family man, however, was well thought out and convincing.
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