Sweet and spiritual … because romance should be inspiring and pure. When Ruby is offered a nursing job caring for a retired missionary, she has no idea God is going to use her new position to bring her face to face with a doctor she met years ago when life was at its lowest. Elliot’s been struggling with his faith since he graduated medical school. If God exists, why doesn’t he heal Elliot’s … God exists, why doesn’t he heal Elliot’s patients like in biblical times? Why are the most loving, lively believers allowed to suffer and die far too young?
A chance encounter with an eccentric old Christian woman leads Elliot to a few answers, a lot more questions … and a nurse he hasn’t seen or thought about in years.
A tender, inspiring Christian romance from Woman of Faith award-winning author, Alana Terry.
Read What Dreams May Fall today for a heart-warming small-town romance you won’t ever forget.
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This book, the last in the series, presents both the picture of God’s redemption and man’s own attempt to redeem himself. The author presents the full range of emotions in times of tragedy and despair. Through Mace’s words, she makes the reader think, “Am I sharing with my family and friends how they will spend eternity?”
It seems that Ruby and Jessi had some conversations behind-the-scenes unknown to the reader until near the end of the story during Jessi’s dramatic talk with God. That was the highlight of the book for me. It showed me, once again, an example of God’s redemptive power!
Ruby & Elliott know each other from the past & are surprised to see each other again. Grandma Lucy, from a previous story, is part of this book also. She has faith & a prayer life that puts me to shame. Mace is a guy that needs lots of growing up. It has its sad part but proves that God is sovereign & always faithful even though we don’t understand his ways. This is an excellent book. It ends abruptly which I didn’t like. I received a free copy. This is my voluntary review.
Ruby, whom we met in What Dreams May Die, has taken a position at Safe Anchorage Farm as a live in nurse to help take care of Grandma Lucy at the request of Connie. Being a new Christian, she’s let go of people who didn’t understand her or want to be her friend anymore. Her best friend Jessi is one that stuck around, along with Jessi’s brother Mace. Neither understand Ruby’s new interest and hope it’s a fad that will pass quickly. Elliot is a doctor we met briefly in a previous story along with Tiff. He’s come to visit Grandma Lucy to ask her some questions. Ruby and Elliott know each other from a past encounter. The story weaves in and out of Ruby’s relationship with Jessi and Mace as well as introducing Elliott to the mix and her care of Grandma Lucy. Easy to relate to characters and a story that holds your attention throughout. One serious part of the story drags you right in as if you were there. Hope we see more of these characters here and there in future stories.
I love this whole series! It was wonderful to follow Ruby and Elliot in this book. The way Alana intertwines their meeting in an earlier book and builds on it in this is done so well. I also enjoy the way this shows more of the life of Grandma Lucy. I still look forward to seeing a book entirely on her life. She’s hands down the most amazing & unique character! I didn’t care for the way this book ended. I know it may have been done this way to leave it open to a continuing story but it left me feeling my copy was missing the last chapter.
This entire series has made me reflect on those people I grew up with in a church & town so much like Orchard Grove. I have discovered even while knowing many of them fairly well, their families have likely held pains and struggles that I knew nothing about. Personally, God has used this to help me to be less likely to judge others by looking from a different perspective! It’s ironic how God is using fictional stories to teach me in my Christian walk!