Last week I was delighted to latch onto a copy of Sandra D. Bricker’s Love Finds You in Snowball Arkansas. Finally! Ever since learning about this book last summer and seeing its beautiful cover art on the “Love Finds You” author blog at http://lovefindsyou.wordpress.com, I eagerly awaited its release.
In Love Finds You in Snowball Arkansas, hotel guest manager Lucy Louise Binoche’s biological clock is clanging as she longs for a man to share her life with, someone “who will cherish and appreciate me.” Don’t we all?
When outdoorsy Mr. Right, Justin Gerard, bounds into her crosshairs at a singles group meeting at church, the fun begins. Lucy jumps at the chance to further their relationship by signing up for a week of prayer, praise and fun in the Ozarks at a camp on the Buffalo River even though her knowledge of the great outdoors would fill a thimble.
Under the tutelage of best friend and coworker, Matt Frazier, Lucy careens from one disaster to another in her attempt to demonstrate her worthiness. In the process, she learns important life lessons about herself.
Love Finds You in Snowball Arkansas is a well-told, heartwarming and satisfying story with compelling characters. I loved its strong sense of place. When I closed the book, I wanted to pack my bags and head off to Snowball myself. I wonder if there’s a return to Snowball in the works because I’d love to find out what happens with Wendy and George in more detail. Hint. Hint.
Incidentally, Sandie’s book – along with Andrea Boeshaar’s Love Finds You in Miracle Kentucky – is the first of two titles in a new line of inspirational romances by Summerside Press, a division of the Ellie Claire Gift and Paper Corporation of Bloomington, Minnesota. The company plans two releases in this line every other month. Love Finds You in Miracle Kentucky is at the top of my to-be-read pile and I’m putting Irene Brand’s Love Finds You in Valentine Nebraska on my Christmas wish list. This book is that good!
