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The Element of Love by Mary Connealy

 


First, I would like to extend a heartfelt “Thank you” to Mary Connealy and her publisher for sending me a copy of "The Element of Love" to review for them. I am truly grateful for this generosity. I really appreciate the time, effort and expense it takes to make a reviewer copy available to me.

“The Element of Love” by Mary Connealy is the first book in her brand new Lumber Baron’s Daughters series!  It is a beautiful story of love and sacrifice and strength and bravery.  And, of course, there is a generous sprinkling of the author’s wit amongst the wisdom throughout throughout the book.  I am always amazed at how much I learn about the character I want to display in my life when I ready Mary’s books!  Each of her characters either displays Christ-like characteristics to be emulated or reveals the opposite to be avoided at all costs.  She is one fiction author I will never give up reading!

In this story, the three daughters of the deceased lumber baron must leave their mother and escape the home they love to avoid marrying the inappropriate men selected by their stepfather.  Their escape is quite exciting and lands them in situations that will not only test their faith and allow them to use the skills instilled in them by their loving parents, but will also lead them to the husbands they must find in order to inherit their father’s lumber mill and expel their no-good stepfather once and for all!

Mary Connealy always surprises with an exciting plot, a heart-warming lesson and lots of laughs!  I highly recommend her books!  And am looking forward to the second offering in this series.

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