Don't get me wrong, the people in the stories will give a clear testimony of the Lord through their spoken words, but it is their lifestyles and their building of relationship with others that will have the Gospel shine forth to bring about change in a person's life. So, now for the review.
As a combination romance and police novel you will find that Robin Caroll does a good job of pulling both aspects together to provide an enjoyable experience. The story line is simple, there are no complex plot twists, no rambling dialogues about police procedures and no intense romantic scenes. But, with all that said the story is so enjoyable that I found myself left for wanting more. When the story was over I was kind of sad, the writer had captured me into this world of the life of Sophia Montgomery and I wanted more.
The general story line is this, Sophia Montgomery is a young woman who is a great gymnast. . She has just made the U.S. Olympic team and is spending a couple of days at home with her mom before heading out to join the team at their training facility. But her visit home is anything but lighthearted and fun. While there two men barge in one evening and beat her and her mother. They keep asking her mother, "Where is it?"
When Sophia wakes up from the beating she finds herself in the hospital. She has been severely beaten, so much so that the men left her for dead. One of the major injuries that she sustains is that of damage to her throat and vocal chords. She is unable to speak until some healing of the injury.
Upon waking up she is visited by Julian Frazier, one of the detective's assigned to her case. He is tall and handsome. His presence starts something within Sophia that she doesn't fully understand. Little does she know that the attraction she feels towards him is also an attraction that he is feeling towards her. Thus throughout the remainder of the story we have this simple growing attraction of one for the other that neither appears to want to acknowledge.
Julian has the unfortunate task of having to inform Sophia that her mother, Nina, did not survive the intruders, she was murdered by the men who barged in. So this is a homicide investigation.
Julian is drawn to Sophia and so desperately wants to solve the crime to give her some peace of mind. But he also wants to protect her from anything else the two men might have planned for her, such as another attack to finish her off.
Underlying the whole story is Sophia's trust in God. Her knowledge that God will protect her, provide for her, comfort her and use this situation to bring Himself honor and glory. Julian on the other hand has no trust in God. He questions where God was when his previous partner was gunned down. He has no use for a God who is suppose to be loving but allows evil to happen.
Two other characters in the story will provide Julian with more background and prodding about his relationship with God. His new partner, Broady, is also a Christians as well as Charlie, the lip reader that is brought in to communicate for Sophia who can't speak out loud. These two will keep asking Julian questions or answer his questions about God and bring him to a point of having to decide what he thinks.
There are some more interesting aspects to the story, but you will just have to buy the book and read for yourself.
This book is part of a series called Quilts of Love, each story revolves around a Quilt that has been sewn. They each of stories of their own. I so enjoyed this particular story that I am looking forward to reading another in the series.
Enjoy!
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