“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” ― C.S. Lewis
This is my second week doing this little blog article, hence the title, my 2nd cup. Last week was my first cup! :) Hope that it makes sense, ha!
The one book that can't seem to get out of my head is:
I remember when I bought this book. It was my first purchase from Amazon and of Deanne Gist's works.
It's placed in 1860's Seattle, where a man with a wife could secure himself 640 acres of timberland.
Joe Denton (handsome lumberjack man) finds himself about to lose his land so he decides to buy one of the Mercer girls arriving from the East.
A woman he'll marry in name but keep around mostly as a cook.
Anna Ivey's journey west with Asa Mercer's girls is an escape from the griefs of her past. She's not supposed to be a bride, though, just a cook for the girls. But when they land, she's handed to Joe Denton and the two find themselves in a knotty situation. She refuses to wed him and he's about to lose his land. With only a few months left, can Joe convince this provoking--but beguiling--easterner to be his bride?
There is a huge age gap between Joe and Anna, but they still fit each other perfectly. Gist has a talent with being able to write about love between two people that is still clean and I really enjoyed reading about them falling in love over time.
If I could add anything there was one character I felt could have his own book finding a Mercer girl for himself!
Other than that this was was delightful read and that's why it's my 2nd cup of tea this Thursday.
For His Kingdom,
Taylor Reid
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