This is an excellent story and the sequel to a favorite of mine, “Not My Will.” Hope was told by a friend that step-parents could never really love a step-child and that adults only loved truly one time, and those words stuck with her for years and made her believe herself unloved.
After a job goes wrong, Hope finds herself desperate for work. Her time at the employment agency coincides beautifully with someone asking for a live-in cook/maid, and she takes the job as a temporary bridge to one in her field. However, she doesn't expect it to be at an old mansion in the inner city and connected with an inner-city mission program! This kicks off a completely different life journey than she expected to follow and sparks her re-evaluation of everything she previously believed.
The setting is contemporary to the publishing date of 1950 and I loved all the vintage details as well.
Five stars...plus I loved seeing another glimpse of the characters from Not My Will.