With the lies of the past behind her, Addie finds love . . . and discovers her true Father.
Addie Sullivan leads a quiet life in a northern California lighthouse. She mourns the death of her father and endures her mother's bitterness, until the night a storm brings an injured stranger and a dark secret to her home. The man insists she is not who she thinks she is, but rather "Julia Eaton"-the child long lost and feared dead by her wealthy family. Seizing the chance to be reunited with the Eatons, Addie leaves her lighthouse home but decides to keep her true identity a secret until they can unravel the mystery.
Addie loves the Eatons' palatial home tucked away among the California redwood forests. She feels secure with the jovial family, adores the young boy who is her charge as governess, and finds romance with his father John, a young widower. But sinister shadows overtake Addie's joy. As dusty rooms and secret compartments give up their clues about her past, Addie finds a faith and a love she could never have guessed. To embrace this new world of promise is to risk her life; but to run away is to risk losing the greatest love she's ever known.
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This was a solid read for me, the characters were well-rounded enough and the mystery was such that I didn't guess what was happening until only just before the characters. I felt the setting was well-done and I got a feel for the time period without it beind shoved down my throat.
In terms of the inspirational aspect, the heroine is very steadfast in her faith and the hero finds himself wishing he had her “simple trust,” which... we never really see him develop this. He kind of goes from “Oh I wish I had that simple faith/trust,” to suddenly he has it. I wanted to see more of his struggles.
The characters appear in the second and third books as well, but we don't get a glimpse of their inner struggles anymore. So it made me wonder why the author even brought up the hero's struggle at all; it fell a little flat for me.
That said, I am reading the entire trilogy, and I'm not a fan of series.
