About
this book:
“Journey now to San Francisco, California, of 1853 where...
An English socialite finds more treasure than expected on her trip to the American West.
When Abby Effingham becomes stranded in the middle of the California gold rush, her money depletes quickly even while her prospects for marriage increase daily. But Abby is on a mission to find her mother—not romance. Will a ridiculous scandal keep her from traveling on, or will it wake up an aloof innkeeper to the treasure right under his roof?
Samuel Harris runs a moderately priced hotel where Abby and her family’s elderly butler find shelter. He is looking forward to when she—and her parade of suitors—move on, though he concedes to let her work in his restaurant. When the sassy socialite is in trouble, will Samuel come to her rescue or find himself alone?”
Series: Part of the “My Heart Belongs” series, but not connecting to any other books.
Spiritual Content- Many Scriptures are quoted, mentioned, & talked about; Church going; Many, many talks and discussions about God & praying; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Many mentions of God; Many mentions of prayers & praying; Mentions of Bibles and those, events, and places in the Bible; Mentions of churches, church going, Sunday school classes, hymns, a minister, & sermons; Mentions of miracles; Mentions of sinful lives & sins; A few mentions of faiths; A few mentions of missionaries; A few mentions of Heaven; A few mentions of blessings & being blessed; A mention of religious customs;
“Journey now to San Francisco, California, of 1853 where...
An English socialite finds more treasure than expected on her trip to the American West.
When Abby Effingham becomes stranded in the middle of the California gold rush, her money depletes quickly even while her prospects for marriage increase daily. But Abby is on a mission to find her mother—not romance. Will a ridiculous scandal keep her from traveling on, or will it wake up an aloof innkeeper to the treasure right under his roof?
Samuel Harris runs a moderately priced hotel where Abby and her family’s elderly butler find shelter. He is looking forward to when she—and her parade of suitors—move on, though he concedes to let her work in his restaurant. When the sassy socialite is in trouble, will Samuel come to her rescue or find himself alone?”
Series: Part of the “My Heart Belongs” series, but not connecting to any other books.
Spiritual Content- Many Scriptures are quoted, mentioned, & talked about; Church going; Many, many talks and discussions about God & praying; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Many mentions of God; Many mentions of prayers & praying; Mentions of Bibles and those, events, and places in the Bible; Mentions of churches, church going, Sunday school classes, hymns, a minister, & sermons; Mentions of miracles; Mentions of sinful lives & sins; A few mentions of faiths; A few mentions of missionaries; A few mentions of Heaven; A few mentions of blessings & being blessed; A mention of religious customs;
*Note: Mentions of evil; A mention
of a godforsaken place.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘sissy’ and a ‘stupid’; A couple mentions of curses (said, not written); Some eye rolling & sarcasm; Mentions of gunfire, bullets, shooting, & killing; Mentions of fights/brawls, fighting, injuries, & blood/bleeding (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of pain & injuries; Mentions of gambling & gambling halls; Mentions of alcohol, drinking, drunks, & saloons; Mentions of plucking headless chickens; A few mentions of a wife who tried to leave a marriage; A couple mentions of a fire & deaths; A couple mentions of thieves; A couple mentions of threats; A couple mentions of lies & lying; A couple mentions of gossip; A mention of cannibalistic natives in a foreign country; A mention of a thief hung; A mention of a man who died from hard work; A mention of manure.
Sexual
Content- two nose kisses, a forehead kiss, three hair kisses, and two
border-line barely-above-not-detailed // semi-detailed kiss; Wanting to kiss (barely-above-not-detailed);
Touches, Embraces, & Shivers (barely-above-not-detailed); Blushes; Noticing
(barely-above-not-detailed); A man places his hand on Abby’s backside (he gets punched);
Mentions of seeing couples kiss (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of rowdy
men laying kisses on the saloon girls; Mentions of suggestive comments about
rowdy men & saloon girls; Mentions of women of ill repute & saloon girls;
Mentions of rowdy men catcalling/whistling & rudely stared at Abby; Mentions
of flirting & winks; A few mentions of a kiss; A few mentions of blushes; A
couple mentions of a brothel & prostitutes; A couple mentions of implied
scandals; A couple mentions of seeing couples embrace; A mention of an indecent
offer (that’s not said); Love, falling in love, & the emotions;
*Note: Mentions of women wearing
dresses that show their curves/figures; A few mentions of men slapping or
touching women on their backside; A couple mentions of saloon girls’ messy
clothing; A mention of a low-cut dress showing more than one wants to see; A mention
of a saloon girl showing her undergarments; A mention of inequality between the
sexes.
-Abigail “Abby”
Effingham, age 23
-Samuel “Sam”
Harris
P.O.V. switches between them
P.O.V. switches between them
Set in 1853
256 pages
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My personal Rating-
While this
one was probably my top anticipated book of 2018, I have to say that it’s not
near my favorite books by this talented author. That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy
the message of this novel, I certainly did, but there was some content due to
the problems of the city it was set in. I loved how much Spiritual Content and
discussions were in this one and liked all our main characters. It was a neat
read and I’m so happy to see—and add to my bookshelves—another book with Janice
Thompson’s name on it. :)
See y’all
on Wednesday with a new review!
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
*I received this book for free
from the Publisher (Barbour Books) for this honest review.
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