About this book:
“When
a dressmaker who values beauty tangles with a liveryman who condemns vanity,
the sparks begin to fly!
Jericho
"J.T." Tucker wants nothing to do with the new dressmake in Coventry,
Texas. He's all too familiar with her kind—shallow women more devoted to
fashion than true beauty. Yet, except for her well-tailored clothing, this
seamstress is not at all what he expected.
Hannah Richards is confounded by the man who
runs the livery. The unsmiling fellow riles her with his arrogant assumptions
and gruff manner while at the same time stirring her heart with unexpected acts
of kindness. Which side of Jericho Tucker reflects the real man?
When Hannah decides to help Jericho's
sister catch a beau—leading to consequences neither could have foreseen—will
Jericho and Hannah find a way to bridge the gap between them?”
Series: No, a stand-alone.
Spiritual Content- Proverbs 31:30 at the beginning; Many Scriptures are mentioned,
read, remembered, referenced, quoted, discussed, & thought over; Bible
reading; Many Prayers; Church going & singing hymns; Talks about God, His
creation, & Christians; ‘H’s are not capitalized when referring to God; Many
mentions of God, the Lord’s Providence, His will, & His creation; Mentions
of prayers & praying; Mentions of Bibles, Bible reading, & devotionals;
Mentions of those, events, & places in the Bible; Mentions of churches,
church going, church events, services, sermons, hymns, & a preacher; Mentions
of Christians; Mentions of Heaven & angels; Mentions of blessings &
being Blessed; A few mentions of a godsend; A few mentions of a sinner & being
sinful;
*Note: A mention of a smile being
the essence of devilment; A mention of a woman looking like an angry goddess from
Greek myths.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘bah’, a ‘drat’, a ‘give a fig’, a
‘land sakes’, a ‘shoot’, a ‘shucks’, a ‘where the devil’, two forms of ‘blast’,
three ‘stupid’s, and five forms of ‘idiot’; Some eye rolling & sarcasm; A couple
mentions of curses and cursing (said, not written); A flash flood, almost
drowning, & rescuing someone (up to semi-detailed); Being attacked, held at
knife-point, bleeding, & pain (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of a flash
flood, injuries, almost drowning, & an unconscious person; Mentions of fighting,
injuries, & pain; Mentions of possible injuries & illnesses (barely-above-not-detailed);
Mentions of vandalism & vandals; A few mentions of a child nearly drowning;
A few mentions of lies & lying; A few mentions of hatred; A few mentions of
saloons, drinking, & drunkenness; A couple mentions of gossip; A mention of
a war; A mention of murderous impulses; A mention of gunshots; A mention of bullies;
A mention of a hog shrieking at butchering time; A mention of manure.
Sexual Content- Two
fingers-to-lips touches, two hand/palm kisses, three forehead kisses, two
almost (semi-detailed) kisses, a barely-above-not-detailed kiss, a semi-detailed
kiss, a detailed kiss, and a very detailed kiss; Wanting to kiss someone (up to
semi-detailed); Imagining kisses & touches/embraces (up to semi-detailed); Lots
of Touches, Warmth, Embraces, Hand holding, Nearness, & Smelling (including
Hannah sitting on a Jericho’s lap, all up to semi-detailed); Wanting to touch someone
& be touched (barely-above-not-detailed); Blushes & Winks; Lots of Noticing
(including a woman’s curves and bare calves (Jericho is attracted to/tempted by
Hannah and his body reacts in physical ways (wanting to kiss her, mouth going
dry, etc.)) & a man’s muscles (Jericho flexes his muscles in front of
Hannah a few times), up to semi-detailed); A ‘hussy’; Mentions of almost kisses,
kisses, & kissing; Mentions of flirting & blushes; Mentions of jealousy
& possessiveness; Mentions of chaperones, reputations, compromising a woman’s
virtue, & a man not taking advantage of a woman; A few mentions of a married
woman leaving her family to play as a mistress to another man; A few mentions
of seducing; A few mentions of women throwing themselves at men; A couple
mentions of some marriages never being any deeper than physical attraction; A mention
of a madam in a bordello; Love, attraction, falling in love, & the
emotions;
*Note: Mentions of women’s curves;
Mentions of men’s muscles & their physiques; Mentions of modesty & modest
dresses; A couple mentions of scanty gowns inciting men to lust; A mention of a
woman’s ample hips.
-Hannah Richards
-Jericho “J.T.” Tucker, age 27
P.O.V.
switches between them
Set in 1881
348 pages
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My
personal Rating- 
I will very easily admit that I
wanted to throttle Jericho most of the book. Particularly in the first half
because he was a twerp to Hannah, and while less overall in the second half, I
still would’ve been fine with whacking him with a shoe a few times then as well. There were more than a few parts of him
noticing her curves or her noticing his muscles that made their romance be
based much more on the physical attraction side, which albeit is common for the
enemies-to-lovers trope, is not my favorite to read about. They had a lot of
cute moments that made me smile, and I really enjoyed all the faith content in
this novel, but I do hesitate to recommend this book to anyone under 16 because
of all the kisses and noticing.
See y’all on Friday 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 really enjoy her books they are so full of humor and the way she naturally weaves faith into her stories is great! I enjoyed this one as well, thanks for sharing your thoughts :)
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