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this book:
“Returning home after two years at the Buffalo Ladies’ Seminary, Annis Jackson believes God has blessed her with the perfect homecoming: a whirlwind romance with a man she’s loved from afar during her time at school. Except the object of her affections, Hugh Hylton, is related to her father’s most bitter enemy, a man determined to see Toledo firmly in the grip of the state of Ohio and the very one funding Hugh’s newspaper venture.
After several years of newspaper work in Buffalo, New York, Hugh Hylton jumped at his uncle’s offer of financial help to start a newspaper on the opposite shore of Lake Erie. And when he discovers during the steamship voyage to his new home that the woman he’s been dreaming about for the past year, Annis Jackson, loves him back, his future seems secure. He arrives in Port Lawrence, part of the newly named town of Toledo, ready to approach her father and declare his intentions toward her.
But Annis fears Hugh doesn’t understand the depth of the personal conflict over the positioning of Ohio’s state line and persuades him to conceal their relationship until she can prepare her father to accept Hugh in spite of his family connections. Then the Michigan militia arrives in the Toledo Strip, determined to prevent Ohio elections, and the situation gets out of hand, making their secret more difficult to guard. Suddenly the future of the newspaper—and their relationship—is as unstable as the fate of Toledo itself.
Will Hugh and Annis survive their feuding families? Only time will tell.”
Series: Book #2 in the “Coast-to-Coast Brides” series. They are not connected, but Here is the review of Book #1!
Spiritual Content- Ecclesiastes 3:11 at the beginning; A few Scriptures are quoted, mentioned, & talked about; Prayers & Thanking God; Talks about God & praying; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Hugh says he doesn’t hold to a personal God (he believes that God isn’t interested in the details of his life), and while he does find himself wishing he had a faith like Annis, he also wavers in that thought at times; Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers, praying, blessings over food, & thanking God; Mentions of churches & church going; Mentions of faiths & Christians; A couple mentions of the Bible; A mention of a godly plan; A mention of sin;
“Returning home after two years at the Buffalo Ladies’ Seminary, Annis Jackson believes God has blessed her with the perfect homecoming: a whirlwind romance with a man she’s loved from afar during her time at school. Except the object of her affections, Hugh Hylton, is related to her father’s most bitter enemy, a man determined to see Toledo firmly in the grip of the state of Ohio and the very one funding Hugh’s newspaper venture.
After several years of newspaper work in Buffalo, New York, Hugh Hylton jumped at his uncle’s offer of financial help to start a newspaper on the opposite shore of Lake Erie. And when he discovers during the steamship voyage to his new home that the woman he’s been dreaming about for the past year, Annis Jackson, loves him back, his future seems secure. He arrives in Port Lawrence, part of the newly named town of Toledo, ready to approach her father and declare his intentions toward her.
But Annis fears Hugh doesn’t understand the depth of the personal conflict over the positioning of Ohio’s state line and persuades him to conceal their relationship until she can prepare her father to accept Hugh in spite of his family connections. Then the Michigan militia arrives in the Toledo Strip, determined to prevent Ohio elections, and the situation gets out of hand, making their secret more difficult to guard. Suddenly the future of the newspaper—and their relationship—is as unstable as the fate of Toledo itself.
Will Hugh and Annis survive their feuding families? Only time will tell.”
Series: Book #2 in the “Coast-to-Coast Brides” series. They are not connected, but Here is the review of Book #1!
Spiritual Content- Ecclesiastes 3:11 at the beginning; A few Scriptures are quoted, mentioned, & talked about; Prayers & Thanking God; Talks about God & praying; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; Hugh says he doesn’t hold to a personal God (he believes that God isn’t interested in the details of his life), and while he does find himself wishing he had a faith like Annis, he also wavers in that thought at times; Mentions of God; Mentions of prayers, praying, blessings over food, & thanking God; Mentions of churches & church going; Mentions of faiths & Christians; A couple mentions of the Bible; A mention of a godly plan; A mention of sin;
*Note: A mention of someone’s name
that is almost likens it to the devil.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘dumb’, an ‘egads!’, and a ‘stupid’; A mention of wanting to curse (possibly); Annis sneaks out to meet Hugh; Annis does lie a bit to her parents (and she’s concerned with how easy it has become and repents near the end of the book); Pain & Injuries (up to semi-detailed); A bit of eye rolling; Mentions of a possible war & fighting; Mentions of violence & someone having the idea to stab another (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of pain & injuries (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of lies & deceit; A few mentions of possible deaths & flying bullets; A few mentions of gossip.
Sexual
Content- a palm kiss, three forehead/head kisses, a cheek kiss, an almost (barely-above-not-detailed)
kiss, a not-detailed kiss, eight barely-above-not-detailed kisses, and a
border-line barely-above-not-detailed // semi-detailed kiss; Wanting to kiss (barely-above-not-detailed);
Touches,
Embraces, & Nearness (up to semi-detailed); Wanting to embrace; Noticing; Mentions
of blushes; A few mentions of chaperones; Love, being in love, & the
emotions.
-Annis
Jackson, age 20
-Hugh Hylton,
age 24
P.O.V. switches between them
P.O.V. switches between them
Set
in 1835
150 pages
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My personal Rating-
While
this wasn’t my favorite Anne Mateer book, it did have its cute moments. I
thought it was different that the couple is already in love, so we don’t get to
see their falling in love process like most “romance” books. I don’t think I
ever quite warmed up to Hugh and Annis had some parts that I was shaking my
head at, but it was overall interesting. I never knew about the Toledo war, so
I learned some history through this novella.
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.
