Sixty Acres and a Bride and Love in the Balance by Regina Jennings

This blog is about being positive, and almost nothing puts me in a positive mood like a good book can.  I like historical, Christian romance the best.  I recently downloaded Sixty Acres and a Bride by Regina Jennings and it didn't take me very long to finish it.  The main characters in the book are Rosa and Weston.  Rosa is a young widow who moves to Caldwell County, Texas with her mother-in-law.  Weston is a rancher in the same area, a relative of Rosa's deceased husband.  He too had suffered the loss of a spouse.  Rosa is a stranger in a new country, trying to learn the ways of how things are done which is quiet different from the way things were in her home town.  To complicate matters, she is trying to do it with just the help of her mother-in-law (they have some help but are mainly on their own).  Weston tries to help out as he can.  The reader gets to experience life with Rosa and Weston as they survive life in Texas in 1878.

Sixty Acres and a Bride also introduce us to Molly Lovelace and Bailey Garner.  I was really excited when I received Love in the Balance in the mail, eager to hear more about their story.  Molly and Bailey have just crossed the threshold of adulthood, and are trying to find their way in the world.  They each want to follow their heart, but they are beset on many sides by the opinions of others.  Molly appears at first to be a very shallow and selfish woman.  Bailey tries to do the right thing and puts himself aside so they will have a better future.  Molly and Bailey's journeys take the reader on a myriad of very unexpected twists and turns.  Their love hangs in the balance, teetering back and forth on the scales of life.  What will it take to balance out the scales and bring their love to a balance?  You will have to read the book to find out.  I highly recommend both of these books.

I'm even more excited to read book #3 in the series, but I will have to wait patiently for that one.  :-)

PS  My positive reviews have nothing to do with the fact that Mrs. Jennings is a fellow OBU grad! I just love the fact that a fellow Bison alum is impacting the world in such a positive way.