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A Life So True

by Tracie Peterson Publisher: BETHANY HOUSE PUBL

Love and trust amid the Minneapolis fire

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Love and trust amid the Minneapolis fire

Set in Minneapolis during the financial crisis of 1893, the novel brings together two young people facing difficult obligations. Evelyn Turner hopes to help her physician father serve the city’s poor, but nursing proves physically unsustainable for her. Maxwell Garrison, meanwhile, becomes entangled in his family’s sawmill interests and overhears a plot involving arson and insurance fraud. Their growing bond is tested when a devastating fire strikes, placing trust, deception, and the possibility of redemption at the heart of the story. The historical setting and Christian-romance framework connect personal choices with the pressures of family business and community service.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers of historical Christian romance set in the American Midwest
  • Readers interested in stories involving faith, family obligations, and romance
  • Readers drawn to historical fiction involving business wrongdoing and a major urban fire

Themes

Faith and romanceTrust and deceptionFamily obligationsCommunity serviceRedemption

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Book overview

Will their undeniable bond overcome the disasters surrounding them?

Evelyn Turner is determined to work at her physician father's side as he opens a hospital for Minneapolis's poor. But when nursing makes her physically ill, she faces an impossible choice between the promises she's made and her own limitations.

Maxwell Garrison is helping manage his father's investments through the financial crisis of 1893, and he's especially interested in their sawmill businesses. At a Turner family fund raiser, he is horrified when he overhears his father and other mill owners plotting to commit arson and insurance fraud. When Evie and Max meet at the same fund raiser, a connection sparks between them. As their interests in each other grow, they confide their secrets and agree to guard each other's trust.

Then a suspicious and devastating fire sets Minneapolis ablaze, and Max and Evie fear the worst. Even amid the ashes of deception, can they build a life together?

Heartfelt romance, steady faith, and the power of redemption collide in acclaimed author Tracie Peterson's historical novel set in 1893 Minnesota for readers of Janette Oke, Lauraine Snelling, and inspirational Christian fiction.
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