Why am I passionate about this?
As a mom of four busy kids in grade school, middle school, high school, and college, reading a novel is my reward at the end of a hectic day. I’ve read hundreds of novels, many of them Christian romances, while sitting at my children’s bedsides. They have to be well-written, no smut, and if the characters are Catholic Christians like me, all the better.
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Why did Carolyn love this book?
A heroine who’s out on parole – not your typical romantic lead.
I loved this story that draws together a Kentucky detective and a young woman with a complicated past (via his mom and her quilt shop). Novels seldom bring me to tears, but this one did; Leslie Lynch draws out the emotions in this redemptive romance.
1 author picked Opal's Jubilee as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
Fresh out of prison after twelve years, Opal McBride must find a job in order to meet parole requirements. Failure means she’ll serve out the remainder of her sentence behind bars. The system has seen fit to drop her in Louisville, Kentucky, a far cry from her hometown of Jubilee in the Appalachian hollows. Scrambling to adapt, Opal finds more than a potential job in May Boone’s quilt shop; she finds acceptance and perhaps even friendship.
That is, until May’s son recognizes her. A detective, Josh Boone is not about to let a felon work for his soft-hearted mother. Though…