Where She Belongs by Johnnie Alexander tells the story of Shelby Kincaid, a widow with the two young girls, tries to rebuild by life by planning on buying the family homestead of Misty Willows. She was to restore the abandoned home and raise her girls. She wants to bring back the memories of her childhood days there before her family lost the home and her and parents left the country to be missionaries.
AJ Sullivan never wanted to inherit Misty Willows. His grandfather considered it a punishment as AJ didn't follow what his grandfather wanted him to do. He's very happy to let Shelby have her home back.
Shelby and AJ don't start off very well! Even though they only seem to argue at the beginning, they can't seem to keep each other off their minds.
Shelby soon realizes that there are people who want to take her home from her. Will she be able to maintain her family home? What will happen as she starts to remember what happened before she left? Will AJ help her keep her home?
I enjoyed the interactions between Shelby and AJ. While you can see her heart is still broken from the loss of her husband, you can also see her desire to fill the empty hole in heart someway. I enjoyed the family history between both of the characters, and especially the history behind the home itself.
While I was reading the book, I did have one small thing that bugged me. When AJ rescues Shelby and her daughters during a rain storm and takes them to her home, she only mentions needing a car seat for her youngest daughter, but not the oldest. At about six years old, that oldest daughter needs a booster seat. She's to young and to small to be without one as well. Other then that one small thing, I enjoyed the rest of the book!
This book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc. I was not required to write a positive
review. The opinions I have expressed
are entirely my own.
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