What an absolutely beautiful story! It captured me from the very beginning and I could not put it down! The characters and storyline were beyond amazing and brilliantly written.

This was a wonderful book. So many true feelings were felt. Once I started the book I could not stop until book was finished. Thank you

I enjoyed the story but there were too many errors.

The story was good. Sweet, but the writing was too modern for the 1800s. It felt as though the author hadn't done enough research on the time period. *spoiler alerts - description of various parts of the book below* Words like T-shirt's (long sleeves rolled up maybe but not a tshirt), pregnancy (should have used "with child"), divorce were not accurate for the time period this story was supposed to be written for. Instead it felt like a 1940-50s story that had elements of the 1800s era. It was a nice read, one I gladly finished but there were moments it was too unrealistic for the time period. And Thomas' character was too...everywhere. He was too emotional, not emotional enough, did not act as men were raised and taught to act (regarding emotions/feelings) in the 1800s. - not always a bad thing to break from, but the inconsistency in his characters reactions made it hard to really love his character. I just tolerated him. Anna's own hurts seemed to be forgotten by Thomas and it became all about him, his pain. His hurt. His loss. Divorce wasn't really common practice in the 1800s. Once you married, you stayed married until someone died...not get a divorce because someone didn't get pregnant. And the author was VERY committed to the nursing/breastfeeding topic. Wet nurses would NOT have nurses so publicly as they did in this story. Breast, in regards to nursing, even for a husband and wife were taboo and the wife would not breast feed in front of her husband. This part of the storyline began to feel rediculous because of the amount of attention the author gave it. The same with how open Anna was with sharing the intimate moments of her marriage with Mary in the letters she sent. That would have been unheard of and unacceptable for her reputation. While a good book, the inconsistencies made it so I could only give it 3 stars. With a little more editing/rewriting, research of the time period this could easily become a 4-4.5 star review.

Enjoyed the story & characters very much!

Not a fast moving story, nor is it full of action. Just a slow meandering that tells the tale of a woman and the man who finally loves her.

Good story, but I would have like to see Anna with her family and for that jerk William to see that he was the one with the issue just to teach him a lesson and the whole town to look at him as worthless.

I couldn’t put it down. Wish there was a follow up about Jo and Abigail’s lives. But well written, sweet and full of love & blessings. I highly recommend it.

This is a warm story of love, broken dreams, newer realized dreams, and most of all hope. It is a very uplifting novel showing that if Anna can find happiness, a mere mortal such as myself can dare hope. Thank you!

What a sweet story. Anna & Thomas come together after both suffer tragedies. Slowly true love comes to both.