Home by Morning
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (773 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B008BVSYLW |
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| Number of Pages | : | 203 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Tooncesmom said Masterfully done. You will love this story!. It's been a long time since I read a romance with as interesting a premise as Alexis Harrington's Home by Morning. I saw this book on a review site, and the cover art and blurb sucked me in instantly. I downloaded the sample read from Amazon, was so entranced by the story and the strong characterization that I had to buy the book. I read it in a day and a half (okay, I was a vendor at a craft show and read between customers), but when I got home I had to read the rest.I . Rikki said Pretty Darn Good. Set in 1918, Jessica Layton is struggling to prove knowledgeable women are competent enough to do a 'man's job'. As a physician, her struggles through the doctoring world haunt her, worsening as she stops in Powell Springs for a visit while on her way to a prestigious job offer in Seattle. The town is overtaken by the Spanish Influenza, and being the only Doctor around, she has more patients than she can handle. Not to mention, the small town drama that comes with it. Th. Ann de Vries said Wonderful Historical Romance. "Home By Morning" is an historical romance set around the Spanish Flu outbreak in 1918. The research was well done, and one gets a sense of how devastating this outbreak was at the time. The heroine and hero were sympathetic and likable characters, while the villain was truly detestable. The depiction of the minor characters and small town atmosphere added a lot of depth and realism to the story. This book was very well written, and definitely hard to put down. It is a "
He assumes he won't have to see much of his childhood lovebut the pull between them only grows stronger. Jessica Layton back in Powell Springs. Jessica Layton left her Oregon hometown - and her longtime love - for medical school with one thing on her mind: saving lives. To escape the heartache of seeing Cole again, Jessica vows to keep her visit home as brief as possible. But the influenza epidemic that's been ravaging the world hits Powell Springs hard. With his brother fighting in the trenches in France, Cole's busy running the family horse farm and supplying mounts to the Allied forces. Her frontier dreams were filled with more than rural domestic life, even if that life was with the man she was supposed to marry. He's never forgiven her for choosing her career over him. Cole knows that Jess can save their town, but will he let her heal his heart?. With no other doctor available, Jessica stays to treat the victims - and tries to ignore the emotions that surge each