Swept Away by Laura V. Hilton and Cindy Loven
Series: Quilts of Love
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Abingdon Press (November 18, 2014)
ISBN-10: 1426773625
Book Description
Sara doesn’t think she wants love. But her grandmother has other plans.
Sara Jane Morgan is trying to balance teaching with caring for her ailing, stubborn grandmother. When school lets out for the summer, the plans are for Grandma to teach Sara Jane to quilt as they finish up the Appalachian Ballad quilt Grandma started as a teenager. But things don’t always go as planned.
Andrew Stevenson is hiding from his past—and his future. He works as a handyman to pay the bills, but his heart is as an artisan, designing homemade brooms. When Sara Jane’s grandmother hires him to renovate her home, sparks fly between Drew and his new employer’s granddaughter.
Still, it doesn’t take Sara Jane long to see Drew isn’t what he seems. Questions arise, and she starts researching him online. What she discovers could change her life—and her heart—forever.
My Thoughts
I have read some truly enjoyable books in the Quilts of Love series. This book is one of those. Reading is a passion, and while my life has been a bit more chaotic than I’d like lately, I try to get in as much reading as I can. Books like this one make my free time (which is already extremely limited) pleasurable.
The books in this series are quick reads (a couple of hours if I my children allow me uninterrupted time 😉 ), and are centered around a quilting theme. The characters in this novel are Sara Jane Morgan, a school teacher on summer break, and Andrew Stevenson, a handyman and artsy broom maker. Sara Jane’s grandmother Sari has decided, upon meeting Andrew at a craft fair, to set her granddaughter up with him. She hires Andrew to do some home repairs at her house, while Sara Jane spends her days helping Sari go through quilt squares to assemble a quilt. Andrew and Sara Jane are not attracted to each other and buck against Sari’s feeble attempts to bring them together. But when Sari starts having some problems, Andrew and Sara Jane are united in helping the elderly woman and find themselves more accepting of each other.
The authors do a wonderful job of sketching the characters, and the scenes were well constructed. However, I found a little annoyance at the characters’ treatment of one another. I won’t spoil it for those of you who haven’t read it, but there’s a bit of back and forth annoyance between Andrew, Sari the grandmother, and Sara Jane. Also, there’s a bit of story that I’d have liked to have seen fleshed out a bit more–I feel like this story could have continued or been drawn out more, because of the weighty background stories of the characters.
All in all, this was an enjoyable read, and I would recommend it to others who enjoy some light reading!
