Changing Seasons: A Book Review

I find it quite exhilarating to have finished reading a novel despite my very, very busy schedule. My writing gigs, out-of-town trips, and bonding moments with my students have eaten much of my time. But thank God I still find time to enjoy a page or two of Colleen Reece and Renee Demarco's Changing Seasons.

Publication Data

Changing Seasons is published by Heartsong Presents, an imprint of Barbour Publishing, Inc., in 2004. It has 170 pages.

About the Authors

Colleen L. Reece was born and raised in a small western Washington logging town. She has written over 130 books and was twice voted Heartsong Presents' Favorite Author of the Year. Her niece and co-author, Renee Demarco, is also a multi-published and award-winning author and practicing attorney in Washington. She has also authored many beloved titles (Heartsong Presents, 2004). 

Synopsis

The story evolves on the lives of Emily Ann Carr and her spinster aunt, Carolyn Sheffield. Emily, already in her mid-forties, and in every aspect, herself, a spinster, has lived a better part of her life taking care of her father, her brother, her niece, and her nephew. Now with her father and brother dead and the children grown up and away, she begins to revisit her childhood dreams. Though she fears she may have waited too long, a season of love is stored for Emily when her long-lost childhood sweetheart, Nathan Hamilton resurfaced and married her.

More than twenty years her senior, Emily's aunt, the feisty Carolyn Sheffield is "terminally single and proud of it." After being forced to retire from the law firm where she worked for the past fifty years, Carolyn finds herself being diligently pursued by a handsome, good-natured widower, who eventually married her and gave her the hope of spending her golden years amidst marital bliss.

What have I to say?

The novel is great for readers like me who are looking for something light and inspirational to read. Not to cheesy, not to emotional, Changing Seasons won't demand much from you but promises to inspire you every time you turn the pages. It is scripture-inspired and really leaves the note that not all love stories should be passionate and overly sensational. After all, God is the source of love and this book—as well as the authors—will make you feel it.

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