The Element of Love

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CONNEALY, MARY

THE ELEMENT OF LOVE

She mixed danger, desperation, and deception together. Love was not the expected outcome.

With their sharp engineering skills, Laura Stiles and her two sisters have been able to deal with their mother's unfortunate choice in husband until they discovered his plans to marry each of them off to his lecherous friends. Now they must run away -- far and fast -- to find better matches to legally claim their portion of their father's dynasty and seize control from their stepfather.

During their escape, Laura befirends a mission group heading to serve the poor in California. She quickly volunteers herself and her sisters to join their efforts. Despite the settlement being in miserable condition, the sisters are excited by the opportunity to put their skills to good use. Laura also sees potential in Caeb, the mission's parson, to help with gaining with gaining her inheritance. But when secrets buried in Calbe's past and in the land around them come to light, it'll take all the smars the sisters have to keep trouble at bay.

My Review:

Seriously, sometimes a reader gets a craving for the kind of story only Mary Connealy can dream up. And she's in her element (ha -- get the play on words there?) with this new series. From the clever title tie-in to the wild adventuring of her unique heroines...well, I was enthralled. And that was even before the kind and compassionate and oh so swoonworthy parson showed up on the scene. :-)

There is absolutely no end to the creativity this author brings to her action scenes. Just when I thought she couldn't possibly start off a story in a more dynamic way than her last book, or the one before that, or the one waaaay back or...well, you get the idea. Connealy's imagination is a bottomless pit of scary creativity. And the start of the Stiles' sisters' adventuring is ample proof of that!

I love that it's told in multiple points of view -- we get to know each sister and even their mother really well. And the parson, of course. (furiously fanning my blushing cheeks.) It's clear that this is Laura's story as she takes a chance at finding love but the groundwork has been laid for the rest of the series and I get the feeling it's going to be a humdinger of a grand finale come book three. Can't wait for the next Lumber Baron's Daughters book to come out!

Book provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications Inc.

Goal Update: #7 Start new-to-me series

GIVEAWAY OPPORTUNITY:

This giveaway is for a paperback copy.

If you would like a chance to win a copy of The Element of Love, leave a comment below or email me at kavluvstoread AT yahoo DOT ca. If you add your email to a comment, remember to use AT AND DOT instead of @ and . in order to protect yourself from spammers. If you enter the Draw via email, please add the title to the subject line so it's easy to spot your entry. Draw will be held and winner announced on Saturday May 7 2022. Offer open to International Readers. Good luck