A Light in the Window

 

I love finding a book series with rich characters and storylines, don't you? A Light in the Window is the prequel to the Daughter of Boston and then another series that follows years later called the Winds of Change. 

This is the prequel that starts the whole series, and a good beginning it is. There are rich characters, life-changing decisions, and events that try the characters' faith and convictions. Marce was a strong woman of faith who did not compromise her convictions, which is the main reason that I liked her. She was able to put aside her childish fantasies and realize that what she had seen through rose-colored glasses was not the same as when she grew to be a young woman. Marce was blessed to have friends who loved her enough to tell her the truth and to make decisions based upon what was currently happening instead of how she thought they would be.  I am looking forward to seeing how the O'Connor family grows and changes within these stories. 

A description follows should you wish to learn more about the book. 

One Woman.
Two Men.
One stirs her pulse and the other her faith.
But who will win her heart?

Marceline Murphy is a gentle beauty with a well-founded aversion to rogues. But when two of Boston's most notorious pursue her, she encounters a tug-of-war of the heart she isn’t expecting. Sam O’Rourke is the childhood hero she’s pined for, the brother of her best friend and a member of the large, boisterous family to which she longs to be a part. So when his best friend Patrick O’Connor joins in pursuit of her affections, the choice seems all too clear. Sam is from a family of faith and Patrick is not, two rogues whose wild ways clash head-on with Marcy’s—both in her faith and in her heart.

While overseeing the Christmas play fundraiser for the St. Mary’s parish soup kitchen—A Light in the Window—Marcy not only wrestles with her attraction to both men, but with her concern for their spiritual welfare. The play is based on the Irish custom of placing a candle in the window on Christmas Eve to welcome the Holy Family, and for Marcy, its message becomes deeply personal. Her grandmother Mima cautions her to guard her heart for the type of man who will respond to the "light in the window," meaning the message of Christ in her heart. But when disaster strikes during the play, Marcy is destined to discover the truth of the play’s message first-hand when it becomes clear that although two men have professed their undying love, only one has truly responded to “the light in the window.”

Thank you to the author for a copy of this ebook.  I was not required to write a review and all opinions and thoughts are my own.