God is
our heavenly Father, correct? What about when He allows bad things to happen?
When He allows those who should love and protect us to betray us? When He
allows disaster to fall on those that least deserve it? What then? These questions
plague Marie as do the panic attacks that accompany them. They eat away at Seth
who struggles to trust, who brings others' motives into question. Shall we
admit that they sometimes niggle at the backs of our minds as well? While Johnson
does not presume to answer these questions, she does give us a glimpse into the
beauty that God, our Father, can bring from the ashes. We need only open our
eyes in gratitude.
Marie
believes she has walked away from everything after a bitter betrayal. Seth believes
everything has been taken from him. Both make their way to the refuge offered
by Jack Sloane, a widower, trying to fulfill his late wife's dream of opening a
bed and breakfast, a healing place for the soul. Eventually the unlikely pair
realize they have been led to everything that really matters. Readers may be
called to reassess their own priorities, and to identify blessings to which
they have been blind.
Set on
beautiful Prince Edward Island, with a cast of caring neighbors, and with many
references to L. M. Montgomery's books about a special red-headed orphan, The
Red Door Inn casts our world of problems and worries against a backdrop of
healing in a kinder, gentler time and place. Johnson's dialogue flows smoothly.
Her crisp descriptions paint pictures of places, characters, and actions filled
with emotions that will linger in the readers' minds. Both major and minor
characters are well developed giving insight into what motivates them in life. I
look forward to visiting them again in book two of Prince Edward Island Dreams.
Thank
you to Revell Publishing and the Christian Blog Alliance for making The Red
Door Inn available to me in exchange for my honest opinion. I have received no
monetary compensation for my review.
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