Blue Moon Promise by Colleen Coble appears to be the first novel in a new series. It is the story of Lucy Marsh who finds herself orphaned after the death of her father. She works hard to keep herself and two siblings together. When she loses her job and place to live, she is left wondering what will become of her family. An old friend of her father appears on her doorstep with a proposal to marry his son, Nate, by proxy and move to Texas. With no other choices before her, Lucy agrees and the story begins.
I enjoyed this story and the characters in it and I do look forward to future installments that tell the stories of minor characters that were introduced. However, this is a story of a marriage of convenience. While enjoyable, this is to be a recurrent plot line by several Christian fiction writers these days. Colleen Coble’s Lonestar novels were also all marriages of convenience and had I not read most of those recently, I probably would have enjoyed this one more. With that said, I do enjoy historical fiction and this fits the bill. I liked the mystery aspects that were added and the interaction between characters.
Thanks to Thomas Nelson Publishers for providing me a free copy of this book to review in exchange for my honest opinion. I was not required to write a favorable review.
