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Love Starts With Elle
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Contemporary inspirational fiction by Rachel Hauck
Thomas Nelson Publishing - July 2008
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I recently finished reading Rachel Hauck's new book Love Starts with Elle. Although it's a continuation of the lives of the characters you've met in Sweet Caroline, Love Starts with Elle definitely stands on its own. Here's the review I posted on amazon.com:
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A story that's real, poignant, funny, moving, and enjoyable!
Rachel Hauck has a knack for writing characters who are real, who love and grieve, who endure heartbreak and surrender to healing. She also crafts her settings so the reader gets an intimate sense of place. I loved the peace and quiet of Elle’s cottage! Who would want to return to the Big City after that? I also enjoyed Elle’s growth, both spiritually and as an individual. This story, full of twists and turns and the things that happen in life, is just right for any season’s reading.
Rachel Hauck has a knack for writing characters who are real, who love and grieve, who endure heartbreak and surrender to healing. She also crafts her settings so the reader gets an intimate sense of place. I loved the peace and quiet of Elle’s cottage! Who would want to return to the Big City after that? I also enjoyed Elle’s growth, both spiritually and as an individual. This story, full of twists and turns and the things that happen in life, is just right for any season’s reading.
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Here's more about Love Starts with Elle.
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TOP PICK – Romantic Times Book Club
Hauck is quickly making a name for herself as an insightful and thoughtful author. It's great to catch up with characters from previous novels as well as meet new ones. Elle is vulnerable, yet wise, and the romantic angle will leave you sighing with delight.
Hauck is quickly making a name for herself as an insightful and thoughtful author. It's great to catch up with characters from previous novels as well as meet new ones. Elle is vulnerable, yet wise, and the romantic angle will leave you sighing with delight.
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Betsy Ann says:
This is a moving, inspiring novel that does wonders for the soul, wonders for the romantic in us all, and wonders for our viewpoint on prayer. I love Rachel's books because of the inspirational thread woven throughout - like a beautiful, subtle golden string in an intricate tapestry - its noticeable, it stands out, but it only makes the overall picture more perfect.
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ABOUT THE BOOK:
Elle's living the dream - but is it her dream or his? Elle loves life in Beaufort, South Carolina-lazy summer days on the sand bar, coastal bonfires, and dinners with friends sharing a lifetime of memories. And she's found her niche as the owner of a successful art gallery too. Life is good. Then the dynamic pastor of her small town church sweeps her off her feet. She's never known a man like Jeremiah - one who breathes in confidence and exhales all doubt. When he proposes in the setting sunlight, Elle hands him her heart on a silver platter.But Jeremiah's just accepted a large pastorate in a different state. If she's serious about their relationship, Elle will take "the call," too, leaving behind the people and place she loves so dearly. Elle's friendship with her new tenant, widower Heath McCord, and his young daughter make things even more complicated.
Is love transferable across the miles? And can you take it with you when you go?
Elle's living the dream - but is it her dream or his? Elle loves life in Beaufort, South Carolina-lazy summer days on the sand bar, coastal bonfires, and dinners with friends sharing a lifetime of memories. And she's found her niche as the owner of a successful art gallery too. Life is good. Then the dynamic pastor of her small town church sweeps her off her feet. She's never known a man like Jeremiah - one who breathes in confidence and exhales all doubt. When he proposes in the setting sunlight, Elle hands him her heart on a silver platter.But Jeremiah's just accepted a large pastorate in a different state. If she's serious about their relationship, Elle will take "the call," too, leaving behind the people and place she loves so dearly. Elle's friendship with her new tenant, widower Heath McCord, and his young daughter make things even more complicated.
Is love transferable across the miles? And can you take it with you when you go?
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To buy the book for yourself, click HERE!
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Thanks, Betsy Ann, for all this information. And thanks for the book, Rachel!
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