Enduring Love

Enduring Love, by Bonnie Leon, is Book 3 in Leon's Sydney Cove series, and an exciting and satisfying finale to a compelling adventure. Enduring Love draws the reader into the Australia of the early 1800's. The settings are so realistic that I could feel the heat and dust of John and Hannah Bradshaw's sheep farm. Even more, I felt the tension in the story as Hannah and John struggle against the reality of his first wife's reappearance in his life. How could she be alive when John had been told of her death years before? What would happen to Hannah and John's marriage in a time when divorce was almost never permitted? Leon's book is filled with unexpected plot twists, humor, and the warmth of an enduring love. The conclusion had me racing to turn the pages. If you've missed this series, I recommend you return to the beginning and read Books 1 and 2--To Love Anew, and Longings of the Heart. You'll find yourself transported to another time and place.

With the release of Enduring Love, the Sydney Cove series by Bonnie Leon comes to a sweet end. While book two in the series, Longings of the Heart, was a bit slower for author Bonnie Leon, Enduring Love was anything but. I purposely put off reading the book until I was able to read it through uninterrupted and was rewarded by my patience. The emotion, the tension, the conflict kept me turning the page as Hannah and John struggled with the trials thrust into their lives and continued living by faith. Hannah was a great example of grace and surrender as God allowed such difficult circumstances to enter her life. The book was predictable, but that was okay because the process wasn't. I loved this book. The only thing I didn't like was that it was over. Bonnie, you did it again! Well done!