Love Finds You in Miracle, Kentucky

As a native Kentuckian, I can assure you that Andrea Boeshaar has the mood of a small town in the Bluegrass state and its down-home folks and their friendliness shown very realistically in this book. As a retired elementary teacher, I can also tell you that the author does a wonderful job of portraying the heroine, Meg Jorgenson, as a caring, involved teacher. Meg moves from Chicago to Miracle to get a fresh start at life, and to renew her relationship with her grandmother. Meg grows very close to one of her students, and the student's father. It will take several miracles to work out God's will in the lives of these realistic characters. I hope you will read this book to find out how that happens. Finding Love in...followed by a name of an actual town in the United States is a new series by Summerside Press. This book was the first one I read in the series, and I enjoyed it so much I am now on my third! So hurry up and order this book. I bet you will enjoy it so much that you do the same!

This book is a refreshing take on finding love in the most unlikely of places. Teacher Meg Jorgensen leaves city-life behind, and with it, her loser boyfriend, in order to try a quiet life in the country with her grandmother. While others may not understand her need to get away and simplify her life, Meg feels deeply drawn toward the small town of Miracle and something she's not known much about before--the love of a family and the love of God. As she begins to grow in both of these areas, another kind of love comes to her through a handicapped student in her class named Cammy. When Meg becomes involved with Cammy's father, Vance, she gets the chance to build a family of her own and learns that life can be full of miracles! This book is full of timeless wisdom and hope--an encouragement to read!

LOVE FINDS YOU IN MIRACLE, KENTUCKY By Andrea Boeshaar Review by Marion Kelley Bullock Meg Jorgenson flees from an impossible situation in Chicago. She moves in with her loving Grams in Miracle, Kentucky and accepts a teaching position in a charter school for gifted children in nearby Stanford. She wants to turn her life around. From the beginning, she feels a sense of calm. What a contrast to the smog and city noise, the cars honking, people shouting. She wants to clamp onto this peace and make it her own. Vance Bayer, widower, is drawn to Meg, and she has trouble keeping her mind off him. Others who get in on the action are Kent, the P.E. teacher, Leah, Meg's new friend, Meg's father and his "other" family, and finally--her mother. Vance's eight-year-old daughter, Cammy, handicapped with a spinal cord injury (SCI) after a wreck that killed her mother, plays cupid. Will Vance accept Meg's suggestion that he consider an experimental procedure that might give Cammy back the use of her legs? This is a sweet romance, but not syrupy. Andrea's characters are imperfect creatures who deal with real problems. Can these broken lives be healed?

Review of Love Finds You in Miracle Kentucky By Andrea Boeshaar Andrea Boeshaar is one of the new Summerside Press's launch authors of the Love Finds You series of romances set in regional communities with unique names. She chose Miracle, Kentucky, a rural crossroads area of Lincoln County, not too far from Lexington. Meg Jorgenson comes back to her roots, a place that was only a whisper in her memory, when her grandmother invites her to seek a job opportunity and offers her a place to live. God's timing is everything, as Meg, whose divorced mother carried on with different men in different living arrangements all over the county, was in an unhappy relationship herself in a big city that had nothing to offer by way of a home. Meg's life changes in more ways than she expects when she moves in with Grams. Everybody should have a person like Loretta in her life, praying without ceasing, not judging, loving you until you get so filled that it spills over. Meg is immediately drawn into the community as the new third grade teacher at the local school. One of her students is a wheelchair bound girl whose widowed father, Vance, is devoted to her. Both Meg and Vance have a past to move beyond and some growing to do before they can make any decisions about a possible future together. Throw in a lothario colleague of Meg's, Meg's protective father, and one little girl who is in love with her new teacher, and you've got a wonderfully winding adventure. Boeshaar's sense of characterization and pacing make for a delightful story. From Grams's clock collection and quilting from her heart to Meg's parents to Vance's friends, life around Miracle is enchantingly portrayed. Hearing an eight-year-old's spot-on voice made the story come alive. Watching an imperfect heroine grow into herself, a hero who works as a mechanic and wears a uniform with his name embroidered on it, and a bad guy who isn't all bad is refreshing. Grams and her gentleman friend, Tom, hold the story together with a tight thread. I'm certain I won't be the only reader who hopes the next Miracle in Kentucky will feature their romance. A very sweet read.

Meg Jorgenson is looking for a fresh start in Miracle, Kentucky, one that will help her overcome her past failures and discover a new purpose for her life. What she finds is a deeper faith, renewed connection with her family, and a love worth waiting for. Andrea Boeshaar did an excellent job weaving together elements of faith and family in this charming Kentucky-flavored romance. Her characters became real to me, and I was sorry to say goodbye to them on the last page. This is a delightful book, and a great beginning for the new Love Finds You In...Series.