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Tomorrow's Sun (Lost Sanctuary #1)
by
Becky Melby
Emily Foster won’t allow herself to move on until she earns enough money to make restitution for the accident that stole a young girl’s dreams. Flipping houses sounds like the fast track to her goal, but when her first project turns out to be a stop on the Underground Railroad, Emily finds herself drawn to, but at odds with, the contractor she hires. Jake Braden needs to f...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
January 1st 2012
by Barbour Books
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As a history teacher, and a lover of history I enjoyed the historical aspect of the story. I will admit that it took me quite awhile to get into the novel. Mostly due to the historical snippets of the home's history interwoven with the contemporary story line. They seemed very disconnected, and I was a little frustrated with that. It took me putting the book down and coming back to it a few days later and really sticking it out for a few chapters, but then the glimpses of the past tied in to the...more
I loved this cover but unfortunately for me , this is one of those books that I fell for the cover but not the tale inside the pages. In Tomorrow's Sun we meet Emily , who has just brought an old house in a local community with dreams of renovating and restoring it but in order to renovate it the way she wants to, she will have to completely tear it to pieces. When Emily arrives , she hires a contractor but when he hears what he wants done , he backs away with the thoughts of "How on earth can s...more
Richly layered, Melby has mastered the art of the slow reveal. There is mystery and suspense in this contemporary novel, though I wouldn't categorize it as either. The suspense is in the characterization, the mystery is in the past and both are woven into an intricate pattern that will prompt a sit-down-and-read-in-one-sitting compulsion.
Emily is still recovering from a debilitating accident. Time and hard work slowly heal her body but her mind is an entirely different matter. For that emotional...more
Emily is still recovering from a debilitating accident. Time and hard work slowly heal her body but her mind is an entirely different matter. For that emotional...more
Tomorrows Sun by Becky Melby review
4 Stars
I have always wanted a secret room since I first read about one as a child.
Tomorrow's Sun is uplifting, historical, christian & romantic all in one book.
Emily Foster has bought a old house to fix up and flip it and go to another town and do the same thing working her way to California.
Emily bought the old house from a friend who inheirted from her grandma. When they were teens they both came and stayed with her for awhile.
Emily has been in a bad acc...more
4 Stars
I have always wanted a secret room since I first read about one as a child.
Tomorrow's Sun is uplifting, historical, christian & romantic all in one book.
Emily Foster has bought a old house to fix up and flip it and go to another town and do the same thing working her way to California.
Emily bought the old house from a friend who inheirted from her grandma. When they were teens they both came and stayed with her for awhile.
Emily has been in a bad acc...more
Emily Foster is a woman on a mission – to renovate and profitably sell the 1840’s property she has just purchased in Rochester, Wisconsin, population 1100. She has fond memories of one summer spent in the old house, the summer nineteen years ago when she found God and had her first kiss. But Emily is not going to let sentimentality (or her own disabilities) stand in the way of her goal, but the house has mysteries hidden in a bundle of 160-year-old letters, a hidden cellar and an old quilt.
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There were so many story lines going on at once in this book that it became a bit confusing at times. The main character, Emily Foster, decides to make over houses in hopes that she can make money quickly. She starts her first project and runs into some interesting dilemmas. Her contractor is one of them! Jake Braden has much on his mind when he takes on the job of helping Emily renovate an older house. He is in the process of gaining custody of his niece and nephew. The attraction between the t...more
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Emily Foster won’t allow herself to move on until she earns enough money to make restitution for the accident that stole a young girl’s dreams. Flipping houses sounds like the fast track to her goal, but when her first project turns out to be a stop on the Underground Railroad, Emily finds herself drawn to, but at odds with, the contractor she hires. Jake Braden needs to focus on gaining guardianship of his late sister’s twins, but the story of lost love uncovered in Emily’s ho...more
Emily Foster won’t allow herself to move on until she earns enough money to make restitution for the accident that stole a young girl’s dreams. Flipping houses sounds like the fast track to her goal, but when her first project turns out to be a stop on the Underground Railroad, Emily finds herself drawn to, but at odds with, the contractor she hires. Jake Braden needs to focus on gaining guardianship of his late sister’s twins, but the story of lost love uncovered in Emily’s ho...more
Emily comes to Rochester WI to flip a house she bought. She only plans to stay just long enough to get the job done and move on to her next house until she has enough money to pay a debit she really can never repay. She has no intention of making friends or getting close to anyone. She soon meets Jake who is a contractor and she hires him to do the work on the house. She soon finds herself getting to know Jake and and his family and finds it hard to not get close to them. A long the way she find...more
Broken, emotionally scarred, and determined, Emily Foster purchases a house in Michigan to atone for her past sins. Flipping the house seems like a quick way to reach her goal. The unnerving yet handsome contractor she hires seems reluctant to flip her historic house. Contractor Jake Braden has too much to deal with, including his recent goal of obtaining guardianship of his late sister's twins. When Emily and Jake uncover evidence that the house may have been a stop on the underground railroad,...more
Becky Melby is a Wisconsin author too. She is relatively new and this is the first of her books that I have read. Tomorrow's Sun is well written and I see great potential in Becky's writing. This was an ambitious parallel story portraying the present and past inhabitants of a house that was a stop on the Underground Railroad. If you're a history bugg, especially Civil War, this is a book for you! I also liked the subplot about two young teens, Lexie and Adam. Plus the hero Jake was FAB!
My first Becky Melby novel will not be my last. Loved it. Thoroughly captivated with her skill in weaving the strands of a contemporary romance alongside the threads of an antebellum romance. Neither romance's outcome is certain. Melby take the reader along for an enjoyable and satisfying ending to both stories.
This is my first from this author. The book was well written and the story-line interesting. The contemporary setting was broken up periodically by a glimpse into the historical. While the exchange can be a bit confusing at times, I loved the peek into history.
This book was okay. I love romance and historical fiction and I appreciate the book for teaching me about the Underground Railroad through the Midwest but I thought the writing was choppy and some of the storylines cut off unexpectedly
The author does a good job of mixing the past and the present. I like historical fiction and enjoyed the connection with the Underground Railroad.
LOVED this book!! I've always been interested in the Underground Railroad, and I really enjoyed the way the author wove the two time periods together into a very sweet story of love, romance, forgiveness, and redemption. Highly recommend.
I loved this story. It was a modern story but then it went back in time with some history. I love history so this really got me into the book.
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