I believe this is Kim’s best novel yet. I was a little concerned when I realized she intended to take me on a journey with three different storylines… but she did it well.

At a tender age, Maelle, Mattie, and Molly Gallagher’s parents are killed in an apartment fire. The three orphans are put on a westbound train to be adopted out. Their only ties to home are the family Bible, a photo, and a stack of letters exchanged by their parents. When the three siblings are separated, will they ever be able to find each other again?

Molly is adopted by a weathly family who gives her the name Isabelle. She’s never told anything about her past until her adoptive parents die and her brother, who always resented her, disowns her. Forced to work as a servant for a family in Shay’s Ford, Missouri, Isabelle can’t believe how her life has changed. Then she meets Aaron Rowley, a shopkeeper’s son, who opens her eyes to the plight of local orphans. Can Aaron open her eyes to her need for a Savior? Will she find room in her heart for this man who she would’ve previously considered below her station?

As a kid, Maelle pretended to be a boy - Michael - in order to stay with her brother at the orphan’s home. Now she’s all grown up, but “Mike” still wears trousers. After inheriting her adoptive uncle’s travelling photography studio, Maelle made it her mission to find her long-lost brother and sister. When she arrives in Shay’s Ford, Missouri, she has no intention of staying, but a local lawyer, Jackson, changes her mind. Is he interested in her just for the promotion she can provide through her pictures of working children from across the country? Or could Jackson be interested in her for another reason?

Mistreated as a child, Mattie left Missouri and never planned to return. But when his job in Texas goes away, he has no choice but to take the job offered to him - in Shay’s Ford. Will his return be a disaster, or could it be a godsend? Will he find the family he has always longed for?

And could God have a plan to reunite these three siblings?

I absolutely loved this book. Could not put it down. Kim does a great job with all three storylines. Both of the girls’ storylines have a bit of romance in them, which I loved, but it doesn’t overpower their own character arcs or the overall story of the family trying to find each other.

Mattie’s story of overcoming his fears and his past while becoming the man God intended him to be just warmed my heart.

Kim’s well-written characters will make you love them and root for them the whole time. This book was just incredibly done and I highly recommend it.