My Review
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight. Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV I just recently have heard of the British Home children but wasn't aware some of them had been sent to Canada as indentured laborers, mostly
to work on farms.
British home children were said to be orphans but many in reality were not but came from homes where through sickness or death of one of the parents, had fallen on hard times.
From 1860 up until about 1948 over one hundred thousand children were sent from the United Kingdom to Canada. These same children rarely if ever spoke of this when they grew up.
I am grateful for the intense research the author has put into this book as she so accurately portrays what the children went through and the struggle it was to try to retrieve some of these children home.
Quinten Aspinall makes a promise to his father to always take care of his mother and younger siblings and keep them together. He'll do everything in his power to keep this deathbed promise. Upon returning from war he finds his siblings split up and had been sent to Canada as indentured workers.
Before he leaves to cross the ocean to find his siblings his employer offers him a deal to can not pass up, a tenant farm of his own for his ailing mother and siblings to be reunited on. There is a slight catch to this offer though his employer wants him to bring his wayward niece back home who ran off with a Canadian soldier.
In Canada, Quintin finds Julia but she's just received devastating news and doesn't feel like going home to her uncle is the right thing to do. With Julia's help will Quinten be able to find his siblings and what about the feelings developing between the two of them as they closely work together?
Inspirational messages of God's unconditional love and forgiveness are what the author adds to her stories. This is by far my favorite book of the Canadian Crossing series! Published February 4th 2020 by Bethany House Publishers I was given a complimentary copy of this book. Thank you All opinions expressed are my own.
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Quinten Aspinall is determined to fulfill a promise he made to his deceased father to keep his family together. To do so, he must travel to Canada to find his younger siblings, who were sent there as indentured workers while Quinn was away at war. He is also solicited by his employer to look for the man's niece who ran off with a Canadian soldier. If Quinn can bring Julia back, he will receive his own tenant farm, enabling him to provide a home for his ailing mother and siblings. Julia Holloway's decision to come to Toronto has been met with disaster. When her uncle's employee rescues her from a bad situation, she fears she can never repay Quinn's kindness. So when he asks her to help find his sister, she agrees. Soon after, however, Julia receives some devastating news that changes everything. Torn between reuniting his family and protecting Julia, will Quinn have to
sacrifice his chance at happiness to finally keep his promise?
About The Author
Susan lives in a suburb near Toronto, Ontario, Canada, where she works part-time as a church secretary. She is a wife and the mother of two amazing kids, and is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) and Romance Writers of America (RWA). In addition to writing, she likes to scrapbook and to research her family history on-line. You can connect with her on Facebook or on her website www.susanannemason.net.
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