Title: Finding Hope for Tomorrow (Tomorrows #2)
Author: Kathryn McNeill Crane
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Blurb
Every person’s life tells a story.
Some are uncomplicated, straightforward, and easy. Things fall into place with a simplicity that boggles the mind.
Others twist and turn, and every day is centered on fighting and scraping, yet never finding victory.
Some are uncomplicated, straightforward, and easy. Things fall into place with a simplicity that boggles the mind.
Others twist and turn, and every day is centered on fighting and scraping, yet never finding victory.
And in the end, the battles make victory sweeter. More valued. More precious than ever imagined. More than any one person could hope.
This is Liam’s story.
Loyal, protective, shoulders stronger than Atlas'.
Broken, worn, battered.
Win or lose, he’s ready to fight for what tomorrow brings.
Life. Love. Healing. Hope.
ARC received for an honest review
It has been a while since Searching For Tomorrow, but Finding Hope For Tomorrow was well worth the wait.
This book follows along mostly the same timeline as Searching For Tomorrow, but this time it is Liam's story (Liam is Wrynn's twin brother)
I absolutely adored Liam in Searching For Tomorrow - but I fell in love with him in Finding Hope For Tomorrow. He is such a kind, wonderful, giving man - an absolute gentleman - that there is no way you can't love him.
Liam's life has been in limbo since his brother in law died. It not only destroyed his sister, but his as well. He has put his life on hold to take care of sister's family.
Until Elizabeth.
You can't help but feel hope in your heart as Liam starts taking those baby steps to start living his life for himself again.
I have to admit, I had forgotten what a b!tch Wrynn's mother-in-law Mrs Tidwell was, and she aggravated me as much in Liam's story as she did in Wrynn's!
Kathryn McNeill Crane has written a beautiful, wholesome love story with a bit of suspense thrown in for good measure. And it goes to show that there doesn't have to be steamy sex scenes every other page to make a story sexy and complete.
When I finished reading I was left with a smile on my face and hope in my heart.
When I finished reading I was left with a smile on my face and hope in my heart.
I thoroughly enjoyed Finding Hope For Tomorrow, and I hope we don't have such a long wait for Ms Crane's next work, as she is definitely a writer that I want more of.
Excerpt
He sat back
while the server put their food on the table. Elizabeth eyed his shrimp
scampi, so he offered her the first bite.
“Mmm, I love shrimp.” She closed her eyes as she chewed. “Delicious.”
“Y-yes, it is.” Liam cleared the gravel from his throat,
mesmerized by the sight before him.
“Liam, you haven’t even tasted it yet.” Her light laughter drew him back to the
conversation, her bright eyes shining with merriment.
“Right.” He blinked several times and shook his head to clear the haze. “Golf. That’s what we were talking about. Thaw should start soon, please,
God. Maybe we can hit Wade Hampton after it warms up.” His focus was so completely on Elizabeth that he didn’t even taste the lemony pasta on his fork.
The pull she had on him was magnetic, and he was unable to resist.
“Yeah, that would be nice. But really,
I’m down with anything
outdoors. I’ve tried to find a
few waterfalls and some of the hiking trails in DuPont, but to be honest, I’ve gotten turned around and lost every time.” She laughed at herself and paused to sample
her chicken parmigiana. “What can I say? I’m just not that good with directions.”
A drop of
sauce on the corner of her mouth convinced Liam to close the remaining gap
between them. “You have a little
bit right,” his thumb collected
the sauce, “here.”
Her gasp,
when he brought his thumb to his mouth, left him feeling a little pleased with
himself. Maybe he could do this flirting thing, after all.
His fork
scraped against his empty plate before Elizabeth was half finished
with her huge portion. He accepted her offer to share and relaxed against the
back of the booth as she fed him a bite. While definitely a rare experience, he
couldn’t help but think how
nice it felt for someone to pay that much attention to him. The sparkle in her
eyes and the smile on her lips told him she enjoyed the task.
More In The Series
Searching for Tomorrow (#1) – Released Oct 13, 2013
Some people are blessed to find that one certain person who completes them. Wrynn’s yesterdays were what others only dream of having. She and Tripp were the best of friends before they even thought about love. They had the fairy tale life where ‘like’ turns into ‘love’, and ‘love’ becomes ‘happily ever after’...
What happens when life conspires against you, and snatches your soul mate from your arms?
… Only her forever love ended much too soon.
Broken beyond her own ability to repair, Wrynn boxes up her grief and attempts to raise her three girls the best she can on her own. As time slowly passes, Wrynn relives her life with Tripp while struggling most days to get out of bed. She is reminded of him at every turn.
How do you set your grief and anguish aside? How do you pick up the shattered pieces, put those pieces back together again, and try to move on?
Wrynn tries to find the joy in life every single day through her daughters, family, and friends. Her twin brother Liam has dedicated himself to helping Wrynn put her life back together after losing his own love. On the other hand, her mother-in-law lives to torment her at every turn. Wrynn can't even find a chance to breathe, much less a desire to somehow search for her tomorrow.
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Kathryn is a simple country girl who likes to spend time with her family. Born and raised in Eastern North Carolina, she loves to travel, but can't imagine ever leaving the mountains she's come to call home. She holds Jeremiah 29:11 very close to her heart and believes it with every fiber of her being. "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
