You’ll Think of Me Book Review

Book Description

In a small town in Idaho’s idyllic wine country where the past looms large, can two people realize their individual dreams for the future … together?

Abandoned once too often, Brooklyn Myers never intended to return to Thunder Creek, Idaho. Her hometown holds too many memories of heartache and rejection. But when her estranged husband Chad Hallston dies and leaves his family home and acreage to her and their ten-year-old daughter Alycia, it’s an opportunity to change their lives for the better—a chance Brooklyn can’t pass up, for Alycia’s sake if not her own.

Derek Johnson, Chad’s best friend since boyhood, isn’t keen on the return of Brooklyn Myers to Thunder Creek. He still blames her for leading his friend astray. And now she has ruined his chance to buy the neighboring ten acres which would have allowed him to expand his organic farm. To add insult to injury, Chad’s dying request was that Derek become the father to Alycia that Chad never was. How can he keep that promise without also spending time with the girl’s mother?

Brought together by unexpected circumstances, Derek and Brooklyn must both confront challenges to their dreams and expectations. He must overcome long held misconceptions about Brooklyn while she must learn to trust someone other than herself. And if they can do it, they just might discover that God has something better in mind than either of them ever imagined.

My Thoughts

I thoroughly enjoyed this sweet Christian romance. As I read in another review, it went a little deeper than most romances do and shared the bad with the good. I think as a reader, it’s helpful when we can identify with characters that have struggles just like people do in the real world.

In this case, Brooklyn was a single mom doing the best she could to provide for her daughter, Alycia. Alycia’s dad (Chad) was never a part of her life, and it came as quite a surprise when he left a piece of property to Brooklyn when he passed away. This property just so happened to be next door to Derek, a childhood friend of Chad’s, and Derek has been hoping for a long time to be able to purchase the property so he can expand his organic farming business. Unbeknownst to Brooklyn, Chad has written a letter to Derek asking him to be the father figure and positive influence he could never be for Alycia.

These two individuals come together in the most unlikely of ways, but their need for each other was evident from the moment they met. Slowly but surely, they both realized it, too, and then there was no denying their connection to each other. I won’t spoil their kissing scene, but suffice it to say, it gave me all the good goosebumps. 🙂

There’s only two books in this Thunder Creek series, and while I’m sure the next book will focus on another set of characters, I’m hoping to see a resolution between Brooklyn and her dad and the development of Derek’s new role as dad to Alycia.

4 Stars

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**There is a strong possibility I will be creating jewelry inspired by this book. Not going to guarantee it yet, but there were a couple of moments in the story that I can’t imagine not putting into jewelry form. Time will tell!