Book Review: BEYOND HOPE'S VALLEY by TRICIA GOYER

Title: BEYOND HOPE'S VALLEY
Author: TRICIA GOYER
Category: Amish/Fiction
Pub. Date: 04/01/2012
Publisher: B & H Books
Format: Kindle
Pages: 304
ISBN#: 143366870x
Series: The Big Sky #3

Synopsis:  
After an extended stay in Montana, where Amish traditions are different than in her home state, Marianna Sommer returns to Indiana for two reasons, first to help her brother and his girlfriend prepare for a baby and their wedding. Second, to plan her own wedding to Aaron Zook -- a marriage she’s been dreaming about ever since childhood. And yet, although she had missed the idyllic farms and families of her upbringing, Marianna is surprised that Indiana is somehow making her long now for Montana.

As months pass, secrets that were hidden in winter’s frozen grasp thaw and take on a life of their own. The truths about a child, about a past relationship, and about God’s plans are being revealed. Walking through a valley of questions, Marianna must hold on to hope as she decides where and with whom her heart truly belongs.  

My Review:   
Cover: Amazing 
Plot: number three in the series but can stand on its own. 
Characters: Very believable and loveable for the most. A few you would really like to tell them to grow up and quite being busy bodies to others. 
Author: I absolutely Love author Tricia Goyer. Her style of telling a story as if she is living right now. I was totally involved in the book.

I know this is the third in the series and that I had not read the first two. But as I said above, this could stand on its own. Author Tricia Goyer gives you some back ground from Marianna's and the others through out the book. So you can realized why and how things happen. 

And even though I have not read the first two I will go back and read. I was asked to read and review this one and I am so glad I did. 

A Must Read Series!!! Pick it up today and let me know if you have read the first two and what you think about the author. 
So due to the above, if I could it would be higher, I am giving this book a Breath of Life ratings of: 

Five Clock Rating!!!  

Disclosure: I did received the above book in exchange for my honest opinion and review. Opinions are my own and yours may differ. 

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About the Author:  

Gen Xers:
Generation NeXt Parenting (Multnomah, 2006)
Generation NeXt Marriage (Multnomah, Jan. 2008)

Children:
Meal Time Moments (Focus on the Family, 2000)
10 Minutes to Showtime (Thomas Nelson, 2004)

Fiction from Moody Publishing:
From Dust and Ashes (2003)
Night Song (2004)
Dawn of a Thousand Nights (2005)
and Arms of Deliverance (2006)
A Valley of Betrayal (2007)
A Shadow of Treason (2007)
A Whisper of Freedom (Feb 2008)

Fiction from Guideposts:
Sweet September (June 2008)

Teens:
Life Interrupted: The Scoop on Being a Young Mom (Zondervan, 2004)
My Life, Unscripted (Thomas Nelson, 2007)
3:16 Teens w/ Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson, Jan. 2008)

Bio:

TRICIA GOYER was named the 2003 Writer of the Year for Mt. Hermon Christian Writer’s Conference. Her book for teens, Life Interrupted: The Scoop on Being a Young Mom, was a Gold Medallion finalist in 2005 in the Youth category.

Her novel Night Song won the 2005 “Book of the Year for Long Historical Romance” from American Christian Fiction Writers, and her novel Dawn of a Thousand Nights won the same award in 2006.

Tricia has published over 250 articles and YA short stories for national publications such as Today’s Christian Woman, Guideposts for Kids, Brio, Christian Parenting Today, and HomeLife, and is the co-author of Meal Time Moments (Focus on the Family). She has led numerous Bible Studies, and her study notes appear in the Women of Faith Study Bible.

She has written seven novels for Moody Publishers; From Dust and Ashes (2003), Night Song (2004), Dawn of a Thousand Nights (2005), and Arms of Deliverance (2006), A Valley of Betrayal (2007), A Shadow of Treason (2007), and A Whisper of Freedom (2008).

Tricia has also published Life Interrupted: The Scoop on Being a Young Mom (Zondervan, 2004) and children’s book 10 Minutes to Showtime (Thomas Nelson, 2004). She has written My Life, Unscripted (Thomas Nelson, 2007) for teen girls. She worked on 3:16 Teens w/ Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson, 2008)

Tricia has also written books for Gen Xers: Generation NeXt Parenting (Multnomah, 2006) and Generation NeXt Marriage (Multnomah, 2008).

Tricia and her husband, John, live in Montana with their three teens. 

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