Title: A Sparkle of Silver
Author: Liz Johnson
Series: Georgia Coast Romance book 1
Chapters: 21 plus epilogue
Pages: 358
Genre: Christian Contemporary with a hint a mystery and Romance
Rating: 4 stars
Millie Sullivan is
determined to find away to provide nursing care for her grandma joy the grandma
who raised her. Even snoop around the estate of oil tycoon Howard Dawkins
after getting a job as a 20s era guest and tour guide. She's then caught by one
of the security guards Ben Thornton a man dealing with his own family
troubles. She makes a deal with him in order to split the treasure.
If he helps her and doesn't turn her end, because even though she only
took the job to snoop she really does need the second job. Against
his better judgement he accepts and agrees to help her. Sending them both
on a journey that they didn't see coming.
This sweet novel set
on St Simons Island Georgia is part contemporary novel, part mystery with just
a hint of romance. Millie and Ben with next to nothing in common, even
though he works three jobs he still has a college degree. Millie doesn't she
works as a waitress trying to keep her grandmother in her assisted
living d who loves reading. A 90 year old mystery both
want to find the treasure neither was counting on finding something else
instead.
Millie and Ben were
great characters and grandma Joy was such a sweetheart. Even with
everything she had been through in her life Joy never lost her faith she was
still trusting God. Even when her granddaughter's faith was shaky.
Millie I have to say was indeed my favorite character mainly because she was
the one that was easiest one to relate too. I too know what it’s like to be the
only one taking care of a grandparent not because you’re the only one, but
because your younger sister in school and needs to finish college. So it
was easy to feel every emotion that Millie was dealing with through the whole
book. The fact that she's a bookworm didn't hurt nor the fact one of my
favorite quotes from the book came from her "talking about if she had the
money she'd choice books and bookshelves over steak." A girl after my own
heart.
Ben as far as male
main characters go was a little on the nerdy side but that was a refreshing
change as you don't see many slightly nerdy characters in fiction even
Christian fiction. Ben's main goal through much of the novel is to
try to make amends for something that he feels responsible for, though
technically not his fault. Though Ben and Millie come from different
backgrounds they both have the same thing to work on; forgiveness.
A Sparkle of
Silver by Liz Johnson might
be a contemporary novel mixed with mystery and a little romance, but at the
heart it is a Christian fiction novel focusing on the theme of forgiveness this
novel is so much more. The Christian message while subtle is still there,
woven throughout the story. Of expecting God's forgiveness, forgiven
yourself and finally forgiven others. The other theme in the novel
besides faith is the love of family, and learning that sometimes blood might
make you related it doesn't always make you family love makes you family.
I enjoyed A
Sparkle of Silver by Liz Johnson which just happens to be my first
book by her but it will not be my last. I look forward to the next book
in this series as well as going back to read her other books.
I received a copy of this book from the
publisher I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions expressed
are mine alone.
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