Lyric Bolton and her younger sister Lark live with their mother but are shunned by everyone in the community because of the mental illness of the mother.
The Healer’s Touch
by Lori Copeland
Harvest House Publishers
August 2014
The Healer’s Touch by Lori Copeland is a great story of love and faith in God and also provides a lot of great laughs. Lyric Bolton and her younger sister Lark live with their mother but are shunned by everyone in the community because of the mental illness of the mother. Lyric has convinced herself that she will always be alone but then Ian Cawley comes into her life in a very unexpected and funny way.
The characters, dialogue, and scenes were all very well developed by the author. All the characters came to life on the pages of the book but Lyric and Ian were especially real and I was pulling for them to work out all their problems. Scenes were so vivid that I was holding my breath during some of them and laughing like crazy at other happenings. And then when the author added in the “spook” lights that frightened nearly everyone in the community except Lyric and Ian, you have more good laughs and also some suspense. The note left by the dying mother was quite a surprise but cleared up a lot of things.
I liked the way that the author combined scripture into the story and that she had Lyric and Ian remaining firm in their Christian beliefs.
I highly recommend this book to all that enjoy a great historical novel with lots of romance, suspense and a good laugh or two.
Deanna Love Gottreu is a 75 year old widow and the mother of two wonderful sons who share second place in her life – with God being in first place. She spends her time reading or making quilts for charity. Her book reviews can also be read on her blog at www.buzzardsroostcrafts.com/blog.
This book was provided by the publisher as a review copy.