About the Book
The mysterious inheritance is the answer to a prayer. Now Irish lass Maeve Murphy and her sisters can come to America! She's sure happiness awaits her, even if it won't—can't—come from widowed ship doctor Flynn Gallagher. Yes, he made her his assistant, but she's not foolish enough to fall for the man all the eligible, wealthy female passengers admire.
Flynn Gallagher may have his pick of ladies, but only one cares as he does for the sick and poor. Flynn vowed never to marry another woman who could break his heart. With Maeve, has his heart found safe harbor at last?
This book was released in April 2012
The book comes from my own personal collection for review
My Review
“The Wedding Journey” by Cheryl St.
John is the first book in the 'Irish Brides' continuous series. I
first read this series when it came out in 2012 and enjoyed it
greatly to where I just wanted to reread them, but sadly my library
no longer had the full series. I was lucky though to find the series
in a local second hand shop and thoroughly enjoyed this book as much
as I did the first time I read the book. I am writing a review now
because frankly when I first read the series, I didn't think it was
all that important in writing reviews, but I have apparently come to
reconsider that point of view.
This is a story that takes place over a
fairly short period of time, of anywhere from a few weeks to a month,
but with the close confines of being on a ship, made the fast
development believable and so sweet. It is a pet peeve of mine for
stories to be written in a short period of time and the romance
develop in such a way that it is nothing but a fairy tale, but this
story is nothing like that. There are close quarters and plenty of
time to interact with each other not to mention a few emergencies
that make things seem like they have spent a great deal more time
together than they really did.
Maeve is a woman who really has nothing
behind her and a whole lot in front of her, whatever that may be, and
she is facing that future with great courage. Maeve is a woman who
is able to find the silver lining to just about everything in life
and everyone, or at least nearly everyone. When she can't find that
silver lining, she goes to her strength in her faith to look for what
she is needed. Her faith is quiet but there for all to see, for it
is in her actions, her words and thoughts as well. Maeve's heart is
one that is so tender but she finds another type of strength for she
allows her heart to lead into situations that most might run from.
She wants to help people but she doesn't allow her compassion to
overwhelm her to where she is finding herself over her head, for
somehow she has found that decent compromise between caring too much
and not enough.
Flynn is a man who has known loss in
his life and as a result focused his life on something else. His
focus made changes in the lives of others but it seems to have
stilted in him a lot of ways. From almost the get go of the book,
one can see that this is a man who has suffered and is still
suffering but we dont know the full story until later on the book.
Once the story is out, it begins to make sense. There is a great
strength in Flynn along with a strong desire to help, which I would
hope would be in any doctor, but there is something else about him as
well to where it is hard to fully describe this remarkable man.
It seems to me that one thing about
this book that nearly every character could relate to was that of
loss and a hope of a brighter future. The various stages of loss is
apparent throughout as well as how each person is dealing with the
loss. The hope of that brighter future is not openly spoken about
too often but it is there when the future is spoken of and through
the actions of everyone. It is a great reminder that we all have
some dark days, but the sun will shine again and the new day will be
bright.
I hope all who read this book and
series enjoys it as much as I did both times around.
Other "Irish Brides" Books
The Wedding Journey
The Mistaken Bride
A Baby Between Them
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