Silver Thaw by Catherine Anderson - Audio Version

 Silver Thaw

by Catherine Anderson

Amanda has had to make some very large 

decisions. Decisions that come with the 

possibility of some terrible consequences. 

The choices come down to life or death. 

Amanda leaps bravely. She takes action to 

improve her life and the life of her daughter. 

Jeb comes from a large and loving family. 

He knows what love is. What it feels like. 

Jeb is out helping neighbors. As people do in 

a small town in the middle of a crazy winter

storm. Amanda is one of these neighbors. 

Jeb and his neighbor have been finding little

scraps of paper, caught on the wind. They turn

out to be an ongoing diary. Full of wishes

and regrets. 

Silver Thaw is a fairy tale of sorts. More 

modern day than we typically think of 

fairy tales as being. The modern day problems

and situations are certainly different from 

anything Cinderella would have run into. 

But reading the story and the style of 

Catherine Anderson made me think of just

that. A modern day fairy tale. 

Kate Turnbull did a wonderful job with 

the narration. Silver Thaw is more than

12 hours long. I felt like I was certainly

getting my moneys worth. 

Review by Lisa Hutson

A Ladys Dream Come True by Grace Burrowes

A Lady's Dream Come True

by Grace Burrowes

★★★★★

Grace Burrowes always writes a long book. Her stories

always seem to be longer than the number of pages

or the number of words. There is so much in them. 

Every character is large. The places and situations.

You get to know so much. The characters are deep

and you can picture them. They are easy to see. 

Oak Dorning knows exactly what he is doing. He has a 

plan. He has talent. He has ambition. Oak was born an

artist. He thinks there is nothing else for him to be 

but an artist. He knows the plan to achieve success

as an artist. 

Verity Channing has no sort of plan at all. Her life is not

going as she wants it to. Though she isnt just sure how 

to alter that path. She is a widow with just enough to

raise her son. But she will also be raising a daughter 

left behind by her husband. Verity has to figure how to 

stretch her budget to make that work without hurting

anyone. Her husband lead Verity to believe he left 

treasure behind for her. Oh boy, did he ever! 

A Ladys Dream Come True is a wonderful story. You will

get to know so many people. Not just Oak and Verity. 

The feelings and struggles that life brings are laid out. 

And then step by step, the pieces fall together, just 

as they should. Of course. With a lovely sweet

happily ever after. 

Review by Lisa Hutson