"True to You" by Becky Wade

"True to You"

A Bradford Sisters Romance

by Becky Wade

I just finished this story, just this minute (OK, a couple of minutes ago) and I have that feeling, that mixed up feeling - I loved this book, what a great book, and then the realization that it's over, you've finished, done.

I loved this book that much, I tried to go slowly and relish in the words, the descriptions, the feelings, but I was compelled to keep reading, maybe even when I was supposed to be making dinner! It was that good, that satisfying, to me.

I received a complimentary copy of "True to You" by Becky Wade from Bethany House/Baker Publishing as part of their blogger program.  The review and post are completely honest, and my own opinion.

Here I sit, on my porch, reading this delightful story!

Nora Bradford-librarian, historian, and genealogist, and owner of the historical village.

One broken engagement and she has decided to accept her single-hood and devotes her time to her work, her village, books, and a fascination for her favorite TV show and character.

John Lawson-owner of Lawson Training Inc., former Navy SEAL, adopted.

Runs a security training company, has a girlfriend, strong, chiseled, has received a medical diagnosis.

Nora and her sister, Brit are volunteering to be hostages at a training exercise at Lawson Training, Nora's inability to recover once the exercise is over leads to the chance meeting of Nora and John!

John needs to locate his birth parents, Nora is a genealogist - this is how the story begins.

Take this fun, heartwarming, heart-wrenching, funny, silly, delightful ride with them!

I honestly just loved this book, the characters were so well written you knew they really existed, somewhere.  The same goes for the secondary characters-sisters Willow and Brit, grandmother, housekeeper Valentina, co-workers, and library regulars.  

The scenes are written the same way, detailed and picturesque.  

The story wraps itself around you, and demands you keep reading!

All this fun and I haven't even mentioned the lessons in the book, the underlying Christian theme.  They come as part of the story, they are not forced or obvious!  More amazing writing by this author!

The ending theme to me was - Trust Him.  Trust God, he's got this!

The quote above was at the end of the book - it really spoke to me!

Here is my review as posted on Amazon.com, ChristianBook.com, and Barnes and Noble

I have also left it on Goodreads.com

True to You

by Becky Wade

What an amazing ride!  This story was delightful, charming, heartwarming and heartbreaking, and even funny!  So much depth in this story!  I can't wait to read about the other Bradford sisters!  The writing is unbelievable in this book, it moves you, makes you cry, makes you giggle.  The lessons are there and woven into the story so well, and the ending theme that God has got this!  You just need to trust him.

The two main characters were amazing.  Nora and John.  The book was told from both perspectives.  I loved reading Nora's take, and then hearing John's thoughts.  It made the story so incredible.  You are vested in both characters and understand them so well.  The storytelling is so easy to read yet so much detail, you can visualize the characters and all the settings.  

Nora is a librarian, genealogist, and historian.  John Lawson is an ex-Navy SEAL, was adopted, and has a need to seek out his birth parents.  A chance meeting, Nora offers her services, and the story begins.  As the secondary characters were introduced - sisters, Willow and Brit, her grandmother, co-workers, to name a few, you really got to know them all too!  The conversations, events, and moments of dialogue were so well-written, what a joy.  What's next for Nora and John,  will they find his birth parents, are they just business associates, what about his girlfriend, and Nora’s obsession with books and her favorite TV show!  

At the end of each chapter the author inserted little messages from one character to another and these were total fun.  Facebook messages, texts, notes back and forth, which were satisfying and shed more light, or were just funny.  

I can't say enough about how much I enjoyed this book for all the reasons mentioned, it's just a great story, and writing is so compelling I just couldn't put it down!  

I received a complimentary copy of this book from Bethany House/Baker Publishing to read and review.  The review is honest and completely my own.

Happy Reading!!