Quinten Aspinall is determined to fulfill a promise he made to his deceased father to keep his family together. To do so, he must travel to Canada to find his younger siblings, who were sent there as indentured workers while Quinn was away at war. He is also solicited by his employer to look for the man’s niece who ran off with a Canadian soldier. If Quinn can bring Julia back, he will receive his own tenant farm, enabling him to provide a home for his ailing mother and siblings.
Julia Holloway’s decision to come to Toronto has been met with disaster. When her uncle’s employee rescues her from a bad situation, she fears she can never repay Quinn’s kindness. So when he asks her to help find his sister, she agrees. Soon after, however, Julia receives some devastating news that changes everything.
Torn between reuniting his family and protecting Julia, will Quinn have to sacrifice his chance at happiness to finally keep his promise?
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: The Brightest of Dreams
Book Author: Susan Anne Mason
What do you like about this book:
"Because one way or another, he would come up with a means to persuade her."
Quinten Aspinall's future and that of his family, hangs in the balance, while his employer's lovely runaway niece decides whether or not to return to England. Providentially, Quinten found Julia Holloway living and working in Toronto, Canada under pretty dire circumstances; her original plans having gone terribly astray.
But Quinten has more to worry about than Julia Holloway, his main concen involves the welfare of his three younger siblings; placed in an orphanage by their mother while Quinten served in the war, only to be shipped off to Canada as indentured workers. He promised his father to look after their family, but at this point it will take a miracle. In the meantime, as Julia becomes more entwined into his thoughts and feelings, he learns of a secret that she painfully bears, one that will change everything between them . .. forever.
This sweet romance softens the blows of the stark realities associated with the British Home Children in Canada's sad history. The truth was, according to the author, "that countless parents did not realize that their sons and daughters would be shipped off to another country". Readers will sympathize, empathize, and grieve the loss of innocence that these children suffered, along with encouraging Quinten and Julia to follow the path that God had lovingly set before them.
I received a copy of this book from author and publisher. The opinions stated above are entirely my own.
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