Remembrance

by Janet Spaeth

Eliza has been betrayed and scorned.

Eliza Davis’s life is turned upside down when she finds her fiancé with another woman. She flees St. Paul and, with the help of a newfound friend, reestablishes her life in Remembrance, Minnesota. But she and Hyacinth have hurdles ahead of them before they can call Remembrance home.

Silas Collier is dead-set against his uncle Edward marrying a woman he has only met through letters. When the woman arrives on the train with an unexpected companion, he finds both ladies suspicious. His qualms increase when Eliza reacts strongly to a newspaper report of a scandal in St. Paul.

Can Eliza overcome the darkness of her past and move into the light of God’s forgiveness? Will Silas ever let go of his resentment and distrust of women to see the treasure God has brought to Remembrance, just for him?

"Create in me a clean heart, O God." Psalm 51:10

176 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

In first grade, Janet Spaeth was asked to write a summary of a story about a family making maple syrup. She wrote all during class, through morning recess, lunch, and afternoon recess, and asked to stay after school. When the teacher pointed out that a summary was supposed to be shorter than the original story, Janet explained that she didn’t feel the readers knew the characters well enough, so she was expanding on what was in the first-grade reader. Thus a writer was born. She lives in the Midwest and loves to travel, but to her, the happiest word in the English language is home.

Reviews

[Phylisha Stone · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

A young single women is tricked into helping a conman whom she had been courting, swindle money from other young women she works with. She learns this after finding him kissing another women and he threatens her. Afraid and not knowing what to do she decides to leave town and go back to her hometown to figure out what to do.

[nancy Lanham · Rating 4 out of 5]

Opposites attract!

I loved everything and everyone in this book! The change in skills was so human. Their love was based on shared goals and love of Christ and in service to the poor. I especially loved the older couple and their wisdom about life shining through. Always make love about joy having fun and just being good friends first!