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Orchard Hill #5
Bratwurst & Bridges
Pastor Dan Wink has suffered his greatest loss. His best friend, Sharon, died a year ago. He’s ready to walk away from ministry…and life. But the men he’s ministered to over the years won’t let him. Sometimes accountability stinks! And the redhead next door, with her precocious, adorable children, brings up desires he thought had died with his wife.
Skye O’Connell has given up much to rescue herself and her kids from her ex-husband’s drug abuse. With a new career, she’s come to the Milwaukee suburbs to start over…but something about the enigmatic pastor who lives across the hall has her asking uncomfortable questions.
A man stuck in grief is challenged by a woman who is lost…can both find their way to life and love?
Skye O’Connell has given up much to rescue herself and her kids from her ex-husband’s drug abuse. With a new career, she’s come to the Milwaukee suburbs to start over…but something about the enigmatic pastor who lives across the hall has her asking uncomfortable questions.
A man stuck in grief is challenged by a woman who is lost…can both find their way to life and love?
202 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 28, 2017
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July 31, 2017
Opposites on steroids!
A man who’s so stuck in his inability to move forward and a young woman who’s trying to move past her bad choices end up across the hall from each other in a Milwaukee apartment complex. Fuzzy pink boots and two energetic kids frazzle the uptight pastor who recently lost his wife after years of being unable to have children. Coming to terms with being a forgiven daughter of the King makes the freewheeling artist wonder why she keeps falling for the wrong men. Surely a divorced woman who doesn’t play the piano is all wrong as a pastor’s wife.
Facing a life of imperfection creates strange company as two lost souls kindle friendship, support, a new sense of purpose and commitment. Then realize that two really are better than one, especially with Christ as their cornerstone.
Loving addition to the Orchard Hill series of contemporary romances. Readers new to the series will be able to perfectly follow this story; readers familiar with the characters will enjoy running into past friends. Sweet contemporary romance suitable for late teens on up. Told from two viewpoints.
A man who’s so stuck in his inability to move forward and a young woman who’s trying to move past her bad choices end up across the hall from each other in a Milwaukee apartment complex. Fuzzy pink boots and two energetic kids frazzle the uptight pastor who recently lost his wife after years of being unable to have children. Coming to terms with being a forgiven daughter of the King makes the freewheeling artist wonder why she keeps falling for the wrong men. Surely a divorced woman who doesn’t play the piano is all wrong as a pastor’s wife.
Facing a life of imperfection creates strange company as two lost souls kindle friendship, support, a new sense of purpose and commitment. Then realize that two really are better than one, especially with Christ as their cornerstone.
Loving addition to the Orchard Hill series of contemporary romances. Readers new to the series will be able to perfectly follow this story; readers familiar with the characters will enjoy running into past friends. Sweet contemporary romance suitable for late teens on up. Told from two viewpoints.
November 29, 2017
Bratwurst and Bridges is such a heartwarming (where Dan loses someone in his life and he is trying to deal with his grief - or is he? It has been a year, and you won't believe the way he found out how that person was promoted to Glory (passed on)), heart touching (where Skye, Dan's new neighbor, who is an ex of an abusive man whom she has a restraining order against and she has a couple of children--and she has to take care of them on her own and one of them is special, how you ask? You have to read the book to find out that answer. So, she has to deal with this ex but now she has Dan-did I mention he was a Pastor? She's not a Christian, maybe Dan can help her along in that matter with GOD using him.). So, will she stay alive? Will Dan make it through his grief? Will Skye see CHRIST is the answer? Will the Pastor Pastor again? We'll both of them find healing in each other? I received a copy of this book from the Publisher and Netgalley; all the opinions expressed in this review are all my own.
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August 3, 2020
Bratwurst and Bridges is a story of hope and healing. Pastor Dan emerges from the fog of grief to find hope, a fresh perspective and the love he didn't know he needed or was ready for. New neighbor and single-mom, Skye, sheds a shame filled, painful past and steps into a future she'd never dared dream. Skye's preschool children, Quinn and Meghan, are rambunctious recipient's of abuse from a drug addict father to an extent Skye doesn't realize. Not surprisingly, Skye and children blossom under the tender care and nurturing Dan's stable, faith-filled presence brings to their lives. I enjoyed this book a great deal. Susan does a fantastic job in showing what healthy boundaries look like and why they play an important part in caring and protecting others and yourself in relationships. I found hope in facing my own grief from the way Dan faced his head on and the new perspectives he gained.
December 3, 2017
Skye & Dan
Dan is a widower after his wife Sharon dies with an anurism. He is pushed to take a leave a year later from the church where he is an associate because he has still not totally adjusted to the loss of his wife. He moves into an apartment after selling his house, and meets Skye, an artist, who is a single mom with two children.
Dan struggles to adjust to his new life, and with apartment life with two rambunctious kids next door.
Interesting plotting and charactorization. I typically don't read Christian novels because I think them boring, but I enjoyed this one. I expect l'll read more from this author.
Dan is a widower after his wife Sharon dies with an anurism. He is pushed to take a leave a year later from the church where he is an associate because he has still not totally adjusted to the loss of his wife. He moves into an apartment after selling his house, and meets Skye, an artist, who is a single mom with two children.
Dan struggles to adjust to his new life, and with apartment life with two rambunctious kids next door.
Interesting plotting and charactorization. I typically don't read Christian novels because I think them boring, but I enjoyed this one. I expect l'll read more from this author.
September 1, 2017
Pastor Dan Wink and Skye O’Connell are both lost in their own misery. He’s suffering from the grief of losing his wife and she’s struggling to keep her life together after pulling herself away from an abusive, addicted husband.
They discover each other when Dan moves into her apartment building. He strives to help her and connect her with people who will help her. She asks questions and challenges him while he leads her to a faith she’s never known and a love she thought impossible to hope for.
Ms. Baganz writes an insightful novel full of hope and love.
They discover each other when Dan moves into her apartment building. He strives to help her and connect her with people who will help her. She asks questions and challenges him while he leads her to a faith she’s never known and a love she thought impossible to hope for.
Ms. Baganz writes an insightful novel full of hope and love.
October 22, 2018
I love the way this author writes. Recommend this!
March 23, 2018
This is the first book I have read by this author and I am looking forward to trying more in the future.It is a really good clean romance.Dan is a pastor who had been persuaded to take a year off from his church after the death of his wife he moves into an apartment and meets Skye who is struggling after leaving her abusive husband.I really liked these two and just loved watching them grow and move past their problems.A super read I really enjoyed it
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July 18, 2018I read this book, thinking "Oh, a book where the main character is struggling with grief. That's perfect timing." And I didn't feel like it was a fit for me. Maybe in the future it'll be a topic that I need, but not right now. However, there were some things that bothered me. The whole being in love after a short time. No thanks. I understand that it happens, but I just feel like you can't know a person after only a few weeks.
There were some typos here and there that bothered me.
And, I don't know what the whole deal with the piercings was. I may not have facial piercings, but I've befriended people with facial piercings without me thinking negatively of the person. I have enough ear piercings that piercings don't really bother me. If someone is going to be judgy about piercings, they need to rethink their priorities. (I may have some opinions on which ones look professional (septum piercings are not my thing), but I'm not going to think that you are the spawn of satan for having them). Maybe it was just a thing that was needed to show that she was stepping away from her past, but eh.
There were some typos here and there that bothered me.
And, I don't know what the whole deal with the piercings was. I may not have facial piercings, but I've befriended people with facial piercings without me thinking negatively of the person. I have enough ear piercings that piercings don't really bother me. If someone is going to be judgy about piercings, they need to rethink their priorities. (I may have some opinions on which ones look professional (septum piercings are not my thing), but I'm not going to think that you are the spawn of satan for having them). Maybe it was just a thing that was needed to show that she was stepping away from her past, but eh.
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