Maggie's Dilemma

Sovereign #5

by Jennifer Wixson

Nearly three years after the death of her husband and childhood friend, Maggie the minister of the Sovereign Union Church is romantically pursued by the noted environmentalist David Faulkner, who has come to teach at Unity College in central Maine. Before she knows it, she and David are engaged. Maggie believes she's done the right thing, that is, until Duncan Faulkner, David's brother, an Episcopal minister, shows up in the little town of Sovereign. Spending time with Duncan, Maggie awakens to the world of difference between the two men. She quickly discovers--too late!--that she's engaged to marry one brother, but is actually in love with the other.


Further complicating Maggie’s life, a shady investment advisor from the city, with whom she has the slightest of acquaintances, has used her name to drum up business with her friends. Should she give them a heads-up that he could be nothing more than a Wall Street wolf in sheep's clothing? Or should she keep silent and let the chips fall where they may? Unfortunately, Maggie chooses to say nothing, and as a result her best friends could lose the farm!


Funny, poignant, and soul-searching, Maggie's Dilemma, Book 5 in Jennifer Wixson's Sovereign Series (a standalone novel) reveals that life -- and love -- sometimes don't get easier when you're sixty.

310 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 28, 2017

About the author

Born on a dairy farm in Winslow, Maine, Jennifer's writing is heavily influenced by her childhood running free in the Maine pastures and woods near her rural home. She received a Master's degree in Divinity from Bangor Theological Seminary in 2001 and has served as an itinerant Quaker minister for several different denomination churches. Jennifer writes (in winter) from her farm in central Maine, where she and her husband (affectionately known as the Cranberry Man) raise Scottish Highland cattle. In addition to her novels and two non-fiction titles, Jennifer also writes a regular column, "Letter from Troy," for the oft-heralded Maine publication, Islandport Magazine. You can follow her daily adventures on Twitter @ChickenJen and discover the latest on her writing via her Facebook author's page https://www.facebook.com/Jennifer.Wix.... Find more about The Sovereign Series at http://www.thesovereignseries.com/

Reviews

[LizJ · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a hard book for me to review because I would not recommend it as a stand-alone read. You really must read the first 4 books of the Sovereign series to appreciate it. The characters are old friends by that time, and not self explanatory to their importance to Maggie unles you have read the previous books.. Some of the character’s personalities puzzled me as they seemed very different from when they were last part of the story. Some very important characters were not mentioned. It does seem that this story line is needed to close the series and I am very glad that the author chose to write it. I would recommend the series to primarily older women who understand country life. One reviewer in Amazon mentioned that she found it under Christian or religious fiction. I don’t think that is a good escription as Maggie is not a traditional minister. One of her particular activities Is quite unique and not one some would find understandable. This is a series that I have already read more than once, and will read agggain over the years as this way of life has mostly disappeared and totally reminds me of my grandparents and the small town that they lived in.

[Vera Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Won this and enjoyed very much. Maggie's husband has been dead nearly 3 years. She has met David, and they seem to enjoy each other. But lots of differnces. Could he still be the one have afor her? Others seem to think so, but Maggie not real sure.

Can she have a 2nd chance at love at this age? Maggie not a young woman.