Where Trust Lies: A Deviation From the Usual Cozy Western

Where Trust Lies by Janette Oke and Laurel Oke Logan

The second book in the "companion series" to the tv series, When Calls the Heart.

In this book, Beth and her sisters and mother embark on a cruise of the East Coast of America and Canada. Along the way, they make new friends and come to some startling realizations about one another. This story is much more about Beth's relationships with the women in her family, though she does wrestle with her feelings for Jarrick (Jack Thorton) who is back in the West hoping she will return for another year of teaching. It was a really good cozy travel book about family until the end. The ending took me by surprise with it's sudden dark turn (See spoilers). I was happy for the happy ending and even happier for the amount of Jarrick in this book (even though most of their interactions are through phone calls and letters). Again, I preferred the story in this book to the tv series, but I still prefer the tv series romance between Jack and Beth over the story one.

“A person doesn’t demonstrate independence by rebelling. You do it by shouldering responsibilities, making wise, thoughtful decisions.” ― Janette Oke, Where Trust Lies

If you love

• Westerns (Canadian)

• Christian author

• Verses and prayer throughout

• Clean romance

• Royal Canadian Mounted Police

• Travel Stories

• The When Calls the Heart tv series

• Bit of peril

Possibly Concerning Content

• Language: None

• Romance: Kisses only

• Violence: See Spoiler

• Other: It's mentioned via letter that someone attempted suicide but was not successful..

Violence Spoiler

A character is kidnapped. It is the main plot of the entire third act. The kidnappers plan to sell the character into slavery. It is stopped in time. The entire experience is off page but the main character experience the terror and fear that comes with not knowing if they will ever see this person again. If that is something you do not want to read, maybe give this one a skip.

Blurb

Her courage and her heart will be tested in ways she never expected...

Beth Thatcher returns home from her first year as a schoolteacher in the mining town of Coal Valley and steps into a whole different world. Her life back among her wealthy Eastern family is a stark contrast to her primitive life in the West, and Beth isn't sure where she belongs anymore.

She barely has time to settle in before her mother announces plans for a family holiday--a luxurious steamship tour along the eastern coast of Canada and the U.S. Wishing to reconnect with her mother and sister, Beth agrees to go but quickly finds herself at odds with her mother's expectations. After enjoying complete freedom in the western wilds, Beth isn't sure what to make of her mother's ongoing efforts to direct her life--and her heart.

Beth keeps in touch with her Mountie beau, Jarrick, even as young men more of her station catch her eye. Is she ready to fully give her heart to Jarrick, knowing it will mean saying good-bye to her family and her life of privilege once again? And when Beth trusts the wrong person, will Jarrick be able to help her despite the distance between them?

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