Love Comes Softly and Love's Enduring Promise by Janette Oke


Aug 18, 2013

In Love Comes Softly, Marty’s dreams of covered wagons, horses, and green pastures comes to a terrifying halt when her husband dies unexpectedly, leaving her alone on the frontier.

Alone and overcome by her loss, Marty joins a stranger, Clark, and his daughter to head west for lack of a better option. Can Marty see through her grief to recognize a blessing?  Will Clark’s prayers help her to overcome her challenges, to find love and a family, in this inspirational and heartwarming story? 

Love’s Enduring Promise picks up where Love Comes Softly ends. Marty, Clark, their 2 children, and Missy are farming, and like everyone else, they’re struggling.  Tragically, Clark is wounded while planting and is saved by a passing stranger, who stays on at the farm to help the family. Missy closes her school to work the farm and tend the fields with Nate and Marty.  Missy and Nate’s relationship blossoms, as their lives become intertwined.   However, when Nate’s secrets are revealed, will this end everything?

Reviewed by Library Staff