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Choices of the Heart (The Midwives Book #3): A Novel
Choices of the Heart (The Midwives Book #3): A Novel
Choices of the Heart (The Midwives Book #3): A Novel
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Choices of the Heart (The Midwives Book #3): A Novel

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Esther Cherrett comes from a proud line of midwives and was trained by her mother to take over the family calling. But when a scandal threatens all she holds dear, Esther takes a position as a teacher in the western mountains of Virginia instead. There she finds herself in the midst of a deadly family feud and courted by two men on opposite sides of the conflict. When it seems as though her past has followed her all the way into the mountains, all she wants is to run away again.

In this gripping story of trust, deception, and bittersweet loss, a young woman learns the true meaning of choices of the heart.
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Release dateJan 1, 2013
ISBN9781441240637
Choices of the Heart (The Midwives Book #3): A Novel
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Laurie Alice Eakes

Since she lay in bed as a child telling herself stories, bestselling, award-winning author Laurie Alice Eakes has fulfilled her dream of becoming a published author, with a degree in English and French from Asbury University and a master’s degree in writing fiction from Seton Hill University. She now has nearly two dozen books in print. Laurie Alice lives with her husband in Houston, Texas, with sundry lovable dogs and cats.    

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Ah the title is correct...what are the choices of our heart? The story takes place 1840 Virginia, a very different world than today. Young Esther Cherrett is a young woman what has been rather spoiled during her life, she is the only daughter. Her father is a Pastor, and her mother is a Midwife, who learned her skills from her mother and has passed them down to Esther. Esther does have a big problem...she is a terrible flirt, and when things go awry, she is blamed. No one will believe she is innocent...she has a reputation, and is not able to live it down.She decides to take a teaching job, way up in the Mountains of Virginia. What she has run away from is now mild compared to what is going on here. More like the Hatfields and the McCoys...or the Tollivers and the Gosnolls. Brookses. Neffs. It appears that there is so little value for human life. They really are all related, and Mrs Tolliver is a sister to Mrs Brooks....terrible.Esther is now giving up her medical knowledge...not, and going to be teaching. She is also being looked at as a potential wife for either Zach Brook or Griff Tolliver. Even though her past haunts her, she is not looking for a husband.Loved looking at this beautiful Mountain area through Esther's eyes...so wonderful. This is a page turning, and compelling read. Travel back to old time Virginia, and enjoy!I received this book through Revell's review program, and was not required to give a positive review.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    I had a slow start in liking this story, but by the end I was fully into the story. Can be easily read as a stand alone book, but if reading the series, this story is about Esther Cherrett, the daughter of the main characters in book one. Esther leaves the home and family she loves because of a scandal and finds herself taking a job as a teacher (instead of a midwife) in the mountains of Virginia. There she will discover and be in the middle of a long standing family feud that will eventually turn deadly. To top that off she is being sought after by two different men, from the feuding families. One will win her heart, if she doesn't run away again.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Esther Cherrett has had a pampered upbringing that resulted in a spoiled, self-absorbed young woman...until one night changed her life completely. Afterwards, Esther's life is filled with regret, shame, and self-loathing...so much so, that she decides that she can no longer stay with her parents or even in their hometown. Esther decides to leave in the middle of the night and take a chance on a new life, in which no one knows her or her terrible secrets. When she arrives at the very rustic mountain community she is to teach for, she begins to wonder just what she signed up for. Two families are virtually at war with one another and all sides suffer. Can Esther help to bring peace to this community or will her sins of the past interfere with her future...will love conquer all or fuel the fires of familial war that needs to be extinguished before all are consumed in its' inferno.This was a good end to The Midwives series my Ms. Eakes. I enjoyed seeing characters from the previous two novels and learning what had happened to them, as well as becoming acquainted with new ones.

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