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Laura Windsor wants to be a mother, but Gavin
Maitland won’t allow it.
When the Orphan Train arrives in Heart Junction, South Dakota in 1912, Laura
happily greets the little girl she intends to take into her home. Her plans
are shattered when Gavin explains that the Orphan Train children may be
placed with married couples only.
Gavin hates disappointing the lovely Laura, but he has no choice. He is
bound to follow the rules of the town council. When he is unable to place
Angelina with a willing couple because she is a sickly child, he arranges
for Laura to take her in temporarily.
Circumstances surrounding Angelina’s care and placement keep Laura and Gavin
close enough for each of them to realize that there is much more between
them than their concern for a child. But can two people at odds ever join
together? Not without breaking conventions, promises and even a few laws.
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Laura’s Lost Love is an emotionally charged
story right from the first chapter.
Laura Windsor waits for the Orphan Train which brings Angelina, a child who,
although already a daughter in Laura’s heart, will soon be Laura’s legally
adopted daughter. Or at least that’s Laura’s plan. She’s saved for years to
be able to adopt a child, and now that the reality of her dream comes closer
with every blast of the train’s whistle she can hardly believe her good
fortune. When Angelina steps from the train there is an instant bond between
the two. The only thing left for Laura to do is sign some paperwork and, she
believes, she’ll be able to take the little girl home. There’s only one
catch: Laura isn’t married, and Gavin Maitland, the man who must sign off on
the paperwork, informs her that this unmarried state puts Angelina out of
her reach. He advises Laura to wed—quickly. And therein lies the love
triangle of this tale: man, woman and child all desperately in need of love
and all it holds.
I sincerely enjoyed this book for a number of reasons but I’ll just name a
few here. I’ll leave the joys of this book for you to discover on your own.
First, and perhaps most important, the story is a good one, written with
attention to detail, dialogue and fully fleshed characters. Angelina and
Laura’s use of Spanish as well as English to converse is a touch that made
their situation seem so realistic I could nearly hear their words. Gavin and
Laura, and the ‘compromising’ position they find themselves in, are a great
couple whose willingness to do what’s best for Angelina made me want to
cheer them on. Also, the fast-moving story kept me turning the pages because
I cared about the characters and wanted to know what happened next.
All in all, this is an excellent story that takes the reader on a journey
into the past that is very enjoyable.
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