“Everything She Wants” by Sarah Alva
I really enjoyed this sweet story! Lucy deals with real issues with being engaged to a man who she isn’t sure is right for her, but is the perfect match on paper. She tries to do whats right and to be a good christian mormon girl but doesn’t know what her life and future will hold. While escaping her present life drama, Lucy meets airplane pilot Emerson while heading to London with some girl friends.
Emerson has had his share of issues and grief and after many years decides its time to go back to church. Through out the book he struggles with his faith and desire to stay away from women and alcohol so he can be a better christian man.
As Lucy and Emerson continue to run into each other in London, they hit it off and enjoy talking and spending time together. I really liked their chemistry and how their friendship blossomed.
This story had a good steady pace with laughs, drama and romance. I liked that the story continued past their London vacation. I read this book in one night because I really enjoyed it and wanted to see if it had a “happily ever after” ending.
Christian, LDS specific romance fiction book. I received a copy of this book complimentary for blog and social media review. All opinions are my own.
About the Book:
Lucy Kappal can’t figure out why she doesn’t want to marry her sometimes-boyfriend, Charles. After all, he’s perfect on paper: a returned missionary, elders quorum president, a professor at BYU. Instead of giving Charles an answer to his unexpected marriage proposal, she boards the next flight to London only to fall at the feet of the handsome pilot. The encounter leaves her heart pounding in a way it never has with Charles, and she becomes even more smitten when she sees the pilot again at her hotel.
Emerson James is in London to deposit the last of his mother’s ashes in Kensington Gardens. And after a fifteen-year absence, he is attempting to return to the Church as a way to find peace with his mother’s death. But the Church’s culture feels foreign, and he’s about to give up on ever becoming a “good Mormon” when he meets Lucy in the hotel lobby.
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Biography
Sarah Alva lives in Salt Lake City but calls Arizona home. She graduated from the University of Arizona with degrees in creative writing and political science. In college, she once told a creative writing class she wanted to grow up and be a stay-in-bed mom. She is almost living that dream as a mom to two little boys who don’t like naps or sleeping in as much as she does. When Sarah’s not busy doing mom or wife things, she enjoys reading romance novels in excess, shopping online, and listening to National Public Radio. You can find her on social media at facebook.com/sarah.alva, @writerlysarah, or at sarahalva.com.
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