“A Treasure Concealed” by Tracie Peterson

I love getting to review new books – and Tracie Peterson’s books never fail to enthrall me.

Emily Carver wants a home where she can put down roots instead of following her gold-hungry father from one mining camp to another. She also longs for tenderness and love, both of which are missing in her life. Yet when she realizes she’s losing her heart to the intriguing new man in camp, she fiercely fights her feelings, afraid that love will only result in disappointment and heartache.

Caeden Thibault, a young geologist, comes to Montana to catalog minerals indigenous to the state. He’s a serious and guarded young man trying to escape the pain of his past. He has avoided all romantic entanglements, fearing he might become like his abusive father. But something about Emily Carver has caught his attention, something he never expected. . . .

Will these two broken souls allow God to bring healing and hope to their hurting hearts?

Emily Carver captured my attention from the very first page of Peterson’s new A Treasure Concealed (Sapphire Brides)‘>A Treasure Concealed down.  I’m not ready to leave Emily or Caedon yet.  There is so much to know about their futures, as well as people only touched upon in this story, like Jake Hoover and Millie and Uncle Jasper.  They were fascinating in their own rights, and perhaps their sideline status made them even more so.  In fact, I was so determined not to leave their story that I did some research – and the second book in this series will be released in July, but it doesn’t appear to have any character connections.  Maybe, if they don’t make a future appearance in the sequel, they’ll pop up again in another Peterson book.