Finding Stefanie

June 1, 2008
Stefanie Noble, a ranch hand on her familys Montana land, feels like she will never accomplish anything.Movie action-hero Lincoln Cash has a secret that drives him out of Tinseltown. Fresh out of juvie, GideonNorth has sprung his sisters from a foster home and moved into a deserted ranch house. Their lives converge in a night of conflagration, and Stefanie offers shelter totheNorths, andthey begin to heal. Gideon falls in love with Libby, who wants to be a missionary and whose preacher father forbids her from seeing him. Warrenscharacters have all made painfulmistakes. As they find love with each other and through God, their lives head toward a happily-ever-after ending, although not without danger and fear along the way. This extremely satisfying romance has endearing characters, believable situations, and kisses that are far more romantic than the explicit couplingsso prevalent in romance today. Although Warren can be a tad preachy, her characters relationships with God ring true and are integral to the plot.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2008, American Library Association.)