The Only Best Place: Christian Women's fiction (Holmes Crossing Book 1)

Name: The Only Best Place: Christian Women's fiction (Holmes Crossing Book 1)
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Rating: 4.4 (1629 reviews)
Author: Carolyne Aarsen

by Carolyne Aarsen

Romance Religion Spirituality

4.4 (1,629)

4.4 stars from 1,629 reviews. Top 84% of Romance books we track.

325 pages~5.4 hr readPublished by Warner FaithPublished 2006-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

You're navigating a marriage that's cracked but not broken, and you want to read about someone wrestling with forgiveness and faith.
You appreciate stories where proud, controlling characters get humbled by circumstance and find unexpected grace in small towns.
You're drawn to Christian fiction that doesn't shy away from real conflict: infidelity, resentment, family friction, and the hard work of restoration.

Maybe not for you if...

You need your romance to move smoothly toward reconciliation. This book centres on doubt and pain before any healing arrives.
You're looking for literary complexity or psychological depth. The writing is straightforward and the characters are drawn in broad strokes.
You're uncomfortable with explicit Christian faith themes woven through the plot. Spirituality and redemption aren't subtext here.

About this book

Leslie VandeKeere is an ER nurse who values control and has carefully planned her life: save money, purchase a home in Vancouver, and preserve her struggling marriage. When her husband Dan's business fails and his emotional affair emerges, her structured world collapses. Dan proposes moving to his family's farm in rural Alberta for one year to support his newly single mother and rebuild their marriage. Leslie reluctantly agrees out of desperation. She dislikes farm life, resents Dan's family involvement, and counts the days until returning to the city. However, when her son faces a serious illness and Leslie's pride diminishes, she begins to question whether the life she has been pursuing is truly worth saving. She must learn to release her need for control and trust in something beyond her five-year plan. This is the first book in the Holmes Crossing series, exploring themes of marriage in crisis, cultural displacement, and family interference.

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