Meet My Sister Tess by Kristin Billerbeck
H S #329
Publisher: Heartsong Presents/Barbour
ISBN: 9781577485544
Binding: Mass Market
From Heartsong Presents website:
Clark is everything Tess Ellison thinks she wants in a husband. He is stable, a good provider, the kind of man who can allow Tess to fulfill her mother’s dying wish: that her mentally-handicapped brother, Robby, will never be put into an institution. Robby loves to introduce his sister to every new person he meets, including Greg Wheaton, the new social worker in town. It is obvious that Robby is encouraging Tess and Greg to become friends. Soon Tess is forced to admit a marriage of amiable partenership may not be for her. Can she trust God to keep her mother’s dying wish and give her the man she loves?
I thought this book was a cute enjoyable read. I felt that the depiction of Robby was extremely realistic, and I could imagine a lot of the events happening as such with an autistic man. I would recommend this book to read. However, I just wanted to point out that since this title is so old the writing style is a lot different than Billerbeck’s later works.
It was so different that it almost seemed like it was written by a different author! I’m thinking it appears that way because Billerbeck’s Heartsongs are written in the third person, and as far as I know, her titles released over the last few years are all written in first person. Plus, since she doesn’t really do straight-up category-style romances anymore, that might be why the writing style is so drastically different. I enjoyed this book, and I wish Billerbeck would write more category-styled romances. I enjoy her more recent titles too, but I enjoy her older stuff just as much.
When I was browsing in a Christian bookstore awhile back, I noticed the following Billerbeck title on the shelf:
From the decription, it seems like an enjoyable read. I didn’t buy it, because I have books at home that I haven’t read yet, and I am living on a budget! Maybe I’ll get around to buying it and reading it in the future. I’d be interested in seeing some comments from anybody who has read either of these books.