Heaven Sent By Jillian Hart
Mass Market Paperback
ISBN: 0373871503
Pub. Date: July 2001
Series: Steeple Hill Love Inspired Series

I’ve decided when I talk about the books I’ve read on my blog, that I’d provide a handy link to the author’s website. I just started doing this recently, however, from my limited searching on the internet, I could not find a website for this author.

This book has been on my shelf for a long time, and I’m not sure when or where I purchased it. It’s a Love Inspired title released back in 2001, and I couldn’t find a good cover image to upload from Amazon or Barnes and Noble.

When Hope Ashton’s grandmother is injured, she rushes from Italy to her small Montana hometown to help care for her. Hope is a renowned photographer who comes from a privileged background. She’s had some negative experiences in high school with Matthew Sheridan. When Hope returns to Montana, Matthew becomes her knight in shining armour when he rescues her from her broken down car in the rain.

She has experienced a lot of pain and heartache in her lifetime, and she has medical problems that are caused by her constant relationship worries. Hope feels that the Lord is telling her to remain single. Her parents had an unhappy marriage, filled with lots of pain and arguments, and she’s suffered through a broken engagement. She doesn’t feel she should trust her heart to anyone, not even hot and sexy Matthew Sheridan.

Matthew has been through some pains of his own. He’s raising toddler triplet boys alone (what a job!) and his wife died two years ago. He’s still grieving, and is unsure about the new feelings he has for Hope Ashton. His love grows as he finds his triplets becoming attached to Hope, and he finally can see that maybe she would make a good mother to his boys, and a loving wife for him.

I thought this as a sweet book, and I felt the author did a good job with using words to appeal to the senses. She describes the scenery very well, making me want to hop on a plane and ride down to Montana!

Cecelia Dowdy