Beyond Today by Janelle Jamison alias Tracie Peterson
ISBN-13: 9781557485618
ISBN-10: 1557485615
Publication Date: 7/1/1994
From the back cover:
Life on the Kansas prairie is hard and unpredictable, and death can be a frequent visitor. As a result, Amy Carmichael has learned never to live beyond today. She works diligently helping their parents on their farm, and she never plans for the future.
All that changes, though, when she meets Tyler Andrews, the new circuit rider. But will Tyler return her love, or is he more attracted to Amy’s twin sister Angie? Amy knows from experience that men seem to prefer Angie, and for the time a wedge of jealousy separates the sisters.
Love on the Kansas prairie is hard and unpredictable, but it is also as inevitable as an early summer cyclone.
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I’m not even sure how this novel popped up in my house! I’m fairly certain I purchased it used at a library book sale or at a book store. I wanted to read to read this old Heartsong because it’s about a set of identical twin sisters – I’m always partial to stories about identical twins.
Imagine my surprise when I opened the cover and discovered the author is really Tracie Peterson! I didn’t realize Tracie had written some Heartsongs under a pen name!
Amy has always lived in her twin sister Angie’s shadow. Amy is tomboyish, and she loves to take care of the kids while the adults have their social time. Angie is flirtatous, always having a number of beaus waiting to court her.
However, when the new preacher, Tyler Andrews, comes to town, Amy finds that she’s finally met a man that makes her heart go pitter-patter. Tyler is a bit older than Amy, plus he’s a traveling preacher who is a widower – he’s lost his wife and child on the tough Kansas prairie.
To make matters worse, Amy is floored to discover that Angie is smitten with Tyler. Which twin does Tyler really like?
The story takes a suspenseful twist when Amy is kidnapped and Tyler, plus the whole town, goes on a quest to save her life.
This book was an enjoyable Heartsong read.
