Hope's Highest Mountain

Ingrid Chastain is accompanying her father to Settler's Fort to deliver small pox vaccines to a doctor who needs them because of an outbreak.  While traversing the mountainous territory, the mules pulling the wagon lose their footing when the wagon slips off the side of the trail.  Her father, her maid, the driver of the wagon all have lost their lives, but Ingrid has only broken her leg. 

She is found because a trapper finds the wagon and one of the mules. Micah is a man who is hiding from his past and the last thing he thinks he needs is a woman on his hands who has broken her leg, needing weeks of care. He once practiced medicine but quit when he couldn't save his wife and daughter from their bouts of small pox.

The story line of this book is a great plot idea, but the characters who populate the book tend to be preachy instead of quietly giving witness of God's grace.   Every time Ingrid turns around, she's telling Micah about relying on God.  That detracts from the story line and made the book less enjoyable for me.  Three Stars.

This was my first Misty M Beller book, and while it was not all that engaging for me, I will try her writings again. 

My thanks goes to Bethany House and NetGalley.com for providing the galley I read for this review.