A Picture of Love

Naomi has been all but left at the altar when her fiance left her before their wedding.  Amos lost his fiancee to cancer.  Neither feel they are in a position to open their hearts to love. 

Naomi is the cook and housekeeper for Peony Inn, run by sisters Esther and Lizzie.  Lizzie is what in some parlances would be called a "loose cannon."  She says what she feels without a filter between thought and spoken words. Both Esther and Lizzie are match-making meddlers. There are a host of other characters that populate this book by Beth Wiseman and make it the entertaining read that it is. 

One thing that Amos and Naomi have in common is that they both love to paint landscapes.  Esther and Lizzie believe they will make the perfect couple and invent reasons for Amos to stay behind and do some work for them so that Amos and Naomi can get to know each other better, and even fall in love. 

The road to love is never without its bumps and potholes, and Beth has worked that into the book with the reappearance of Naomi's ex-fiance. 

This is quite an enjoyable book that engages the reader from the very first page all the way through to the very end.  Five stars, two thumbs up, and a perfect landscape painting for your wall.

Zondervan Fiction and NetGalley.com provided the copy I read for this review.  All opinions expressed are my own.