All Good Gifts

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Summary: Culdee Creek returns...
Review: Culdee Creek is once more the setting for Ms. Morgan's newest book, however, this time, the story takes place in the modern world. When her father unexpectedly dies, Dr. Devra Mackay finds herself called back to the home she had thought a part of her past, saving for occassional visits. Her sorrow and guilt are shattered by shock and anger when the will is read. Although she is left the entire estate, she will forfeit it if she does not move back home, abandoning her big city medical practice. To make it worse, the man who will inherit if she fails is Ross Blackstone, the handsome cowboy who rejected her adolescent love.

Returning home is hard, and not just for the obvious reasons of not wanting to give up the more modern lifestyle of New York. It will mean being in constant contact with Ross, and having to confront her anger with God. Both are determined to win her heart though.

*** All Good Gifts' shortness and easy story make for a fast read, but nonetheless, the 21st century version of the Prodigal Son has a profound message. No matter how hard it is, life without love just is not life. ***

Reviewed by Amanda