An amazing story of faith, hope, and of course love. Ruth Logan Herne weaves a tale that will keep you turning the pages with characters that are well defined and quickly become fast friends.
An amazing and accomplished author this series does not disappoint.
I can't wait for the next installment.
Highly recommended!

At Home in Wishing Bridge is a classic example of why I am such a Ruth Logan Herne fan! She writes skillfully about the challenges we all face and excels at the ebb and flow of interpersonal relationships.

At Home in Wishing Bridge is the story of nurse practitioner Thea and how regardless of her difficult past, God gives her a real home and helps her see her place in this world. Her two friends teacher Kelsey and former model Jazz have prominent place in this story as does Dr. Ethan Brandenburg who is facing his own life challenges. It's really all about community and small town living, and neighbor helping neighbor. And finding love in the middle of it all.

Herne is a master wordsmith and some of her quotes are so thought-provoking and full of wisdom. Some of my favorites,
*"I know that coming through the darkness into the light made me stronger, braver, and bolder than I ever dreamed of being."
*"But inspiration without implementation is just an empty promise.."
*"Life doesn't always come with smooth trails and easy choices. Sometimes it takes a broken road to bring us where we need to be."
*And the oh so poignant passing of Dotty, "Thea began humming Amazing Grace." Dotty's favorite. "Let's sing her home, Jeb." And they did." So very touching!

I loved the cover of this book with cute Thea and the charming Victorian house that became the medical practice complete with upstairs apartments. And of course it wouldn't be a Ruth Logan Herne book without a happy ending after the twists and turns of life the characters go through.

I'm really looking forward to Jazz's story in the next book, "Three girls, now women, friends forever."

I appreciate Waterfall Press for providing a copy of At Home in Wishing Bridge for review and applaud the beauty, wisdom and charm of Ruth Logan Herne's words on the page.

Such a delight to come back to Wishing Bridge...a village of faith, hope and love!

After three friends, brought together as teens in a home for troubled youth, find themselves reunited years later in the small village of Wishing Bridge, New York, their ties deepen as they help each other find happiness.

This second story in Ruth Logan Herne’s heart-touching series featuring this charming town finds nurse practitioner Thea Anastas offering her skills at a medical clinic where Ethan Brandenburg, the temporary doctor, has his hands full with both the patients and his recently orphaned niece and nephew. She’s ready to leave for the big city. He’s anxious to move to his promised research assignment in Chicago. However, “accidents of timing or God’s perfect timing” keep them working together in Wishing Bridge.

I completely enjoyed At Home in Wishing Bridge as this couple confronted their past issues, reluctantly becoming aware of their feelings for each other. They both had difficult childhoods, feeling unloved and worthless. It was interesting to see how they approached rising from extreme pain to lift themselves, with the help of friends, to carry on and grow in the right direction.

I felt like I was part of this community with lovable folks who struggle with issues we all face. Good solid advice is sprinkled throughout the pages, bringing your heart closer to each individual as you become involved with the challenges they face.

Max is an absolute angel as he generously offers help to others.... a great example of how we all should live, treating people with kindness and respect. Eight-year-old Mara tugged at me as she tried to cope with the loss of her parents, not understanding how her life could ever feel normal again. But as the story unfolds, each hurting person works toward a sweet resolution.

A beautiful story of hope...hope and second chances after difficult situations....the kind of story author Ruth Logan Herne does so well, bringing faith and love to people through her books.

Favorite quotes:
“If folks look out for each other, there’s a lot less trouble in the world.”
“Rusty prayers are often the best.”

*I was given a copy of this book with no requirement to write a review. I’m delighted to offer my honest opinion.

Thea hadn't had an easy life not only had she lived with a drugged up mother but the she had ended up in the foster system Luckily she was at Hannah's Hope foster home along with her two best friends, Kelsey & Jazz, but all of this at such a young age meant that he is totally disillusioned she doesn't believe in love or HEA . She is a big city girl but she is spending time in Wishing bridge with Maggie and Jeb. Working as a nurse at the local medical centre she is thrown into the orbit of Dr. Ethan Brandenburg, he is also pining for the big city and the medical research that he does but a fatal accident as left him with the care of his niece and nephew and Wishing Bridge is the perfect place for them to settle as a family. The attraction between these two is instant but do they have any future together when they are both planning to leave or will Wishing Bridge be the perfect place to set down roots and become the family that they are meant to be

This is a wonderful sweet romance that is all about the heart wants what it wants not necessarily what the mind says it needs

'God's not a 'thing' to me, Ethan. He's like 'the' thing. The strength. The Rock. The fortress.'

I have been eagerly anticipating the second in Ruth Logan Herne's 'Wishing Bridge' series because I fell in love with the people and the town in the first book. Can I please go live there? It's a wonderful little small town that just draws the reader right in and truly makes you wish it was a real place.

Thea Anastas grew up hard on the city streets until taken in by a wonderful foster mother, where she met two other young girls, Kelsey and Jazz, and they became fast friends who swore to be there for each other no matter what. Thea was called to Wishing Bridge last winter by Kelsey, who was in trouble and needed her friends. Now, Thea, a Nurse Practitioner, has joined in with Ethan Brandenburg, a doctor, as a short term fill in at the small medical clinic in town. She has absolutely no intentions of staying because she intends to go to the city and help children who have no voice. But sometimes God has plans that just floor us, plans that are just as good as the ones we thought we had. Both Ethan and Thea have loads of pain in their life, Thea's just horrendous. But again, God makes all things new. Ethan is raising his brother two children after their parents die in a car accident and is having a rough go of it, when his much younger sister shows up out of the blue with nowhere to go. Thea is trying to help a young seven year old girl who nearly died of peritonitis while being raised by a great grandmother with dementia.

Oh, I just loved this book. Ruth Logan Herne writes directly from her heart and you feel every moment of it. I wept, I laughed, I praised God during this book. This precious town and its inhabitants will take their place right up there with Mitford and other wonderful fictional places. I look forward to the last in the series with Jazz's story. Highly recommended.

*My thanks to Net Galley for a copy of this book. The opinions stated here are entirely my own.

At Home in Wishing Bridge is another heartfelt read that I was emotionally invested in with all the characters that were loveable, flawed and real. Thea and Ethan had other dreams than practicing medicine in a small rural area. Ethan caring for his niece and nephew, flooding in the old practice, a move to a restored home with living space brought some unexpected happenings that just might be the answer to their dreams. There’s plenty of love in Wishing Bridge with members caring for others without expected any compensation. Ruth Logan Herne never fails to create a story showing her love for God, family, children and friends. At Home in Wishing Bridge was a touching story to show how caring for others can be the best medicine that will bring peace and strong deep friendships. It’s not about big dreams, lots of money and snubbing others but the day to day compassion for others. To bad Wishing Bridge is not a real town to go visit and perhaps make it home.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from NetGalley and the author. I was not required to write a positive review but have expressed my sincere thoughts. I look forward to the next book in this wonderful series.

“Life doesn't always come with smooth trails and easy choices. Sometimes it takes a broken road to bring us where we need to be. Our broken roads brought us to each other first. To Hannah's Hope”~Thea

To Thea, Wishing Bridge was just a temporary stop-over to her dream road. What she didn't anticipate was how it got hold of her heart and made her wish for things she never thought she'd have. Spending most of her growing up years in Hannah's Hope foster home along with her two best friends, Kelsey & Jazz, has her disillusioned to anything permanent. Along with her less than stellar childhood under the care of a druggie mom, made her jaded for anything good. That is until this small town feel gave her hope for a brighter future. Along with Maggie and Jeb who opened their hearts & home to her.

“And after years of nothing even close to charming, the quaint town was calling to her. The questionn was—Did she dare answer?”

Then there's her temporary partner in the business—Ethan. He has goals, big ones, to return to Chicago and a prestigious job in a major hospital doing genetic research. It's what he was born to do, or so he thinks. Until God derails his plans and he became a parent to his niece & nephew after the untimely accident that killed their parents almost a year ago. Setting down roots in Wishing Bridge was suppose to be a short term time of regrouping and redefining the new “normal” for this unlikely family. When the time comes, will he be able to uproot the kids and sever all ties to a town that gets under your skin? A bond not so easily broken!

“A family. Not by blood. But by love. And maybe that was the best kind of family to have.”

This story is so emotionally packed and snags you from the start. Having read “Welcome to Wishing Bridge”, I was long anticipating Thea's story! And it's not just Thea...but Jazz, Kelsey & Hale, Ethan, Mara, Keegan, Max, Maggie & Jeb and a new cast of characters that I was looking forward to reconnecting with. The depth of this story will sweep you away and make you wish that the town of Wishing Bridge was a real place to visit. The town that embraces its own and nobody is a stranger; it makes you feel right at home from the get-go. This also deals with some pretty heavy and downright ugly topics, but with the grace and gentleness I've come to expect from a Herne novel. I can read the authors God-given wisdom through the pages and her ever encouraging words in difficult situations. Her characters speak right to my own heart, embracing me in their love & devotion to each other. A bond of friendship that can't be broken by anything in this world. I'm already missing them! Definitely looking forward to the next installment when Jazz gets to tell her own story. Faith, love and hope is what this series is all about...and don't forget the hard won happily-ever-after!

*I received a complimentary copy from the author and NetGalley and was under no obligation to leave a favorable review. All opinions are my own. *