The Love Letter by Rachel Hauck

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The Love Letter: A Novel by Rachel Hauck

An unfinished, undelivered love letter.  What does it mean? Why wasn't it finished? What happened to the two parties involved?

That single letter is the basis of a screenplay written by a new screenwriter. It has potential to be a big movie.

Rachel has a way of telling a story, or rather two stories, in a way that holds your attention and keeps you coming back for more.  Weaving the life of a Revolutionary war hero and his first love along with the story of the great....grandson of this hero, the screenwriter, and the main actress in the movie and keeping it all together so it makes sense and captivates the reader.

And then there's the second letter that shows up. Doesn't that make you wonder where it fits into this story? Well, you will need to read the book to find out.

Along with the story, there is Chloe, the main actress, and her search for true love and commitment. She has watched her parents live together for many, many years, but they have never gotten married. She wants all of it, the marriage, the commitment, the love. But she is starting to wonder if it is even possible.

“I want the fairy tale and the romance, but I also want the day-in-and-day-out. I want to celebrate ten, twenty, fifty years with the man I vowed to love until death parts us. Marriage is the one place where no one can go but you and your spouse. One man. One woman. In a union that has baffled humanity since the beginning. It’s a treasure, something to be guarded with every part of your being. You don’t let a friend or coworker or, God forbid, a lover into that union. What is it the preacher says? ‘What God has joined together, let no one separate. That's amazing! Joined by God!... The union is personal, intimate. A place of protection, of service, of bearing one another’s burdens.”

In the midst of her search, she encounters Jesus and realizes that He is her true Love, the one that encompasses all other loves. 

"On the winter field, where an ancient battle for freedom had been fought and won, Chloe Daschle found her own freedom, dying to her fears, her reputation, her resumé of death scenes, and even her desire for true love."

I just really enjoyed this book and wish I had a paper copy instead of just an ebook. I'm still old-fashioned. I like books best that I hold in my hand.

I received this book from Book Look Bloggers and was not required to write a positive review.


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