Love Comes Softly

LOVE COMES SOFTLY

By Janette Oke

In Loves Comes Softly, Marty Claridge loses her husband when he falls off his horse and died. She has nowhere to live, so a man [Clark Davis] who lost his wife took her in on a bargain. If she goes back East in the spring, she has to take his daughter, Missie, with her.

Marty is determined to keep busy with Missie and also do her fair share of the chores. Now, Missie is a big ole handful to take care of, and Marty also has her own baby to start thinking about. So Marty is as busy as can be. Marty promises herself that she will never take the Davis' name, even if she is married to the guy. And besides, you can't force people to change their mind, now can you? And what would be worse than losing her husband than acting like he never existed?!

A few months after Marty's baby was born, Missie accidentally spilled a box of buttons and, without anyone knowing, the baby picked up a button and swallowed it. They made a rushed trip to the doctor. That night, as Clark got the horses, Marty realized that she loved Clark and would do anything to let him know that.

Cara L. Hicks

Cara's Book Report on "When Calls The Heart" by Janette Oke

When Calls The Heart

When Calls The Heart is a story about a young woman named Elizabeth who, by God's bidding, moves out west to live with her "long lost" brother Jonathan to teach. She meets the school superintendent, Mr. Higgins, who is a horrible, loud, disgusting man. He happens to think that Elizabeth loves him and asks her to marry him. She turns him down saying that she intends to never marry. So he finds a town that needs a school far away from him as a plot for revenge, also, he secretly hopes she won't go.

Well, in spite of her fear, she moves off to a lonely teacherage in a small town. Her neighbors are very friendly and her class is a little hard to teach, seeing as how her students have never had a school before. But she loves each and every one of them. One of students died because of a brain tumor. So Elizabeth closes school for the next week and goes to her brothers house. There, she unwillingly falls in love with a brick wall of stubborn determination to never marry. And, so she doesn't wish to see him, but it just so happens that he comes to her brothers house quite often.

One day, as Elizabeth is walking home, she took a short-cut through the woods. She had only taken a few steps when she heard a noise, she looks up to find a bear just a few feet in front of her. The bear took one step toward her and everything was going black for Elizabeth. When she woke up, she sensed she was being carried. Now she looks up into the face of the brick wall. When he saw her about to faint again, he kissed her. Later he apologized for it and she got angry with him.

She is now about to get onto a train to go back East when a voice stops her. It is the man she loves. He takes her to the train masters office and asks her to marry him. She says yes and they will soon have their honeymoon at the Rockies next to a mountain stream. Janette Oke wrote this book. I have written my best description of a very good book.

Cara L. Hicks (with a little editing from mom)