A FLICKER OF LIGHT by KATIE POWNER

Publication date 5/10/21

A FLICKER OF LIGHT by KATIE POWNER is a really lovely novel with a true to life  story and very real characters. This author has an amazing understanding of human nature and I like the way her faith in God shines through the story. 

Bea and Jeremy Michaels are an idealistic young couple who want their marriage to be centred around their faith. Their marriage is tested when they have to move to Moose Creek to live with Bea’s father Mitch Jenkins due to Jeremy being retrenched and an unexpected pregnancy.  Bea and Mitch have been estranged since Mitch’s wife Caroline died of cancer and he was too wrapped  up in his own feelings of loss to understand how his daughter was feeling. He is critical of Bea for giving up on college and getting married so young and irritatingly critical of Jeremy.  There is a clash between the two men who each want to be the most important man in Bea’s life, making things very hard for her.

Juniper Jenkins, Bea’s grandmother, tells the story of Miner McGee who is always searching for treasure, and the flicker of light on the mountain at a certain time in the evening. This story and the shiny penny she keeps in her pocket point to a secret part of her life.

I am not going to tell you any more for fear of spoiling the read for you.

The book is based largely on the Lord “working all things together for good to those who love God” and the importance of being grateful for what one has rather than looking back to what might have been. 

I cannot recommend this inspirational romance novel highly enough.

I was given a free copy of the book by NetGalley from Bethany House Publishers. The opinions in this review are completely my own.