Eve’s grandmother, Dove Jarrod, was once a famous faith healer and evangelist. Eight years after her death, her granddaughter Eve runs her charitable foundation and fiercely protects her legacy. But regardless of her job, Eve knows the truth about her grandmother.
In the midst of great progress for the foundation and a film crew producing a documentary about Dove, Eve is confronted by a dangerous stranger bent on avenging Dove’s actions years ago. These actions, if true and if exposed, could topple Dove’s legacy permanently.
While Dove hid a lot of things in her life, is she guilty of murder? What motivated her to follow the path she did, and should her followers know the truth?
The story alternates between the present and the past, starting in 1934, when a young woman escapes from the psychiatric hospital where she was born and tries to forge a new life for herself, only to be dogged by a dangerous man.
This book had me hooked from the very start. I don’t know much about faith healing so I found it fascinating, but the whole story was tremendously compelling. It’s part mystery, part a story about finding the strength to overcome obstacles.
Reviving the Hawthorn Sisters is apparently a sequel of sorts to Emily Carpenter’s earlier book, Burying the Honeysuckle Girls, although you don’t have to have read that book to enjoy this one. I’ll definitely read that one too!
Sabrina Dax and Lake Union Publishing provided me with a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an unbiased review. Thanks for making it available!!
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