Shadows of Brierley: The Wanderer

Shadows of Brierley takes us to the Highlands of Scotland in 1838. Ian MacBrier awakes from a drunken stupor, praying that the last of his money is still where he left it. Can life really continue on moving from one drunken night to the next? Then he hears a "preacher" on the street and is moved by his message. He buys the book the preachers are talking about and decides that it is time to go home. He has been running for so long that he doesn't know how his family will receive him. He blames himself for a tragedy that has never been his fault, but losing his friend turned his life upside down.

I'll bet you think is your typical conversion story, but that doesn't actually come until the end of this book. This is a love story for the ages. The youngest son of an Earl who is in love with the daughter of a tailor. The Earl's family is not a what you imagine a wealthy European family to be. They are loved by all who know them. They treat everyone like they are family. They do not see anyone as being beneath them. There is not one moment that they hesitate when Ian mentions the upcoming marriage to the love of his life Wren. The marriage is filled with love of each other and family. Ian actually spends the first few months of his marriage living with his wife and her family in the back of the tailor's shop.

This is a beautiful story about the love of a man for his wife no matter what the odds. Through the loss of loved one's, the trial of mental illness, and the consequences of our actions. Anita Stansfield has been writing LDS Fiction for about 15 years. She has always had a way of telling a love story, But Anita has something special. She can tell a story about a mother in 2012, and the son of an Earl in 1838 and yet it all feels real. I have always loved her books, because you feel like one of the family. I own almost all of her books, and I will continue to buy all her books in the future. This is a beautiful series about one families journey of hope and faith. This is one you should check out soon.