House on the Hill by Annette Luthy Lyon

I just finished House on the Hill by Annette Luthy Lyon.  This was a book I found from a Facebook comment left on one of my favorite author's page, Susan Elizabeth Phillips - the reader raved about this book.  It was only a $1.99 for the Kindle book on Amazon!

After a vacation in Utah last year, I found myself wanting to learn more about the history of Utah - I'd love to find a James A. Michener Texas type book on their history.  Okay, this is not that book but it is a historical romance!  The backdrop for this book is the 1870's and the building of the Logan Temple.  The story is about Lizzy Sullivan and her struggling faith and the two men she has to choose from - her childhood friend Joshua or Abe, the Indian who is not a member of the Morman faith.  

I did enjoy this book and the struggles the Sullivan family encounter through the years.  I'd give this book 3 stars.



From Amazon:
It’s the late 1870s, and Lizzy Sullivan is struggling to understand why God hasn’t healed her little brother David. Then one night, tragedy strikes Lizzy’s family when their rural home burns down. Financially unable to rebuild, the Sullivans must find another place to live — and Lizzy must leave her lifelong friend Joshua behind. When a family in Logan invites the Sullivans to share their home, Lizzy’s father begins work as a mason on the Logan temple.

Against her mother’s wishes, Lizzie begins a relationship and falls in love with Abe, a young man who is not a member of the Church. Little does Lizzy realize that Abe and her dear friend Joshua, who both work in the quarries, will soon become close friends — and she will be forced to choose between these two good men. What does she truly want in her life? House on the Hill, by best-selling author Annette Lyon, will sweep you back in time to a faithful community where life was simpler than it is today, but matters of the heart were every bit as complex.