Carla Olson Gade

I like a story that takes me back in history and helps me to understand the places and the people and their way of life. This story takes place in Colonial Boston in year 1769. It gave me a real feel for those ladies who worked on quilting, especially whole-cloth quits, which was a form of quilting I was not familiar with. The whole story showed how God's pattern for our life, is sometimes not the way we had planned for it, but His ways are always best.

Honour Metcalf arrives in Boston with her younger sister, Temperance, after losing the rest of their family on the voyage over from England. Honour finds herself a job as a quilter and tries to make ends meet. She will be rescued by Joshua Sutton during a storm and from that encounter they will begin to grow interested in each other. But things are a little turbulent in the town and people are very prone to believe anything they hear (well that never changes does it). Honour will be accused of stealing and have to try to regain the trust people have in her. A lot will happen to this young lady throughout this story, and also to Joshua and you begin to wonder if they will ever be able begin a courtship without scandal. But God's pattern for these two will slowly start to show , and it will be a wonderful pattern of romance.… (más)

4 stars
Pattern For Romance was entertaining. It drew my attention right off and kept it going. It showed lots of trials facing the people of Boston, Massachusetts in July, 1769. It is full of Drama that befalls Honour Metcalf. It is a Christian romance, but it fits really well into the story line. It shows some really good characters and their are soso characters and bad characters.
Honour is the main character. She is a hard worker. A year ago she lost all of her family to pirates and their goods except a few and her little sister Tempe. She came from a upper middle class in England. Now she is earning their keep by sewing quilts.
Tempe is 8 years old. She is bright fun little girl. She loves and worries about her sister.
Joshua almost fiancé broke it off and got married to someone else. He saw Honour out in the Hail storm on the ground and brought her into the church for safety.
Reverend Cooper was able to help Honour and Joshua at different times and be a witness for them. He also cancelled and gave encouragement.
Mrs. Wadsworth had her own shop and gave Honour and Tempe job and home when they first landed in Boston with nothing.
She took care of them when they needed her. Gave them love and respect.
Honour kept having one thing after another that kept her from working. It all started with getting a concussion from the hail storm. Then she fell down the stairs because she was dizzy and got a worse concussion and more. While Honour kept having troubles their were good friends and even strangers who took her in and helped nurse her better. They also made Tempe feel at home and helped take care of her when Honour could not.
Their were also people who were willing to accuse her of stealing when she did not want to pay for her own belongings. They wanted to profit from her belongings. Even try and destroy her reputation so she could not get her possessions back.
There at that time a boycott of England goods because of high taxes. Some were for England and others for the colonies. It was a period of unrest.
I enjoyed reading a Pattern for Romance and look forward to reading more from that series. Also would like to read more books by Carla Olson Glade in the future.
I was given this ebook to read and asked in exchange to give honest review of it by NetGalley and Abingdon Press.
08/20/2013 PUB Abingdon Press Abingdon Fiction 240 pages ISBN 9781426752711… (más)

Pattern for Romance Quilts of Love Series by Carla Olson Gade
I had just last week finished one of the other books in this series by a different author and know I'm going to enjoy reading the rest. I have already been approved to read them via NetGalley-this will make the hot summer days go by faster for me.
Loved hearing all about the peicework quilts as I've watched my mom work on them. They are quite the process.
This one is set in colonial Boston 1769. Joshua Sutton, whose family owns the clothiers has rescued from the hailstorm a woman who has fainted. Honour Metcalf has also lost her workbag with her keepsake embroidery items in the process.
Love how the book got it's title.
Politics and taxes effect everything comeing from England and France...
'be faithful to trust His handiwork, even when the pattern isn't clear' is a good quote in this book that sets the story line.
Misunderstandings at the birthday party cause a lot of upheaval...and provide a wealth of knowledge that explains things.
She becomes sick from infections and fainting and others take her in along with her sister but she really wants to locate her quilt from her mother-it's all she would have left. As she gets better she finds peace in reading the BIble scriptures and verses. She is threatened and her sister as well.
Joshua won't cross the line to retrieve her quilt=it's against everthing he believes in.
Raw Edges excerpt-the next in the Quilt of Love series, by Angela Breidenbrach is included.
I received this book from Net Galley via Abingdon Press in exchange for my honest review.… (más)