1. While Love Stirs, Gregory Sisters Series #2
    Lorna Seilstad
    Revell / 2014 / Trade Paperback
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  1. weatherlover1
    U.P Mi
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: Female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Great Book!
    June 14, 2014
    weatherlover1
    U.P Mi
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: Female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Charlotte graduated from Fannie Farmer's school of Cookery and hopes to get a job at a restaurant, but not many people are willing to hire a woman. When the opportunity to work for the gas company and do lectures and demonstrations of the new gas stove she jumps at the chance. Charlotte also wants to teach hospital's better nutrition for patience's yet the hospital superintendent is not interested and sparks fly. When Charlotte's aunt puts her and Joel in charge of a gala for the hospital things really get interesting!

    This is book two of The Gregory Sisters series. I really enjoyed this book.

    What I liked: Charlotte and Joel were both interesting characters and I enjoyed the story. The story had a good plot and well-developed characters which made it an easy read.

    What I did not like: This book was very well written and there was not much I did not like.

    Over all I loved this book and I am looking forward to the third book in the series.
  2. Amy C
    VA
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    While Love Stirs
    June 11, 2014
    Amy C
    VA
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    While Love Stirs starts off slightly humorous . I really did find the book interesting. I loved the character of Charlotte. She is such a strong woman and would not back down from anyone. Charlotte is smart, witty, and fun. I, also, warn the reader that Charlotte is a fantastic cook and there is a lot of reading about her delicious dishes she makes. Every time I had to put the book down, I found myself going for a snack.

    I really did enjoy this book and look forward to more by this author and will go back to reading the first book of the series.

    5 stars.
  3. Kathleen
    Missouri
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Very enjoyable, I like Lorna Seilstad's writings
    June 2, 2014
    Kathleen
    Missouri
    Age: Over 65
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Sunday, June 1, 2014

    While Love Stirs by Lorna Seilstad, © 2014

    The Gregory Sisters Series, Book 2

    Assumptions. How do we battle ourselves with knowledge we do not have? Change does not come easy for the chefs at the restaurants Charlotte Gregory hopes to be employed with, nor for the doctor her older sister, Hannah, has with her newborn baby. Charlotte hopes to advise better nutrition for the patients, in the maternity ward and elsewhere in the hospital. Getting married and having a family is what she is advised to do and become a homemaker. With an aunt like Aunt Sam, how could she be expected to be any different? Once quiet, she now stands up for what she believes is right for the betterment of others.

    Hoping to become recognized as the up-to-date graduate of Fannie Farmer's School of Cookery, Charlotte becomes part of a cooking contest her younger sister, Tessa, sees in the newspaper that is sponsored by the local gas company to present their new gas stove. To no avail, she leaves without an offer for employment.

    Dr. Joel Brooks backed by his nurse sister, Mattie, decides to go to ask Charlotte to come and speak to the nurses about dietary measures for the hospital staff to incorporate beyond just using what is in their supply kitchen. While there, Joel, supposing she has lived a life of luxury, insults Charlotte and is ordered to leave.

    Is it possible for them to come to terms and work together successfully? With Dr. Brooks being considered for a permanent position within the hospital, he is uneasy employing a new standard from what has always been done. Will he find the hospital is not the only recipient of her newfangled ideas in his orderly world?

    This is the story of the second Gregory sister. Book 1 in the series, When Love Calls, highlighted older sister Hannah's story. Very enjoyable, I like Lorna Seilstad's writings, and the historical happenings in the early 1900s. Aunt Sam is beyond her times with her suffrage meetings and bloomer-wearing outfits. Fun and fast moving, I highly recommend The Gregory Sisters series. Book 3, leaves young sister Tessa to explore her wings.

    As a graduate of Fannie Farmer's School of Cookery, Charlotte Gregory is excited to give healthy cooking classes to profit many a kitchen.

    Now unto him that is able to do exceeding

    abundantly above all that we ask or think.

    --Ephesians 3:20

    Lorna Seilstad

    A history buff, antique collector, and freelance graphic designer, Lorna Seilstad is the author of When Love Calls and the Lake Manawa Summers series. A former high school English and journalism teacher, she has won several online writing contests and is a member of American Christian Fiction Writers. Lorna lives in Iowa with her husband. Learn more at lornaseilstad.com.

    ***Thank you to Revell Reads Fiction for sending me a copy of Lorna Seilstad's While Love Stirs, book 2 in The Gregory Sisters series. This review was written in my own words. No other compensation was received.***
  4. Moonpie
    PRYOR
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    FUN, INTERESTING, HISTORICAL NOVEL!
    June 1, 2014
    Moonpie
    PRYOR
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Charlotte Gregory was young, spirited, and unflinching in standing for what she believed in. As a new, 1910, graduate of Fannie Farmer's School of Cookery, she passionately wanted to apply and share all that she had learned. Her dream was to be a chef for an upscale restaurant, and eventually have her own. She quickly learned that women chefs were not accepted when she tried to apply for her first job. She alienates herself from the chef even more by being outspoken about the unsanitary conditions of his kitchen.

    Angered and discouraged, she heads to the hospital to see her beloved sister who has just had a baby. Surely her new niece will cheer her up. All is well until her sister's meal tray comes. Charlotte is shocked the "gray gruel and weak tea" that is supposed to be her meal. Once again Charlotte launches into a heated discussion about how recovering and nursing mothers need healthy food to gain their strength. She confronts her sister's doctor, Joel Brooks. An appointment is made for the following day to discuss the hospital's dietary inadequacies. He is faced not only with a demanding medical practice but also juggling an impossible budget for his department. Even if he wanted her services he could not afford them and he seriously doubted a "cooking" school graduate had the knowledge. This is the beginning of many confrontations and disagreements with Charlotte and Dr. Joel. Even though they mix like gas and fire, they struggle to deny the growing attraction to each other.

    Charlotte has to make a living so she enters a cooking contest and wins! Her prize is the job of traveling around the country giving demonstrations to convince women that the newest invention, the gas stove, was safe, easy, and time saving.

    The book had a lot of humor, not the silly slapstick stuff. Moments in the story that definitely gave me a chuckle. I liked the historical information nutrition and meal preparation during that era.

    Charlotte, Dr. Brooks, and Charlotte's youngest sister, Tessa were all faced with difficult situations that tested their moral character and Christian beliefs. Do you follow God or face the loss of something dear to you?

    The interactions between the main characters and other people represented many examples of learning to deal with discord and confrontation, with not only patience but through their mistakes. There was also lots of adventure and excitement.

    This book was a fun read!

    I received this book free from Revell publishers. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.
  5. ASC Book Reviews
    NM
    Age: 18-24
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Great sequel!
    May 30, 2014
    ASC Book Reviews
    NM
    Age: 18-24
    Gender: female
    From the book description I was a little worried about this one. I usually don't like love triangles because I get so twisted up if the heroine doesn't end up with the one I fell in love with and liked better! So I'm usually in a state of anxiety (LOL!), but for me there was no question who Charlotte belonged with and should end up with from the beginning! I LOVE Charlotte as a character! In When Love Calls she worried and frustrated me with her relationship with George, so I was really cheering for her from the start. And I was SO happy when she grew into a spunky young woman, with a mind of her own, and a passion with fierceness to back it up! In this sequel though she is still struggling to find where God wants her to be exactly and how He wants he to use her gifts and talent. Since I don't really want to give anything away I'll just say that I LOVE who Charlotte ends up with. He is an amazing God led man, with his own quirks, who is excellent for her! :) Tessa the youngest has always been one of my favorite characters also and I CAN NOT wait for her story! Spunky and feisty as ever she thinks she's found her dream and calling in While Love Stirs and plows right into it with all her wit, tenacity, and imagination! I truly can not wait to see where Lorna leads this feisty young lady! The pace is nice, there are some slips, but then it would pick back up and the dialogue is FANTASTIC and humorous!!! From the competition, to the lectures, to the ball I really enjoy this book. And in the mix of all of this lies a great mystery with many twists and turns that blew me away! I do wish that there were a few more actual cooking scenes accompanying he demonstrations instead of just mentioning them at times, but maybe that's just me. I just really loved the cooking demos and found them fascinating, as the gas stoves were the new and latest thing back then! I recommend this read and overall think it is a fantastic sequel that has made it to my Favorite Books List!!!

    Songs: "He Leadeth Me" by The Cluster Pluckers, "Hail! Hail! The Gangs All Here" by Classic Carnival Circus Calliope Music, "By The Light Of The Silvery Moon" by Doris Day, and "Butterfly Waltz" by Brian Crain

    Songs etc. May be changed and/or added in the future. ~ASC

    Ephesians 3:20, Proverbs 16:9, 2 Kings 4, Psalm 37:4

    ~ASC

    *I requested and received this book from Revell for the purpose of reviewing it. This in now way affected my opinion and the above are my true thoughts and feelings about While Love Stirs. ~ASC
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