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Sweetbriar Cottage by Denise Hunter

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Sweetbriar Cottage by Denise Hunter (Thomas Nelson 2017) This book struck a balance between the pros and cons. In my opinion, although the writing was solid, there were instances where delivery of the art was lacking. Denise Hunter, in the vein of Song of Solomon , portrayed the sensuality and physical attraction between a married couple. Although these two were in the process of finalizing the divorce, the attraction was still there. The author toed the line (according to Christian fiction standards), never quite stepping over it, when it came to describe the lust, love, and attraction between the characters. There might have been one instance where a reader would say that God's name was taken in vain, but it depends on how the sentence is read. The faith wasn't as strong in Sweetbriar Cottage as it were in her earlier books. Gladly, there were no more usage of mildly crude language that had appeared in some previous works. Denise Hunter handled a very sensitive