My biggest issue with this book is the one I raise with most books in the Love Inspired series. The two main characters don't seem to know each other very long before they end up married. Now, I do realize that this is a historical setting and that things were done differently in the past but still . . .

I also realize that many people vouched for Jude's character to Elizabeth: Martha, Ben (a pastor), and many other upstanding townspeople. But these are people that Elizabeth hasn't known for very long either.

I admire how Jude has grown in his belief system and how he changed his life. I admire that he is trying to help others by teaching them life/work skills and helping them to find jobs.

The title does make sense. Elizabeth and her two sisters unexpectedly inherit the hotel from a father they hadn't seen in a long while. Jude doesn't know about them so their arrival is unexpected. And since Rose is apparently much younger than her sisters, she is almost more like a daughter to Elizabeth than a sister. So when Jude marries Elizabeth, he gets a ready-made family. ( )