With Each Tomorrow by Tracie Peterson & Kimberley Woodhouse

With Each Tomorrow
by Tracie Peterson and
Kimberley Woodhouse

ISBN-13: 9780764238994
Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
Released: May 21, 2024

Source: ebook review copy from the publisher through NetGalley.

Book Description, Modified from Goodreads:
As the formation of Glacier National Park takes Eleanor Briggs and her conservationist father on a journey west to advocate for public lands, her heart carries the weight of a painful past. Since the death of her mother, she has spent her life traveling the country with her father and helping him with his work, but now he's considering settling down and writing a book, and she's not sure what that means for her future.

Carter Brunswick faces trials of his own when the Great Northern Railway's departure threatens his family's livelihood and the entire town of Kalispell. In the visiting conservationist's daughter, Ellie, he finds his own dreams for the future begin to change. When tensions over the railroad's departure boil over, Ellie and Carter are drawn together in the face of an uncertain future.


My Review:
With Each Tomorrow is a Christian romance set in 1904 in Montana. This is the second book in the series but can be read as a standalone. Ellie didn't come across as particularly smart or as capable as she thought she was. Despite working with her father in previous conservation efforts and having visited at least one National Park, she was shocked and indignant at the idea of having hotels, roads, trails, and such in the National Parks so the public could actually view them. She was against private land ownership and couldn't see why farmers needed so much land for their own use, apparently oblivious (despite her many travels) to the fact that farmers grow the food that feeds other people. She's also constantly having mishaps that require Carter to come to her rescue. For example, she was following another person while searching for someone but started to daydream and got lost. Happily, Carter liked playing hero, and she was grateful for his help.

Historical details were woven into the story, but the Glacier National Park wasn't the focus. Much of that effort was talked about 'off screen' between her father and his friends. The focus was on Ellie learning how wrong her views had been, with the main one being that she blamed God for not healing her devote mother. Her hostess was determined to get her to see her need for God. Her hostess also tried to matchmake between Ellie and Carter even though Ellie was clear that she didn't plan to marry and Carter was clear that he was only interested in her as a friend since she didn't share his faith. (Obviously, that didn't go over well with Ellie.)

There's a side plot thrown in about a crazy man, who thinks violence will get the train owners to keep the train route through Kalispell, and his older brother, who just gives in to his brother's plans after his brother beats him up a few times. (Reality check: the author seems to think that hitting a person on their head so hard that they're unconscious for a long time causes no lasting damage--no concussion or risk of death.) There was no sex or bad language. Overall, I'd recommend this story to fans of 'busybody matchmaker' romances.


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