The Dragons of Alsace Farm (A Second Chance Romance Book 1)
A Second Chance Romance series
- 4.6 out of 5
- 493 ratings
- 420 pages
Overall Content Rating: Parents Strongly Cautioned PG-13
This novel follows two wounded adults who help care for an elderly woman with dementia on a farm while they slowly build trust and a romantic connection. Themes include healing from an abusive past, family reconciliation, serious illness including cancer, memory loss, and lightly woven Christian faith as one character learns to pray. A parallel thread of mystery involves wartime memories and long-held family secrets; nothing in the supplied notes points to on-page sexual content or recurring strong language. Parents should know the book talks openly about childhood abuse and related emotional harm, which reviewers describe as a significant part of the story though not paired with explicit sex or crude language. Romance is present but described as emotional rather than sexual. Content fits a teen or mature reader who can handle trauma discussed in past tense and caregiving scenes around dementia and medical hardship.
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Violence Moderate
The story centers on adults who survived childhood neglect and abuse; those experiences are discussed and shape character behavior rather than being shown in lengthy graphic detail. Reviews also mention brief references to harsh treatment in jail, past drug use, and a small amount of force involving police, alongside emotional and self-destructive struggles tied to trauma.
About this book
"GLORIOUSLY REDEMPTIVE!" 2017 RONE Award-Winner for Inspirational Fiction. He seeks redemption and to uncover the farm’s darkest secrets. She seeks answers—and to bury those secrets forever. When broken loner, Noah Carter arrives to work on the ramshackle farm of Agnes Deveraux Keller, a French WWII survivor with dementia, he finds a place shrouded in secrets. Though confused at times, what Agnes knows best are the very lessons Noah needs most for his own redemption—courage, forgiveness, and love. But when the woman’s estranged granddaughter, Tayte, arrives, she has her own plans for her aged grandmother. A discovery in the attic sends a shockwave across the old farm, answering questions about Tayte’s past and threatening to unearth a secret her proud grandmother has guarded for seventy years. Faced with a broken family relationship teetering on betrayal, Tayte has a difficult decision to make. With secrets this deep and shadows this dark, slaying the dragons of their pasts will require all the courage Noah and Tayte have. Can they finally find forgiveness, embrace the lessons they’ve been taught by Agnes, and heal together? An inspirational novel of faith, forgiveness, and romance that spans generations. Here’s what readers are saying: “Romance but so much more.” “A story about how the past can haunt and control our lives, and what it takes to break the hold the past has on us.” “I enjoyed this book very much. The characters and storylines were well developed and rich. It is a very heartfelt, gripping tale.” “Grace wins! I so loved this story. It is fiction but so realistic. It made me smile, cheer, and cry.” “Very touching book about love and acceptance.” “I was deeply moved by this powerful story about faith, forgiveness, redemption, and love.” “A beautifully written, dynamic tale.” “WOW, Laurie Lewis has crafted a stupendously awesome story, in The Dragons of Alsace Farm, a Contemporary Christian Romance.” Read more