One chance meeting. A single act of kindness. Can young soulmates find each other in adulthood, or will hidden truths tear them apart?
1904 Twelve-year-old Luci Quick never forgot the boy who saved her life that fateful Christmas Eve. But when he disappeared without a word after bringing her food, she was forced to focus on raising her baby sister when her mother suddenly died. Now six years later and struggling to make ends meet with an alcoholic and gambling-addicted father, the poverty-stricken woman can’t believe her hero has returned… and he’s all grown up.
Wesley Ford’s world changed after helping the girl who still haunts his dreams. When he was whisked away to boarding school at fourteen, he feared he’d never see her again. But now free to come back following his father’s death, the wealthy heir is shocked to discover Luci and her sibling never escaped their rundown shack.
With fate dealing her another opportunity for happiness, Luci seizes the day when an offer of help turns into an unexpected proposal. But before they can settle into their future, Wesley must face painful family secrets that could tear them apart forever.
Can a Yuletide miracle make a wish for love come true?
Come Tomorrow is the first book in the uplifting Castaway Christmas historical romance holiday series. If you like feel-good tear-jerkers, engaging characters, and sweet magical realism, then you’ll adore Tess Thompson’s Edwardian rags-to-riches story.
MY THOUGHTS:
After all the emotions I have to say this is my all time favorite book by the fabulous Tess Thompson.
It has all the feels. From laughter, sadness, tears, love and much hope. This book is just wonderful from start to finish.
My favorite quotes from this one:
Without love, what good would money be? What would be the reason for anything? Everyone needs someone to fight for. A reason to be. (No words were ever more true)
A pairing of souls could not be kept apart. No matter how hard the world, love would find its way. Even to a girl like me. One simply had to keep living, breathing, carrying on until tomorrow came.(such beauty if these words. So much hope.)
This is a book about being so poor you don't know of anyway you can make it. No way you can survive. Taking care of yourself and a newborn baby. When Luci's mother dies, she has to take care of her baby sister. She has to take care of the shack they live in. Luci is a very hard working child of twelve. She's not afraid of hard work. She's not afraid of much really. Except of losing her baby sister. She has no idea how she is going to get food and milk to keep herself and her Sadie alive. She's prayed for help and it seems she may be getting that.
Wesley is from a very rich family. Never wanting for anything. Except the love that is suppose to come with a family. His father is a very mean man who loves to take a strap to Wesley's back. Wesley is fifteen years old and just wants to be happy. He wants for himself and his sister to be ok. He goes into the woods with his dog, Atlas, where he sees Luci. He's smitten from the very first. He promises her that he will help her and her baby sister.
There is so much going on in this book. So many things to keep you turning the pages and believe me you will. You will not want to put this one down at all. From the abuse to the love. From the hunger to the finding ways to survive. From family to friends. This book has so much. There is even a dog. Two dogs actually.. It's going to be so hard to beat this one in my humble opinion. It's told from Wesley's point and then from Luci's point. Things they each go through. Things that happen in their lives. Can they possibly find their way back to each other. Can they make things work if they do find that way. Will someone stop them.
This book has such likable characters. Wesley, his sister Lillian, Luci and her sister Sadie, Roland, Mollie and Dax and then a surprise for all in Rose. I loved these characters very much. They felt like family in so many ways. I did not like Wesley's parents. I didn't like either of them. I felt a bit sad for their mother, but didn't really like her. I truly hated Luci's dad. He was a drunk and totally useless. But all the others you will love.
This book was so refreshing. Uplifting in so many ways. Even through the tears you can almost see a silver lining. You will feel the things these characters feel. No doubt about that. The scenes are so perfect. Snow, rain, forest, lakes and the ocean. It's all beautiful and told to perfection. Tess Thompson always leaves me feeling much better after reading any of her books.. But this one... It was just beautiful. It was a feel good historical fiction book with a love story too. So much to read and love.
Thank you to Tess Thompson and Tessers Review Crewsters for this wonderful ARC. I loved it so so much.
5/5 stars and a very high recommend. Just have plenty of tissues handy as you will definitely need them.
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