The Heart Answers by Colleen Coble

The Heart Answers is Book 3 in Colleen Coble's Wyoming series. We first meet the spoiled Jessica Dubois in the first two books. I extremely disliked her in those first two books. She was really a despicable character, always wanting her own way and very very vain. When I read that she was going to have her own story I was wondering how the character was going to be redeemed but God works miracles even with the most depraved person. At the beginning of the books she her mother has remarried to her husband's brother in order not to be homeless and to be a mother to her new husband's children. Jessica is still self-centered not wanting to do her share of the work. She still thinks highly of her looks. She knows her beauty can turn men's heads and uses this to her advantage. However, we slowly see a softening in her character. She forms an unlikely friendship with newly widowed Ellen who has a young little girl, Franny. In order to make ends meet Ellen has to take on the lowly job of a washerwoman. Jessica loves the child and often takes care of the child when Ellen is working. Spending time with the child changes her heart since she has to think of someone besides herself.

There is a mutual attraction between a certain Rev. Clay Cole and Jessica but Clay Cole does not trust a beautiful face. I did not like Clay very much. For a preacher I thought he was too judgemental and self-righteous. Not matter how much Jessica changed nothing was good enough for him. He even gave up on praying for her salvation! Good thing God did not give up on Jessica. I thought she deserved a better man than Reverend Clay Cole.

Thanks to Netgalley and Thomas Nelson for providing me a digital copy of this book to review.