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All she's ever wanted was a home. But stranded at Presque Isle port after their steamboat sank, Emma Chambers and her brother, Ryan, couldn't be farther away from security. While Ryan at least can find work, Emma can't even find a place to stay. An unlikely solution arises when the lighthouse keeper, who recently lost his wife and is struggling to raise his young son, arrives in town. A traveling preacher believes they might be the answer to each others' problems, and after a hasty marriage, Emma is headed back to the lighthouse with this handsome but quiet stranger.

But nothing in her wandering life has prepared her for suddenly being asked to raise a child and keep a house. Struggling at every turn, Emma also suspects Patrick may be keeping something hidden from her. In town she hears whispers about strange circumstances surrounding his previous wife's death, and it seems as though Emma's answered prayer for a home and family may actually be something much more dangerous.

I truly enjoyed this first novel in the author’s Beacons of Hope series. After a marriage of convenience for both Emma and Patrick, the lighthouse keeper, Emma moves in to the lighthouse to care for Patrick and his little toddler. She enjoys finally having her own home but is unsure of how to care for her new son. He is mischievous and she has to learn how to deal with the “terrible twos” in order to keep an orderly house. Throughout the story there are pirates, threats of harm and troublesome family members and villagers. Will this convenient marriage become a true love story?

I was swept into the romance between Emma and Patrick as they sought to find their place in each other’s lives especially with a toddler in the mix. I was interested in the lighthouse and the story behind it, which the author explains at the end of the book.

Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.