A wonderful and delightful experience! If you are looking for a great and light hearted experience then this book will not disappoint!
Ilsa and Mitch constantly find themselves fighting with one another. Mainly due to Ilsa wild way of climbing trees and her insistence on the belief in 2 Bibles. Mitch is almost killed until Ilsa comes swinging in to his aide. Thanks to her help one killer is killed and the second is rendered unconscious. Thus leading to a trip to town to turn them in to the sheriffs office.
This trip to town results in a marriage of Ilsa and Mitch being caught alone in his room talking. This is where the adventure and fun begins as they travel to Chicago to try to find Mitch’s killer, facts pointing to his former partner in his business but will he find out before he gets killed? If Ilsa is near he may just make it out alive.
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Woman of Sunlight by Mary Connealy is another fun addition to Mary's new series about three young women who have grown up on an isolated mountain. Their lack of knowledge about the outside world can be a blessing or lead to great confusion as they finally come into contact with the outside world. This author is one that I enjoy reading as she combines humor, physical comedy, and romance into a world of adventure. In this episode, the heroine is a combination medicine woman and a female Tarzan. Not understanding the ways of propriety, Ilsa finds herself forced into a marriage with Mitch, an outsider who has brought all kinds of trouble to their mountain. To end his troubles with an unknown enemy, they travel to Chicago where her ability to climb trees and wield a knife prove invaluable. This book contains plenty of humor as the worlds of rich gentleman and country innocent provide plenty of misunderstandings. A few surprises will catch the reader off guard as the mysterious unravels and they eventually find true love within their arranged marriage.

I was looking forward to reading this book because I am a big Mary Connealy fan. I love her writing style and have enjoyed many of her books. I was a bit disappointed in Woman of Sunlight, however. I had a difficult time getting interested in the story, and difficulty connecting with the lead character, Ilsa Nordgren. She was just a little too quirky and unbelievable to me. Also, I felt that the faith element at times was treated flippantly. To be honest, I really tried to like this book, but it just missed the mark for me.
I received a copy of this book from the publisher via netgalley but am under no obligation to write a positive review. All opinions are my own.

Mary Connealy continues her 'Brides of Hope Mountain' series with its second offering, "Woman of Sunlight." By now, the Nordegren sisters have become good friends for the reader. This time Ilsa ventures away from the mountain to help Mitch Warden as he attempts to address his past and bring peace to the present. In order to help him, Ilsa must overcome the culture shock of being in the big city after a lifetime of being isolated on Hope Mountain.



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I was looking forward to this book and it was even better than I’d hoped. Ilsa is such a fun character. She reminds me a bit of Mowgli in the Jungle Book when he sees civilization for the first time. Mitch takes Ilsa, the woman who likes to fly through the trees like Tarzan, to some big cities and of course, it’s confounding to her. I hadn’t thought about the noise of a big city until she pointed it out but it’s so true.

I liked the way Ilsa is determined to protect Mitch and that she has the skills to do it. I appreciated how Mitch counted on her and accepted her for who she was, rough edges and all, and wasn’t threatened by her. I laughed at Ilsa’s responses to his explanations of propriety and rules of society.

I enjoyed this second book in the Brides of Hope Mountain series and am looking forward to learning more about Ursula in the next one. Thank you to Bethany House for providing me with a free e-copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

Brides of Hope Mountain series:

Book 1: Aiming for Love

Book 2: Woman of Sunlight

Woman of Sunlight is book two in the Brides of Hope Mountain series by Mary Connealy.
Summary: Ilsa Nordegren and her sisters have only ever known living on Hope Mountain, and fending for themselves.
Now that Mitch Warden and his family have arrived, everything is changing.
As much as Ilsa loves her home, she is curious about the outside world, and wants to explore it.
Mitch Warden thought he had escaped his dangerous past, but it seems he has brought his troubles home with him. Now, the past is threatening his family, and he is determined to end things once in for all-even if it means heading back east to do it.
My Thoughts: I enjoyed this book. At first, I thought the premise of how Ilsa and Mitch ended up together was quite silly, but as the book played itself out, it was fun to see how their strengths really suited each other-especially in times of danger.
It ending up being a fun adventure story, with a bit of a mystery as well, and I am looking forward to seeing how everything finishes up in book three.
I would like to thank Bethany House for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for my review. Thank you!

The synopsis for Mary Connealy's current series, Brides of Hope Mountain, captured my attention. really like the covers too. Lots of bright colors and beautiful woman grace the wilderness. I throughly enjoyed Aiming for Love, the first book in this series. Jo was an unique and different style of character. Connealy does it again with Ilsa. She is not like any heroine I have ever read. And I read a lot of suspense novels. She is brave and unfamiliar with the new world outside her mountain home, but she isn't afraid to try new clothes, food, and surroundings. As for Mitch, the hero, he seemed a little off in Aiming for Love, but he redemmed himself in Woman of Sunlight. The plot moved really nicely along.I did like how Connealy paid attention and Isla's indifference to her surroundings, but kept her true nature alive throughout the novel. I liked this story too. I really can't wait to read Ursula's, the third and final sister's, story.


I received a complimentary copy of Woman of Sunlight by Mary Connealy from Bethany House Publishers, but the opinions stated are all my own.

'She'd swing in from the treetop. Into a gunfight. She'd brought a knife to a gunfight. What's more, she'd won.'

Mary Connealy adds to her Brides of Hope Mountain admirably with this second novel. I just adore Mary Connealy. The Nordegren sisters have lived on Hope Mountain all their lives, raised to be afraid of the world by their grandparents, who are now dead. Now they must learn that the world is a very odd place for them. This installment deals with the sister Ilsa. We came to know her in book one and also to love her. She and Mitch Warden caught chicken pox together and now they are well, someone is after Mitch to kill him. He decides to go back east to face his would be killers rather than endanger his family after coming back west to help them reclaim their land from a sneaky varmint. But Ilsa insists on coming with him to the city. She has never ridden a horse, never seen a train, much less eaten in a restaurant. Things get strange pretty quickly, especially when they must dodge bullets nearly every day!

Mary Connealy has long been a favorite of mine. Her wit and dry sense of humor have me cackling out loud during every book. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this book and look forward to sister Ursula's story next year! Oh, why does it have to be so long? Highly recommended.

*My thanks to Bethany House Publishes for a copy of this book via Net Galley. The opinions expressed here are entirely my own.

WOMAN OF SUNLIGHT is another enchanting book in The Brides of Hope Mountain series by MARY CONNEALY. It is such a lovely story with delightful characters, excitement and suspense, humour and a great Christian message, and I cannot recommend it highly enough.
This is Ilsa's story. She has just recovered from a nearly fatal bout of chicken pox which she caught from Mitch Warden, and is back running and swinging through the treetops, when Mitch is attacked. He kills one attacker and injures another and she goes with him down to Bucksnort to take them to the sheriff and to be a witness to what happened.
The Nordegren sisters were very isolated growing up and Ilsa has never been to a town before, let alone been off the mountain! I love her innocence and loyalty, and Mitch's gentleness and strength.
I am not going to tell you any more, except to say I had a smile on my face all the way through, in spite of some nail biting tension!
I was given a free copy of the book by NetGalley from Bethany House Publishers. The opinions in this review are completely my own.