This is the second book in this series, and just as good as the first, I recommend you read the first one, but this can be read alone!

This is sister Louisa's story, and she comes home! Will she stay? Well she doesn't arrive alone, and with her big heart willing to help those in need, Josh Porter ends up in her care.

Sometimes we don't see what is right in front of us, and sometimes righting past wrongs becomes more important!

We are offered some sweet romance, some very questionable happenings, and sadly some really bad occurences. Was I surprised at whom was responsible? Oh yes, I figured it was someone else.

This was a page turner, and hate waiting another year for the next book, but well worth the wait!

I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Revell, and was not required to give a positive review.

Thank you to Net Galley and Revell for the chance to read and review this book. All opinions expressed are my own.
This is the second book in the Sweetwater Crossing series. I have read the first one, and I have to say the second book is just as good as the first one. This story is about the youngest sister, Louisa Vaughn. She plans to come back to Sweetwater Crossing for a few days, but on the way home she comes across an injured man at the side of the road. Louisa is a doctor in training so she stops to help the young man. So begins the story of Louisa and her fight for acceptance as a doctor in Sweetwater Crossing.
I really liked this book! Amanda Cabot is an excellent author! She writes a great story full of love and humor! I am looking forward to the third book in this series!

Louisa is returning to Sweetwater Crossing to attend to the funeral of the father of a friend in Cimarron Crossing. The friend's mother gives Louisa the key to her husband's office and medical practice. BUT, on the way there, she encounters a man lying beside the road with a broken leg and nothing around him to indicate where he came from or where he was going. She loads him into the buggy and carries him with her into Sweetwater Crossing. The town is rather closed off to Louisa being a healer and able to help them with their physical ailments. The work before her is daunting because gaining the trust of the townspeople is a huge hurdle. She believes that the first hurdle is taking care of the man, Josh, whom she found on the side of the road and mending his broken leg. As she gets to know him, she finds she wants to help him with his quest to find a way to enlarge his grandfather's store's offerings. The one thing she encourages him to find a niche for himself that his grandfather would approve of.

Amanda Cabot is one of those authors a reader likes to read again and again. Her books are well-thought out and her faithful readers enjoy them immensely. While Against the Wind is part of a series, it stands alone fairly well. I am sure there are more cross-over characters than just Louisa and her sisters, but the sisters are the most important part of the series. This book is hard to put down and the way that Amanda has woven in the difficulties Louisa faces makes it all the more readable and engaging.

Five Stars, Two Thumbs Up, and a cup of your favorite tea in the tea room.

Revell Publishing provided the copy I read for this review. All opinions expressed are solely my own.

Against the Wind by Amanda Cabot features the small town of Sweetwater Crossing. Cabot does a wonderful job at creating characters that are unique and special as the town itself. Louisa Vaughn comes home and comes to reality with her sister, Emily, and what it means to stand on her own two feet. Cabot does a wonderful job at crafting a story that happened over 150 years ago, but still can ring true in modern society. Louisa wants to be respected as a woman doctor, even though she did not have the professional training that most male doctors have had. She has worked with a doctor and mid-wife in a nearby town. Louisa needs to learn to rely on her knowledge instead of allowing others to guilt her into thinking she is not doing her job right. On the other hand, the hero, Joseph Proctor has to prove to his uncle that he can survive without his uncle’s approval. The romance does sparkle across the page, allowing Louisa and Joseph to fall in love amid the circumstances surrounding their daily lives. Overall, Against the Wind by Amanda Cabot features the small town with many unique characters.

I received a complimentary copy of Against the Wind by Amanda Cabot from Revell Publishing, but the opinions stated are all my own.