About the Book
Book: When the Mountain Crumbled (A Day to Remember Book 4)
Author: Angela K Couch
Genre: Historical Christian Fiction
Release date: September, 2024
Though Mountains Crumble, Hope Is Not Buried
Enjoy a series of 6 exciting novels featuring historic disasters that transformed landscapes and multiple lives. Whether by nature or by man, these disasters changed history and were a day to be remembered.
Discipline and rules are the foundation on which Samantha Ingles has built her life—the life of a spinster schoolteacher in a small mining town in the Canadian Rockies. All that crumbles from her grasp when part of a mountain crashes down on their community.
Constable David Harty has little patience for the strict schoolmarm but has no choice but to leave his three young nieces in her care while he tries to discover the fate of his brother. Already, the girls have lost their mother and brothers to the landslide and require comfort and love while they await the fate of their father, possibly buried in the coal mine.
With the mountain looming over their heads threatening more lives, and the town scrambling to save who they can from the rubble, can hearts find healing—both for their own sakes and the children in their care?
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MY REVIEWWhen the Mountain Crumbled is a novel with lots of heart-breaking moments and suspense. The town of Frank is hit by a natural disaster. Samantha, the schoolteacher, agrees to help care for three children until their Uncle Nathan can get his family to provide a home for them.
The characters are real, with flaws as they maneuver through the circumstances brought upon them. The story is well written with history entwined into it, enhancing the storyline. The story is about loss, the emotions of the people, and the effect it has on all of them.
Everything wrapped up nicely in the end. A very uplifting and inspirational read, giving testimony of how disasters can still bring about miracles despite heartbreak. Through God there is healing.
I received an ARC from the publisher via Netgalley; a positive review is not required. All opinions are my own.
About the Author
To keep from freezing in the great white north, Angela K Couch cuddles under quilts with her laptop. Winning short story contests, being a semi-finalist in ACFW’s Genesis Contest, and a finalist in the 2016 International Digital Awards also helped warm her up. As a passionate believer in Christ, her faith permeates the stories she tells. Her martial arts training, experience with horses, and appreciation for good romance sneak in as well. When not writing, she stays fit (and toasty warm) by chasing after five munchkins.
More from Angela
Around 4:10 am on April 29th, 1903, approximately 110 million metric tonnes of limestone broke from the side of Turtle Mountain and crashed down into the Crowsnest Valley, burying ranches, camps, an active coal mine, and a part of the town of Frank. What has come to be known as “Frank Slide” was the deadliest landslide in North American recorded history, claiming the lives of more than seventy people.
I first visited Frank Slide as a child, as it is located only an hour’s drive from my home. All I remember from that experience was the heaps of rocks and boulders, and the story of the mine-horse named Charlie. When driving through the Crowsnest Pass as an adult, I began to appreciate the terror of that night and the horrible loss of life. Not until expanding my research while writing this story, did the miracles of Frank shine through everything horrible that happened. That became the focus of my story, When the Mountain Crumbled.
I find our own lives follow a similar pattern. Tragedy, hardship, sickness and disappointment… but do we see the miracles?
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Holly’s Book Corner, October 11
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Mary Hake, October 13
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, October 14
Pause for Tales, October 15
Connie’s History Classroom, October 15
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Angela is giving away the grand prize of a $25 Amazon card and a print copy of the book!!
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I enjoyed this book about an event I had never heard of before.
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ReplyDeleteThis looks like a great read. Thanks for sharing.
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