Lined with Silver

An LDS Novel

De: Roseanne Wilkins

Narrado por: Steve Olsen

Sondra is secure in her world as a successful attorney in civil law. Her sister, Nikki, is facing the death of her husband, Brad, through cancer. She has tried to carry embryos created before Brad's chemo started. When her fertility doctor suggests a surrogate mother, she asks Sondra.

Not wanting to lose her LDS clients as a single mother, Sondra turns to someone she had met years before. Zack has his own reasons for an arranged marriage. Despite their rocky beginning, can Zack and Sondra find the kind of love that will last forever?

©2014 Roseanne Evans Wilkins (P)2015 Roseanne Evans Wilkins

A romance with a twist

This engaging LDS story is about Sondra who is secure in her single world as a successful civil attorney in civil law. Sondra's world is turned upside down when her sister, who is struggling with infertility, approaches her about being a surrogate mother. She would like to help her sister, but she works for an old-fashioned law office with an old-fashioned clientele. They would frown on a pregnant, single attorney.

Enter Zack, a computer engineer looking to find a way to keep his grandmother in her home. Saundra knew him years ago--and crushed over for years. They find themselves sitting together on a flight to DC and reconnect, learning of each other's situations. Sondra needs a husband to explain the pregnancy; Zack needs to be married to meet the demands his father has placed in his will about executorship--and who has the power to place Granny in a "home."

Wilkins manages to provide a believable scenario where two modern adults might really agree to a marriage of convenience. It's fun to see the two of them fall in love as they get to know each other again. There's the obvious complication of not admitting to the other how they really feel. It also raised some interesting options relating to fertility--you'll have to read the book to find out what those are.

There's also an interesting mystery relating to a dangerous stalker which gives the story an interesting twist. I'll just say to have your tissues nearby. I rate it 4 1/2 stars.

I received an audiobook in exchange for an honest review.

Loved It! I've Read It Three Times Already!

I absolutely loved this book. I listened to it twice once by myself then again with my husband. I also purchased the eBook and read it as well. I loved the narrator. he knew how to change his voice enough that I could distinguish between the characters while listening. The story was heartwrending and full of passion. being a woman who has suffered through infertility and miscarriages this book was tough in the parts where miscarriage and infertility were mentioned but still kept me captivated. since Zach served in the Military those parts also spoke to me. I found so much in common with these characters that I could hardly pause or put the book down. I would recommend this to any and all my friends and have done so on a few occasions already.

Captivating and clean!

First LDS romance novel. I couldn't stop listening. I highly recommend this book. Narration was genuine.

Good story but wooden performance

I enjoyed the plot a lot even though it was predictable. The reader was a man when it should have been a woman since the story was from a female point of view, (except for the prologue).

Good story but needed a female reader.

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

The story is great, but something about this guy's voice just doesn't work for the characters in the book. The main character is female and I think a female voice would have been better.