An Awakened Heart (Orphan Train): An Orphan Train Novella

Jody Hedlund

Apr 2017 · Bethany House

About this ebook

Trying to heal the ache she feels in her empty life, wealthy Christine Pendleton decides to volunteer at Centre Street Chapel. Ministering to one of the most deprived parts of New York City, the chapel aims at making a difference in the lives of the impoverished immigrants flooding the city. After seeing firsthand the hopelessness of the poor women and orphans, Christine is convinced more can be done to help them.

Guy Bedell has been serving at the chapel and pouring his heart out for the people he's grown to care about. When Christine begins to challenge his methods and offers a new vision for reaching out to the community, can he trust that perhaps God has bigger plans in store for him--plans that may include this feisty socialite?

Ratings and reviews

I appreciated this book very much there was romance in it but not to the point that a younger lady couldn't read it without being embarrassed. I was very impressed by the author. She kept you on your toes wondering what was going to happen next I can't wait to get the rest of her books thank you very much for this opportunity. At this time I'm only reading the free books so I will have to wait a while. God bless in and your endeavors to write more books.

What a great novella. An Awakened Heart, first of the Orphan Train Series by Jody Hedlund gets us off to a great start. The story takes place in 1857, in New York City. It brings to light the plight of the poor immigrants. We are introduced to Christine Pendleton, a wealthy young woman who has seen first hand the hopelessness of the women and orphans in the most deprived parts of this city. Guy Bedell a pastor is serving at the chapel, pouring his heart out trying to make a difference in the life of these poor people. Christine challenges Guy at the end of a meeting to do more than hand out tracks and hold church services. When she visits some of the sweatshops with him, she is convinced that something has to be done. The love between Guy and Christine has a smooth slow start, and is a very sweet story. I would recommend this novella, I enjoyed reading it.

I've discovered a new author by reading a very short book : An Awakened Heart which then followed : Will you follow * which turns out to be in a Series Called - Orphan Train So Now I have not found a follow up to this Series which was published in 2017. I've found other books from this author has published in 2018 .

About the author

Jody Hedlund is the author of over a dozen novels, including Love Unexpected, Captured by Love, Unending Devotion, The Preacher's Bride, and A Noble Groom, winner of the 2014 Carol Award for historical romance. She received a bachelor's degree from Taylor University and a master's from the University of Wisconsin, both in social work. She lives in Michigan with her husband and five children. She loves hearing from readers on Facebook and on her blog at www.jodyhedlund.com.