Both of these books are Mormon romantic novels. In Counting Stars, Jane is thirty and single in a church structured around marriage and families. She answers an ad in the singles page and meets Paul, the dying father of twins whose wife just dies in a car accident. He is looking for someone to raise his children and Jane is the perfect one. She soons loves the babies and is ready to take on their care after Paul dies. After his death, she learns that she is co-guardian with Peter, Paul's brother who has been serving in Iraq. You can figure out the rest. Rating: 3.5
All the Stars in Heaven is a much darker and more interesting book. It involves a corrupt police chief, his talented but cowed daughter, and a recovering drug addict who is attending Harvard to get a law degree. There is plenty of adventure and a pretty good love story. Rating: 4
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