This is one of those touchstone books that I go back to when I need the comfort of something gentle and familiar. So this was perfect to read while fighting a cold on a particularly blustery evening.

The concept of this story is what I love most of all. A sweet girl staying in a rather dismal boardin

(Kindle edition) This is a historical romance set in 1900, when the "Three Cents Store" still existed. It's a clean romance between a young woman who runs a boarding house and her hardworking, helpful boarder, a minister with an extremely big heart. Their relationship is heart-warming, but even more

I haven't read this book in years. It is one of Grace Livingstone Hill's early works and such a sweet story. Mostly, it's about a girl and her aunt transforming a boarding house. It's such a sweet story and enjoyed listening to it on a long car trip.

I really liked some things about the book, but I felt like that little romance in the end felt very rushed and it would have been better left out. Also it was a bit too preachy for me. I'm always a little afraid to admit that I prefer books that don't focus on Christianity as a main plot point for t

This is a little story about a country girl who is forced to go to the city for a job. She misses her aunt who has raised her, and whose situation is even worse than her own.

Her life is dim, without much hope of improvement, but things quickly change.

It is satisfying to read about the changes she m

Celia Murray is trying to make ends meet, working as a ribbon girl in a store and living in a cheap boardinghouse. Her maiden aunt Hannah is living with a niece, where she is unappreciated and overworked. When Celia comes into an unexpected inheritance, she sets her sights on improving the boardingh