Ainsley Davis had it all, a job she loved with Park Ranger service at the Grand Canyon, a husband she adored, and a baby on the way. Then her husband is killed and she moves into her parents' basement to cope.
Love Is Grand takes place two years later, as Ainsley heals and begins to desire to be herself, or at least her new self, once again. She moves back to the Grand Canyon and her job with the national park. An overprotective mom to her young daughter, Ainsley finds she isn't as fearless as she was before her husband died, before her child was born. Which wouldn't necessarily be an unusually thing, except she finds that she has illogical fears such as terror of the canyon rim and crazy thoughts about all of her loved ones falling into it.
Ainsley's eighteen-year-old niece spends the summer to watch the baby and make some money before college in the fall. Her parents insisted on it to get her away from a bad relationship at home. But the bad boy doesn't stay away.
Toss into the mix two different men who find Ainsley attractive — one who wants to protect her from her fears, and one who wants her to face them in the strength of her faith. But her faith needs rebuilt on the goodness she knows about God in spite of the circumstances of her life.
More emotional though just as cute as the first two novels in the series, Love Is Grand does a good job of making me believe that love can be as sweet the second time around.
