The Beanbaggers of Cornhole County by Madison Love Book Review

About the Book:

Four beanbags. Three nosy busybodies. Two hearts entwined and one game that unites us all:
Cornhole—where board-om doesn’t exist, and the unexpected can happen.

Josie

Married for years and happily in love, Morgan and I trade in our city-slicker lifestyle after I’m diagnosed with the big, bad “C.” It’s not the end of the line. It’s only the beginning.

Wanting peace and quiet, we move to a small town in the heart of Texas where the bovines outnumber the people 50 to 1, and chucking corn is considered a professional sport.

Embracing the Christmas spirit and needing something to do, I volunteer us to run the afterschool program. It turns out that I bit off more than I could chew.

Thankfully, I have God, my husband, and the “Baggersville Biddies” on my side. The one thing I’m afraid I don’t have is…

Time.

Morgan

A riding lawnmower, a suped-up truck, and a trunk full of cornhole boards sounds like the start of a joke, but it’s my life.

Moving from the city to the country, I’ve traded in my tailored suit and shiny shoes for butt-hugging jeans and cowboy boots. I’ll admit, it’s a good look for me, and my wife agrees.

With a bat of her lashes, Josie wrangles me into building the backyard game as a fundraiser to help the community. After she ends up in the hospital, it’s the community that comes to our rescue.

I’ve never cared about getting presents before, but this year I ask for a gift that only God can give. Because what I really want more than anything is a Christmas miracle. My Josie.

The Beanbaggers of Cornhole County is a Christian, sweet, kisses-only romance series prequel that's sure to make you smile and is free from profanity, promiscuity, or cheating by the protagonists in the story. It's an introduction to the main characters in the follow-on books.

My Review:

I have read some of Love's thrillers but this is the first humorous Christian romance I've read. It was really fun. Part of the entertainment comes from the characters. Love has given readers really interesting ones. Josie and Morgan are so in love their relationship almost seems unbelievable. But I think that's how God designed a marriage to be. The high school kids are polite and helpful. There's one named Connie Jo Jim Bob, southern to the core. But, of course, the ones who really steal the show are the Baggersville Biddies, those three seventy-something year old women bicker like crazy but are so loving.

The plot centers around Josie and Morgan moving to a quieter place with a slower life style after her battle with a brain tumor. That allows Love to explore the serious issue of why God heals some and not others. It supplies the insight that an event we don't understand may be the very one God uses to change our lives forever. I was impressed with the depth and clarity of the Christian faith message the book contained.

Delightful characters and a serious plot but with some great humor tossed in made me laugh and cry. This is a touching novel so have your box of tissues nearby as you come close to the end.

My rating: 5/5 stars.

About the Author:

Madison Love is an Amazon Best-selling, clean, and Christian romance writer who loves to intertwine humor and suspense while adding a touch of sweetness. She has spent most of her life traveling abroad, discovering new places, and meeting wonderful people. She spent twenty years in the military before settling in a rural town outside of Buffalo, New York, where she now lives on a forty-acre farm with her husband, son, and two dogs. Having been afforded the time and opportunity to bring her ideas and stories to life, she seeks to give her readers the ‘happy ever after’ they seek, but with a dash of intrigue.

Independently Published, 264 pages.

I received a complimentary egalley of this book through Book Sirens. My comments are an independent and honest review.

(My star ratings: 5-I love it, 4-I like it, 3-It's OK, 2-I don't like it, 1-I hate it.)