A Daily Rate, Grace Livingston Hill
A Daily Rate, Grace Livingston Hill
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A Daily Rate

Author: Grace Livingston Hill

Narrator: Susan O'Malley

Unabridged: 7 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2009

Synopsis

Life held little joy for Celia Murray. Forced by poverty to leave her aunt, who had been her only source of love and warmth, Celia goes to the city to find a job. There she tries to make the best of her new home: a dreary boarding house.Then everything changes. Celia receives an unexpected inheritance and sets about to make her dreams come true. She sends for her Aunt Hannah, and together they work a miraculous transformation on the old boarding house, making it into a place of warmth and laughter. Yet Celia struggles with a sense that there is somethingor someonemissing.Enter handsome Horace Stafford, minister of the mission chapel. At first Celia believes this is a man whose faith and compassion matches her own. But when a terrible misunderstanding comes between them, will Celia ever be able to confess, even to Horace, the deepest desire of her heart?

About Grace Livingston Hill

Grace Livingston Hill (1865–1947) is the beloved author of more than one hundred books. Read and enjoyed by millions, her wholesome stories contain adventure, romance, and the heartwarming triumphs of people faced with the problems of life and love.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Katt

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......more

Goodreads review by Kerri

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......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

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.......more

Goodreads review by Franny

(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......more

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