Releasing to stores within the week, LDS novelist Annette Lyon’s new book “Spires of Stone” is a story set against the backdrop of the building of the Salt Lake Temple in 1867.
Phillip, Claude and Ben are brothers who have been serving a mission in New York. It’s time for them to return home, and each brings with him some additional baggage. Phillip carries photographic equipment—he plans to set up a photography studio when he gets home. Claude carries the burden of a young lady he should not have spent time with while in the mission field, and Ben is troubled by the knowledge that when he arrives home, he’ll have to face Bethany, the young lady he had a falling out with some time before. Once good friends, now they verbally spar with each other at every opportunity. He can only hope that time has mellowed her some—her barbs always had a way of sticking.
Bethany is not looking forward to Ben’s return. His humiliation was more than she could bear, and she has made it a habit to retaliate with criticism. Time hasn’t softened the deepness of her hurt, and when her sister Hannah announces that the boys are back, she’s filled with dread, especially when she realizes they’re walking up the street and will catch her covered in dirt from the garden.
Taking her theme from Shakespeare’s “Much Ado about Nothing,” Utah Best of State Medalist Annette Lyon weaves a tale of romance, tragedy, and humor that takes on a life of its own as the characters step out of their molds and spin the story a whole new way. The third in Annette’s temple series, but her fifth novel overall, it’s easy to see why she has such a devoted following of dedicated readers.
(This book was published in 2007 by Covenant Communications.)
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