
The area preacher is a traveling one who is due to leave the next day, so for propriety's sake, they get married, even though they don't live together as husband and wife. Clark lost his wife within the past year and has a young daughter whom he feels needs a mother. In this case, Marty and Clark end up getting married for convenience: Marty's just lost her husband to a sudden illness and is pregnant with his child. that the relationship deepens into love without ever having that initial spark. It might be that after a time of being together as friends etc. I enjoyed it both times.The title seems to refer to the fact that most of us think that love is some frisson of energy or fireworks whenever we're together or something like that, but in reality, sometimes, love sneaks up on you. The book recently came up as a free offering for Kindle so I decided to read it again.

I read this book (and the series) years ago when a friend introduced me to Janette Oke.
