Review | Appalachian Serenade by Sarah Loudin Thomas

Delilah Morrissey is living in a small home with her sister, brother-in-law, and niece after the death of her husband moves her from Chicago to West Virginia. Delilah wants to be helping more around the house, contributing, so she takes a job at the local general store where she reacquaints with Robert Thornton, the store’s owner whom she knew from years ago. Robert has never married but wishes for a family of his own. Delilah also desperately wishes for a family of her own – she never had children with her late husband before he died. The two have a sweet friendship-turned-romance as dictated by the customs of this time.


Appalachian Serenade is a sweet Southern story that sets up the Appalachian Blessings Series nicely. I LOVED the 1945 West Virginia setting, at the end of the World War II era. I absolutely love Robert’s backstory and how it plays into the way things unfold for Delilah, and for Robert and Delilah together.