Reviewed by Karen Pirnot for Readers' Favorite

"A Vision of Lucy" by Margaret Brownley is the third and last book of the 'Rocky Creek Series'. Not having read the first two books, I can advise the reader that this book stands well by itself as a delightful read.

Lucy Fairbanks longs for validation from her father as a budding artist. Lucy's deceased mother was an artist and Lucy hopes to convince her father that her photography work at the Rocky Creek newspaper is every bit as valid an expression of art as were her mother's paintings. But, disaster seems to follow Lucy's attempts to become the featured photographer she imagines herself to be. And then, additional complications set in when David Wolf happens upon the scene. David is imagined by the townsfolk to be a wild man. He is a halfbreed and a man feared by the community at large. Lucy has other observations about David and the feelings related to her observations eventually bring her into close contact with the man. The closer Lucy becomes to David, the more confused her feelings are toward the handsome and complex man. Lucy wonders how she can harbor such intense feelings toward a man and still remain true to God in her beliefs.

Brownley has written an easy and delightful story which will tease the feelings of the reader with tension, sadness, expectation and hope. In the end, Lucy must decide who she must please and her direction can then be established. With the abundant character development in this story, most readers will identify with one of the characters and go through the story with reckless abandon!