Borrowed Light by Carla Kelly

I enjoyed reading this LDS book. It is not incredibly spiritual or filled with LDS scriptures and principles, but it does mention it tastefully in a way that does not take away from the main story. Julia is engaged to the 'perfect' guy and realizes on her sisters weddind day that she does not want to marry him and in a moment of frustration she applies for a cooking job on a ranch in Wyoming. A couple weeks later she still has not told anyone that she plans on canceling her engagement but is forced to when she gets a reply back saying she is to report to Wyoming within the week. She shows up at a secluded ranch full of men who have been eating out of cans and really have never cleaned the place up. Rats are everywhere and it takes her a week to get the oven cleaned. If you've seen Seven Brides for Seven Brothers you can pretty much get the idea of Julia's experience at the beginning.

Of course she falls in love with the young owner who has been in charge of the ranch since he was 15. Julia struggles at first with her own testimony of her religion when faced with questions about it and the closest branch is a days train ride away so she is only able to go every couple of weeks and must rely on her own strength to uphold her values and defend her religion. In the end, Mr. Otto, the ranch owner, joins the church and Julia finds herself living her life in Wyoming. Don't let the churchy-type book scare you because the story is good and the book very enjoyable to read.