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The Path to Her Heart (Depression, Bk 3) (Steeple Hill Love Inspired Historical #24)
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The Path to Her Heart (Depression, Bk 3) (Steeple Hill Love Inspired Historical #24)
Author: Linda Ford

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Publisher: Steeple Hill
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780373828043 - ISBN-10: 0373828047
Publication Date: 1/13/2009
Pages: 288

Book Description:
First comes love, then comes forgiveness…
But a widowed father struggling during the Depression doesn't have much faith in either -- —until he meets Emma Spencer in the South Dakota boardinghouse they share. She's a dedicated nurse who could love his boy and heal his own heart. But how can Boothe trust a profession he blames for his greatest loss?

Emma understands Boothe Powers's pain. She has her own secret anguish and believes her dreams of a husband and child are beyond reach. Still, she can pretend when he asks her to play his temporary fiancĂ©e to protect his son. And if God would grant her one miracle, He knows exactly what her heart is yearning for….

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John A. and Marguerite E. W. (aliennightbird) wrote on 5/2/2009...


Although overall I enjoyed this story...the plot was strong, the action drew me in from the first sentence, had good, well-drawn charcters, featured a strong, smart, caring female protagonist who remained strong throughout, as well as a troubled unemployed father who fears that he will loose his six-year-old son to his wealthy aunt and uncle, represents the troubles and the mind set of the Great Depression on the drought-stricken prairie and in a small city, has decent imagery, a readable style, and a fast pace, I felt that the book also had a few flaws.

Basically, I thought that father's hatred for anyone working in the medical profession because his wife's death was caused by medical carelessness, while understandable, was a little over-worked and over-pushed. I also thought that the tension between Emma and Boothe was a bit artifically prolonged instead of allowing their love to finally reach its natural conclusion.

Another thing is that I occassionally felt the metaphors, while they usually fit with the story, they sometimes didn't. Occassionally they were a little distracting.

But, despite the minor flaws, the book provided a great read. I would recommend it.


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