A naive teenage girl in south Texas falls in love with her prison pen pal. The object of her affection--a charming, dangerously handsome young felon who romances her through his letters to her. After a love affair that defies all conventions, they marry and have a child while the father is still imprisoned. But when he escapes prison to claim his wife and child, what started as a passionate romance turns into a terrifying ordeal of obsession and desire. The young girls only hope is a fiercely dedicated public aid lawyer who is more of a mother figure than the girl has ever known, and the only one who can avert disaster for mother and child!
Janis K. (scrapbooklady) from PLYMOUTH, MI wrote on 7/16/2007...
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
I read the "Deep End of the Ocean", and I must admit, it didn't touch me, as this book did. "The Most Wanted" is a title that fits the book for many reasons, but mostly because this book is all about being wanted: as a daughter, a criminal, a lover, a mother, and a wife. To where you feel the most wanted, and who you feel the most wanted with is where you'll be the happiest. The main message is if you're not the most wanted, find somewhere you will be.
Melanie C. (greatSLP) from HAPPY VALLEY, OR wrote on 10/24/2007...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Surprisingly good. The story of a teenager who foolishly marries a prisoner and the attorney who becomes her mentor. This book was paced well and the characters were written well.
Erica K. from OLYPHANT, PA wrote on 5/13/2006...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
Great book ! Fast read, makes you want to finish !
Judy B. (jdyinva) from VIRGINIA BCH, VA wrote on 2/18/2008...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Great characters; you learn to care about them deeply. Really enjoyed this book.
Cheryl (Toni) J. (toni) from HILLSBOROUGH, NC wrote on 4/20/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Good reading, but a sad tale.
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Patricia S. from PRTG DE SIOUX, MO wrote on 4/4/2007...
good book--good read
Michele H. (MicheleLee) from BUSHNELL, FL wrote on 2/16/2007...
This is the same author of the book "The deep end of the ocean"
Michelle W. (Loupgaru82) from PELHAM, GA wrote on 10/17/2006...
a great drama, it takes you away......
Dawn T. (mom2asha04) from ALTOONA, PA wrote on 6/14/2006...
Great condition.
Barbara N. (Barbie4) from ADVANCE, MO wrote on 5/13/2006...
Arley Mowbray,only fourteen years old,is dreaming girlhood dreams in South Texas when on a dare,she writes a letter to an imprisoned robber nearley twice her age.Almost overnight,the story of Arley and Dillon LeGrande becomes the stuff of legend.Their lives intertwine with rhythms of age-old tales of love,to reckless to last, too mesmerizing to flee.
Carla A. from ROCHESTER, MN wrote on 2/14/2006...
Could not put this one down!
Amazing Grace T. (AmazingGrace) from SEATTLE, WA wrote on 12/27/2005...
Hardback, great condition by the author of End of the Ocean.
Marta J. (booksnob) from AUSTIN, TX wrote on 11/27/2005...
Mitchard at her best. I could not put it down.
Janice F. (tani) from CHULA VISTA, CA wrote on 7/30/2005...
Mitchard is the author of the bestseller The Deep End of the Ocean.
From inside the jacket: "Arley Mowbray, only fourteen years old, is dreaming girlhood dreams in South Texas when, on a dare, she writes a letter to an imprisoned robber nearly twice her age. Almost overnight, the story of Arley and Dillon LeGrande becomes the stuff of legend. Their lives intertwine with rhythms of age-old tales of love, too reckless to last, too mesmerizing to flee."
"Transformed from an innocent to an outlaw's wife, and then the mother of his child, Arley unwittingly draws another into the eye of the hurricane..." and a public aid lawyer, Annie Singer, becomes the closest thing to a mother Arley has ever known and has to "stand between the girl and the storm."