Hometown Courtship

by Diann Hunt

His matchmaking brother is sending another single gal Brad Sharp's way. Under the guise of community service! The Make a Home project—building houses for the needy—is Brad's life. He fully expects hairstylist Callie Easton to show up for "work" with a pink hammer and not even use it. Hardly a match for him!

With a heart of gold and a talent for transformation, Callie works hard. Still, Brad won't notice her. His grief over a tragic loss has hardened his heart. Well, Callie knows all about loss. And thanks to Brad, she knows even more about making a home—for them.

Genres: Love Inspired, Christian, Romance, Adult, Christian Fiction, Contemporary, Inspirational

288 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Diann Hunt wrote romantic comedy and humorous women's fiction targeted to Christian women of the Baby Boomer generation. She'd lived in Indiana forever, had been happily married forever, loved her family, chocolate, her friends, her dog, and, well, chocolate. Her book "For Better or For Worse" is being made into a Hallmark movie, with production beginning in November, 2013.

After a four-year battle with ovarian cancer, Diann went home to be with her Lord and Saviour just after Thanksgiving, 2013. She leaves behind a legacy of words of blessing, love for her Lord, her family, her close friends, and fans the world over who have come to know and love her and call her their friend.

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Callie has unpaid parking tickets and Brad is the supervisor to the job she has to do her community service with. Can these two, after growing up in Burrows, find Agape love ?

[Ane Mulligan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hometown Courtship is romantic comedy at its best! Callie is a gal with issues—some I could definitely identify with like losing things in the deep caverns of her handbag. But in Callie's case it was parking tickets and caused life-changing events. I loved her!

Brad Sharp has his own issues that are sad but are balanced with humor. The fun begins when his brother, the judge, sets him up. I loved the story behind this romance. It was fun and not the usual cookie-cutter romance. Hunt always delivers something out of the norm. But then, she views life that way. And that's what I love about a Diann Hunt novel: the balancing act of real life and laughter.

[Judy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Callie and Brad have alot of rough patches in their personal lives that they try to use to keep themselves from eachother.

In the end they learn to lean on God's will and his path for their lives.

The challenge in the book that I found is how often we don't know if it's God's will our we want something so strongly we believe it's God's will when really it is only our own.

[Danielle · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a very sweet book about two people getting through seperate struggles and then they find love with each other!

[Karen]

Matchmaking can be a tricky, humorous thing. Be careful of what you say, hear, or do!! Just as a book shouldn't be judged by its cover, neither should a person.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful story of 2 people finding love, after hardship in their life.