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Kansas Weddings
Includes: Dear John / That Wilder Boy / Promising Angela.
Three Kansas women have difficult decisions to make and burdens to bear. After losing her parents in a fatal accident, Marin must take care of her brother who has Downs syndrome. Will she open herself up to a caregiver named Philip and provide her brother a chance for a real life? Carrie is about to receive a large inheritance and is afraid the newfound money will keep her from finding true love. Following a drug-related arrest, Angela is out of rehab and trying to make a fresh start in life. Will Ben be able to trust Angela and the God who promises to make her new?
Three Kansas women have difficult decisions to make and burdens to bear. After losing her parents in a fatal accident, Marin must take care of her brother who has Downs syndrome. Will she open herself up to a caregiver named Philip and provide her brother a chance for a real life? Carrie is about to receive a large inheritance and is afraid the newfound money will keep her from finding true love. Following a drug-related arrest, Angela is out of rehab and trying to make a fresh start in life. Will Ben be able to trust Angela and the God who promises to make her new?
- GenresChristian Fiction
348 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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About the author
Kim Vogel Sawyer
80 books1,210 followersAward-winning, bestselling author Kim Vogel Sawyer told her kindergarten teacher that someday people would check out her book in the library. The little-girl dream came true in 2006 with the release of Waiting for Summer's Return. Kim's titles now exceed 1.5 million copies and are available in six different languages. A former elementary school teacher, she now enjoys a full-time writing and speaking ministry. Kim's passion lies in writing stories that point the reader to a deeper, more intimate relationship with God. When Kim isn't writing, you'll find her traveling with her retired military hubby, spoiling her granddarlings, petting the cats, quilting, or--as time allows--participating in community theater. You can learn more about Kim's writing and speaking ministries at her website, KimVogelSawyer.com.
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April 25, 2018
Kansas weddings is a collection of three contemporary romance novellas by Kim Vogel Sawyer. All of the stories drew me in and all of them bought this reader to tears. There's a mixture of emotions weaved into all three stories that the author uses to make her Christian Fiction seem real. Kansas Weddings is one
of Kim's earliest writings.
Dear John
Marin Brooks has just graduated from college when both her parents die in an auto accident. The care of her Down syndrome brother has become her responsibility along with running her father's advertising business. She struggles under the heavy load she's been handed in her life. All Johns life, up to this point has been sheltered from the public. Family and friends advise Marin to put John in a home. How can she run a business and take care of John too ? She wants to keep John at home with her. Can she find a way to make things work and keep John with her ?
That Wilder Boy
Rocky Wilder had been a bully during his school years. He picked on smaller weaker students who had trouble defending themselves against his attacks. He even got caught stealing and was sent to a detention center for a while. In his young adult years he excepted Christ as his personal Saviour and tried to turn his life around to make up for all those years he'd hurt people.
Carrie Mays, step daughter of a very wealthy man works as a temporary fill in as manager of a assisted living community. Rocky works there as a landscaper and grounds keeper. They meet and are attracted to each other almost almost immediately. Carrie just wants a man who desires to be with her because he likes her and not be motivated by her money. When Rocky learns who Carrie really is he feels inferior to her . Like he can never measure up to her level. Can anything come of this relationship or will they fall apart ?
Promising Angela
Angela Fischer has it all. Wealth, good looks and popularity. Then she falls into the wrong crowd and starts using drugs. She gets arrested at a party where she has supplied drugs to her friends. She must go through rehab then do community service for eight months. She gets sent to work at New Beginnings where she must work with disabled people in order to train them for job placement.
Angela feels uncomfortable working around disabled people. She's never experienced anything like this before. Besides this, the manager Ben Atchison doesn't seem to trust her. Can Angela resist the temptation to hang out with her old friends who still do drugs ? Can she be strong enough to overcome this desire and rely on God's strength to stay clean ?
I won a signed copy from the author in a giveaway on Facebook . I was not asked to do a review but choose to do so since I found the book to be an interesting and worthwhile read. I have been honest in this review on how I felt about the book and have rated it accordingly.
of Kim's earliest writings.
Dear John
Marin Brooks has just graduated from college when both her parents die in an auto accident. The care of her Down syndrome brother has become her responsibility along with running her father's advertising business. She struggles under the heavy load she's been handed in her life. All Johns life, up to this point has been sheltered from the public. Family and friends advise Marin to put John in a home. How can she run a business and take care of John too ? She wants to keep John at home with her. Can she find a way to make things work and keep John with her ?
That Wilder Boy
Rocky Wilder had been a bully during his school years. He picked on smaller weaker students who had trouble defending themselves against his attacks. He even got caught stealing and was sent to a detention center for a while. In his young adult years he excepted Christ as his personal Saviour and tried to turn his life around to make up for all those years he'd hurt people.
Carrie Mays, step daughter of a very wealthy man works as a temporary fill in as manager of a assisted living community. Rocky works there as a landscaper and grounds keeper. They meet and are attracted to each other almost almost immediately. Carrie just wants a man who desires to be with her because he likes her and not be motivated by her money. When Rocky learns who Carrie really is he feels inferior to her . Like he can never measure up to her level. Can anything come of this relationship or will they fall apart ?
Promising Angela
Angela Fischer has it all. Wealth, good looks and popularity. Then she falls into the wrong crowd and starts using drugs. She gets arrested at a party where she has supplied drugs to her friends. She must go through rehab then do community service for eight months. She gets sent to work at New Beginnings where she must work with disabled people in order to train them for job placement.
Angela feels uncomfortable working around disabled people. She's never experienced anything like this before. Besides this, the manager Ben Atchison doesn't seem to trust her. Can Angela resist the temptation to hang out with her old friends who still do drugs ? Can she be strong enough to overcome this desire and rely on God's strength to stay clean ?
I won a signed copy from the author in a giveaway on Facebook . I was not asked to do a review but choose to do so since I found the book to be an interesting and worthwhile read. I have been honest in this review on how I felt about the book and have rated it accordingly.
August 24, 2018
This book contained 3 stories of people who met others during their lifetime hardships. The book portrayed people in less than good situations, but still working hard to make the best life they could. As one by one people met & fell in love, the stories were very poignant! Very well written with wonderful descriptive phrases & believably good conversations!
April 2, 2020
Reccomended Christian read.
May 27, 2025
Book fair book
December 27, 2025
Super good book, especially the last one.
March 17, 2015
Kansas Weddings by Kim Vogel Sawyer
This is a story about three women in new stages of life and choices made.
Marin Brooks has to grow up quickly when she loses both parents in an accident and they leave the care of her Downs syndrome brother to her. He has been protected by his mother mostly at home and now choices are needed for both he and she for the future. Marin loves her brother so this is not a dire sentence.
Carrie Mays meets Rocky Wilder who had a troubled past but is working hard to be a better person now that he is a Christian, Carrie is about to inherit monies and knows many will look at that and not at the woman that she is and this leaves many questions for her when she looks at men.
Angela Fischer always had all the comforts of a wealthy family but not the love and attention that she craved. She got caught up with bad friends and drugs and had to go to rehab, her sentence included community service at a center that worked with disabled people and this is something that she has to work to accept at first. She had become a christian while in rehab and relies on God to help her accept the choices that will be needed now.
I enjoyed reading the stories and how each of the choices helped these young people to move forward in their lives.
This is a story about three women in new stages of life and choices made.
Marin Brooks has to grow up quickly when she loses both parents in an accident and they leave the care of her Downs syndrome brother to her. He has been protected by his mother mostly at home and now choices are needed for both he and she for the future. Marin loves her brother so this is not a dire sentence.
Carrie Mays meets Rocky Wilder who had a troubled past but is working hard to be a better person now that he is a Christian, Carrie is about to inherit monies and knows many will look at that and not at the woman that she is and this leaves many questions for her when she looks at men.
Angela Fischer always had all the comforts of a wealthy family but not the love and attention that she craved. She got caught up with bad friends and drugs and had to go to rehab, her sentence included community service at a center that worked with disabled people and this is something that she has to work to accept at first. She had become a christian while in rehab and relies on God to help her accept the choices that will be needed now.
I enjoyed reading the stories and how each of the choices helped these young people to move forward in their lives.
November 30, 2009
This was a good book, actually it was 3 different stories, but all the characters knew each other in some way. Each story focused on struggles one goes through and what is a Christian way to handle them and how God provides even in hardships. The first story is about a girl whose parents were killed in a car accident leaving her to provide and raise her brother who has disabilities. The second story is about a person who has had hardships all his life until he found Christ and the struggles with being a new Child of Christ. The third story is about a recovering drug addict who became a Believer as well and how others (even Christians) judged her.
July 4, 2013
I loved this book. It had three separate stories but all of the characters knew each other in some way. I loved how they intertwined and it made for an interesting view point from one character to the next. The Christian aspect of this book really grabbed my attention and I love how the author didn't hold back. The events that went on were looked at from a true Christian perspective. Overall I think if you're into Christian contemporary romance, you would like the book!
May 11, 2016
This is the first Kim Vogel Sawyer book I haven't loved after reading it. I suppose it's mostly because the stories are set in modern times. I generally like to read historical fiction. But I didn't hate it either, although I felt like the main female characters in all three stories were a lot alike. Maybe it was intended that way...
August 26, 2008
A book containing three utterly predictable Christian romances tied together by the fact that all the main characters had some connection to a non-profit that served the disabled. Sermons wrapped in stories.
November 5, 2009
God has a special place for everyone.
June 24, 2011
I've read 2 out of the 3 stories, and so far so good! The author does a good job of tying the characters together without overdoing it.
May 8, 2013
Excellent book as always by Kim Vogel Sawyer!
December 27, 2013
The setting is the present.
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