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A Man to Believe In
This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 0373604173 / 9780373604173.
Willa Addison doesn't believe in fairy tales.
She's too busy running her mother's restaurant and raising her sister. She doesn't like to dwell on the dreams she once had, dreams she put on hold. Then Owen Miller walks into the restaurant and changes her life.
She doesn't know what to think when Owen hands her a letter from her father - a father she thought was dead - requesting they meet. It's time for Willa to figure out what's happened to her life. And maybe, with Owen around, she can finally believe in happily ever after...
A Man to Believe In is the UK title for The Lost Daughter of Pigeon Hollow.
Willa Addison doesn't believe in fairy tales.
She's too busy running her mother's restaurant and raising her sister. She doesn't like to dwell on the dreams she once had, dreams she put on hold. Then Owen Miller walks into the restaurant and changes her life.
She doesn't know what to think when Owen hands her a letter from her father - a father she thought was dead - requesting they meet. It's time for Willa to figure out what's happened to her life. And maybe, with Owen around, she can finally believe in happily ever after...
A Man to Believe In is the UK title for The Lost Daughter of Pigeon Hollow.
298 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published March 1, 2005
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About the author
Inglath Cooper
63 books937 followersVirginia author Inglath Cooper fell in love with reading as a little girl, devouring most of the books in her elementary school library. At some point, she decided she wanted to pursue a writing career, creating romance fiction that did for others what her favorite books have done for her. “I love character-driven books that leave me feeling as if I’ve really known these people and make me wish I didn’t have to turn the last page.”
“Romance fiction has always appealed to me because it deals with so many of the relationships in a woman’s life. Not only the love of her life, but often her relationship with her mother, sister or best friend. Romance authors have so much room to explore many of the meaningful moments and transitions in women’s lives. And who doesn’t love a good love story?”
Inglath most often writes stories about love and life that are set in small Virginia towns like the one where she grew up. “I like to think the flavor of my hometown shows up in my books both in their setting and through the characters who people it.”
When aspiring writers ask her how to be an author, she says, “Everything I know about writing books I learned from reading books.”
Inglath has been chosen as a RITA® Award winner for best long contemporary romance novel given out each year by Romance Writers of America. Her books are available through Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, itunes.com, and Kobobooks.com.
Outside of writing, Inglath is actively involved in dog rescue, working with The Franklin County Humane Society to place dogs and cats in need of rehoming. She volunteers her time in every capacity possible: serving on the Board of Directors, fundraising, photographing dogs and cats available for adoption and serving as a foster home. “Helping an abused or neglected dog go on to have a wonderful life with a family who loves them is more rewarding than I can possibly say.”
“Romance fiction has always appealed to me because it deals with so many of the relationships in a woman’s life. Not only the love of her life, but often her relationship with her mother, sister or best friend. Romance authors have so much room to explore many of the meaningful moments and transitions in women’s lives. And who doesn’t love a good love story?”
Inglath most often writes stories about love and life that are set in small Virginia towns like the one where she grew up. “I like to think the flavor of my hometown shows up in my books both in their setting and through the characters who people it.”
When aspiring writers ask her how to be an author, she says, “Everything I know about writing books I learned from reading books.”
Inglath has been chosen as a RITA® Award winner for best long contemporary romance novel given out each year by Romance Writers of America. Her books are available through Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, itunes.com, and Kobobooks.com.
Outside of writing, Inglath is actively involved in dog rescue, working with The Franklin County Humane Society to place dogs and cats in need of rehoming. She volunteers her time in every capacity possible: serving on the Board of Directors, fundraising, photographing dogs and cats available for adoption and serving as a foster home. “Helping an abused or neglected dog go on to have a wonderful life with a family who loves them is more rewarding than I can possibly say.”
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December 31, 2016
4 Stars ~ The wish of a dying man to meet his long lost daughter casts a ripple effect on the lives that wish touches. Owen is the dying man's friend tasked with finding Willa and bringing her to meet him. From the moment they meet, Owen and Willa feel an unmistakable attraction. Willa's rebellious sister Katie is about to make a mistake that will jeopardize her future, but Owen and Willa whisk her off on the urgent journey to Lexington, where Willa's father is dying. Cline is Owen's younger brother confined to a wheelchair after a skiing accident. He takes one look at rebellious Katie and his heart does a teenage flip flop. Katie's not sure how to talk to Cline, but she quickly grows to admire his courage. Willa's meeting with her father is brief but so very profound as the man expresses his only true regret was not having Willa in his life. His death brings more confusion for Willa when she's learns her father left her enough money to see that her struggles to raise her kid sister were over. Owen has his own inheritance woes, as his 33rd birthday approaches, and if he's not engaged to be married he's about to lose control of the family ranch. So how does he convince Willa that it's really her that he's fallen for and not the looming birthday deadline.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Owen and Willa's journey to HEA. Ms. Cooper has woven a lovely story of heart ache and buried dreams. Each character has been putting their life on hold in some way, afraid to living for tomorrow. The death of Willa's father brings it all up front and center where they each begin to see a clear path to attaining their dreams. Lovely story.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Owen and Willa's journey to HEA. Ms. Cooper has woven a lovely story of heart ache and buried dreams. Each character has been putting their life on hold in some way, afraid to living for tomorrow. The death of Willa's father brings it all up front and center where they each begin to see a clear path to attaining their dreams. Lovely story.
November 8, 2022
I thoroughly enjoyed this story...
If not love at first sight, it is fascination at first sight. Owen finds himself thunder struck, and she can barely look at him without trembling. Then both of them make it complicated by ignoring the obvious. But then, in being thrown together due to unusual circumstances, Willa has a chance to watch her little sister find herself as Willa herself begins to open to possibilities with Owen. Worth a second read for the smiles...
If not love at first sight, it is fascination at first sight. Owen finds himself thunder struck, and she can barely look at him without trembling. Then both of them make it complicated by ignoring the obvious. But then, in being thrown together due to unusual circumstances, Willa has a chance to watch her little sister find herself as Willa herself begins to open to possibilities with Owen. Worth a second read for the smiles...
November 8, 2025
sweet, nice with just the right amount of heat
Really good! Enjoyed all the back stories, the history of the characters & the setting. I think very typical of this author, with lots of strong ethical primary & secondary characters, terrific animal setting (and a special animal to add fun), enough angst to make things interesting and fun finale.
Really good! Enjoyed all the back stories, the history of the characters & the setting. I think very typical of this author, with lots of strong ethical primary & secondary characters, terrific animal setting (and a special animal to add fun), enough angst to make things interesting and fun finale.
March 2, 2019
Loved this book!
I have read so many of Inglath's books and this one kept my interest from start to finish! keep them coming!!
I have read so many of Inglath's books and this one kept my interest from start to finish! keep them coming!!
September 26, 2020
A very sweet story!
February 7, 2013
Not bad, but her later books are so much better. John Riley's Girl, Truth & Roses, Good Guys Love Dogs, are all much better reads.
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