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Time for Grace
Pilot Kip Webster usually flew as far as possible from romance. So when one of his passengers caught his eye, it knocked the wind out of him. Recent widow Sarah Bates and her tiny daughter made him long to be a part of a family. But not sure he could offer them a future, Kip worried that he would hurt Sarah in the long run. Yet he couldn't deny their connection--or resist helping her as she started over. Could his bachelorhood be the next thing to fly away?
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First published May 1, 2008
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April 5, 2020
Kip is one of the nicest heros you will ever meet. The Sarah and Grace storyline was interesting as was Kips heart problem. I guess the author wanted to be different from the usual disease of the month and it for sure was. I definitely would read it again and I would recommend it
June 21, 2024
I would give this three and a half stars, if halfsies were available.
It starts off rough. Kate is a very good writer, but she struggled to get this one going. She fell on platitudes ("Scott was happy in Heaven" pg. 9 - no, he's not. See John 3:13.) She created implausible scenarios - the military would NOT go to her school and interrupt her classroom full of children to tell her that her husband died. Another one is when both Miriam and Sarah are 'exhausted' trying to get ten children ready for church. They're TEACHERS, they manage far more than ten kids on a daily basis, hello.
On pg 52 Miriam asks how Sarah liked teaching in public schools versus small missions schools in Africa. She wouldn't have asked that, because all Sarah had told her was that her parents were missionaries, and that she went along with them from place to place. She hadn't said she was a missions teacher, and Miriam wouldn't have known that.
Once we got past the first 50 awkward, not so great pages, though, the story REALLY takes off, and draws the reader in to some wonderful storytelling. I really enjoyed Kip and Sarah... okay, well, I enjoyed Kip. I'm 500% AGAINST working mothers/daycare, so I didn't like Sarah in the least. I get that single moms have no choice, but Sarah always intended to have kids and a career, both, and I believe this is utterly unBiblical. Mothering is a full-time job, and you either shortchange your work or you child if you go for both - and 99% of the time, it's the child that's shortchanged.
Still... for a 'Love, Inspired' book, this one is really, really well done. A keeper. Not a favorite, but a keeper, and for someone who has a box of 200 read-and-going-away non-keepers from the 'Love, Inspired' genre downstairs? That's saying something.
It starts off rough. Kate is a very good writer, but she struggled to get this one going. She fell on platitudes ("Scott was happy in Heaven" pg. 9 - no, he's not. See John 3:13.) She created implausible scenarios - the military would NOT go to her school and interrupt her classroom full of children to tell her that her husband died. Another one is when both Miriam and Sarah are 'exhausted' trying to get ten children ready for church. They're TEACHERS, they manage far more than ten kids on a daily basis, hello.
On pg 52 Miriam asks how Sarah liked teaching in public schools versus small missions schools in Africa. She wouldn't have asked that, because all Sarah had told her was that her parents were missionaries, and that she went along with them from place to place. She hadn't said she was a missions teacher, and Miriam wouldn't have known that.
Once we got past the first 50 awkward, not so great pages, though, the story REALLY takes off, and draws the reader in to some wonderful storytelling. I really enjoyed Kip and Sarah... okay, well, I enjoyed Kip. I'm 500% AGAINST working mothers/daycare, so I didn't like Sarah in the least. I get that single moms have no choice, but Sarah always intended to have kids and a career, both, and I believe this is utterly unBiblical. Mothering is a full-time job, and you either shortchange your work or you child if you go for both - and 99% of the time, it's the child that's shortchanged.
Still... for a 'Love, Inspired' book, this one is really, really well done. A keeper. Not a favorite, but a keeper, and for someone who has a box of 200 read-and-going-away non-keepers from the 'Love, Inspired' genre downstairs? That's saying something.
July 10, 2017
Ek is mal oor die Inspirerende boeke van Mills & Boon. Regtig die lees werd.
December 23, 2022
I love ❤️ the cover of this book 📕. I liked this book's storyline. I liked the Christian ✝️ theme in this story. I liked Sarah's character. I liked Kip's character. I liked the ending.
September 17, 2024
Absolutely loved this one! It truly shows how great God works in our world, turning bad to work for good!
March 5, 2024
A friend loaned this book to me since she couldn’t put the book down. I found myself captivated with Kip flying infant Grace and mother Sarah to a larger hospital. The attraction was there but Grace and Kip had difficult pasts that hindered, especially Kip from wanting a relationship. The story was easy to follow and filled with themes of letting go, forgiveness, healing and God’s ways are higher than an individuals even during the more troublesome times.
February 28, 2013
Nicely told love story between single mother Sarah Bates, who is flying to Philadelphia because her premature daughter, Grace, needs lifesaving surgery and pilot Kip Webster, who believes that he will die before the age of 40 due to a congenital heart problem. Knowing your mate before getting married is a plot point, as Sarah feels that she really didn't know her husband Scott before his untimely death in Iraq. Conversely, Kip doesn't want to get married because of his fears of dying young. It's not my favorite book in this series, but it's a very good love story with some interesting medical tidbits.
December 13, 2011
I would have to give this book 2.5. It was better then just okay but it wasn't exactly my favorite. It's worth a read but something the book jacket doesn't tell you but I think is important to know ahead of time is that baby Grace is a micro-preemie so all the issues surrounding that are present. The climax was kind of over the top for me as well but like I said worth reading once.
April 21, 2016
Kip though he'd died before 40 so he never dated and just was ans uncle, coach and mentor to all the kids he loved. Sarah's daughter Grace was a micro preemie that Kip brought to CHOP to surgery. Can Sarah forgive her parents for never being there for her? Her growing years, her wedding, her husband's funeral, her daughter's birth?
September 15, 2012
I'm still reading this but it is a captivating story.
August 10, 2014
loved it :) it was sad but great
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