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Hidden Blessing
Hidden Blessing by Leona Karr released on Nov 22, 2002 is available now for purchase.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published December 1, 2002
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Leona Karr
53 books9 followersPseudonym is also Lee Karr
Leona Karr is a Colorado native who published her first novel in 1980. Her honors include the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer of the Year and Colorado's Romance Writer of the Year awards. She is also known as Lee Karr.
As an author for the Harlequin Intrigue imprint, Leona Karr has published 18 novels. She is the author of over 30 novels, specializing in Romantic Suspense.
Leona Karr is a Colorado native who published her first novel in 1980. Her honors include the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer of the Year and Colorado's Romance Writer of the Year awards. She is also known as Lee Karr.
As an author for the Harlequin Intrigue imprint, Leona Karr has published 18 novels. She is the author of over 30 novels, specializing in Romantic Suspense.
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November 25, 2017
3 1/2 actually.
January 5, 2012
"This book differs slightly from the other Steeple Hill books in that one of the leads, Shannon, isn't a Christian. She's apparently from the agnostic/atheist camp and doesn't see a need for God in her life. Her spiritual needs have been filled with high-paced corporate jobs and an upper class lifestyle. However, she rents a cabin in Colorado in order to "find herself" and instead finds a loving ranch owner named Ward Dawson and his daughter Tara, along with the denizens of a small town who are battling a wildfire that threatens everything they own.
I found it disappointing that Ward chose to follow his emotions instead of his head. Shannon is the more logical one and realizes that she's out of place at their church services. Beth, Ward's sister, makes a comment about not being unevenly yoked, which neatly paraphrases 1 Corinthians. The truth is, no true Christian would consider a relationship with anyone not a Christian. That is the essence of Paul's words. "Missionary dating" is not the vocation of Christians.
Obviously, true love wins out in the end but it felt forced and unreal. Shannon's conversion from unbeliever to churchgoer is too quick and easy and so unlike real life. There's also a minor character, Judy, who has the hots for Ward, but he dismisses her as a friend. This reminded me of the warning Alan Loy McGinnis gave in his great book "The Friendship Factor": "Bail out if necessary. Sometimes friendship gets out of control." Why Ward would choose an unbeliever like Shannon over a Christian like Judy is puzzling; most men don't allow their emotions to totally control them."
I found it disappointing that Ward chose to follow his emotions instead of his head. Shannon is the more logical one and realizes that she's out of place at their church services. Beth, Ward's sister, makes a comment about not being unevenly yoked, which neatly paraphrases 1 Corinthians. The truth is, no true Christian would consider a relationship with anyone not a Christian. That is the essence of Paul's words. "Missionary dating" is not the vocation of Christians.
Obviously, true love wins out in the end but it felt forced and unreal. Shannon's conversion from unbeliever to churchgoer is too quick and easy and so unlike real life. There's also a minor character, Judy, who has the hots for Ward, but he dismisses her as a friend. This reminded me of the warning Alan Loy McGinnis gave in his great book "The Friendship Factor": "Bail out if necessary. Sometimes friendship gets out of control." Why Ward would choose an unbeliever like Shannon over a Christian like Judy is puzzling; most men don't allow their emotions to totally control them."
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May 5, 2010
Excellent read
August 17, 2012
I really liked this romantic story.
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