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The Wedding Ring #3
Saving Susannah
The Wedding Ring
She needed a miracle….
A WOMAN…
Widowed dad Joe Lapp needed help. A nanny for his children, a woman to soothe his soul. And when Kimberly Mancuso showed up on his doorstep, looking for her long-lost brothers, his prayers were answered….
A HOME…
Kimberly's daughter needed a miracle. And now fate had led them to Joe. A man who gave her hope, faith -- and a second chance at love and family. Suddenly Kim started to believe dreams really could come true.
A FAMILY!
The Wedding Ring.
Wrapped in the warmth of family tradition, three couples say "I do!"
She needed a miracle….
A WOMAN…
Widowed dad Joe Lapp needed help. A nanny for his children, a woman to soothe his soul. And when Kimberly Mancuso showed up on his doorstep, looking for her long-lost brothers, his prayers were answered….
A HOME…
Kimberly's daughter needed a miracle. And now fate had led them to Joe. A man who gave her hope, faith -- and a second chance at love and family. Suddenly Kim started to believe dreams really could come true.
A FAMILY!
The Wedding Ring.
Wrapped in the warmth of family tradition, three couples say "I do!"
- GenresRomance
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 1997
15 people want to read
About the author
Beverly Bird
49 books21 followersBeverly confesses to having been the prototype of the rebellious teenager. By the age of five — when she tried to rewrite the ending to The Wizard of Oz because it scared her — she knew she would be a writer.
Therefore, the high school regimen was obviously not for her, and childhood was just something to get through before she could make her mark on the world. On one memorable occasion, she stood up in chemistry class to inform her teacher that she did not need to understand the subject because in a few years she would be writing for a living anyway. She failed the class, of course. Then, some 20 years later, she had to face the teacher at a reunion and admit that when she had to research DNA for a recent book she still had no clue what it was about!
Since words are meant to be read and not eaten, Beverly turned seriously to writing when she was 22. The stars aligned for a time — she was single and her rent was astronomically low because she looked after the elderly lady who owned the building. She’d just gotten laid off from an advertising job with a newspaper due to budget cuts and therefore had an unemployment check coming in weekly. She decided that it was now or never — and Emeralds in the Dark was born, published by Silhouette to launch the Intimate Moments line in 1983.
Since then, Beverly has published 20 books with Silhouette as well as several romantic suspense and historical novels. She prefers strong heroines with hidden soft spots and a penchant for getting themselves into trouble, figuring that she has had some experience herself in that area.
Though she has lived in several places in the United States, Beverly returned to her roots to live on a barrier island off the coast of New Jersey with her son and a Chihuahua named Taco, where periodically she risks running into that chemistry teacher. But these days, she is much less rebellious and tends to tuck tail and run when she encounters someone she probably ticked off 25 years ago!
Beverly loves to hear from readers but admits that she is seriously negligent about actually traveling to the post office and snail-mailing her replies. She asks that anyone who would like to contact her please do so via email at Bvrlye@aol.com.
Therefore, the high school regimen was obviously not for her, and childhood was just something to get through before she could make her mark on the world. On one memorable occasion, she stood up in chemistry class to inform her teacher that she did not need to understand the subject because in a few years she would be writing for a living anyway. She failed the class, of course. Then, some 20 years later, she had to face the teacher at a reunion and admit that when she had to research DNA for a recent book she still had no clue what it was about!
Since words are meant to be read and not eaten, Beverly turned seriously to writing when she was 22. The stars aligned for a time — she was single and her rent was astronomically low because she looked after the elderly lady who owned the building. She’d just gotten laid off from an advertising job with a newspaper due to budget cuts and therefore had an unemployment check coming in weekly. She decided that it was now or never — and Emeralds in the Dark was born, published by Silhouette to launch the Intimate Moments line in 1983.
Since then, Beverly has published 20 books with Silhouette as well as several romantic suspense and historical novels. She prefers strong heroines with hidden soft spots and a penchant for getting themselves into trouble, figuring that she has had some experience herself in that area.
Though she has lived in several places in the United States, Beverly returned to her roots to live on a barrier island off the coast of New Jersey with her son and a Chihuahua named Taco, where periodically she risks running into that chemistry teacher. But these days, she is much less rebellious and tends to tuck tail and run when she encounters someone she probably ticked off 25 years ago!
Beverly loves to hear from readers but admits that she is seriously negligent about actually traveling to the post office and snail-mailing her replies. She asks that anyone who would like to contact her please do so via email at Bvrlye@aol.com.
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December 15, 2018
I have thoroughly enjoyed this series set in the Amish world; the insights into their world and how the author tried to present a fair-view of the world, not demonizing people's faith and way of living and presenting the negative and the positive. Last in the line to get their HEA is the lost sister Kim who ran away at 17 from her abusive home and who we learn was pregnant at that time. She finds her way to the settlement because she needs help to save her daughter who needs a bone marrow.
The hero was a surprise because we met him in the first book: Joe the man who was raising Adam's son with his wife in the first book. When the book opens we learn that Joe lost his wife in childbirth and is left with a ton of guilt (he was crazy about his wife and after their 4th kid they were told it was too dangerous for her) and grieving kids and an infant daughter he can't bear to see.
So we have the h/H grappling with a lot of issues, grief, fear, guilt so I wasn't sure how we could have a romance but man once again I was wrong. The heroine has a ton of issues from her upbringing and is an island needing no-one; not even the brothers she was forced to come to for help. She is honestly baffled by her siblings: Adam is becoming Amish, has pregnant wife, runs a carving shop and Jake, is the father of four with a baby on the way. She doesn't see how these two moved past their childhood but she intends to only do a hit and run, see if they are a match and go back to California. However things don't go as expected and she starts staying with Joe till she receives positive news for her daughter, helping him fend off the well-meaning people who have occupied his house the past four months.
I liked seeing these two gradually grow closer; she opens up about her inability to trust, his about his guilt over his wife dying. There were no immediate fixes for their issues; there wasn't an immediate match for her daughter and hero doesn't let go of his guilt and start seeing his months-old daughter; it takes time. Also I liked seeing a heroine who doesn't miraculously adjust to his way of life or even wants to. These two came from very different backgrounds. I have tremendously enjoyed this entire series and all the couples.
The hero was a surprise because we met him in the first book: Joe the man who was raising Adam's son with his wife in the first book. When the book opens we learn that Joe lost his wife in childbirth and is left with a ton of guilt (he was crazy about his wife and after their 4th kid they were told it was too dangerous for her) and grieving kids and an infant daughter he can't bear to see.
So we have the h/H grappling with a lot of issues, grief, fear, guilt so I wasn't sure how we could have a romance but man once again I was wrong. The heroine has a ton of issues from her upbringing and is an island needing no-one; not even the brothers she was forced to come to for help. She is honestly baffled by her siblings: Adam is becoming Amish, has pregnant wife, runs a carving shop and Jake, is the father of four with a baby on the way. She doesn't see how these two moved past their childhood but she intends to only do a hit and run, see if they are a match and go back to California. However things don't go as expected and she starts staying with Joe till she receives positive news for her daughter, helping him fend off the well-meaning people who have occupied his house the past four months.
I liked seeing these two gradually grow closer; she opens up about her inability to trust, his about his guilt over his wife dying. There were no immediate fixes for their issues; there wasn't an immediate match for her daughter and hero doesn't let go of his guilt and start seeing his months-old daughter; it takes time. Also I liked seeing a heroine who doesn't miraculously adjust to his way of life or even wants to. These two came from very different backgrounds. I have tremendously enjoyed this entire series and all the couples.
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