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Robichaux / Sheldon #2
A Father's Heart
Librarian's note: This ISBN was previously used on another book.
He only wanted to be a father to his children
But that was the one thing Daniel Kendrick couldn't be. Falsely accused of a crime that severed him from his family, he made a new, solitary life for himself in New Orleans. Soon that, too, was shattered.
His teenage daughter had run away had run to him. How could he explain that he couldn't give her the home she longed for? How could he convince youth worker Tessa Hamilton to let him see her? Tessa, after all, was the woman who had damned him in the eyes of the law.
But Tessa is having second thoughts about her testimony. Now that she's met Daniel, she has strong doubts about his guilt. She doesn't, however, doubt that she's strongly attracted to him .
He only wanted to be a father to his children
But that was the one thing Daniel Kendrick couldn't be. Falsely accused of a crime that severed him from his family, he made a new, solitary life for himself in New Orleans. Soon that, too, was shattered.
His teenage daughter had run away had run to him. How could he explain that he couldn't give her the home she longed for? How could he convince youth worker Tessa Hamilton to let him see her? Tessa, after all, was the woman who had damned him in the eyes of the law.
But Tessa is having second thoughts about her testimony. Now that she's met Daniel, she has strong doubts about his guilt. She doesn't, however, doubt that she's strongly attracted to him .
- GenresRomance
299 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1998
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Karen Young
99 books59 followersKaren Young is the author of thirty-four novels with more than ten million copies in print. Her many awards include the RITA from Romance Writers of America and both the Career Achievement and Reviewer’s Choice awards from Romantic Times magazine. She is a frequent public speaker and a teacher of the craft of writing. Currently, she resides in Houston, Texas.
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October 21, 2013
This was one book that I picked up even wondering why I wanted to, but I needed some escapism and thought "hey, why not". It was okay. I was not enamored with it. Part of me didn't want to believe that the premise was possible. In the midst of divorce proceedings, the man in the story (a school principal) was falsely accused of inappropriate activity with a student. So now he was not only divorced, his artsy fartsy wife had full custody of his children and he was unable to spend unsupervised time with his children. He also was unable to work in a school ever again and has become a carpenter.
So the man is in Louisiana, and his wife and children are in New York. His daughter runs away from home and somehow makes her way to New Orleans in search of her father. She ends up on the streets of New Orleans and he is trying to help the police find her; however the police are very suspicious and think that he is a lecherous man who is hiding her in his house.
Eventually he finds a woman who can help him for she runs a home for disadvantaged youth -- unfortunately it is the woman who brought forward the witness who falsely accused him of inappropriate activity. Somehow they start working together and they start thinking that maybe the other person isn't completely horrible.
Through their contacts on the street they find the daughter and eventually they also learn that the girl who accused him of being naughty was forced into saying that by her family so he is cleared and can gain custody of his hildren because the artsy fartsy wife didn't want them anymore.
I am sure I am missing something very important ... like she was almost refused certification of her youth home because she had a man accused of sexual deviance volunteering for her and his son also ran away; but you get the general idea. This was an okay story. Exceptional? No, but good.
So the man is in Louisiana, and his wife and children are in New York. His daughter runs away from home and somehow makes her way to New Orleans in search of her father. She ends up on the streets of New Orleans and he is trying to help the police find her; however the police are very suspicious and think that he is a lecherous man who is hiding her in his house.
Eventually he finds a woman who can help him for she runs a home for disadvantaged youth -- unfortunately it is the woman who brought forward the witness who falsely accused him of inappropriate activity. Somehow they start working together and they start thinking that maybe the other person isn't completely horrible.
Through their contacts on the street they find the daughter and eventually they also learn that the girl who accused him of being naughty was forced into saying that by her family so he is cleared and can gain custody of his hildren because the artsy fartsy wife didn't want them anymore.
I am sure I am missing something very important ... like she was almost refused certification of her youth home because she had a man accused of sexual deviance volunteering for her and his son also ran away; but you get the general idea. This was an okay story. Exceptional? No, but good.
March 29, 2014
It was a very good book that i would tell other people to read!!
January 12, 2023
Excellent book!
May 31, 2014
This was an excellent book.
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