Full of Grace

Family Found #1

by Gina Ferris

Michelle Trent was desperate to learn the truth of her shattered childhood, desperate to understand the half-remembered dreams that haunted her night after night. But the past was a dangerous place - especially for a woman alone, a woman for whom wealth and power were nothing more than an accident of fate.

Michelle wanted to believe that Tony D'Allessandro, the private investigator she had hired to find the family she had never known, was a man she could trust with her secrets. But could she trust this disturbing stranger with her fragile heart?

FAMILY FOUND: Once there were seven...but fate orphaned, then separated them. Now they struggle to find one another.

251 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Gina Ferris Vaughan Wilkins
aka Gina Wilkins, Gina Ferris, Gina Ferris Wilkins

Gina Ferris Vaughan was born on December 20, 1954 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, daughter of Beth, an executive secretary, and Vernon Vaughan, an electrician. She raised and still resides in central Arkansas. She prepared for her writing career with a degree in journalism from Arkansas State University. In February 1972, she married John Wilkins, a wood turner, and they had three children—two daughters and a son. With her husband, her most loyal supporter, she have raised their three extraordinary children, all pursuing careers in science and medicine.

She working in advertising and audio-visual production until fulfilling a lifelong dream with the sale of her first book, a romance novel to to Harlequin Temptation in 1986, and she has been a full-time writer ever since. Bestselling and award-winning author, she was a four-time winner of the prestigious Maggie Award for Excellence and a former nominee for a Lifetime Achievement Award by Romantic Times Magazine, she has written more than ninety books for Harlequin/Silhouette. Her books are translated into 20 languages.

A member of Romance Writers of America, Diamond State Romance Writers and Novelists, Inc., she is a past president of Fiction Writers of Central Arkansas. She is a frequent speaker at civic organizations and writers' clubs, but she particularly enjoys speaking to middle-school and high-school students about literacy and goal setting.

Reviews

[Saly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a nice, quick and decent read. The heroine is a wealthy heiress who discovers that she has a lot of biological siblings out there and hires the hero to find out where they are. The heroine is shown as a cautious sort, her parents wealth attracted all the crazies, a kidnapper, people who wanted to use her and that has made her adopt an ice-cold persona. The hero fights to make her put down her barriers. I did feel the heroine held on to her doubts for way too long though.

[Linda C · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first volume in the Family Found series. Michelle Trent finds a letter from her deceased Mother revealing that she has 4 brothers and 2 sisters. Her name was Shelley Walker and the children were split up when their parents died with no other relatives. Michelle’s adoptive family was wealthy and she has some trust issues based on a couple of incidents in her past where people took advantage of her. However, she determines to find her family. Tony D”Allessandro is hired to find them. This story starts the search and along the way brings Tony and Michelle together. Events happen to resolve her trust issues. A good beginning.

[Tanya Simon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the characters very much, but I thought the end of the story was rushed and there was not enough conflict to make you really ache for the leads. She has done much better. This was a reread, after 10 years and it just wasn't as good this time. However, I love her characters so much that I have to keep riding so I can meet the others.

[Helen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this series because it continues the story of a family. I knew a family that was faced with a similar situation of trying to find siblings.