虹とユニコーン

by Rebecca Flanders

His unique spirit awakened her soul.

Faith billiard had only fallen from a stepladder in the Little Creek church when Ken Chapman caught her... yet he behaved as though she'd fallen from the clouds like a gift from heaven.

But that was typical of Ken, a man who believed in miracles. And when she was with him, Faith almost believed in them herself. Every word Ken spoke resounded with love, hope and an unshakable belief in humanity, and he radiated a goodness so pure it melted her hears"

Faith could not help being drawn to him, but she knew she had to be careful not to get too close, lest the gentle light die in his eyes ....

Paperback Shinsho

First published June 1, 1985

About the author

aka Donna Ball, Donna Carlisle, Donna Boyd
With Shannon Harper as Leigh Bristol, Taylor Brady

Donna A. Ball born in 1951 in Georgia, USA. Her ancestors were one of the first pioneer families of North Georgia, and her family still lives on the land they purchased from the Cherokee in 1782.

Her first book was published in 1982 as Donna Ball, since them she has written over a dozen works of commercial fiction under her name and under diferent pseudonyms: Rebecca Flanders, Donna Carlisle and Donna Boyd. She also signed novels with Shannon Harper as Leigh Bristol and Taylor Brady. And a novel with Linda Dano as Felicia Gallant. She is known for her work in women’s fiction and suspense, as well as supernatural fantasy and adventure. Her novels have been translated into well over a dozen languages and have been published in virtually every country in the world. She has appeared on Entertainment Tonight and Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, and has been featured in such publications as the Detroit Free Press, the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, and even T.V. Guide. She is the holder of the Storytelling World award, 2001, the Georgia Author of the Year Award, 2000, Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Awards for consecutive years 1991-1996, the Georgia Romance Writer’s Maggie Award, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from Romantic Times, among others.

Donna lives in a restored turn-of-the-century barn in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the northeast Georgia with her dogs, they have won numerous awards for agility, obedience, and canine musical freestyle. Her hobbies include oil painting, hiking and dog obedience training.

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Let's be clear: the book's title is Rainbows and UnicornS, plural. I can't believe Goodreads would make a mistake on this important point. The main character is pretty relatable - she dropped out of college in DesMoines because she was discovered and became a model in New York, and she really loved Jess but he stole all her money and married someone else, so she immersed herself in being Cover Girl Copper Adams, partying in New York and Chicago, but when her mobster boyfriend gets convicted of a felony, she flees to "Little Creek" Indiana, near South Bend, because it's the first place off the interstate where it looks like she can set up a flower shop. And I'm from South Bend, so I was totally invested. Then this guy creepily pursues her and touches her inappropriately, and she either likes it or she doesn't (she's kind of psycho), and she doesn't realize he's a minister even though they met at the church and he never calls her on Sundays. Then he gives a sermon about how he'd been in jail for drugs ten years ago, so this makes him perfect, but she can never reveal her past because she's bad and then he won't like her. She meets his sister at a restaurant in South Bend (maybe TGIFriday's?) and the sister seems to recognize her for her lurid past, so she breaks up with Ken by throwing a sable coat at him (because he thinks life is all rainbows and unicorns.) But then they're both really nice to a troubled teenage girl so they get married on the last page (whoops! Sorry for the spoiler!) It is a "romance" with no sex whatsoever, because he cares about her so much, even though he knows nothing about her. If you like descriptions of dancing green eyes - sometimes like the waters of the Caribbean, sometimes like a deep dark forest, this book is for you. Or if you're from South Bend! Because it's fun to see South Bend in print.

[skein · Rating 2 out of 5]

awful, in a ridiculous way -- or is that ridiculous in an awful way?

Faith moons over Ken, who she met randomly when she fell off a ladder & into his arms -- as one does -- but is convinced they'll never be together because ten years ago she accidentally fell into a scandalous-albeit-sexless relationship with a mobster in the middle of her stint as the most famous model evah, and that makes her evil and slutty? so she can't end up with Ken-the-preacher?

I don't know. It's kinda hilarious and kinda tragic. Faith is all hung up on the skeletons in her closet (which !!spoiler!! are not real skeletons at all but a full-length sable coat and some very nice lingerie) and Ken is all hung up on how he smelled some marijuana smoke in 'Nam? or something? There is no actual problem here, is what I'm saying, but they act like it's a serious problem so it takes them two hundred pages to get over nothing.

People actually think like this.
Makes me kinda sad.

[ANGELIA · Rating 1 out of 5]

It could have been entertaining but instead was silly. Considering the H's past (are we really supposed to believe a guy with that wild a side, including drugs and criminal activity, would be content to be a small-town minister???), the h had one that was tame (living with a photographer who she thought was "the one", who made her a fashion model just to use her for the $$$ she'd make and then dumped her, and then succumbing to the glitter and glamour of being a top model, and making the mistake of getting briefly involved with a mobster), and she should have told him all about it right after she learned all about him.

Instead, she keeps putting it off until it gets really annoying (as well as redundant), and the story was a bore after that.

Don't waste your time.