Annie
Gideon’s sister, Becca, and Becca’s husband, Davis, are killed in an auto
accident. Annie pours all her energy and love into caring for their baby girl, her niece,
Marcy. With no will, no one knows for sure what would happen to the property and mansion,
except it will go to Marcy. Annie plans to move Marcy back home to Boston and let the
lawyers take care of the rest.
Link
Morgan’s best friend and business partner Davis Conrad liked him so much he
asked him to be his daughter’s godfather. Now, Link wonders what will become of
Marcy, Davis’s holdings, and the business. The only solution is to marry Annie, Davis’s
sister-in-law. But, after their dating fiasco years earlier, when Link hadn’t been
the most endearing person, Annie won’t even talk with him.
It’s
not until the reality of Link’s prediction that Davis’s cousins – Frank and
Julia Lester, will demand custody of Marcy to get to the rest of the estate, hits Annie,
that she seriously considers his proposal. Maybe this is the only way to protect Marcy?
The Lesters’, avowed childless and happy-to-be-so people, suddenly take an interest
in the baby. Now, they will do anything to get custody of their sweet darling second
cousin, Marcy.
ALWAYS
IN HER HEART is delightful. There is a moment in the book when you realize one of
the characters feels love so deeply he makes a sacrifice you wouldn’t imagine him
doing when you first meet him. Second chances and sacrificial love themes resonate through
the pages, ultimately reminding us of God’s sacrificial love, in the gift of His son,
Jesus. And, the author expounds on the importance of taking second chances to make things
better, make things right.
Marta
Perry is a talented storyteller. The characters are friends from the first page. It’s
been a long time since I met someone like the Lesters' whom I could not like so
completely. The fast moving plot makes ALWAYS IN HER HEART a page-turner. I made the
mistake of thinking I’d read a few chapters before bedtime and finished the book that
very night.
I
highly recommend ALWAYS IN HER HEART. You will be happy to have read it.
Reviewed
by Linda Mae Baldwin for The Road to Romance
September
9, 2003 |
