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A Desperate Young Mother Rachel Stone's bad luck has taken a turn for the worse. With an empty wallet, a car's that's spilling smoke, and a five-year-old son to support, she's come home to a town that hates her. But this determined young widow with a scandalous past has learned how to be a... read more
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Characters edit
- Rachel Stone: Widow of fallen televangelist who is now destitute
- Gabe Bonner: Veterinarian and brother of Cal and Ethan, widower who's wife, Cherry, and son, Jamie, were killed in a car accident
- Ethan Bonner: Gabe's brother, a minister
- Dwayne G. Snopes: Rachel's deceased husband, was a televangelist
- Edward Stone: Rachel's and Dwayne's son
- Kristy Brown: Ethan's secretary
- Dr. Jane Darlington Bonner: Gabe's sister-in-law, Cal's wife
- Calvin "Cal" Bonner: Former Chicago Stars quarterback, brother of Gabe and Ethan, husband of Jane
- Carol Dennis: Deeply religious woman who holds a grudge against Rachel for corrupting G. Dwayne Snopes
- Bobby Dennis: Carol's teenage son
- Odell Hatcher: Head of Salvation's police department
- Emily Scudder: 4 yr old girl who is suffering from leukemia
- Lisa Scudder: Mother of Emily, Russ's estranged wife
- Russ Scudder: Former security guard for for G. Dwayne Snopes, Lisa's estranged husband
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“Maybe you've got God mixed up with Santa Claus.”
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“He was gruff and kind, clueless about some things, wise about others,”
Rachel Stone
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God was omnipotent, she saw, not in the way of earthly kings, but in the same way that love was omnipotent. Love was the greatest power, and God’s omnipotent power was the power of love.
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15 “Another waste of time,”
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6 In Ethan Bonner’s
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19 An hour later, they passed through black
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“Ironic, isn’t it, what religion does to people?” “I guess it’s more ironic what people do to religion.”
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13 I’m a fox. I’m a fox. I’m a fox. Kristy pressed
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3 Gabe turned at Ethan’s words. “What are you talking about?”
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12 Rachel got up before six the next morning,
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23 It was starting to get dark, so Cal tucked Chip under his arm and hauled
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7 After the incident in the snack shop, Rachel
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First Sentence edit
The last of Rachel Stone's luck ran out in front of the Pride of Carolina Drive-In.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 4 of 7 in Chicago Stars. (standard series)
Preceded by Nobody's Baby But Mine, and followed by This Heart of Mine.
This is book 53 of 100 in AAR Top 100 Romances 2010. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Sugar Daddy, and followed by Then Came You.
This is book 52 of 100 in AAR Top 100 Romances 2004. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Untie My Heart, and followed by The Secret.
This is book 47 of 100 in AAR Top 100 Romances 2000. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Lord Carew's Bride, and followed by Mackenzie's Pleasure.
This is book 12 of 105 in AAR Top 100 Romances 1998. (authoritative list)
This is book 22 of 109 in Top 109 Romance Novels (TheRomanceReader.com). (community list)
Preceded by Hummingbird, and followed by The Rake.
This is book 76 of 100 in AAR Top 100 Romances 2007. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Windflower, and followed by Frederica.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Susan Elizabeth Phillips (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Avon Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0380794470
Page Count: 400
Publisher: Avon Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1998
ISBN: 0380794470
Page Count: 400
Awards edit
- RITA Award (1999: Best Contemporary Single Title)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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