A Father's Place (Hometown Heroes, Book 4) (Love Inspired #153) [Mass Market Paperback]

Marta Perry (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2001

THE PRODIGAL FATHER COMES HOME….

Summoned home for a family emergency, engineer Quinn Forrester could no longer ignore a painful past. And though he didn't plan on staying long, it seemed his precocious daughter had been praying to God a lot lately…and decided He wanted her daddy to marry Sunday school teacher Ellie Wayne.

Drawn to the handsome widower, Ellie yearned to ease his burden with everything in her heart. But she feared that her most closely guarded secret could drive Quinn away. Now she sought a miracle. For if God truly meant for them to become a family, He'd somehow show Quinn where he belonged….

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Steeple Hill (October 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373871600
• ISBN-13: 978-0373871605
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,508,411 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I realized I wanted to be a writer at age eight, when I read my first Nancy Drew novel, The Secret of the Old Clock. Most little girl reach the end of that book wanting to be Nancy. I wanted to be the person who created the story!
The dream lay hidden for years while I became a teacher, married, had children...all the usual things. But eventually it re-surfaced, and I began to write, beginning with short children's stories for Sunday school take-home papers. It seemed a long time until that first acceptance, but eventually I began to sell. After some three hundred published short stories, I finally found the courage to work on the novel I'd always wanted to write.
Thirty-some published novels later, I still feel the same excitement every time I begin a new book--a mix of not believing I can do it combined with an overwhelming urge to see the story on the page.
A lifetime spent in rural Pennsylvania and my own Pennsylvania Dutch roots eventually led me to the books I'm writing now about the Amish. The Pleasant Valley Amish series from Berkley Books are longer, more complex emotional stories with Amish main characters, while my forthcoming HQN suspense novels are more adventure-filled books set in Pennsylvania Dutch country. I'm also writing a Love Inspired series, The Bodine Family, set on the South Carolina coast where we have a second home.
When I'm not writing, I'm busy with church activities, traveling, and spending time with my three children and six beautiful grandchildren.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Father's Place Love Inspired # 153, April 7, 2004

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Merry Reader "Sissy" (Indianapolis IN USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Father's Place (Hometown Heroes, Book 4) (Love Inspired #153) (Mass Market Paperback)

~Quinn Forrester has a little girl Kristie, Kristie loves her Sunday school teacher Ellie Wayne.
Quinn wanted to find out why Kristie talked about Charles Wayne Ellie's father.
Quinn doesn't like the fact that his mother Gwen is seeing a lot of Charles. So he decides to jump down Ellie's throat about it. What no one knows is that Kristie is praying for God to get Ellie and Quinn together, so she can have a mother as well as a father.
I like Marta Perry, she doesn't preach at you and her books~~ are interesting, although predictable, lets face it if they didn't live happy ever after I wouldn't read the book.~

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Inspiratonal Romance, September 28, 2001

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Lisa A Ramaglia - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Father's Place (Hometown Heroes, Book 4) (Love Inspired #153) (Mass Market Paperback)

A FATHER'S PLACE is the fist of Marta Perry's books I've read, and it was wonderful. It was one of the few inspirational books I've read that don't preach at you or go on and on with scripture. The elements of faith were subtle but there, as it is in my own life, and didn't drag attention away from the characters and their struggles with forgiveness and trust--in themselves and in God. Definitely pick this one up; it's a book you don't want to miss.