Heart of the Matter (Love Inspired Larger Print) [Large Print] [Mass Market Paperback]

Marta Perry (Author)

Book Description

Series: Love Inspired Larger Print | Publication Date: February 1, 2010

Amanda Bondine's Boss is so...bossy!

The hard-nosed newspaperman will only assign reporter Amanda Bodine fluff pieces about dog shows. She longs to prove herself with a serious front-page story. But then her own family becomes newsworthy. Suddenly, Ross Lockhart is sitting beside her at Sunday dinner, interviewing her relatives. And he almost seems...like part of the family. Until she realizes he's after information that will tarnish the Bodine name! Time to teach the boss about the real heart of the matter: love.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Steeple Hill; Lgr edition (February 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373814550
• ISBN-13: 978-0373814558
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,457,321 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

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Much better than the first!, October 21, 2011

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M. Palmer "Michelle P." (Arkansas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heart of the Matter (Love Inspired) (Kindle Edition)

I must admit, that when I first started reading this book, I HATED Ross Lockhart!I thought he was cocky, self-righteous, self-centered, and very narrow minded!!!

First of all, we have Amanda Bodine, the cousin of Georgia (from the first book). Amanda works for a mean boss who gives her only easy assignments, such as covering a dog show, etc. Though she's asked for tougher assignments, he sees her as a southern belle incapable of doing any real work. But when Ross learns there could be a breaking story in the Bodine family, he suddenly warms up to her to get closer to her family...

Now, let's talk about Ross. He'll do almost ANYTHING to get the "big one" in his newspaper. That's because he was fired and his name smeared in the press business after a story he wrote turned out to be wrong. Ross is now out to get a big story and will do almost anything for it!

Then suddenly, Ross and Amanda started liking each other. I must admit I didn't see it...I'm not sure what attracted them to each other. One minute they hated each other, and the next moment, Ross wondered what it would be like to cover her lips with his! I'm not sure what sparked the romance, but it happened all the same...

The romance seemed to be lacking the spark, but I must admit that the ending gave me goosebumps so they must have made me a believer at some point in the story...

But the reason this story got a five is because of the sub-plot of Amanda's father. That was the most interesting part and the mystery kept me on the edge of my seat until the very end!!!

Another subplot - the uncle wasn't really that interesting for me. I still don't quite understand why a small tiff with his father would cause Ned to go to such measures changing his name and hiding from the family all these years...