At The Heart'S Command (A Place Called Home) (Silhouette 1350 : a Place Called Home) [Paperback]

Patricia McLinn (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Silhouette; Special edition (September 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373243502
• ISBN-13: 978-0373243501
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,033,293 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

My readers say my books are "warm and witty", "down to earth", "poignant", with characters who "live and breathe" and "hit the sweet spot" of "laughter and tears."

I hope you'll find all that in reading the e-books I'm now offering through Kindle and www.AWritersWork.com

As for me, I had a great Midwestern childhood, though I did run away from home once - heading for Hollywood. Alas, Dairy Queen came before the train station, seriously depleting capital. Otherwise I surely would have been the only Oscar-winning screenplay writer under ten.

Instead, I followed the normal education track: BA and MSJ from Northwestern. Not quite as normal (especially way back then), I became a sports writer. It's great training for writing - dialogue, character, motivation, conflict, goals. All that went into my Winter Olympic-set "gold-medal winner" THE GAMES (www.patriciamclinn.com/games2010): Medals can be won, careers can be made, hearts can be lost in the sixteen days of the Winter Olympics.

Plus, I didn't have to get up early.

After being a sports writer for the Rockford (Ill.) Register Star and assistant sports editor at the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, I moved to the Washington Post. That's when I started writing novels -- it all has to do with dried wallpaper paste. (For the full story, see www.PatriciaMcLinn.com)

A couple decades there and 25 books published, and I headed back to the Midwest to write full-time and enjoy the unfolding twists and turns of my plotline.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I can't wait for the next book in this series, September 2, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: At The Heart'S Command (A Place Called Home) (Silhouette 1350 : a Place Called Home) (Paperback)

I loved the first book in this series (Lost and Found Groom) and now I'm looking forward to the third (Hidden in a Heartbeat) even more. The premise tying them together is a legend, and a curse, and a continuing cast of warm, wonderful characters. The best thing about At the Heart's Command? It gave me a whole new appreciation of hanging up laundry!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, February 2, 2001

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This review is from: At The Heart'S Command (A Place Called Home) (Silhouette 1350 : a Place Called Home) (Paperback)

In this, the second book of the "A Place Called Home" mini-series, Patricia McLinn works out the second part of a curse that has haunted the Susland family for five generations. Indeed, this generation is the last hope for ending the curse.

Colonel John Griffin Junior, Grif, always accepts tough, smart assignments intended to advance his career. Advancing quickly through the ranks, Grif forms no personal ties or commitments that could waylay his career. So when Grif declines an opportunity to join the White House liaison team and request leave instead, he seemingly acts totally out of character. Truthfully, his heart formed ties that he abandoned fifteen months ago. Failing miserably to regain control of his heart, Grif doesn't return to Far Hills Ranch until his aunt's letters inform of the rough situation the object of his desire has endured.

Married life hadn't been all she wanted it to be, but Ellyn tried hard to make her husband Dale happy. When he served notice that he was giving her one last chance before he divorces her, Dale moved his family back to Far Hills Ranch. Ellyn was unsuccessful in contacting her childhood friend, and her husband's best friend, Grif before the move. As a result, following Dale's unexpected death, she and her children felt terribly abandoned by the man who had once been indispensable in all of their lives.

When Grif returns to far Hills Ranch, both he and Ellyn must face the extraordinary attraction between them. They also must overcome the past-other's words, and their own guilt and pain if they wish to forge a relationship. While both are determined to keep their hearts under control, they very well may learn that we are all at the heart's command.

With a flair and style unique to this storyteller's pen, McLinn creates a believable world of love and family with the "A Place Called Home" miniseries. In a family plagued by unexpected death, ending the curse promises a new future for all the Suslands. The first part of the curse was lifted in LOST AND FOUND GROOM, and a satisfying conclusion is reached in HIDDEN IN A HEARTBEAT. Reading the books either separate or together is guaranteed to satisfy lovers of the western romance. Highly recommended!