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Hearts Afire (The Flanagans, Book 5) (Larger Print Love Inspired #380)

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Terry Flanagan, follows family tradition by coming a firefighter. Terry is impulsive, compassionate, and short of patience. A young migrant girl, Manuela, has touched her heart, and she wants to open a clinic to help the migrant workers.

Dr. Jake Landsdowne is an unwelcome guest from Terry's past. Two years ago they were involved in a situation that caused the death of a young woman who was stalking him. The fallout destroyed his carreer and sent Terry scurrying back home. Now Jake has been assigned by the hospital to oversee the clinic she wants to open. He is getting his career back on track and is determined to not let anything get in his way. Unfortunately, Terry keeps throwing up roadblocks in his road to success.

Marta Perry is the author of many books and she has a gift of pulling the reader into the story. Her series about the lively Flanagan famiily have kept fans entertained through a list of fascinating characters. The plotting is skillful and the faith message subtle but clear. The plight of migrant workers in America is a situation ripe for trouble. People with no chance of justice are locked into a lifestyle they have no hope of escaping. Marta Perry does a great job of revealing this problem. If you like the Flanagan's, this is one book you won't want to miss.

This one is Terry's story in the series of the Flanagan fire-fighter family.
Two years ago, Terry was involved in a case where the victim died. The doctor on duty (Dr. Jake Landsdowne) blamed her and her team for their incompetence. It also turns out that the doctor had a relationship with the victim at the time of her death. The fallout of the death severely damaged his career and caused Terry to doubt herself.
After having started over in her hometown, Terry meets some migrant workers and wants to open a clinic for their specific needs and the hospital assigns a doctor to oversee the clinic: enter Dr. Jake Landsdowne who is trying to forget the past and his part in the death on the girl.
Of course they butt heads from the get-go as Jake has not acknowledged his wrong by Terry and Terry is still haunted by their past. Despite this though, Terry forces herself to be a good Christian to Jake who begins to see that Terry would do her uttermost to save her victims.
The book lost one star because at the end I felt that Jake should have professed his feelings and apologized much more profusely to Terry. Very good read otherwise.

All the Marta Perry books are heartwarming and difficult to put down. The book I ordered was used, but in good condition. It was shipped immediately and received quickly.