Hide & Seek [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Catherine Palmer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 2003

Hide and Seek is the sequel to Finders Keepers. Written by best-selling author Catherine Palmer, this romance novel celebrates life and love. It clearly shows that despite our desire to hide from life, the only safe hiding place is in God. Author Catherine Palmer is an award-winning fiction writer in both the general and religious markets. Sales of her twenty books have exceeded one million copies! This latest work is sure to please fiction lovers of all ages.

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Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Catherine Palmer lives in Missouri with her husband, Tim, and sons Geoffrey and Andrei. She is a graduate of Southwest Baptist University and holds a master's degree in English from Baylor University. Her first book was published in 1988. Since then she has published nearly forty novels, many of them national bestsellers. Catherine has won numerous awards for her writing, including the Christy Award, the highest honor in Christian fiction. Twice she has been nominated for the Romantic Times Career Achievement Award. Total sales of her novels number nearly two million copies. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 392 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Press (December 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786257857
• ISBN-13: 978-0786257850
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,361,874 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Catherine Palmer lives in Atlanta with her husband, Tim, where they serve as missionaries in a refugee community. They have two grown sons. Cathy is a graduate of Southwest Baptist University and holds a master's degree in English from Baylor University. Her first book was published in 1988. Since then she has published over 50 novels, many of them national best sellers. Catherine has won numerous awards for her writing, including the Christy Award, the highest honor in Christian fiction. In 2004, she was given the Career Achievement Award for Inspirational Romance by "Romantic Times BOOKreviews" magazine. More than 2 million copies of Catherine's novels are currently in print.

With her compelling characters and strong message of Christian faith, Catherine is known for writing fiction that "touches the hearts and souls of readers." Her many collections include A Town Called Hope, Treasures of the Heart, Finders Keepers, English Ivy, and the Miss Pickworth series. Catherine also recently coauthored the Four Seasons fiction series with Gary Chapman, the "New York Times" best-selling author of "The Five Love Languages."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not really a "sequel", November 5, 2001

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J. Peterson "jenpeterson" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hide and Seek (Finders Keepers #2) (Paperback)

I picked up this book because it was billed as the sequel to "Finders Keepers" but it isn't a sequel in my definition. The main characters in "Finders Keepers" are relegated to minor characters in this book and the focus is on Luke Easton and Darcy.

What struck me in this book was the situation Ruby McCann. Without giving it away, once you finish the book, and you reflect on the series as a whole, some of Ruby's actions in "Finders Keepers" will make some sense.

The bitterness that Will feels toward Darcy for the murder of his son, no matter how justified, illustrates how hate and vengeance can twist a person's personality and soul. Buck shows Darcy that even the worse things in a person can be redeemed. Through Luke, Darcy realizes that there are men in the world who are decent and loving; and Darcy shows Luke that it's ok to crawl out from under the burden of grief.

This was a good book, and I would recommend it to anyone, although you should read "Finders Keepers" first, I don't think it's a requirement--none of the true surprises in "Finders Keepers" are given away in "Hide & Seek."

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hide and Seek, April 4, 2001

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Gina Schlatter (Hicksville, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hide and Seek (Finders Keepers #2) (Paperback)

I really enjoyed the sequel to Finders Keepers. Darcy's past was different from most characters that you read about. It was neat that she was able to over come her past and try to go on. Most main characters you read about if they ever were in jail, it was because they were wrongly accused. Rarely, do you find a christian romance where the woman was put in jail for a murder she really did commit. I also liked that Buck was able to realize what she wanted and why, and tried to keep his father from harassing Darcy. I would advise to read Finder's Keepers before reading this one. It will help to understand some of the minor characters better.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unusual, November 6, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Hide and Seek (Finders Keepers #2) (Paperback)

This is a very different romance book, from what I've read in the past. The female lead character Darcy actually was in jail for 6 years and of course became a christian there, after they let her out of jail she moves to a small town to start over her life. Very unusual, I've never read about a lead female character in a romance book, being in jail and learning how to move on. I really liked reading it because its very different, and the romance part of it is good too.