A Soldier's Heart (The Flanagans, Book 7) (Larger Print Love Inspired #396) [Mass Market Paperback]

Marta Perry (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2007

Wounded army officer Luke Marino was sent home, his career, his spirit shattered. Now he wanted only to be left alone, refusing even the physical therapy he needed.

But Mary Kate Flanagan Donnelly, a widow with two children to raise on her own, needed Luke's case to prove herself as a capable therapist. Despite the revival of feelings she thought dormant since their high school romance, she was determined to help the stubborn hero and keep matters strictly business....

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Steeple Hill (May 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0373813104
• ISBN-13: 978-0373813100
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 4.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,144,423 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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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great story in the Flanagan series, May 20, 2007

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Barbara Warren - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Soldier's Heart (The Flanagans, Book 7) (Love Inspired #396) (Mass Market Paperback)

Home from Iraq and seriously wounded, Luke Marino is in a wheelchair and sure his life is over. His men are going into battle without him, and he blames himself for his injuries, feeling he let his squad down. Luke is so depressed he has given up, sure he'll never walk again. He even refuses to do the physical therapy he needs so badly. All he wants is to just be left alone.

Enter Mary Kate Flanagan Donnelly, a widow with two children. She dated Luke in high school, and he's her first case as a physical therapist. She needs this job, and she's determined not to let Luke run her off. Mary Kate doesn't let him get by with a thing, but the more they clash, the more she realizes she's thinking about him in a personal way.

Maybe it's because I'm so proud of our men and women in uniform, but Luke Marino and his struggles against overwhelming odds gripped my heart. I always enjoy Marta Perry's Flanagan series, but this one was special.

4.0 out of 5 stars A Solder's Heart, June 10, 2011

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Rin - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Soldier's Heart (The Flanagans) (Kindle Edition)

I just love this whole series, praising father's. I am hooked on Marta PerryBuried Sins (Three Sisters Inn, Book 3) (Steeple Hill Love Inspired Suspense #80)