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Todd Valmer should have known better. A farmer who's been through several disasters, he travels to Virginia to fetch his widowed mother to cook and help him around his Texas farm...or that was the plan until she keels over on the train and they get kicked off. Maggie Rose barters for a living and also makes soaps, lotions, and perfumes with a special rose recipe passed down from mother to daughter for generations. She hasn't wanted to marry...until that handsome Texan shows up. Her heart skips a beat, and when he proposes, a hasty marriage follows.
What ensues, however, is a clash of culture and a battle of wills--and it's clear they both mistook instant attraction and infatuation for love. As their marriage loses its sparkle and fills with disillusionment, Todd and Maggie must determine what is worth fighting for. He dreams of a farm. Maggie wants to fulfill the family tradition with her rose perfumes. Todd's mother, however, has entirely different plans for her son that do not include Maggie. In light of their hasty marriage and mistaken dreams, is there any hope of recapturing their love and building a future together?
What ensues, however, is a clash of culture and a battle of wills--and it's clear they both mistook instant attraction and infatuation for love. As their marriage loses its sparkle and fills with disillusionment, Todd and Maggie must determine what is worth fighting for. He dreams of a farm. Maggie wants to fulfill the family tradition with her rose perfumes. Todd's mother, however, has entirely different plans for her son that do not include Maggie. In light of their hasty marriage and mistaken dreams, is there any hope of recapturing their love and building a future together?
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Cathy Marie Hake is a licensed nurse who worked for many years in an oncology unit before shifting her focus to perinatal care. The author of over twenty novels, she lives with her husband in Anaheim, California.
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Another winner from Cathy Marie Hake!, Dec 27 2010
By Susan Snodgrass "Book Lover" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Serendipity (Paperback)
I have read all her books and they just keep getting better and better. This offering carries a deeper spiritual theme than the others and it really ministered to me in an area that needed the message in this book.Maggie Rose is a wonderful woman, full of love and joy. She marries Todd Valmer and moveds to Gooding, TX, where several earlier books are set. They don't love each other and his mother is to live with them, having suffered a stroke and needing care. This is one of the reasons Todd married Maggie. When they arrive at his house, it is just one room! His mother is hateful and mean spirited toward Maggie, not believing she is good enough wife material for her son. Maggie stays cheerful and full of the grace of God through everything thrown her way. There is a lot more to the story and I won't give anymore away, but this book can teach a person how a child of God is supposed to live. I absolutely loved itg!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not her best!, Mar 26 2011
By Lilipad - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Serendipity (Paperback)
I am a die hard Cathy Marie hake fan, i have read her books backwards and fowards many times. And i waited for a year for this book, but this was not Hake who wrote it. The book did not flow well: from the problems that Maggie and Todd had, to the basic plot. I did not see the evidence of my favorite author there.Though, this book had it's charming points, it lacked background needed to get the readers to see the developing love between Maggie and Todd. It was like one day Maggie loved Todd and the next she wanted to get away from him. Or she decided not to chase him, yet you didn't get a feel that he actually cared what happened to her. It was really truly a mess.
My advice is to read it and see what you think, but for me there were some parts that was truly the Hake magic that i know and love, and the other that screamed "This is the first time i've ever written a book!". Harsh i know, but sadly true. At any rate i still love her and can't wait to read her next book, she's too precious an author to lose.
Hey we all have some bad days right? :D
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This is a wonderfully written book, Dec 16 2010
By cathy marie fam - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Serendipity (Paperback)
Cathy Marie Hake brings out the best in each of her books. They always leave me wanting to continue with the life of each character. Her writting makes me feel like I am in the story. The way she writes Maggie's hillbilly twang just makes the whole story even better. Anytime I pick up a book by Cathy Marie Hake I can't put it down. This story is connected to a string of books about a Fictional town called Gooding. Please start with the book, Fancy Pants, Forevermore, then, Whirlwind, That certain spark. the characters show up in each of the following books as part of the town. so enjoy/
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