Book Review: A Very Special Delivery
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m31andyA Very Special Delivery by Linda Goodnight.
The blurb:
Our heroine, Molly McCreight, is a reclusive single woman, plagued with the death of her nephew, who died of SIDS a year before the opening of the book. Her sister blames her totally as little Zack was in Molly's care at the time. Molly blames herself as well. She longs for children, but doesn't think she can be trusted.
God intervenes, and sends her a baby to look after in the good Christian-approved way – by UPS. (well, the stork couldn't handle the growing obesity problem, don'tchaknow?) On a snowy, stormy night, single father Ethan Hunter and his baby daughter Laney have to deliver urgent cancer medicine to a man high up in the mountains. Ethan won't risk Laney any further on the roads so leaves her with a complete stranger to look after until he can get back.
Luckily, Molly isn't an axe murderer, just a screwed up woman who's convinced she's death to babies. Not the most inspiring of beginnings, but once Ethan makes it back to her cabin, he sets to work setting the world to rights, helping Molly get over her fear of babies and reconciling the sisters.
Actually, this isn't too bad in its insidious messages. Unlike the last book, Ethan has to change as well, and learn to trust women once more after the mother of his child had abandoned them (first in law, secondly in death), score one for the feminists. But then, Ethan had to obtain a court order to stop his girlfriend having a termination in the first place. Then he blamed her for dumping the baby on him after the birth. And this was before he had seen the Light and converted. Feminists, you can have that score back.
So, abortion is out. So is sex before marriage. Sleeping in the same house as each other is, as well. Ethan and Laney are confined to an old camper and dodgy stove while a severe ice storm rages in the mountains. Passionate kisses, though? Seems they're okay.
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There's two more Steeple Hill books to go, by the way. If I make the hat-trick without faltering, I might give you a bonus and review "Daddy's Home" by Debbie Kessler…
The blurb:
It was the surprise of a lifetime for recluse Molly McCreight when single dad Ethan Hunter entrusted her with his infant daughter while he delivered medicine to an elderly man during an ice storm. Past experience had taught Molly how fragile life could be, but she was touched by this stranger's faith in her abilities. Once the storm had passed, though, and her guests returned home, normalcy eluded Molly. The Hunters' presence had brought much-needed joy to her quiet world, but their absence threatened to crush her forever. Still, was she ready to admit that this tiny family held the key to the future she'd always secretly craved?You can tell this book is a Steeple Hill imprint before the first page, with its hand-picked bible quotation (this one Romans), yes this book is a mixture of piety, godbothering and feelings of love towards an individual. You'd've thought it'd be a difficult thing to balance, really.
Our heroine, Molly McCreight, is a reclusive single woman, plagued with the death of her nephew, who died of SIDS a year before the opening of the book. Her sister blames her totally as little Zack was in Molly's care at the time. Molly blames herself as well. She longs for children, but doesn't think she can be trusted.
God intervenes, and sends her a baby to look after in the good Christian-approved way – by UPS. (well, the stork couldn't handle the growing obesity problem, don'tchaknow?) On a snowy, stormy night, single father Ethan Hunter and his baby daughter Laney have to deliver urgent cancer medicine to a man high up in the mountains. Ethan won't risk Laney any further on the roads so leaves her with a complete stranger to look after until he can get back.
Luckily, Molly isn't an axe murderer, just a screwed up woman who's convinced she's death to babies. Not the most inspiring of beginnings, but once Ethan makes it back to her cabin, he sets to work setting the world to rights, helping Molly get over her fear of babies and reconciling the sisters.
Actually, this isn't too bad in its insidious messages. Unlike the last book, Ethan has to change as well, and learn to trust women once more after the mother of his child had abandoned them (first in law, secondly in death), score one for the feminists. But then, Ethan had to obtain a court order to stop his girlfriend having a termination in the first place. Then he blamed her for dumping the baby on him after the birth. And this was before he had seen the Light and converted. Feminists, you can have that score back.
So, abortion is out. So is sex before marriage. Sleeping in the same house as each other is, as well. Ethan and Laney are confined to an old camper and dodgy stove while a severe ice storm rages in the mountains. Passionate kisses, though? Seems they're okay.
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fiandyfic challenge: Slowly Ethan lowered her to the sand, pulled her close, and warmed her shivering lips with his.
There's two more Steeple Hill books to go, by the way. If I make the hat-trick without faltering, I might give you a bonus and review "Daddy's Home" by Debbie Kessler…
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Date: 2009-09-28 07:22 pm (UTC)WHICH IS IT? ;)
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Date: 2009-09-29 04:33 pm (UTC)(Or what that "we"???)
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Date: 2009-09-29 08:24 pm (UTC)I'm not sure who's piloting this handbasket we're in, but I suspect it's Drayce...XD
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