{"id":1061,"date":"2007-08-28T01:03:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-28T01:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/unlikely-hero-by-marta-perry.html"},"modified":"2007-08-28T01:03:00","modified_gmt":"2007-08-28T01:03:00","slug":"unlikely-hero-by-marta-perry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2007\/08\/unlikely-hero-by-marta-perry\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlikely Hero By Marta Perry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/RtN1FKMsa9I\/AAAAAAAAAfM\/HOPv-M026Ww\/s1600-h\/unlikely+hero.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/RtN1FKMsa9I\/AAAAAAAAAfM\/HOPv-M026Ww\/s400\/unlikely+hero.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103551534238297042\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ISBN: 0373872976<br \/>ISBN-13: 9780373872978<br \/>Format: Mass Market Paperback, 256pp<br \/>Publisher: Steeple Hill Books<br \/>Series: Steeple Hill Love Inspired Series, #287<\/p>\n<p>This book was released the same month that my Love Inspired novel, First Mates, was released. <\/p>\n<p>Claire Delany is a successful executive assistant. Her job means everything to her, and she doesn&#8217;t want to do anything to ruffle her strict boss&#8217;s feathers. However, she harbors a dark secret: she was the victim of abuse, and she&#8217;s lost a lot from her pain and suffering.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Brendan Flanagan is smitten with Claire. As they work together to plan the wedding of Claire&#8217;s best friend, Nolie, and Brendan&#8217;s cousin, their attraction deepens. However, Brendan has secrets of his own. When he discovers that Claire was an abuse victim, he&#8217;s forced to come to terms with his own abusive childhood.<\/p>\n<p>Claire is also forced to think about her past as she and Brendan help an abused pregnant teenager and her overbearing, violent boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p>The author did an awesome job with creating a strong conflict. I enjoyed reading about how Claire and Brendan overcame these conflicts as they finally learned to love one another.<\/p>\n<p>This book is the second in the Flanagan series. I read the first one and it&#8217;s just as good. In the first book the hero is injured in while doing his firefighting duties. <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/RtN3oqMsa-I\/AAAAAAAAAfU\/bgf5H_i-itY\/s1600-h\/hero+in+her+heart.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_l0Jv-SLk81k\/RtN3oqMsa-I\/AAAAAAAAAfU\/bgf5H_i-itY\/s400\/hero+in+her+heart.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103554343146908642\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a result, he has unpredictable seizures. He needs a seizure dog and Nolie, his future love interest, trains dogs for handicapped individuals. I recall Nolie had terrible and negative experiences with religion, which is why she shunned God. This book was also a good read, and I highly recommend this one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\">Cecelia Dowdy<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISBN: 0373872976ISBN-13: 9780373872978Format: Mass Market Paperback, 256ppPublisher: Steeple Hill BooksSeries: Steeple Hill Love Inspired Series, #287 This book was released the same month that my Love Inspired novel, First Mates, was released. Claire Delany is a successful executive assistant. 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