{"id":222,"date":"2011-06-20T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-20T11:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/to-win-her-heart-by-karen-witemeyer.html"},"modified":"2011-06-20T11:06:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-20T11:06:00","slug":"to-win-her-heart-by-karen-witemeyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/to-win-her-heart-by-karen-witemeyer\/","title":{"rendered":"To Win Her Heart By Karen Witemeyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Win-Her-Heart-Karen-Witemeyer\/dp\/0764207571\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1308566853&#038;sr=8-1\">To Win Her Heart<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.karenwitemeyer.com\/\">Karen Witemeyer<br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-b7dQXjn6xF0\/Tf8mDCOP6nI\/AAAAAAAAEbk\/wLsEowtZgnk\/s1600\/to%2Bwin%2Bher%2Bheart.jpg\" style=\"margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"232\" width=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-b7dQXjn6xF0\/Tf8mDCOP6nI\/AAAAAAAAEbk\/wLsEowtZgnk\/s400\/to%2Bwin%2Bher%2Bheart.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><b>What will people say?<\/b> <b>Have you ever hesitated about associating yourself with someone with a questionable past because you were worried about your own reputation? Have you ever worried about what other people would think, instead of helping\/befriending someone less fortunate because you didn&#8217;t want it to tarnish your good-standing within the community? That&#8217;s one question that ran through my mind while reading this book. Leave your responses to these questions in the comments.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Spinster Eden Spencer runs her own library out of her home. She&#8217;s wealthy and since she&#8217;s been painfully jilted in the past, she doesn&#8217;t have any romantic relationships. Instead, she finds solace amoung her book stacks. She also loves reading stories to children every week and she loves flowers. <\/p>\n<p>However, Eden&#8217;s non-romantic life changes when tall, strong, and handsome Levi Grant comes to town, hired as the new blacksmith. Levi has some ghosts in his past, he&#8217;s just gotten out of prison, and he used to be a prize fighter. It&#8217;s a life he&#8217;s left behind and he finds himself smitten with Eden and her library. Born with a shaming lisp, Levi takes his time with his speech, choosing to use words that do not have the <u>S<\/u> sound. Eden mistakenly assumes Levi is dim-witted since he speaks so slowly. Can these two overcome their differences and learn to love one another?<\/p>\n<p>This book dealt with the issue of helping those with unfortunate pasts. In one part, Levi rescues a prostitute&#8217;s daughter, Chloe. Levi brings Chloe to Eden since she doesn&#8217;t have anyplace to live. Eden hesitates, not wanting to mar her repuation by hiring a prostitute&#8217;s daughter to do her housework. Levi convinces her to do the right thing and, as a result, she&#8217;s ostracized in the town. The town exhibited very un-Christian behavior in spite of their regular church attendance, which is sadly, very realistic behavior for a lot of Christians. <\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed this novel and felt that the blacksmith\/librarian romance added a fresh twist to this romance novel.<\/p>\n<p><i><b><a href=\"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\">~Cecelia Dowdy~<\/a><br \/><\/b><br \/><\/i> <\/p>\n<p>Book description:<br \/><i><b>Eden Spencer has sworn off men, choosing instead to devote her time to the library she runs. But when the town&#8217;s new blacksmith captures her interest, she steels herself against the attraction he provokes. As his hesitant manner and hidden depths break her resolve, will she allow a tarnished hero to win her heart?<\/b><\/i><\/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>To Win Her Heart by Karen Witemeyer What will people say? 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