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Breach of Promise
by
James Scott Bell (Goodreads Author)
How far will a father go to get back his only daughter? And how will he survive in a legal system that crushes those who can't afford to fight back?Mark Gillen has the storybook life other men dream of, complete with a beautiful wife and an adoring five-year-old daughter. Then his wife announces she's leaving him. And taking their daughter with her. The other man is a famo...more
Paperback, 345 pages
Published
February 10th 2004
by Zondervan Publishing Company
(first published February 1st 2004)
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From the moment I picked up this book, I couldn't put it down. It's the story of a struggling actor who loses everything due the lies and deceit of others but finally finds peace and hope in Christ. The trial lawyer author skillfully relates interviews and courtroom scenes. So seemingly hopeless was the plight of the main character, Mark, that I found myself praying for his life to come together and his halting prayers to be answered. The only thing not true to form about this book was Mark's pl...more
This was one of those books I am glad I picked up. I try to read Christian books due to the fact being a Christian, but so many fail to entertain me or speak to me. Sure, there are parts in every Christian book that will have a verse or line or two that hits me, but nothing that stays with me.
I love that the main character doesn't know much about Christ and becomes a Christian through his ordeal is such an example of real-life. When we have reached the end of our rope, and possibly think there...more
I love that the main character doesn't know much about Christ and becomes a Christian through his ordeal is such an example of real-life. When we have reached the end of our rope, and possibly think there...more
Good read that captures your interest immediately and holds you till the end which has a great message of God’s forgiveness and reconciliation. I felt myself going through a lot of emotions as the father, a striving Hollywood actor struggles to gain custody of his daughter and digs a himself a deeper hole at each turn of the page. The father is a very real guy with lots of anger issues who is his own worst enemy. You root for him and I found myself constantly trying to imagine what I’d do in his...more
I had no idea what this book was about when I started reading. The story line sucked me in right away & I couldn't put it down. I kept waiting for the main character to come to faith & just when I thought the story line couldn't get worse for this guy it did and still he didn't quite turn to God!! I was just beginning to think he wasn't gonna get when he did. Of course by then it was almost the end. Made me realize no matter how bleak the situation looks God really can turn it around.
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TERRIFIC INSIGHT INTO THE DIFFICULTIES OF MARRIAGE WHEN EACH PARENT HAS A CAREER, AND ONE GOES THEIR SEPARATE WAY WHILE THE OTHER CONTINUES BEING A LOVING PARENT TO A PRE-SCHOOLER. I LEARNED THE DIFFICULTIES FACING A FATHER TRYING TO RAISE A YOUNG DAUGHTER, INCLUDING HIS ANGER AGAINST SOCIETY, THE JUDICAL COURTS, IN-LAW ISSUES AND OTHER REAL-LIFE CALAMITIES THAT OCCUR BECAUSE OF UTTERLY SELFISH BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDES.
I liked the book and how it dealt with religion and also the issues of a man losing his marrige and family. So often you read about the woman not the man and this was a nice turn. I also like the first person way it was wrote. It makes you feel like it was a diary almost and you ar reading a real persons life. Because a lot of what goes on in the book may hit home to a lot of people.
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This was an incredible book that I couldn't put down. It was full of Gods message of grace and forgivness. The father became everything a good christian father and husband should aspire to be.
Loved this book. I could barely put it down. I got so involved with the main character. Bell does an excellent job in keeping the reader wanting more. I can't wait to read more of his books.
The premise is good and the characters well written. The second half gets a little wordy and then the end is wrapped up rather quickly, but an interesting story of faith and love.
One of the best... Could not put it down. Engaging and realist story. This author is definitely one of my favorites.
Heart-wrenching and faith inspiring
OK, wordy and preachy at times.
Loved it!!!!
Wonderful story of a father's love for his daughter. T
One father's struggle to gain custody of his daughter.
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Really enjoy his books
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Jim is a former trial lawyer who now writes and speaks full time. He is the bestselling author of Try Dying, No Legal Grounds, Presumed Guilty, Glimpses of Paradise, Breach of Promise and several other thrillers. He is a winner of the Christy Award for Excellence in Inspirational Fiction, and was a fiction columnist for Writers Digest magazine. He has written two books in the Writers' Digest serie...more
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