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Unexpected Love (Seasons of Redemption #3)
Nurse Lorenna Fields always took her job at Chicago's Lakeview Hospital seriously, determining never to become personally involved with her patients. Then a mysterious man with eyes like onyx is admitted after a shipwreck on Lake Michigan. He has lost his memory and sight. Renna feels a special kinship with this man and soon dubs him Mr. Blackeyes. Soon the two build a str...more
Paperback, 290 pages
Published
January 4th 2011
by Realms
(first published 1998)
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Lorenna Fields is a nurse back in 1866 and lives in Chicago and she had nursed in the civil war and saw everything, so nothing bothered her. One of her patients was a man that had been found in the water and he or no one else knew who he was. If you have read the first book you will know who he is, but Lorenna (Renna) as she is called from her on out, called him Mr Blackeyes. Renna got very attached to her patients and the other nurses didn't like her because of that, but she could not help it,...more
"Unexpected Love" is a historical romance (with the emphasis on the romance) set in 1866 in Chicago and Milwaukee. This book is the third in the series, but you can understand it even if you haven't read the previous novels. However, the main characters in the second novel play a large role in this novel, and the male lead in this novel was a main character in the previous novel, so this novel does "spoil" the previous one.
The romance was predictable; I never doubted they'd get together and it h...more
The romance was predictable; I never doubted they'd get together and it h...more
Jan 06, 2011
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When you find an author that you absolutely love, love, love, you want ALL their books for your bookshelf. And that's just the kind of author that I've found in Ms. Boeshaar. Unwilling Warrior and Uncertain Heart were fabulous additions to this Season of Redemption series but, in my honest opinion, I feel like Unexpected Love outshines them both. It's full of meaning and depth and takes the reader on a roller coaster ride back into Historical Chicago, and ends up at unexpected emotional feelings...more
I fell in love with this story. A amnesia patient, Mr. Blackeyes, who can't see, a nurse, Renna, who has a birthmark on her face that believes she is unlovable because of her birthmark. In caring for Mr. Blackeyes she begins to care for him and believe that he could actually care for her. Mr. Blackeyes, who was quite the scoundrel before his accident that brought him into the hospital, yet through Renna's care and her father's conversations with him, he becomes a Christian and sees that what he...more
Renna is a fantastic character. Strong willed, capable and beautiful, she is burdened by the very noticeable birthmark on her face. Believing that no man will love her because of it, she dedicates her life to nursing. "Mr. Blackeyes" is the blind amnesiac she falls in love with. As he regains his sight, Renna's fear is that her face will turn him away.
"Mr. Blackeyes" is the rogue turned believer, who wishes to change his ways as he remembers and regrets his past actions. Can he convince Renna th...more
"Mr. Blackeyes" is the rogue turned believer, who wishes to change his ways as he remembers and regrets his past actions. Can he convince Renna th...more
Andrea Boeshaar is a new favorite author of mine. Yes I liked Unwilling Warrior and Uncertain Heart but this book just confirmed why I'm adding Ms. Boeshaar's books to my "must read" list. First the hero who we met in book 2, Uncertain Heart was...well a rake (my favorite) who in this book, gets reformed! Second the heroine is realisticlly flawed. She's far from being a perfect beauty and lacks in confidence like a lot of young women today who fear letting love in. And thirdly, this is just an a...more
Tour Date: January 6, 2011
Renna is a nurse and one of her patients was in a horrible boating accident that left him blind and with amnesia.
This beautiful man is a John Doe and Renna names him Mr. Blackeyes because (his eyes) "They’re as black as pitch and as shiny as polished stones."
Renna gets to know him and tries not to fall for him because she knows once he see's her, he will be like all the others. But later on, what he does, is beautiful and a great story of love and redemption.
Highly re...more
Renna is a nurse and one of her patients was in a horrible boating accident that left him blind and with amnesia.
This beautiful man is a John Doe and Renna names him Mr. Blackeyes because (his eyes) "They’re as black as pitch and as shiny as polished stones."
Renna gets to know him and tries not to fall for him because she knows once he see's her, he will be like all the others. But later on, what he does, is beautiful and a great story of love and redemption.
Highly re...more
I liked the fourth book in the series more, but this was a sweet, fast read that sucked me in and kept me entertained. Renna's stubborn obsession with her birthmark and the skewed view of herself it produced made me at first sympathetic and then later impatient, and Brian's deceit seemed a little forced for plot/conflict purposes, but other than that I liked it. I do wish the children could've played more of a part of the story, though; the short glimpses provided, especially of the girls, weren...more
Loreena Fields takes her nursing duties at Chicago's Mercy Hospital seriously. Nursing is more than healing the body, it's healing the mind and the soul. A half-drowned man enters her ward and she feels for him. He cannot see and he cannot remember. Dubbed, "Mr. Blackeyes" she asks her family to pray for him and visit with him when their schedule allows.
Time Period: Post Civil War, 1866
Location: Chicago, Illinois & Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Time Period: Post Civil War, 1866
Location: Chicago, Illinois & Milwaukee, Wisconsin
I absolutely loved the original Heartsong presents version of this book. I had lost it and was so happy that it was available for Kindle. I was disappointed to realize that the story had been changed by adding to it and slightly changing the story line. It was still a good book, but I think the extra content was necessary and did I didn't enjoy the story quite as much.
I am thoroughtly enjoying this series ... can't wait until the 4th one comes out ... May 11. This is a tail of faith and love. It is about a Captain who is given a second chance. It is a heart rending tale of a man who can have any woman he wants and a woman no man has ever wanted because of a birthmark. What a beautiful story!
Unbelievable, cliff-hanging drama, at the end! Well-worth the read until 2:00 a.m. I was sad to finally finish and may very well start all 3 over again; even though I now know how each one ends.
This book was good. I thought the author spent too much time writing about Renna's insecurities even after she found out how Brian really felt about her.
Loved this love story! Enjoyed Brian's transformation from a pirate to a Christian! Wonderful characters!
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Cute but a little slow but a pretty good story line
Oct 21, 2012
Sahara *Wants to be thrown against wall and ravage Dawn
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Renna is a nurse and one of her patients was in a horrible boating accident that left him blind and with amnesia.
This beautiful man is a John Doe and Renna names him Mr. Blackeyes because (his eyes) "They���re as black as pitch and as shiny as polished stones."
Renna gets to know him and tries not to fall for him because she knows once he see's her, he will be like all the others. But later on, what he does, is beautiful and a great story of love and redemption.
Highly...more
Renna is a nurse and one of her patients was in a horrible boating accident that left him blind and with amnesia.
This beautiful man is a John Doe and Renna names him Mr. Blackeyes because (his eyes) "They���re as black as pitch and as shiny as polished stones."
Renna gets to know him and tries not to fall for him because she knows once he see's her, he will be like all the others. But later on, what he does, is beautiful and a great story of love and redemption.
Highly...more
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Andrea Kuhn Boeshaar has been married for more than 30 years. She and her husband, Daniel, have three adult sons, daughters-in-law, and two precious grandchildren. Andrea's educational background includes the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, where she studied in English, and Alverno College where she studied in Professional Communications and Business Management.
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