Desperately Seeking Dad

by Marta Perry

Desperately Seeking Dad by Marta Perry released on Jan 25, 2000 is available now for purchase.

Genres: Love Inspired, Christian Fiction, Christian Romance

256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 1, 2000

About the author

Marta Perry is a Pennsylvania-based author of over 35 novels, many of them inspirational romances. She uses her rural Pennsylvania life and her Pennsylvania Dutch heritage in writing her books, especially in her Pleasant Valley Amish series for Berkley Books and her new Amish-set suspense series for HQN Books.

Marta and her husband live in a centuries-old farmhouse in a quiet central Pennsylvania valley. They have three grown children and six beautiful grandchildren, and when she's not busy writing her next book, she's usually trying to keep up with her gardening, baking for church events, or visiting those beautiful grandkids.

Reviews

[Cynthia Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good

I'd read the book before, years ago, but wanted to read again as a refresher, before reading another that's a little after this one in the Hometown Hero series. I'll read darn near anything, and the Love Inspired books are a nice change of pace, compared to "smut books " (a term a beloved uncle calls them. I read those as well, but not always in the mood for the drama those bring with them).

[Dorothy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anne, a Philly lawyer, rented a room to a pregnant girl who ended up in the hospital. She had an unknown heart problem and ended up dying. But before her death made Anne promise to raise her baby. Now Anne has to go to court for the adoption. The only problem is that she has to find the dad and have him sign the papers to allow the adoption. So Anne goes to Bedford to get the police chief Mitch Donovan to sign the papers. The only problem he swears that he is not the dad. So together they must hunt for the dad quietly.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Anne Morden, a lawyer from Philadelphia, wants to adopt a foster child, Emilie. However, the only thing standing in her way is finding the child's father and convincing him to give up his parental rights. Knowing that Emilie's mother, Tina, spoke of a small town called Bedford Creek, Anne heads there and runs into police chief Mitch Donovan, whom she believes to be Emilie's father.

This is a pretty standard romance, but I liked how the author set up the characters to meet. It's not love at first sight. Both have trust issues stemming from their respective dysfunctional home lives. Because the novel is part of a miniseries (Hometown Heroes), Dr. Brett Elliot and Rebecca Forrester have cameos (their story is told in "The Doctor Next Door").

[Cherry-Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exxxxclleeent!! Thought it was going to be one of those Bible thumping romances but the book was great!! Well written - romance light, characters charming...lifelike emotions...very mature scenes. Great read.

[Cws]

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