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The Doctor's Bride
Who Wasn't Trying To Fix Up Dr. Zack Hemingway?
Even his boss had handpicked two of his three daughters as perfect candidates for the position of Zack's wife. But it was the other daughter who'd caught Zack's no-longer roving eye.
A sweet Christian woman who worked with children in need, Chloe Kilgannon possessed everything he wanted in a wife. Except a willingness to say I do. Why? What was Chloe hiding—or hiding from? Zack had to find out before he lost Chloe for good. For when his own family dropped a life-changing bombshell on him, he knew that some secrets were truly meant to be shared.
Even his boss had handpicked two of his three daughters as perfect candidates for the position of Zack's wife. But it was the other daughter who'd caught Zack's no-longer roving eye.
A sweet Christian woman who worked with children in need, Chloe Kilgannon possessed everything he wanted in a wife. Except a willingness to say I do. Why? What was Chloe hiding—or hiding from? Zack had to find out before he lost Chloe for good. For when his own family dropped a life-changing bombshell on him, he knew that some secrets were truly meant to be shared.
256 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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February 29, 2008it was so good i almost cried on this one
March 10, 2018
One of my favorite of the inspirational romances that I've read! This is my relax with a quick book genre when I need a break - like from noisy kids near the end of summer break! :)
March 16, 2013
Nice Christian romance!
February 17, 2022
I wanted to give this five stars... but then I kept reading... and reading... and reading... and the brilliant glow of the first twenty pages got dimmer and dimmer until I was no longer smiling. It didn't take that long, either.
The story is solid. The characters are sweet enough. The dialogue is strong. The verses... are paraphrased, which pisses me off, but the prayers are genuine and heartfelt. The romance was somewhat better than in most of the other 'Love Inspired' books. At least the clown routine made me grin ear to ear.
So what was the problem? Lack of conflict/resolution. It felt like there was absolutely NO POINT to this story. Just a random story about a random couple falling in love. The clown thing was abandoned almost as soon as we fell in love with her as Flower the Clown, which is what would've set this thing apart. It was forsaken almost immediately, though. Then it was just doctor this and doctor that, the whole rest of the book. Doctor and doctorate and dissertation and doctoring, and doctors with doctors and other doctors...
And yes, there was the big 'illegitimate' child thing, but if he looked like all of the rest of the family, it felt contrived to ask us to believe that nobody figured out he was in the 'family' business and not family because he WAS family. It felt grasping.
Also, the blurb on the back made it sound like her inability to have kids was a wedge in the relationship that it never was, and as for the family tensions... they were everyone's family tensions. Nothing worth writing a whole novel about.
I liked the story, don't get me wrong. It just felt to me like a lot of pages without any driving purpose, no conflict/resolution to it. Super smart doctor's daughter falls for super smart doctor in Beverly Hills. He's got family issues, she's got family issues... don't we all. Theirs are pretty much already resolved since a) his honorary dad's dead, and b) her family just wants a piece of papers she apparently can churn out in a few weeks' time. End of storyline.
I did take issue with Chloe's double-speak. She's perfectly fine with him taking her and his mom to dinner at THE restaurant in Beverly Hills in his Mercedes, but at the same time she looks down her nose at her dad for owning an expensive car, when the $$ could be used on missions. ((Hypocrite, much?)) I just... didn't love Chloe, didn't love Zack, and wanted something that *moved* me... not just filled an hour with words (and a few too many exclamation points).
Fact is, I got a box of 'Love Inspired's and I'm reading them and separating them into a 'keep' or 'don't keep' pile... and when I started, I thought this would be a 'keeper'... but now that it's done, I'm wondering why I would. Which... pretty much sums it up. And I can't think of a reason not to pass on this.
The story is solid. The characters are sweet enough. The dialogue is strong. The verses... are paraphrased, which pisses me off, but the prayers are genuine and heartfelt. The romance was somewhat better than in most of the other 'Love Inspired' books. At least the clown routine made me grin ear to ear.
So what was the problem? Lack of conflict/resolution. It felt like there was absolutely NO POINT to this story. Just a random story about a random couple falling in love. The clown thing was abandoned almost as soon as we fell in love with her as Flower the Clown, which is what would've set this thing apart. It was forsaken almost immediately, though. Then it was just doctor this and doctor that, the whole rest of the book. Doctor and doctorate and dissertation and doctoring, and doctors with doctors and other doctors...
And yes, there was the big 'illegitimate' child thing, but if he looked like all of the rest of the family, it felt contrived to ask us to believe that nobody figured out he was in the 'family' business and not family because he WAS family. It felt grasping.
Also, the blurb on the back made it sound like her inability to have kids was a wedge in the relationship that it never was, and as for the family tensions... they were everyone's family tensions. Nothing worth writing a whole novel about.
I liked the story, don't get me wrong. It just felt to me like a lot of pages without any driving purpose, no conflict/resolution to it. Super smart doctor's daughter falls for super smart doctor in Beverly Hills. He's got family issues, she's got family issues... don't we all. Theirs are pretty much already resolved since a) his honorary dad's dead, and b) her family just wants a piece of papers she apparently can churn out in a few weeks' time. End of storyline.
I did take issue with Chloe's double-speak. She's perfectly fine with him taking her and his mom to dinner at THE restaurant in Beverly Hills in his Mercedes, but at the same time she looks down her nose at her dad for owning an expensive car, when the $$ could be used on missions. ((Hypocrite, much?)) I just... didn't love Chloe, didn't love Zack, and wanted something that *moved* me... not just filled an hour with words (and a few too many exclamation points).
Fact is, I got a box of 'Love Inspired's and I'm reading them and separating them into a 'keep' or 'don't keep' pile... and when I started, I thought this would be a 'keeper'... but now that it's done, I'm wondering why I would. Which... pretty much sums it up. And I can't think of a reason not to pass on this.
May 8, 2017
The Kilgannon's have a wife picked out for Dr Zack Hemingway. Mrs wants him to marry Carmen and Mr wants him to marry Cate. It would never occur to them that Chloe would be his choice. After all, Chloe is the middle child and does her own thing. She went off to take care of children displaced by disasters. Zack's mom likes Chloe but her matchmaking is more low key. Will they get a chance to make their own choices?
July 21, 2020
This book was a refreshing change from a lot of Christian romance novels in that the heroine and hero weren’t always at odds. They actually like each other from the beginning. Their interactions were fun, their life problems were real, and the book showed that there really are truly nice people in the world and how they think and process bad life. I really enjoyed it!
October 12, 2020
I enjoyed this book. I have never read anything by this author before.
June 18, 2008
a great, lite easy read.
amazing how much one person is willing to give up for God, when WAAYYY too many others can't even give up a football game to go church!
amazing how much one person is willing to give up for God, when WAAYYY too many others can't even give up a football game to go church!
June 3, 2010
This is the first book I have read by Patt Marr. I will definitely try and read her previous books.
Chloe & Zack's story was great.
Chloe & Zack's story was great.
April 4, 2014
Doctors and clowns must be the theme right now! OK story, but predictable. Wonderful ending, would that really happen in real life?
July 18, 2008
Another delightful book. I'm really finding some delightful books lately.
April 6, 2017
The title gives the whole book away lol
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