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The Wedding Ring #1
Loving Mariah
The Wedding Ring
He was everything she shouldn't want….
FAMILY FOUND
After years of desperate searching, Adam Wallace had finally discovered his kidnapped son living in the Pennsylvania Dutch heartland. But before Adam could reclaim his child, he had to prove his worth to lovely schoolteacher Mariah Fisher, who held the key to his future with his son.
Mariah couldn't deny that Adam was a loving and devoted father—or that his kisses stirred her desire. But though she longed to make a home with Adam and his son, was she willing to risk everything for the love of a man whose life was so different from her own?
The Wedding Ring.
Wrapped in the warmth of family tradition, three couples say "I do!"
He was everything she shouldn't want….
FAMILY FOUND
After years of desperate searching, Adam Wallace had finally discovered his kidnapped son living in the Pennsylvania Dutch heartland. But before Adam could reclaim his child, he had to prove his worth to lovely schoolteacher Mariah Fisher, who held the key to his future with his son.
Mariah couldn't deny that Adam was a loving and devoted father—or that his kisses stirred her desire. But though she longed to make a home with Adam and his son, was she willing to risk everything for the love of a man whose life was so different from her own?
The Wedding Ring.
Wrapped in the warmth of family tradition, three couples say "I do!"
- GenresRomance
250 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 1, 1997
17 people want to read
About the author
Beverly Bird
49 books21 followersBeverly confesses to having been the prototype of the rebellious teenager. By the age of five — when she tried to rewrite the ending to The Wizard of Oz because it scared her — she knew she would be a writer.
Therefore, the high school regimen was obviously not for her, and childhood was just something to get through before she could make her mark on the world. On one memorable occasion, she stood up in chemistry class to inform her teacher that she did not need to understand the subject because in a few years she would be writing for a living anyway. She failed the class, of course. Then, some 20 years later, she had to face the teacher at a reunion and admit that when she had to research DNA for a recent book she still had no clue what it was about!
Since words are meant to be read and not eaten, Beverly turned seriously to writing when she was 22. The stars aligned for a time — she was single and her rent was astronomically low because she looked after the elderly lady who owned the building. She’d just gotten laid off from an advertising job with a newspaper due to budget cuts and therefore had an unemployment check coming in weekly. She decided that it was now or never — and Emeralds in the Dark was born, published by Silhouette to launch the Intimate Moments line in 1983.
Since then, Beverly has published 20 books with Silhouette as well as several romantic suspense and historical novels. She prefers strong heroines with hidden soft spots and a penchant for getting themselves into trouble, figuring that she has had some experience herself in that area.
Though she has lived in several places in the United States, Beverly returned to her roots to live on a barrier island off the coast of New Jersey with her son and a Chihuahua named Taco, where periodically she risks running into that chemistry teacher. But these days, she is much less rebellious and tends to tuck tail and run when she encounters someone she probably ticked off 25 years ago!
Beverly loves to hear from readers but admits that she is seriously negligent about actually traveling to the post office and snail-mailing her replies. She asks that anyone who would like to contact her please do so via email at Bvrlye@aol.com.
Therefore, the high school regimen was obviously not for her, and childhood was just something to get through before she could make her mark on the world. On one memorable occasion, she stood up in chemistry class to inform her teacher that she did not need to understand the subject because in a few years she would be writing for a living anyway. She failed the class, of course. Then, some 20 years later, she had to face the teacher at a reunion and admit that when she had to research DNA for a recent book she still had no clue what it was about!
Since words are meant to be read and not eaten, Beverly turned seriously to writing when she was 22. The stars aligned for a time — she was single and her rent was astronomically low because she looked after the elderly lady who owned the building. She’d just gotten laid off from an advertising job with a newspaper due to budget cuts and therefore had an unemployment check coming in weekly. She decided that it was now or never — and Emeralds in the Dark was born, published by Silhouette to launch the Intimate Moments line in 1983.
Since then, Beverly has published 20 books with Silhouette as well as several romantic suspense and historical novels. She prefers strong heroines with hidden soft spots and a penchant for getting themselves into trouble, figuring that she has had some experience herself in that area.
Though she has lived in several places in the United States, Beverly returned to her roots to live on a barrier island off the coast of New Jersey with her son and a Chihuahua named Taco, where periodically she risks running into that chemistry teacher. But these days, she is much less rebellious and tends to tuck tail and run when she encounters someone she probably ticked off 25 years ago!
Beverly loves to hear from readers but admits that she is seriously negligent about actually traveling to the post office and snail-mailing her replies. She asks that anyone who would like to contact her please do so via email at Bvrlye@aol.com.
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June 9, 2018
I went into this book blind without reading the synopsis and I am glad I did since it was such a nice surprising read. When the book starts the hero is being confronted by his brother to let go of his obsession and start living. You see the hero was a professional baseball player with tremendous wealth who came home four years back to find his wife and three year old son gone. He has spent the past four years and almost all of his money searching for his son and other children through the agency he funds. Along the way he discovered that he didn't know his wife at all, she was a fraud and an addict. For him finding his son is all that matters and when he receives another tip he comes in contact with the heroine and her settlement. The settlement is Amish and the heroine one of the teachers. The heroine lives there like a ghost because she has been shunned for her decision to leave ten years ago to join college. The whole rules that govern the community are explained well; the heroine would not have been shunned had she not gotten baptised but no matter how much she feels like an outsider she won't apologise for wanting an education. Despite how everyone has treated her and eight years away she still lives the way she was raised.
We learn that the heroine is the one who called; the hero's son is being raised by another couple and she wants to make sure that the hero doesn't pull his son out suddenly. The book had a lot of complexities and I didn't know how the author who let everyone get a happy ending but I think everything was well-managed. To the hero the way heroine lives is foreign and he feels angry on her behalf for the way she is treated and why she doesn't speak up; but the thing is everyone's "normal" and upbringing is different. I liked how the hero was willing to work with the couple who have been raising his son to make the transition simpler and the happiness and joy he brings to Mariah. The hero had a terrible home life so the emotion the heroine rouses in him are difficult for him to accept. I liked everything in the book and appreciate that it was the hero who changed his life for the heroine; moving there to be with her and allow his son to be around the people who loved him.
We learn that the heroine is the one who called; the hero's son is being raised by another couple and she wants to make sure that the hero doesn't pull his son out suddenly. The book had a lot of complexities and I didn't know how the author who let everyone get a happy ending but I think everything was well-managed. To the hero the way heroine lives is foreign and he feels angry on her behalf for the way she is treated and why she doesn't speak up; but the thing is everyone's "normal" and upbringing is different. I liked how the hero was willing to work with the couple who have been raising his son to make the transition simpler and the happiness and joy he brings to Mariah. The hero had a terrible home life so the emotion the heroine rouses in him are difficult for him to accept. I liked everything in the book and appreciate that it was the hero who changed his life for the heroine; moving there to be with her and allow his son to be around the people who loved him.
February 27, 2015
Did not think I would like this book as much as I did. Fun to read on this winter day.
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