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A Heart Full of Miracles
A Heart Full Of Joy
Abby Merganser believes in rainbows and happy endings. The daughter of the town minister, she is a source of sunshine and laughter for the citizens of Eden's Grove. But there is one thing Abby wants more than anything in the the love of Dr. Seth Hendon. Abby has been in love with Seth for as long as she can remember. But he still thinks of her as his little sister's best friend. Clearly, Seth doesn't know what's good for him. So Abby vows to prove she's the perfect prescription. Even if it means making him jealous enough to propose. After all, she's tried everything else. Cooking for him. Managing his life--even when he complains that she's driving him crazy.
A Heart Full Of Sadness
Dr. Seth Hendon has had it with being a doctor. Weary and dispirited after losing a couple of his patients, including his own beloved sister, Seth is ready to sell his practice and leave medicine--and Abby--behind. She's too tempting, too full of life for a dedicated bachelor like himself. But Seth hadn't reckoned on Abby's determination to show him where his heart belongs--with her. No sooner have they set the wedding date than a shocking tragedy occurs, leaving Seth, and the whole town, praying for a miracle....
Abby Merganser believes in rainbows and happy endings. The daughter of the town minister, she is a source of sunshine and laughter for the citizens of Eden's Grove. But there is one thing Abby wants more than anything in the the love of Dr. Seth Hendon. Abby has been in love with Seth for as long as she can remember. But he still thinks of her as his little sister's best friend. Clearly, Seth doesn't know what's good for him. So Abby vows to prove she's the perfect prescription. Even if it means making him jealous enough to propose. After all, she's tried everything else. Cooking for him. Managing his life--even when he complains that she's driving him crazy.
A Heart Full Of Sadness
Dr. Seth Hendon has had it with being a doctor. Weary and dispirited after losing a couple of his patients, including his own beloved sister, Seth is ready to sell his practice and leave medicine--and Abby--behind. She's too tempting, too full of life for a dedicated bachelor like himself. But Seth hadn't reckoned on Abby's determination to show him where his heart belongs--with her. No sooner have they set the wedding date than a shocking tragedy occurs, leaving Seth, and the whole town, praying for a miracle....
368 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 12, 2000
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August 19, 2024
This is a disappointing read that fails to ignite any spark. The central premise of a heroine pining for the hero for what feels like an eternity is a tired trope that this novel unfortunately does little to revitalize. The character development is shallow, leaving the heroine as a bland and uninteresting figure.
The plot meanders along at a sluggish pace, lacking the necessary tension or conflict to keep readers engaged. The chemistry between the protagonists is completely absent, making their interactions feel forced and devoid of emotion. Ultimately, the book is a forgettable story that offers little in terms of character development, plot progression, or emotional connection.
The plot meanders along at a sluggish pace, lacking the necessary tension or conflict to keep readers engaged. The chemistry between the protagonists is completely absent, making their interactions feel forced and devoid of emotion. Ultimately, the book is a forgettable story that offers little in terms of character development, plot progression, or emotional connection.
May 30, 2022
I enjoyed this book but couldn't help but feel bad for Abby's SIL Emily. That poor girl really thinks Ansel loves her, I kept wishing she would wise up and leave him.
July 20, 2014
Abby Merganser has been in love with Dr. Seth Hendon for as long as she can remember. After the death of his sister, she cooks for him, helps manage his medical practice, and is there every time he turns around. Seth still thinks of Abby has his little sister's best friend. He's determined to keep his distance from Abby and let her down gently. But Abby has other plans, including making Seth jealous enough to propose, even if she has to fabricate a new suitor.
I enjoyed the first half of this book. Abby is one of those happy people who see the best in everything. She was exactly what Seth needed while he grieved for his sister and worried about losing his patients. But we quickly learn that Abby is having medical problems that no one knows about. This impacts their relationship and left me a bit depressed. Luckily, this is a romance so I knew there would be a happy ending. My rating: 3.5 Stars.
I enjoyed the first half of this book. Abby is one of those happy people who see the best in everything. She was exactly what Seth needed while he grieved for his sister and worried about losing his patients. But we quickly learn that Abby is having medical problems that no one knows about. This impacts their relationship and left me a bit depressed. Luckily, this is a romance so I knew there would be a happy ending. My rating: 3.5 Stars.
August 31, 2022
𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗺!!
A total tear jerker towards the end while a funny, cute, silly read towards the start.
• Unrequited love
• Grumpy × Sunshine
• Age gap
• Opposites attract
• Historical romance
• TW: death
(in all forms, ie MMC's sister died in the past, a young boy dies due to unknown reasons relating to health and the FMC's potential death)
“𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍. 𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒔... 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒅𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆, 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔, 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔, 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔.”
I started this book KNOWING that the FMC is going to push the MMC away and was WAITING for the pain... fortunately or unfortunately as i kept reading, i got too invested to remember about the pain and was just happy that they're getting together but then came THE PAIN and God, it was bad, so bad, ugly crying bad, but i loved every second.
“𝑨𝒃𝒃𝒚, 𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖,” 𝑨𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓.
“𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒓𝒂?” 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒔𝒉𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒐𝒇𝒇. “𝑶𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒂𝒚, 𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈.”
Abby has loved Seth all her life but Seth is against those feelings because (1) he's twice her age (2) she's his dead sister's bestfriend. Despite all this, she still thinks that she can make him love her and woah, she knows how to work it!! Making Seth jealous by an imaginary man was hilarious, add on that a guy from the town they live in is also interested made me enjoy the jealousy he wanted to show but didn't (much). Seth has become (more) grumpy since his sister's death, so little Miss Sunshine and smiles though he finds annoying, he still loves it, even if he doesn't know it, she makes him see the positive while all he sees is the negative, she makes him want to stay while his plan is to get away...
"𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓?” 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅. “𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝑰’𝒎 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓. 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆, 𝑺𝒆𝒕𝒉. 𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕.”
Did I cry all throughout the end chapters? YES
Did I also understand why Abby didn't tell him? YES
Did I have no hope? YES
Does this have a hea? YESSSSS
Another thing I loved was that we see what happened further with the secondary characters as well, like Abby's brother Jed who would was currently obsessed with making a flying thing (most probably a small plane/jet?), her sister who's husband kind of left her and her daughter and more.
It takes a lot of courage to pretend to be alright, to hide what's inside you, the pain, the helplessness, the hopelessness. What Abby did was based on her experience, what she thought was best for her true love and family.
𝗜 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞!!!!
A total tear jerker towards the end while a funny, cute, silly read towards the start.
• Unrequited love
• Grumpy × Sunshine
• Age gap
• Opposites attract
• Historical romance
• TW: death
(in all forms, ie MMC's sister died in the past, a young boy dies due to unknown reasons relating to health and the FMC's potential death)
“𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍. 𝑰 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒔... 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒅𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆, 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔, 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔, 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔.”
I started this book KNOWING that the FMC is going to push the MMC away and was WAITING for the pain... fortunately or unfortunately as i kept reading, i got too invested to remember about the pain and was just happy that they're getting together but then came THE PAIN and God, it was bad, so bad, ugly crying bad, but i loved every second.
“𝑨𝒃𝒃𝒚, 𝒉𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖,” 𝑨𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓.
“𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏’𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒓𝒂?” 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅, 𝒔𝒉𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒐𝒇𝒇. “𝑶𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆. 𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒂𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒂𝒚, 𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈.”
Abby has loved Seth all her life but Seth is against those feelings because (1) he's twice her age (2) she's his dead sister's bestfriend. Despite all this, she still thinks that she can make him love her and woah, she knows how to work it!! Making Seth jealous by an imaginary man was hilarious, add on that a guy from the town they live in is also interested made me enjoy the jealousy he wanted to show but didn't (much). Seth has become (more) grumpy since his sister's death, so little Miss Sunshine and smiles though he finds annoying, he still loves it, even if he doesn't know it, she makes him see the positive while all he sees is the negative, she makes him want to stay while his plan is to get away...
"𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓?” 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅. “𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝑰’𝒎 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓. 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆, 𝑺𝒆𝒕𝒉. 𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕.”
Did I cry all throughout the end chapters? YES
Did I also understand why Abby didn't tell him? YES
Did I have no hope? YES
Does this have a hea? YESSSSS
Another thing I loved was that we see what happened further with the secondary characters as well, like Abby's brother Jed who would was currently obsessed with making a flying thing (most probably a small plane/jet?), her sister who's husband kind of left her and her daughter and more.
It takes a lot of courage to pretend to be alright, to hide what's inside you, the pain, the helplessness, the hopelessness. What Abby did was based on her experience, what she thought was best for her true love and family.
𝗜 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞!!!!
April 1, 2023
This could have been a good book, if it didn't turn into a bad melodrama, with the old. tired tale of the self-sacrificing h, playing "noble idiot" and telling the H she no longer wants him and loves another man (an imaginary one, at that) because - despite his being a doctor - she refuses to tell him she's ill and may die. (Another woman he loved died and she doesn't want to put him through that again.)
Too much of the story is about her fainting, throwing up, getting headaches, blurred vision, losing her balance, falling down, and put it altogether it spells brain tumor! Much too serious a topic for a romance novel. And considering the story takes place in the 19thc, a HEA was just too much!
Skip this one.
Too much of the story is about her fainting, throwing up, getting headaches, blurred vision, losing her balance, falling down, and put it altogether it spells brain tumor! Much too serious a topic for a romance novel. And considering the story takes place in the 19thc, a HEA was just too much!
Skip this one.
September 5, 2023
This is a charming story. Happy-go-lucky Abby brings smiles and joy wherever she goes. Dr. Seth is in the doldrums, having lost too many patients, including his sister. Well written, the story line flows seamlessly, drawing the reader in and holding them for the entire length.
Excellent.
Excellent.
December 22, 2018
Made me cry a bucket of tears.
Read
February 27, 2020Note to self.
Dnf. More like will not read.
From the start, characters didn’t click with me.
And I am not into age-gap romance that much.
Dnf. More like will not read.
From the start, characters didn’t click with me.
And I am not into age-gap romance that much.
November 12, 2023
Que bonita historia, muy divertida, bien ambientada y con personajes adorables.
February 22, 2024
Interesting
h 20ish ? H 36
h 20ish ? H 36
June 6, 2009
Good book. Started a little slow but once it picked up, I couldn't put it down.
August 19, 2016
2,5 stars.
It wasn't bad, but it was dragging for too long, and the main characters have wasted too much time being apart.
It wasn't bad, but it was dragging for too long, and the main characters have wasted too much time being apart.
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