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Room at the Inn
"HOME FOR CHRISTMAS"
Those words had never meant as much to Bryce as they did now. For the first time in years he was back in tiny Angel's Peak, living once again in his childhood home. But there were problems, too.
For one thing, the rambling old house was now an inn. For another, the family feud that had led to his departure was still very much in evidence. But then there was Leah, with her beguiling ways and four wonderful children. She had become a part of the family in his absence, and he planned for her to stay that way. Instant fatherhood was an appealing prospect, and marriage to Leah ... That would be the best Christmas present of all!
Those words had never meant as much to Bryce as they did now. For the first time in years he was back in tiny Angel's Peak, living once again in his childhood home. But there were problems, too.
For one thing, the rambling old house was now an inn. For another, the family feud that had led to his departure was still very much in evidence. But then there was Leah, with her beguiling ways and four wonderful children. She had become a part of the family in his absence, and he planned for her to stay that way. Instant fatherhood was an appealing prospect, and marriage to Leah ... That would be the best Christmas present of all!
- GenresCategory RomanceRomance
251 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published November 1, 1988
About the author
Marilyn Pappano
192 books126 followersAward-winning and bestselling author, international traveler, feted at a Hollywood premiere . . .
All true . . . but my regular life is a whole lot more routine. Deal with the five big puppers who share our house, babysit our grandson, battle the jungle that is our yard, pray for summer in winter and dream of winter in summer, and hunker down at the computer -- that's my real life.
I grew up in Oklahoma and had the fun of living in Georgia, Alabama, California and the Carolinas, thanks to my husband's Navy career. When he retired, we came home to Oklahoma and have lived in the same house for seventeen years. That's a real "Wow!" for someone used to the nomadic military life.
Writing was the perfect career for all that moving. Have computer, will travel. I've set books, or part of them, in every state we've lived in and been inspired by every place I've ever been. I've now written somewhere around 80 books, and I think I've got only about 8,000 stories left to tell.
My biggest hobby is starting new projects -- starting. Not completing. I'm still not done with the cross-stitched Army seal I started when our son joined out of high school. He did tours in Georgia, Colorado, Korea, Italy, Iraq, Afghanistan and Louisiana, and has been out for a few years. So I'm a little slow.
I like to think about getting organized, painting my living room in cool beachy colors, and turning my entire five-acre yard into a garden. I also dream about having every room in my house clean at exactly the same time, but I live by the motto of the woman who taught me to quilt: A clean house is the sign of a bored woman.
And I've never been bored.
All true . . . but my regular life is a whole lot more routine. Deal with the five big puppers who share our house, babysit our grandson, battle the jungle that is our yard, pray for summer in winter and dream of winter in summer, and hunker down at the computer -- that's my real life.
I grew up in Oklahoma and had the fun of living in Georgia, Alabama, California and the Carolinas, thanks to my husband's Navy career. When he retired, we came home to Oklahoma and have lived in the same house for seventeen years. That's a real "Wow!" for someone used to the nomadic military life.
Writing was the perfect career for all that moving. Have computer, will travel. I've set books, or part of them, in every state we've lived in and been inspired by every place I've ever been. I've now written somewhere around 80 books, and I think I've got only about 8,000 stories left to tell.
My biggest hobby is starting new projects -- starting. Not completing. I'm still not done with the cross-stitched Army seal I started when our son joined out of high school. He did tours in Georgia, Colorado, Korea, Italy, Iraq, Afghanistan and Louisiana, and has been out for a few years. So I'm a little slow.
I like to think about getting organized, painting my living room in cool beachy colors, and turning my entire five-acre yard into a garden. I also dream about having every room in my house clean at exactly the same time, but I live by the motto of the woman who taught me to quilt: A clean house is the sign of a bored woman.
And I've never been bored.
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May 12, 2018
3.25 stars
This is a book about two individuals who didn't get the love they deserved in their marriages. The heroine was abandoned as a 5-year old, forced as a pregnant teenager into a marriage with a husband who didn't love her or gave her any affection, so now as a widow she puts all her love in her four kids and running her inn when the hero comes into her life. The hero was married to a woman who refused to consider they have kids and who eviscerated him when she left him for another man. When they meet they are not looking for love, the only reason the hero is at her inn is because the property belonged to his father and now his sick father wants to come back and reconcile with his brother, the heroine's father-in-law. The romance is really slow in this one as the heroine has zero self-esteem or confidence when it comes to men. The heroine really frustrated me sometimes with her blindness - how she refused to see the hero loved her, found her attractive even though the authors shows us why she is the way she is. The reason I docked my rating was the last 10% which annoyed me to the extreme after they are engaged and happy the heroine suddenly decides he couldn't possibly love her and wants to marry her for the property? I mean WTH! She needed serious therapy to build her self-esteem. The poor hero loved her and proved it to her so many times by uprooting his life for her.
Read as part of Family Christmas omnibus.
This is a book about two individuals who didn't get the love they deserved in their marriages. The heroine was abandoned as a 5-year old, forced as a pregnant teenager into a marriage with a husband who didn't love her or gave her any affection, so now as a widow she puts all her love in her four kids and running her inn when the hero comes into her life. The hero was married to a woman who refused to consider they have kids and who eviscerated him when she left him for another man. When they meet they are not looking for love, the only reason the hero is at her inn is because the property belonged to his father and now his sick father wants to come back and reconcile with his brother, the heroine's father-in-law. The romance is really slow in this one as the heroine has zero self-esteem or confidence when it comes to men. The heroine really frustrated me sometimes with her blindness - how she refused to see the hero loved her, found her attractive even though the authors shows us why she is the way she is. The reason I docked my rating was the last 10% which annoyed me to the extreme after they are engaged and happy the heroine suddenly decides he couldn't possibly love her and wants to marry her for the property? I mean WTH! She needed serious therapy to build her self-esteem. The poor hero loved her and proved it to her so many times by uprooting his life for her.
Read as part of Family Christmas omnibus.
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