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The Heart's Yearning (Texas)
Fourteen years after reluctantly giving up her son for adoption, Laura Phillips travels to Texas to get a glimpse of him and finds herself falling in love with the boy's adoptive single father. Reissue.
218 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published January 1, 1998
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About the author
Ginna Gray
89 books46 followersGinna sold her first novel in 1983, after winning the Golden Heart Award, given by Romance Writers of America for the best unpublished novel in a category. She has been working as a full-time writer ever since. When she finishes her current contracts, Ginna will have written 33 books. She has also given many lectures and writing workshops, and judged in writing contests.
A native Texan, Ginna lived in Houston all her life — until 1993, when she and her husband Brad built their "dream home" and moved to the mountains of Colorado. Ginna also enjoys other creative activities such as oil painting, sewing, sketching, knitting, and needlepoint. "But my first love will always be writing. It is simply part of who I am."
A native Texan, Ginna lived in Houston all her life — until 1993, when she and her husband Brad built their "dream home" and moved to the mountains of Colorado. Ginna also enjoys other creative activities such as oil painting, sewing, sketching, knitting, and needlepoint. "But my first love will always be writing. It is simply part of who I am."
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February 17, 2021
Again,i am stunned and have fallen in love with Ginna Gray`s lush writing,the sweet and carnal romance that takes place in the town Oakridge where businesswoman Laura Phillips opens a shop to be closer to her teenage son Mike,the boy she adopted when she had been desperate with no other choice.But she never expected the man who adopted her son,the attorney Adam Kincaid to be this dark and alluring and for him to be so hot in pursuit of her.I waited like crazy for the shoe to drop and for Adam to realize what the REAL reason was for her to move to Oakridge!
Adam and Laura both may be widowed and in their 30s,but DAYMMM how they were going at it like teenagers!THEY NEVER COULD KEEP THEIR HANDS AWAY FROM EACH OTHER AND THAT WAS SOOOO HOT!Ginna Gray is so good when it comes to sexual tension and in this it was sorching hot between Adam and Laura.This is a unique trope that is not used much often and Ginna Gray did treat it with care and understanding and i so appreciated that.Adam Kincaid bless his heart has come to be one of my favourite heroes!He fell like ton of bricks for Laura and was ready to drop everything for her even if it made his son mad.Laura was a very sensitive and vulnerable heroine who hated to lie and keep the truth from Adam.She desperately tried to avoid their attraction-but Adam never let her and i found that so romantic!This man could never get enough of her,YUMMM!I never wanted this book to end and i wish it never ended,i want more of Adam and Laura!
Can not say enough with how highly i recommend "The Heart`s Yearning"!
Adam and Laura both may be widowed and in their 30s,but DAYMMM how they were going at it like teenagers!THEY NEVER COULD KEEP THEIR HANDS AWAY FROM EACH OTHER AND THAT WAS SOOOO HOT!Ginna Gray is so good when it comes to sexual tension and in this it was sorching hot between Adam and Laura.This is a unique trope that is not used much often and Ginna Gray did treat it with care and understanding and i so appreciated that.Adam Kincaid bless his heart has come to be one of my favourite heroes!He fell like ton of bricks for Laura and was ready to drop everything for her even if it made his son mad.Laura was a very sensitive and vulnerable heroine who hated to lie and keep the truth from Adam.She desperately tried to avoid their attraction-but Adam never let her and i found that so romantic!This man could never get enough of her,YUMMM!I never wanted this book to end and i wish it never ended,i want more of Adam and Laura!
Can not say enough with how highly i recommend "The Heart`s Yearning"!
December 1, 2021
It’s a good romance story. And he is a wonderful H.
But does she ever take responsibility for her own actions? Her sleeping with a guy at age 16 without birth control and getting pregnant was her parents’ fault for not showing her enough love.
Deceiving the H for such a long, long time by not telling him who she really is, is all the fault of circumstances who got in the way. Etc.
And then, after she turned the lives of both the H and the 14-year old boy upside down by blurting out in public that she is his mother, she decides to leave town.
I mean, seriously? The boy loved the woman he thought was his mother deeply, then you tell him that that woman he has known all his life is actually not his mother and that you are his mother… and then you just walk away?
And after messing up their lives, she wasn’t even about to tell the H and her son that she was leaving. Her son had to go to her to find out she was going away. Despicable woman. 🤮
The H is 5 stars. She is not even 1 star. So 3 stars it is.
But does she ever take responsibility for her own actions? Her sleeping with a guy at age 16 without birth control and getting pregnant was her parents’ fault for not showing her enough love.
Deceiving the H for such a long, long time by not telling him who she really is, is all the fault of circumstances who got in the way. Etc.
And then, after she turned the lives of both the H and the 14-year old boy upside down by blurting out in public that she is his mother, she decides to leave town.
I mean, seriously? The boy loved the woman he thought was his mother deeply, then you tell him that that woman he has known all his life is actually not his mother and that you are his mother… and then you just walk away?
And after messing up their lives, she wasn’t even about to tell the H and her son that she was leaving. Her son had to go to her to find out she was going away. Despicable woman. 🤮
The H is 5 stars. She is not even 1 star. So 3 stars it is.
March 29, 2015
3.5 STARS
I generally loathe single parent romances, but before donating this one, I was pulled in a few nights ago by the blurb. A mother who had to give her son up for adoption is now a widow and has moved back to the town where her son lives, hoping to befriend the father and casually see the son around town sometimes without him finding out who she is. She's also a successful dress shop owner who has plenty of money.
This one kept me glued - I really dug the father. He was passionate, sweet, but manly and vulnerable at the same time. Hard to pull off the combo without overbalancing. The protagonist was sweet and emotional (of course, considering all that was afloat), and I lOVED the 14 year old son. He was not gooey or melodramatic or overdone. He had a chip on his shoulder but came out awesome at the end.
There are no twists in here besides waiting for the male protagonist to find out the BIG secret. He reacts.. poorly (as you can imagine) A good way to spend an evening, the scenes where she almost tells him left me on the edge of my seat.
I generally loathe single parent romances, but before donating this one, I was pulled in a few nights ago by the blurb. A mother who had to give her son up for adoption is now a widow and has moved back to the town where her son lives, hoping to befriend the father and casually see the son around town sometimes without him finding out who she is. She's also a successful dress shop owner who has plenty of money.
This one kept me glued - I really dug the father. He was passionate, sweet, but manly and vulnerable at the same time. Hard to pull off the combo without overbalancing. The protagonist was sweet and emotional (of course, considering all that was afloat), and I lOVED the 14 year old son. He was not gooey or melodramatic or overdone. He had a chip on his shoulder but came out awesome at the end.
There are no twists in here besides waiting for the male protagonist to find out the BIG secret. He reacts.. poorly (as you can imagine) A good way to spend an evening, the scenes where she almost tells him left me on the edge of my seat.
June 13, 2025
This is the way I remember old romance books to be; full of soap opera drama and tons of poetically graphic hot sex!
There are some dated parts for sure since it was written in 1986. But they really don’t detract too much from the story if you like vintage romance.
My problem is the “hero” in the book! Sure he is passionate, loving and tender. Also masculine and tenacious. But the things he says in anger—OMG!! This kind of bs slut shaming for no reason wouldn’t fly today and shouldn’t have flown in the past! Women were taught to overlook this kind of behavior back then. Now it makes me realize it’s emotional abuse. Life with this guy would not be pleasant in the long run!
There are some dated parts for sure since it was written in 1986. But they really don’t detract too much from the story if you like vintage romance.
My problem is the “hero” in the book! Sure he is passionate, loving and tender. Also masculine and tenacious. But the things he says in anger—OMG!! This kind of bs slut shaming for no reason wouldn’t fly today and shouldn’t have flown in the past! Women were taught to overlook this kind of behavior back then. Now it makes me realize it’s emotional abuse. Life with this guy would not be pleasant in the long run!
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