![]() Harlequin American #1224 ISBN-10: 0373752288 ISBN-13: 978-0373752287 August 2008 Pre Order It! |
Coming in August! A Coal Miner's Wife *Hearts of Appalachia* Miniseries Following the accidental death of her husband, Annie McKee is determined her boys will not grow up to work in coal mines. It's been a struggle for the young widow to make ends meet, but she wants her sons to have a better life--far removed from Heather's Hollow, Kentucky. To give them that chance Annie needs a good job. And she needs the help of Patrick Kirkpatrick. Her husband's best friend offers to help Annie study for her general education degree, and things get complicated when she and Patrick realize they have feelings for each other. But how can Annie fall for a man who is determined to stay in the one place she must leave behind? |

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In A Soldier's Arms *Hearts of Appalachia* Miniseries Determined to uncover the truth about her mysterious Appalachian past, Maggie O'Neil drives to Heather's Hollow in search of her granny, the only other surviving member of the O'Neil clan. Her grandmother's uncanny sixth sense and healing powers intrigues the nurse practitioner when they meet, but what really fascinates her is her granny's neighbor, brooding ex-soldier Abram Devane. The secretive major pretends to like his solitude, nut Maggie's gut feeling says he's not immune to her. And as all of Heather's Hollow knows, when the O'Neil women look into the future with their bewitching green eyes, whatever they see comes true. Herself in a soldier's arms forever is the sight before Maggie. Can Abram face down the demons in his past and allow himself to see the same thing? ![]() IN A SOLDIER'S ARMS is a whimsical contemporary romance starring two likable lead characters with commitment issues, a wonderful Appalachian support cast, and the show stealer Granny, who in some ways will remind readers of Granny Moses of the TV version of the Beverly Hillbillies. Whereas Margaret learns home is where the heart wants to be, which is with Granny and Abram. Abram suffers from PTSD, but feels bewitched by the two O’Neal women who enable him to somewhat forget the anguish from his military experience. Marin Thomas provides a warm old Kentucky home romance. --- Harriet Klausner |
![]() Harlequin American #1200 ISBN-10: 0373752040 ISBN-13: 978-0373752041 February 2008 Read It! Buy It! |

![]() Harlequin American #1184 ISBN-10: 0373751885 ISBN-13: 978-0373751884 October 2007 Read It! Buy It! |
For The Children *Hearts of Appalachia* Miniseries Schoolteacher Johanna Macpherson has vowed that the children of Heather's Hollow will leave her school knowing the value of their Scotch-Irish heritage, but now one of those untrustworthy flatlanders is nosing around the village's mountain roads, on the trail of the legendary bootlegger Lightning Jack, and meddling in her objective. Sullivan Mooreland is pure city slicker. Ambitious and unnervingly sexy, the Seattle reporter, with his flashy red Corvette, is a sure sign of trouble to come. If Lightning Jack, her clan's most notorious moonshine maker, is exposed, everything Jo loves about the hollow will change. For the sake of the children and their future, she has to stop the handsome interloper from writing a story that will put their way of life in danger. ![]() 4 Stars: Marin Thomas will have readers laughing out loud and glued to the pages thanks to the author's zany characters. Still, Thomas manages to keep the romance center stage in this wonderful story about how opposites do attract. --- RT Bookreviews |