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Kathleen Morgan is the award-winning author of the Brides of Culdee Creek series as well as Giver of Roses and These Highland Hills series books Child of the Mist and Wings of Morning. She lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
bookwormnikki
Posted June 20, 2009
Good story with interesting characters. Faith, forgiveness and belief in redemption are challenged. The result is a good read that keeps your attention to the end.
35 out of 37 people found this review helpful.
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Posted August 24, 2000
i really like this book. usually i don't read romance novels but one of my friends recommened it to me and i really liked it. portrays strong christian values put into everyday life. it is beautifully written. i urge anyone to read this wonderful book!
30 out of 38 people found this review helpful.
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Posted January 15, 2011
Sorry, but I am glad I didn't pay for this book. While others really liked it (I have to wonder why), I think the whole story is contrived. If Morgan is copying Patricia MacLachlan (Sarah, Plain and Tall) and Janette Oke, she fails miserably.
The story is mundane, the characters are shallow, and the plot is pretty much non-existant.
Save your money (oh, wait, it's free...*phew*).
22 out of 52 people found this review helpful.
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Posted September 8, 2007
Daughter of Joy is an intriguing story that makes you think about your own life. Kathleen Morgan writes about Conor MacKay and Abigail Stanton who have both been hurt badly in their past. Through these difficulties, Conor has turned his back on God, but Abigail holds on to Him now more than ever. Can this really be God¿s will for them? It is a captivating love story that unfolds with twists and turns, heartbreaks and joys.
20 out of 25 people found this review helpful.
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Posted March 23, 2011
This book portrays unhealty people having unrealistic and unhealty relationships. The heroine, Abby, tolerates verbal,physical, and mental abuse because she thinks for some reason God wants her to be a rancher's housekeeper. In general, there are too many situations the author stuffed into this book which caused these very serious subjects to be glossed over and "explained away" with a short lecture on forgiveness and God's will. (Don't even get me started on the near-rape scene!)
However, I see this book as being one that would be good for teens to read and then discuss what is a healthy, and not healthy relationsip. Learning self-respect and setting limits with how you are treated. I can see this book dangerously on the edge of teaching young women to justify abusive behavior from men, and promoting unhealty thinking and relationships (e.g. blaming themselves for their partner's adultery).I feel it would be very important to have a discussion with any teen/young adult about how this book is fiction, and what happens in real life, in a real relationship is rarely like what happens in the book with these characters.
19 out of 27 people found this review helpful.
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Posted January 8, 2011
Excellent book! The story told of her faithfulness to God and especially of His faithfulness to her. No matter what happens in our life, there is a reason and purpose. God does have a plan for our life! You will enjoy the book. Can't wait to read the rest of them. They are also priced right! These books can be expensive if you like to read as much as I do.
16 out of 21 people found this review helpful.
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Posted January 20, 2000
I am in the process of reading your first Christian novel and I am not disappointed. I have read some of your romance novel in the past but have changed my reading habits. I want to tell you that I am already looking forward to the second book in this series. Thank you.
13 out of 14 people found this review helpful.
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Posted January 9, 2012
I really liked this book. The concept of forgiveness was present throughout the whole story, not just when it was good for the characters. This is something many people still need to learn today. Now, i am religious in the sense that i believe in god and worship in my own way. However, i do not go to church, and i still found the scriptures that were written as comforting and meaningfull. Others complained that all of the drama was not realalistic in the sense that it was to much to be believable. Now let me ask this, those of you that said that, how do you know what others have gone through in a short period of time? I don't remember how many times people said that my life could be written an nobody would believe it as true. Some people have it hard no matter how good they are. Some also said the certain acts of this book did not deserve the forgiveness that was recieved. Have any of you ever had some extraordinary pain inflicted upon you? I did for 20 years and let me tell you the heroine had the right idea. Until you finaly let the pain go and forgive, your life can never truely move forward. I commend this author a can not wait to read more.
8 out of 9 people found this review helpful.
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Posted January 16, 2011
I was very excited to find a christian romance but this one falls a bit short. It is almost like the author uses God to blame for everything that goes wrong and forgets that God gave us all free will. This book has a great plot and the message about forgiveness is excellent but the story just seemed to drag on and on. About halfway through the book you have to wonder if the main characters do belong together or should they just give up while they are ahead. Just when you thought you could enjoy a little romance another drama aspect comes into play. By the end of the book I was actually amazed they still wanted to be together.
8 out of 12 people found this review helpful.
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Posted February 23, 2011
Too religious. The constant religious references became annoying real fast. Was looking for a relaxing read, not a Sunday school lecture.
6 out of 15 people found this review helpful.
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Posted February 23, 2011
I enjoyed this book until about two-thirds of the way through. It's a lovely story about forgiveness and healing through Christ. However, as the book progressed, the religious undertones became so in-you-face that they completely took over the story. I had to force myself to finish, and was then disappointed by a very abrupt and unfulfilling ending.
This novel had great potential, but in the end I think only the most devout of Christians would enjoy wading through page after page of the characters' religious self-examinations to get to the luke-warm, dissatisfying ending.
4 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Posted May 21, 2012
When I started reading this book I knew I didn't want to put it down and when I did I couldn't wait to get back to it.
The lessons that this story teaches are wonderful.
God works in wonderful ways through Abby to teach her new lessons in life.
It's a wonderful story of faith, healing, trusting, and learning to love again that will keep you coming back for more.
I can't wait to read the rest of the collection.
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I think I understand what the author was trying to accomplish, however I don't know if she really understood the message she was sending.
Another reviewer hit the nail on the head when she stated that the book tries to justify the mistreatment of women by using faith/God as an excuse.
It is really heartbreaking that the main female character while using God as her "rock" allows herself to be treated so poorly by almost everyone.
Her new friend who is also deeply rooted in her faith excuses her husband from having an affair and then puts her life in danger by getting pregnant because her husband is upset because he isn't "getting any" and it is against her religion to use birth control.
While I do understand that this book is set in a very different time period and so the concepts are genuine it is just not what I care to read about.
I did not like the fact that between her and her friend they use the excuse alot that it is God's plan for them to interfer or make excuses for their actions or non-actions.
The only real Christian act in the book was when Abigail stepped in to help a prostitute who asked for help.
I would not recommend this book to read.
3 out of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Posted February 19, 2011
a nice story, just had to much religious mumbo-jumbo in it for my taste. i dont mind some references to god/ (insert any other religions deity here) but the continous going on about Him, i found to be to much. and some of the things characters did in the story in the name of 'god' did not sit well with me as a modern non-religious woman. but if you like a lot of god and a sprinkle of romance, this is the book for you.
3 out of 8 people found this review helpful.
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Posted April 8, 2013
I enjoyed this book, it was a well written, inspirational story of strength.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Posted January 18, 2012
OMG I loved this book. It was a quick overnight read but once I got started, I couldn't put it down. This book is definitely a keeper & i'd HIGHLY recommend this book series to others.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Posted January 15, 2012
I really enjoyed the book. Gives you a lot think about concerning your own life & walk with God.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Posted January 14, 2012
I was not expecting an inspirational novel but the author truly carries you in to the Christian life. Well written and interesting, keeping you entranced.
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Posted January 13, 2012
This book is soooo good! If you like clean sex scence very good romance story with a twist of betrayel than this so your book
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.
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I thought this book had promise. The story and characters had depth and emotion, the plot kept me interested, however it was ruined by the overzealous tone of the book. The story and "message" could have been conveyed better, but instead detracted from the story and the book. The tedious moralization, well got, well, tedious, and made the book sluggish and difficult to read. I felt the sorrow and despair, and even hope of the characters, unfortunately they were lost in the denominational message, and would not recommend this book to all but a select few. You've got to be hardcore into "Christian" lit to really appreciate this book, and since I'm not (hardcore that is), this book fell flat.(yet has so much promise, but as a B&N free book, I tried it)
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Overview
Abigail Stanton's whole life was rooted in her faith, a faith she now clings to for survival. After losing her husband and young son, Abby sets out alone, bereft, and heartsick. And when she is led to Conor MacKay's doorstep, the very foundation of her belief starts to shift.
As the volatile...