Sean is a confirmed bachelor, a hard-working man, and a time-worn rule keeper. He may be looking for a good time, but definitely not a wife. That's one of the reasons he enjoys the company of Emma Malloy. A woman of grace, gentleness, faith, and beauty like Emma could easily tug at his heart, but Emma's past brings along a safety feature. She's already married.
In fact, Emma is running away from a husband whose abuse forced her from Ireland and into the lives of the O'Connors. As events turn and Emma and Sean's relationship grows, the discovery of something beautiful sparks a conflict of the heart and the spirit of them both.
What happens when Emma's husband comes to find her just as a beautiful realization begins between Sean & Emma?
Find out in Julie Lessman's newest novel, A Heart Revealed, where she brings the power of God's redemption and forgiveness into the lives of the O'Connors. And I must say - the beauty in which Sean portrays in the end is breathtaking. I loved it.
I just wanted to add that if you've never read any of Julie Lessman's other books - YOU NEED TO!!! She is HANDS DOWN my favorite author, and she once again has written a book chock full of love, humor, passion, and story, story, story!!
ReplyDeleteThis is the 5th book sharing the lives of the very Irish O'Connor family (The Daughters of Boston series is the 1st three, and the Winds of Change series continues where the Daughters of Boston left off), and I just absolutely LOVE how Julie incorporates SO MUCH the lives of the characters we have grown to love from her previous books! So by the time you get to this book - A Heart Revealed - you already know and LOVE Sean and Emma before even starting the book!
This one is a bit different than all of Julie's other books - because Emma is married, there isn't the heated romantic passion right off the bat and then all throughout the book (which is kinda Julie's "thing" in all of her other books.) Sean and Emma's story shows their love blooming through friendship, but don't worry - she still gives us plenty of her trademark passion and drama through Luke and Katie and Mitch and Charity!! And don't worry - things will definitely heat up for Sean and Emma too, so don't lose heart!! :-)
The book is also full of the regular "Julie Lessman" roller coaster-like ups and downs and then of course back up again...with of course a surprise or two thrown in!! I promise - this one will be one for the KEEPER shelf - along with ALL of her other ones!! A definite must read!
Thanks for visiting, Alli. I am a big Julie Lessman fan. Have all of her books. She certainly can ramp up that romantic tension, can't she. :)
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