Marin Thomas
Autore di The Future She Left Behind
Serie
Opere di Marin Thomas
The Future She Left Behind 6 copie
A Cowboys Duty 1 copia
Cowboys Cativados 1 copia
His Christmas Baby (The Cowboy SEAL’s Jingle Bell Baby / The Surgeon’s Christmas Baby) (2018) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- female
- Luogo di nascita
- Janesville, Wisconsin, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- Breve biografia
- Marin Thomas grew up in Janesville, Wisconsin. She left the Midwest to attend college at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where she played basketball for the Lady Wildcats and earned a B.A. in Radio-TV. Following graduation she married her college sweetheart in a five-minute ceremony at the historical Little Chapel of the West in Las Vegas, Nevada. Over the years she and her family have lived in seven different states but have now come full circle and returned to Arizona where the rugged desert and breathtaking sunsets provide plenty of inspiration for Marin's cowboy books.
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Winter’s Kiss by Marin Thomas
Ava works at the local hotel, Graff Hotel where they also have entertainment, shows, events, etc. She is just a maid but has the chance to work with others and their help to make a co op work for the whole town.
Lucas comes to town from CA on a business venture. He's just found his real father after his mother had passed away. Following the notes she wrote he hopes to connect with others in town that had met his mother.
At first sight he is really taken with her and learns of her daughter.
They spend more time together along with Ava's mother in law. Lucas's father shows up to make amends, Roger. The girls love him and all he stands for.
After the holidays Lucas leaves to tend to business in CA leaving Ava and Sophie by themselves.
So sad and you wonder if they will ever get back together.
Never saw the ending as it is, LOVE it. Excerpt in next title is also included at the end.
Especially love donations to the library and all work women do as a group with day care built in to help one another.
Received this review copy from the publisher and this is my honest opinion.… (altro)
Ava works at the local hotel, Graff Hotel where they also have entertainment, shows, events, etc. She is just a maid but has the chance to work with others and their help to make a co op work for the whole town.
Lucas comes to town from CA on a business venture. He's just found his real father after his mother had passed away. Following the notes she wrote he hopes to connect with others in town that had met his mother.
At first sight he is really taken with her and learns of her daughter.
They spend more time together along with Ava's mother in law. Lucas's father shows up to make amends, Roger. The girls love him and all he stands for.
After the holidays Lucas leaves to tend to business in CA leaving Ava and Sophie by themselves.
So sad and you wonder if they will ever get back together.
Never saw the ending as it is, LOVE it. Excerpt in next title is also included at the end.
Especially love donations to the library and all work women do as a group with day care built in to help one another.
Received this review copy from the publisher and this is my honest opinion.… (altro)
The Surgeon's Christmas Baby is a delightful addition to Marin Thomas’s Cowboys of the Rio Grande series. This second installment features trauma surgeon Alonso Marquez and his unexpected romance with bison rancher Hannah Buck.
Disheartened by the losses he has experienced in both his professional and personal lives, Alonso is taking a much needed break from his job at an Albuquerque hospital. While hitchhiking across New Mexico, he meets Hannah and her half-brother Luke when he stops to help them change a tire. He and Hannah are immediately attracted to one another and they decide to throw caution to the wind and indulge in a no strings fling. After Luke is suspended from school, Alonso helps secure him a spot at a ranch for troubled youth run by the same people who helped him when he was a teenager. Deciding to stick around for a while to help Hannah, Alonso finds some much needed peace but when their night together leads to unexpected consequences, will he allow his fears to ruin their future together?
After the death of their father, Hannah willingly abandoned her plans to stay on the ranch as Luke’s guardian. She has never regretted her decision but they are barely scraping by and she has her hands full trying to keep Luke out of trouble. While she is trying to keep the ranch afloat, Luke is running wild and skipping out on chores. As if Hannah does not have enough problems to deal with, now she has to deal with a sudden rash of vandalism on the ranch. While she is not worried about taking care of things on her own, she does appreciate Alonso’s willingness to help out while Luke is gone.
Alonso is surprised by how much he enjoys the slower pace of life on Hannah’s ranch. His experiences have left him with an incredibly negative outlook on life and he is dreading his return to job. He has never had time for a relationship and his previous losses have left him with an irrational fear that he finds very difficult to overcome. When Hannah discovers she is pregnant, his kneejerk reaction is to leave but Alonso finds himself grabbing any excuse to delay his departure. Will an unanticipated job opportunity provide him with a reason to stay? Or will Alonso continue to let his fears keep him from fully committing to a future with Hannah?
The Surgeon's Christmas Baby is another wonderful installment in Marin Thomas’s Cowboys of the Rio Grande series. The romance between Alonso and Hannah is very sweet and remarkably free of angst or drama. The characters are beautifully developed with realistic issues to overcome. An understated but very enjoyable love story that old and new fans to the series are sure love.… (altro)
Disheartened by the losses he has experienced in both his professional and personal lives, Alonso is taking a much needed break from his job at an Albuquerque hospital. While hitchhiking across New Mexico, he meets Hannah and her half-brother Luke when he stops to help them change a tire. He and Hannah are immediately attracted to one another and they decide to throw caution to the wind and indulge in a no strings fling. After Luke is suspended from school, Alonso helps secure him a spot at a ranch for troubled youth run by the same people who helped him when he was a teenager. Deciding to stick around for a while to help Hannah, Alonso finds some much needed peace but when their night together leads to unexpected consequences, will he allow his fears to ruin their future together?
After the death of their father, Hannah willingly abandoned her plans to stay on the ranch as Luke’s guardian. She has never regretted her decision but they are barely scraping by and she has her hands full trying to keep Luke out of trouble. While she is trying to keep the ranch afloat, Luke is running wild and skipping out on chores. As if Hannah does not have enough problems to deal with, now she has to deal with a sudden rash of vandalism on the ranch. While she is not worried about taking care of things on her own, she does appreciate Alonso’s willingness to help out while Luke is gone.
Alonso is surprised by how much he enjoys the slower pace of life on Hannah’s ranch. His experiences have left him with an incredibly negative outlook on life and he is dreading his return to job. He has never had time for a relationship and his previous losses have left him with an irrational fear that he finds very difficult to overcome. When Hannah discovers she is pregnant, his kneejerk reaction is to leave but Alonso finds himself grabbing any excuse to delay his departure. Will an unanticipated job opportunity provide him with a reason to stay? Or will Alonso continue to let his fears keep him from fully committing to a future with Hannah?
The Surgeon's Christmas Baby is another wonderful installment in Marin Thomas’s Cowboys of the Rio Grande series. The romance between Alonso and Hannah is very sweet and remarkably free of angst or drama. The characters are beautifully developed with realistic issues to overcome. An understated but very enjoyable love story that old and new fans to the series are sure love.… (altro)
4.5 stars.
Poignant and heartfelt, The Promise of Forgiveness by Marin Thomas is a captivating novel of healing, reconciliation and love.
When Ruby Baxter discovers her fourteen year old daughter Mia following in her dysfunctional footsteps, she decides it is time to leave her small hometown and string of bad decisions behind. After accepting a job in Kansas, Ruby is stunned to learn her biological father Hank McArthur would like to meet her. Intending only a short layover in Unforgiven, OK, she is dismayed by Mia's instant rapport with Hank and her growing attachment to his rescue horses. Never anticipating how much this decision will irrevocably change her life, Ruby agrees to remain a few extra weeks at the Devil's Wind Ranch in order to continue mending her fractured relationship with her daughter.
Ruby has learned the hard way not to trust anyone and her deep seated abandonment issues cause her to maintain an emotional distance from the people in her life. She is quick to end relationships due to her fears and in doing so, she hurts both herself and Mia. Unwilling to risk further pain, Ruby initially has no intention of forgiving Hank for his decision to give her up for adoption, but the crusty rancher slowly begins to slip past her rather formidable defenses. Amid growing concerns for his health and safety, Ruby begins to entertain the idea of remaining permanently but will she find it in her heart to forgive both herself and Hank for past mistakes?
Ruby is also taken aback by her growing attraction to Hank's ranch hand, Joe Dawson. Joe is a quiet man whose tragic loss lead to a somewhat itinerant lifestyle until he began working for Hank. Before meeting Ruby, he never entertained the possibility of a lasting relationship but he is willing to give their fledgling romance a chance. However, Ruby and Joe are both a little skittish when it comes to risking their hearts and with their unresolved issues sometimes ruling their decisions, a future together is far from certain.
A secondary story arc about the unsolved vandalism on the ranch adds an element of suspense to the storyline. With growing concern for not only Mia's safety but Hank's as well, Ruby pressures local law enforcement to take the investigation more seriously. Ruby has her suspicions about who is behind the sabotage and she takes matters in her own hands when the sheriff refuses to listen to her. The resolution of this storyline is somewhat surprising as are the motives for the crimes.
The Promise of Forgiveness by Marin Thomas is a heartwarming novel about the importance of forgiveness and learning to trust despite having been let down in the past. Another equally valuable lesson in the story is recognizing then consciously taking steps to break the cycle of destructive behavior in order to forge healthy relationships and become a better role model for our children.
The Promise of Forgiveness is an emotional and meaningful novel that will linger in readers' hearts and minds long after the last page is turned. An outstanding read that I absolutely loved and highly recommend.… (altro)
Poignant and heartfelt, The Promise of Forgiveness by Marin Thomas is a captivating novel of healing, reconciliation and love.
When Ruby Baxter discovers her fourteen year old daughter Mia following in her dysfunctional footsteps, she decides it is time to leave her small hometown and string of bad decisions behind. After accepting a job in Kansas, Ruby is stunned to learn her biological father Hank McArthur would like to meet her. Intending only a short layover in Unforgiven, OK, she is dismayed by Mia's instant rapport with Hank and her growing attachment to his rescue horses. Never anticipating how much this decision will irrevocably change her life, Ruby agrees to remain a few extra weeks at the Devil's Wind Ranch in order to continue mending her fractured relationship with her daughter.
Ruby has learned the hard way not to trust anyone and her deep seated abandonment issues cause her to maintain an emotional distance from the people in her life. She is quick to end relationships due to her fears and in doing so, she hurts both herself and Mia. Unwilling to risk further pain, Ruby initially has no intention of forgiving Hank for his decision to give her up for adoption, but the crusty rancher slowly begins to slip past her rather formidable defenses. Amid growing concerns for his health and safety, Ruby begins to entertain the idea of remaining permanently but will she find it in her heart to forgive both herself and Hank for past mistakes?
Ruby is also taken aback by her growing attraction to Hank's ranch hand, Joe Dawson. Joe is a quiet man whose tragic loss lead to a somewhat itinerant lifestyle until he began working for Hank. Before meeting Ruby, he never entertained the possibility of a lasting relationship but he is willing to give their fledgling romance a chance. However, Ruby and Joe are both a little skittish when it comes to risking their hearts and with their unresolved issues sometimes ruling their decisions, a future together is far from certain.
A secondary story arc about the unsolved vandalism on the ranch adds an element of suspense to the storyline. With growing concern for not only Mia's safety but Hank's as well, Ruby pressures local law enforcement to take the investigation more seriously. Ruby has her suspicions about who is behind the sabotage and she takes matters in her own hands when the sheriff refuses to listen to her. The resolution of this storyline is somewhat surprising as are the motives for the crimes.
The Promise of Forgiveness by Marin Thomas is a heartwarming novel about the importance of forgiveness and learning to trust despite having been let down in the past. Another equally valuable lesson in the story is recognizing then consciously taking steps to break the cycle of destructive behavior in order to forge healthy relationships and become a better role model for our children.
The Promise of Forgiveness is an emotional and meaningful novel that will linger in readers' hearts and minds long after the last page is turned. An outstanding read that I absolutely loved and highly recommend.… (altro)
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- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
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- ISBN
- 115
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Ava works at the local hotel, Graff Hotel where they also have entertainment, shows, events, etc. She is just a maid but has the chance to work with others and their help to make a co op work for the whole town.
Lucas comes to town from CA on a business venture. He's just found his real father after his mother had passed away. Following the notes she wrote he hopes to connect with others in town that had met his mother.
At first sight he is really taken with her and learns of her daughter.
They spend more time together along with Ava's mother in law. Lucas's father shows up to make amends, Roger. The girls love him and all he stands for.
After the holidays Lucas leaves to tend to business in CA leaving Ava and Sophie by themselves.
So sad and you wonder if they will ever get back together.
Never saw the ending as it is, LOVE it. Excerpt in next title is also included at the end.
Especially love donations to the library and all work women do as a group with day care built in to help one another.
Received this review copy from the publisher and this is my honest opinion.… (altro)