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| A House Full of Hope
FROM BLACK SHEEP TO FATHER OF FOUR...
Before becoming a Christian, Mark Ryker ran with a bad crowd and broke hearts. Including his father’s. Now a successful businessman, Mark has come home to Corinthia, Georgia, to make amends. But no one will forgive him. So when the widowed mother of four renting his dad’s run-down house needs help fixing up the place, Mark gets to work. Pretty Hannah Hughes and her sweet kids have him longing to be part of the clan, but Hannah isn’t ready to let go of the past. Still, they are working together on a house full of hope—and that’s all Mark needs.
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I'm thrilled to find out A House Full of Hope got 4-1/2 Stars from RT Book Reviews Magazine! Here's the review from reviewer Leslie McKee:
A House Full of Hope (4 1/2) Missy Tippens: Mark Ryker is returning home to hopes of gaining his father's forgiveness. He longs for redemption and peace. Hannah Hughes, single mother of four, is renting Mark's family home, while his father lives in the garage apartment. Mark wants to help his father with repairs and finances, but his father does not want Mark's charity. Due to Mark's past, Hannah's mother wants her to stay as far away from Mark as possible. Will Mark be able to make amends with his father and his past? Themes of forgiveness, acceptance and overcoming stubborness highlight this heartwarming tale.
| Review written by reader, Julie Hilton Steele:
A House Full of Hope By Missy Tippens
Prodigal son romances are tricky. Rarely is an author brave enough to flesh out a tale where an entire town and a heroine are hard pressed to forgive a hero. Missy Tippens has bravely tackled the theme and produced a fine tale of forgiveness and love hard won. A real page turner, A House Full of Hope is also full of those moments when the reader goes, “I’ve done that” or “I’ve thought the same thing.” Realistically paced and detailed, this romance is also as an excellent lesson in the difficulty of making a change in one’s life when others are not willing to see the change.
Mark Ryker, a successful businessman, returns home to make amends and is immediately faced with the obstacle of a small town not willing to forgive his wild youth or the damage he has done to others. Tippens has so accurately captured the whispers and grudges of the townsfolk, as well as Mark’s sorrow and the actions of his few defenders, the reader gets behind him from the get-go. The heroine, Hannah Hughes, is not as easily persuaded to be sympathetic and forgiving, especially since her family’s welfare is at stake. Her harried, protective mama persona had this reader sympathizing with her even when she seemed to give Mark too hard a time. To the author’s credit, Tippens does not write a story of “cheap grace.”. The difficult obstacles with no easy solutions make the romance all that more enjoyable to read and definitely sigh-worthy at the end.
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A Family for Faith
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When Faith Hagin sees widower cop Gabe Reynolds every day in her coffee shop, she can’t help but feel for the struggling single dad. She’s raised a teenager of her own—and sadly, knows what not to do. But thanks to his matchmaking preteen daughter, Chelsea, the whole town’s praying for Gabe to find a wife!
Even though Faith thinks she’s content being just friends, spending time with him and Chelsea starts to feel like a fresh start at having a family. And their love may be the answer to everyone’s prayers.
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Review from RT Book Reviews (Romantic Times)
 RT Rating
A
FAMILY FOR FAITH (4) by Missy Tippens: Widower Gabe Reynolds is not
ready for his 12-year-old daughter, Chelsea, to grow up. His divorced
neighbor, Faith Hagin, is still struggling to accept that having her son
go to live with his father was the best thing for him. Ready for some
independence, Chelsea recruits Faith to help her find her dad a
girlfriend. However, Gabe sees his deceased wife as the only one for him — blinding him to the second chance at
love that God has placed right under his nose. A lovely, though
angst-ridden romance with two people who must accept the past and let it
go, before they can move into a future blessed by the love God has for
them.
Reviewed By: Susan Mobley
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A Forever Christmas is a story you can enjoy even after the holidays. It's a story about a struggling single dad and the woman he used to love.
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Sarah Radcliffe's quiet Christmas back in her hometown will be lost if she agrees to direct the church's Christmas pageant. But when she meets two little boys determined to gain their father's attention, Sarah agrees to help. Then she discovers that the dad in question is Gregory Jones, the man she loved and lost.
The single dad is working himself to the bone to give his boys the Christmas of their dreams, when all they want is some family time. Time that includes a new mommy. If Sarah can learn to open her heart, she may receive the most wonderful present of all--a family of her own.
What others are saying...
RT Book Reviews - FOUR STARS
A FOREVER CHRISTMAS (4) by Missy Tippens. Home in Magnolia, Ga., from Nashville for the holidays, teacher Sarah Radcliffe is also recovering from the loss of one of her kindergarteners to cancer. Directing the Christmas play puts her in close contact with Gregory Jones, the man who broke her heart and is now a divorced father of two small boys. As she becomes involved with his sons, she once again faces her parents' disapproval of Gregory. Will the past repeat itself? Tippens' solid story shows how parental love can be misguided when God is not consulted and that He will make all things work for good in His own time.
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His Forever Love.
In Magnolia, Georgia, local legend says that a couple who holds hands around the "forever" tree will have an unending love. Even so, Bill Wellington held Lindsay Jones's hands around that tree years ago...and then left her behind. He chose the big city, and now he wants to bring his grandmother there. But to his amazement, he finds that Granny has a boyfriend--and a vibrant life. A life that includes Lindsay, Granny's caregiver. Bill never thought he'd want to come home, yet Magnolia clearly has its charms. As does Lindsay, who makes him long for a second chance at forever love.
Finalist for the Bookseller's Best Award!
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Her Unlikely Family
Opposites attract when an uptight banker encounters a free-spirited waitress during the search for his runaway teenage niece. As they work together to heal the young girl's damaged spirit, an unlikely family begins to form...
Finalist in the American Fiction Christian Writers Book of the Year Contest!
Still available from Steeple Hill Love Inspired and in large print edition from Thorndike.
Her Unlikely Family is still available at amazon.com, cbd.com and Barnes & Noble. Available in e-book, regular and large print editions (some are used copies).
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Blessings of Mossy Creek
Come meet Mark and Amelia. He's the new pastor in town, and he seems to be having a tad of trouble with the stingy, controlling church treasurer!
Available at BelleBooks.com , Amazon and bookstores near you, this collective novel contains my first sale--a short story.
Also, check out Mossy Creek, Reunion at Mossy Creek, Summer in Mossy Creek, A Day in Mossy Creek and At Home in Mossy Creek to get to know the characters in this wacky Georgia town. Their stories are funny, heartwarming, and many are created by multi-published, award-winning authors.
Newly available: Critters of Mossy Creek
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