Finding Contentment

Book Review: For Pete's Sake

I  love a book with a bit of a mystery to it, and this had it! For Pete's Sake had everything I love in a book:  romance, mystery, and unfailing Christian values in a real world. This was the second book in the "The Piper Cove Chronicles." I haven't read any of the others; I will have to find them now!

For Pete's Sake is a remarkable story about the unlikely live between a grown-up tomboy and the millionaire next door.

Ellen Brittingham isn’t sure true live exists until she contracts to do the landscaping of the estate of the sophisticated widower next door, Adrian Sinclair. Adrian has it all—at least on the surface, He’s engaged to a beautiful woman who helped him build a successful business and he’ll soon have a mom for his troubled son Pete.

Yet, from the moment Ellen rescues a stranded Adrian on her Harley, his well-ordered world turns upside down, cracking his thin façade of happiness and revealing the void of faith and love behind it. Even more, his son seems to have his own sites set on Ellen – as his new mom.

As Ellen’s friendship grows with Pete, she realizes that his father is about to marry the wrong woman for the right reasons. And despite her resolve to remain “neighbors only” with the dad, the precocious boy works his way into her heart, drawing Ellen and Adrian closer. Close enough for heartbreak, for Pete’s sake!

But how can her heart think that Adrian Sinclair is the one when he’s engaged to a sophisticated beauty who is everything Ellen isn’t. When Ellen’s three best friends see she’s been bitten by the love bug, they jump into action and submit her to a makeover that reveals the woman underneath her rough exterior and puts her in contention for Adrian’s love.

But Ellen must ask herself whether she’s ready to risk the heart that she’s always held close. Will Ellen be able to trust that God brought this family into her life for a reason? Or will her fear of getting hurt cause her to turn away from God’s plan and her one true chance at love?

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08:54 AM, Thursday, March 27, 2008 .. Posted by Anonymous

I always tease my husband about how he dresses to do yard work. He's a sharp dresser any other time, but in the yard, anything goes.

I love the pics of you pantry. You did a great job and have inspired me.

Michelle
http://glorious-mayhem.blogspot.com/

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06:15 PM, Tuesday, April 22, 2008 .. Posted by Scattertheseeds

That is a GREAT LOOKING coop. I'm very impressed, the chickens are going to love there new home. I've enjoyed your blog thanks for all the great pictures of the chickens and bread and other good things.