A Gentle Rain was the first of Deborah Smith's books that I have read but it will not be the last. I loved the book as well as the authors writing style. I was drawn into the lives of the characters from page one. The book left me hungering for more!
A Gentle Rain is about love, dedication, loyalty and the gift to give even when we do not receive. It is a book about loving and connecting with someone who is different. It is a book of life and death. It is a book of giving all we have to someone we love without anything in return.
The story begins with the death of both Kara's parents. While going through their papers she finds that she was adopted. This was a truth that they failed to tell her. This rich young lady set out to find her birth parents. Her journey leads her to more than just her birth parents. She finds love, respect and a place where she was welcome. She felt a sense of belonging even though nobody knew she was rich.
A Gentle Rain is more that a love story. It is a book where so many of the characters find healing to their troubled lives. It is a book were people who are different show just how special and worthy they are to the world which we live in.
I give "A Gentle Rain" 5 Stars
I loved this book and recommend it to anyone who likes to read books about real people and how they find peace and love in their lives.
You can read chapter one of this book here.
You can find the reader's guide here.
About The Author:
Deborah Smith is the New York Times bestselling author of A Place to Call Home, Sweet Hush, The Crossroads Cafe, A Gentle Rain and other acclaimed romantic novels portraying life and love in the modern Appalachian South. A native Georgian, Deborah is a former newspaper editor who turned to novel-writing with great success.
With more than 35 romance, women's fiction and fantasy novels to her credit, Deborah's books have sold over 3 million copies worldwide. Among her honors is a Lifetime Achievement Award from Romantic Times Magazine and a nomination for the prestigious Townsend Literary Award. In 2003 Disney optioned Sweet Hush for film. In 2008 A Gentle Rain was a finalist in Romance Writers of America's RITA awards.
Deborah is a partner in BelleBooks, a small press known for southern fiction.
In 2008 BelleBooks launched Bell Bridge Books, an imprint with a focus on fantasy novels. Deborah produces book trailers for the Bell Bridge and BelleBooks titles, creates the company's podcasts, and also narrates and produces audiobooks for BelleBooks Audio.
She lives in the mountains of north Georgia with her husband Hank.
Deborah has also written many more books including:
The Stone Flower Garden
Sweet Hush
When Venus Fell
Silk and Stone
On Bear Mountain
Miracle
The Crossroads Cafe
Charming Grace
Blue Willow
A Place To Call Home
About The Book:
- Paperback: 345 pages
- Publisher: BelleBooks; Stated 1st Edition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 edition (November 15, 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0976876078
- ISBN-13: 978-0976876076
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Nice review, and the author sounds pretty interesting. You don't see too many authors from Applachia.
Shannon,
It is advertised as a love story but it is not the sappy kind of love story that Harlequin puts out. Kara finds out where here parents are and she goes to see what they are like and why they gave her up. They were "slow". She falls in love with them at the very beginning as do they with her. They are working on a ranch. She also ends up falling in love with the ranch's owner.
During the story they save a horse that was being sent to make dog food out of. They win a major race with the horse and it is really good. ....
Um, Appalachia...
Thanks for the review.. I am going to have to check out her book.
It is a really good book. It takes place on a ranch.
Thanks for the fantastic review.
Leah,
Thank you for reading it. Glad you enjoyed it
Anytime. Gather is the best place in the world for book reviews.
Great review Hon!
Netty,
Are you going to read it?
wonderful review
Patty,
Glad you enjoyed it. Is this the kind of book you enjoy?
Sounds like an interesting book. I will have to keep it in mind next time I go book shopping.
Good review Connie. It does sound like one I'd like....
I really hope you like the ones I sent you.
Jax,
I am reading on them now. :)
Do you want this one?
Did you see that she lives in GA?
I saw that...I bet she does some local signings sometimes. I'll have to check her web site.
Jax,
I will be out of town all day today but I will try to get this book in the mail to you later this week.
We're leaving at the end of the week, so don't send it now. It would just sit at the post office.
very nice review connie. but at times with everything going wrong in my life, i need sappy. i love harlequin. lol. just read your earlier comment
LOL Harlequin are just too "s*x" filled for me. LOL
Thanks for your review Connie!
Thanks for the review
Great review!
Great review, this looks like a book that sounds good. You have perked my interest. Will have to check this book out. From your review it sounds like a wonderful read. Thanks.
I added the link to the first chapter in the above review. You should read it.
This sounds great, and it must be really good if you are giving it 5 stars. You are such a big reader!
I really enjoyed it
Thanks for posting your review to the Gather group, Bookin'. It's featured this week.
Thanks Christine
Just the title and the cover would have me interested. And the review certainly helps. Thanks.
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